#and got to see Stromae live this Sunday!!!

[jjongslight]

What a fucking month. Um, it seems like all this year has been is a rollercoaster.... So, I lost my godmother at the beginning of the month, which was a big stab in the chest, cause she was one of my biggest cheerleaders and a second mom to me. And she was just such a talented artist, designer and baker/cook. So of course, when I go through something hard, my body responds and just as I was starting to feel better health-wise, I got sick again. Yaaaay. It's been scary cause there has been so much death in my family in the last 2 and something years. Despite my fear though, I feel grounded and accepting of everything. I am so grateful to have some of the most magical and loving beings in my life and that's really all that matters to me. That and art.

This is not a ''pity me'' post, this is a ''I'll keep moving forward and soaking in all the good I can get'' post. <3333

[savetopnow]

2018-03-25 16 MUSIC now

MUSIC

Brooklyn Vegan

What's going on Sunday?

March For Our Lives: Paul McCartney, Kanye, NYC pics & more

Jeff Rosenstock playing Silent Barn on Sunday?

What's going on Saturday?

tours announced: Essaie Pas, Ringo, Leon Bridges, Sword/Atomic Bitchwax, more

Consquence of Sound

Live Review: Jack White Celebrates Boarding House Reach at Brooklyn’s Warsaw (3/23)

Killer Mike appears in NRA video, discusses his support for gun ownership

Jack White defends concert cell phone ban: “I want people to live in the moment”

Paul McCartney participates in March For Our Lives: “One of my best friends was killed in gun violence”

James Gunn pens effusive essay about The Replacements, “an all-time classic rock band”

Fact Magazine

Talking heads: 6 of the best smart speakers

The Icelandic electronic music renaissance: Sónar Reykjavík reviewed

The Defiant Ones’ Jimmy Iovine on the future of streaming and “stepping back” from Apple Music

Go behind the scenes of Air producer JB Dunckel’s stunning studio

Toni Braxton – Confessions

Fluxblog

The Moon Right Behind Me

Make Me Feel Right

I Loved And I Lost

Very Nice Very Nice

To Be Lucky Once

Idolator

Christina Aguilera Reveals “Infatuation” Was Inspired By A Gay Lover, Talks “Fighter” During ‘Untucked’

Pentatonix Unveil A Vibrant Reimagining Of Charlie Puth’s “Attention”

Shawn Mendes’ “Lost In Japan” Is An Atmospheric Smash

Sia Reunites With David Guetta On Their Tropical-Tinged “Flames”

Ryan Tedder Talks Working With Selena Gomez, Shawn Mendes & More

Listen to This

I Eat Plants for a Living -- save Me [Chillhop]

Stromae - Carmen [French Pop](2015); international popstar Stromae transforms one of the most famous operatic love arias (1875) into a sinister caricature of our love affair with modern consumer culture.

Devil got my woman -- Skip James [Blues] (1931)

The Most - At Once (Full Album) [Math rock / Jazz] (2016)

Julian Bachlow -- Family Ties [Deep Indie/Electronic](2018)

Popjustice

NONONO’s new one is v excellent and here’s the video

New Music Friday: all hail Let’s Eat Grandma’s miniature pop symphony

Paloma Faith’s branded content is better than your branded content

Saluting the artwork for PRETTYMUCH’s Healthy

Louisa Johnson interview: “We went, ‘oh, fuck it, let’s just get drunk’”

Reddit Music

Grateful Dead - Althea [Rock]

The Irish Rovers - Whiskey in the Jar [Irish Traditional]

Minutemen - Maybe Partying Will Help [punk rock]

Pantera - Mouth For War [groove metal]

Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey [rock]

Rolling Stone

Run the Jewels' Killer Mike Defends Gun Ownership in NRATV Interview

See Jennifer Hudson's Powerful Bob Dylan Cover at March for Our Lives Rally

Watch Ariana Grande Sing 'Be Alright' at March for Our Lives Rally

See Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Platt Perform at March for Our Lives Rally

Paul McCartney Remembers John Lennon at March for Our Lives Rally in New York

Slipped Disc

Breaking: Gustavo Dudamel becomes a Spanish citizen

An American mezzo wins the Glyndebourne Cup

Sad news: Sistema founder Abreu is dead

The playing is so sexy, it hurts….

Their people killed my people

Spotify Blog

Spotify Launches Integration with New and Existing Cadillac Models

Spotify Launches ‘Louder Together’ with First Multi-Artist Spotify Single Collaboration from Independent Stars Sasha Sloan, Nina Nesbitt and Charlotte Lawrence

Spotify Launches Self-Serve Advertising Platform in the UK and Canada

Spotify Announces Launch of Line-In

John Hancock and Spotify Give Runners Everywhere Access to Custom Playlists and Tips from Some of the World’s Fastest Marathoners

We Are the Music Makers

I️n need of advice regarding reel to reel. I️ received this tape recorder from my father as it had been sitting in his garage for years. The power outlet in the back was broken so I️ decided that I️ would solder a power chord to it. It turned on for about ten seconds and then turned off.

reconising notes?

What qualifies as Indietronica?

Difference Between Samples and Chops?

Name of these instruments guys?

[bartholomewls]

mmMMMMMMMmmmmM IF U ARE WHO I THINK YOU ARE YOU'RE GODDAMN LUCKY YOU're cUTE KIPPERSON A: an uplifting song happy things - jrabbit B: a song to listen to before you go to sleep no wonder i - lake C: a song from a soundtrack merry go round of life - howl's moving castle D: a song that reminds me of a fictional character vampires and wolves - the wombats E: a song by a band I’ve seen live sugar - maroon 5 F: a song that I’ve used as a ringtone at some point step - vampire weekend G: a song to party your butts off to magic - mystery skulls H: a song that reminds me of my childhood days go by - dirty vegas I: a song that gives me butterflies boba beach - grypnet J: a song by the beatles a day in the life K: a song I know all the lyrics to ghosting - mother mother L: an instrumental song rhapsody in blue - gershwin M: a song that hasn’t got a video but I wish it had grand finale - studio killers N: a song by a band I want to see live shelter - porter robinson O: a melancholic song everybody wants to rule the world - ninja sex party P: a song that I’d recommend you based on your blog making a guess on who ya are, but: lonely rolling star - namco Q: a song to drive to where is my mind - sunday girl R: a song that I’ve listened to lots of times recently coffee (sylvan esso) - louie zong S: a song by a band of your choice galaxy express 999 - plantina jazz T: a lovesong sleepless - cazzette U: a song that reminds me of a fictional pairing springtime stroll - secret crates V: a non-english song tous les mêmes - stromae W: a song with an amazing music video wonderland - caravan palace X: a cover meanings - blue hour (baths cover) Y: a song I’d send to my crush (imaginary, if you don’t have one) a tie between: falling in love at a coffee shop - landon pigg all that matters - estelle Z: a randomly chosen song photograph - arcade fire

[lostinkoreantranslations]

안녕하세요~!

Hi!

I’m Ana and this – *motions around* – is yet another Korean studyblr! 🎉🎊

I’m currently teaching myself & I wanted a place where I could dump all my notes in a rather organized way (just in case I misplace something irl) as well as monitor my progress. And I thought what better way than to make yet another Tumblr dedicated to this language as there aren’t already 537689210 others. 🙂 But here I am, ready to contribute my share!

So yeah, let’s begin with some basics about myself!

Is Korean the first foreign language I’m learning?

Nope. It’s actually my third! Spanish was the first language (besides English, obvs) I learned because my childhood best friend was half-Puerto Rican & her grandmother always spoke Spanish to us. I didn’t really become conversational (I hate using the word fluent, which I’ll explain later) in it until one summer where I just watched Telemundo all day long. I watched so many telenovelas, I kinda forgot what reality tv was.

Happy with my Spanish skills & not wanting to sit through extremely boring and redundant Spanish classes, I decided to learn French my freshman year of college. I’d always found French enchanting so I dove headfirst into it and now three years later, I’m proud/ashamed to say my French is better than my Spanish. 😅 Either way, I serve as acting translator for my parents in BOTH languages so I don’t much mind since it means I get to travel with them. And to think people say learning languages is boring and useless.

Why am I learning Korean?

Well, a little over a year ago, I was bored to tears in my dorm so I decided to watch a Buzzfeed video. There was a series that the Try Guys had done that I hadn’t watched yet called Try Guys Try K-Con. And that handsome devil named Eugene Lee Yang opened my eyes (and the guys’) to the world of K-Pop. All it took was one electric fart in Big Bang’s “BANG BANG BANG” (my personal anthem still to this day) and I was H O O K E D. I fell deep and fast.

Now really it shouldn’t have been all that surprising to me how quickly I’d become engrossed in kpop considering I love all kinds of music and I was verifiably Obsessed™ with Stromae at the time (still am, honestly), but I found myself desperately trying to sing along to all the groups I’d suddenly started stanning and being so frustrated that I couldn’t watch vids without subs. So me being the stubborn person I am decided, “FXXK IT, IMMA LEARN KOREAN.”

Well. My goal for 2016 was to be conversational by 2017; and as you can see, that didn’t work out. French got in the way thanks to these ridiculously intense literature and writing classes I took.😤 BUT I AM HERE NOW AND READY TO ACCOMPLISH MY GOAL.

Why do I hate saying “fluent”?

Okay so check it: Fluent nowadays basically has the connotation that a person knows & can readily access all the words in a given language. BUT. Pretty much every language known to humankind has THOOOUUUUSSAAAANDS of words in it. So in order to be what most people consider “fluent,” you’d have to know every👏🏾single👏🏾word👏🏾 in your target language and be able to express yourself clearly and easily in it. But if we’re being honest: Most of us don’t know more than a fourth of the words that comprise our mother tongues, let alone our additional languages. Moreover, literally every single person stumbles to express themselves clearly and easily in their mother tongue. I know there have been countless times personally where it’s happened to me, and I’m sure it’s the same for you.

Making mistakes is a part of the learning process and it’s so crucial when it comes to language acquisition. We have to butcher pronunciations a couple times and we have to flop about trying to figure out what that word on the tips of our tongue is in order for us to really be able to use the language. Like that’s just the basic fact of the matter.

So by removing the heavy expectation of perfection that comes with being Fluent™, I’ve found that learning languages has been so much more enjoyable because I’m not constantly stressing myself out about meeting this nearly unattainable standard.

What am I using to help me learn Korean?

A sh*t ton plethora of resources. For online learning, I’ll be using this site. I’ve found this really awesome book that so far is really helpful. As far as apps, I’m mainly using Memrise and I’ll likely start using Eggbun at some point. Here on Tumblr, I’m following as many studyblrs as I can, but most notably @fromirelandtokorea. (Hi Linn! It’s me, Lily!) And for supplemental learning, I’ll be listening to a T O N of kpop and I’ll be watching v lives, k-dramas/broadcasts/movies. At some point, I’ll start reading books as well.

What is my goal?

My monthly goal is to learn at least 100 vocabulary words per month (so 25 words a week or 5 words/weekday) for a total of 1200 words by the end of the year. (What I mean by vocab is simply words that aren’t taught to me from the textbook I use. So basically any outside/extra words I pick up.) I also want to complete at least 2 lessons per week (currently plotting 1 lesson from book + 1 lesson from a studyblr, but it’s pretty flexible since there’s so much content out there).

What’s my learning schedule?

Basically, at least an hour or so a day. (There’s no set time yet though.) Since I’m constantly on my phone, though, that won’t be such an issue because most of resources can be readily accessed using it.

When will I post notes?

They’ll be posted as I complete them! So roughly on a weekly basis, most likely on Sundays though since those are my most relaxed days. My notes will be a vocab list + lesson notes (I’ll link you to the corresponding lessons). As far as how I post them, I’ll likely just post pictures of them so you can see how I do them & figure out what way works best for you.

Will I reblog/post stuff?

Most. Definitely. So much is going to reblogged, I can guarantee there won’t be a shortage of content on here.

What type of stuff will I reblog/post?

If I’m reblogging, it’ll typically be vocab/grammar rules/helpful phrases/study tips. If I’m posting, I’ll likely link you to certain songs I’m obsessed with or that I find are really easy to learn. If I get a chance, I might even do lyric breakdowns. There will definitely be some cultural stuff on here as well because it’s soooooo important to know about the culture(s) where the language is spoken so you know how to interact with native speakers.

What is my biggest tip to learning a language?

Baby steps. You have to realize that even though you’re on a pretty advanced level for your mother tongue, you’re right around a baby or small child’s level when you start out learning a new language. You can’t expect yourself to be reciting, oh idk, Homer’s Odyssey in perfect Greek when you just learned the Greek alphabet the day before. So take your time and start off with small little chunks of info so you don’t overwhelm yourself & burn out. Language learning isn’t a one-time occurrence; it will literally be happening for the rest of your life because you’ll always find new words & usages as you go along.

Well. I think I covered everything! I can’t wait to see where this thing goes! 화이팅!!

안녕히 가세요~! Ana.