https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540helenzhang/2022/07/08/task-8-golden-record-curation-assignment-helen/
Upon exploring my classmate’s reasonings for their golden record curation of songs, similar to Helen, the criteria for their song choices were both specific and diverse simultaneously. When I curated my list of songs it was solely based off of which songs I liked best and my strategy for choosing was simply by listening to and critiquing each song. I never thought to set a criteria such as including cover songs from different continents or even considering having a balanced selection of instrument and vocal songs. Helen similarly also chose songs that had a joyful and friendly message to it which was naturally the way I curated my list.
Overall, the differences in the criteria we assigned for curating our song choices resulted in our lists being drastically different. If I calculated correctly there was only one song choice that was found on both of our lists which was the first track, Brandenburg Concerto First Movement. Due to the differences in criteria, this result was no surprise to me, however, I did think there would be at least one or two additional songs that overlapped due to Helen including friendly and joyful sounding songs as part of the criteria. This made me reflect on my own song choices and if I considered the lyrics at all or if I was simply including songs that sounded joyful and friendly when the song choices could have reflected a different lyrical meaning.