1. Each of the memes that I’ve shared with you share one thing in common–they are related to music in some form. My blog’s topic is about anything and everything music-related. Music has the power to enhance a scene’s mood or simply change the context in a different light. Furthermore, these memes showcase how music plays a role in each of our lives while poking light fun at different aspects of this role. My target audience ranges from the age of 15-25 so I believe that sharing these memes will allow my readers to connect to the material even more than ever before. 
2. According to Davison, the ‘ideal’ of a meme is the idea conveyed (p. 123). The ideal dictates the behavior, which then creates the manifestation (p. 123). The ideal of the first meme is that “unfitting music is funny.” The ideal of the second meme is something like “music videos without music are awkward but funny.” The ideal of the third meme is that “music taste is subjective but it’s hilarious to poke fun at other people’s music taste.”
3. The ‘behavior’ of a meme is the action an individual takes for the meme (Davison, p. 123). The first meme’s behavior is editing an already existing video scene with a different sound that is “unfitting.” This meme originated from a video that circulated in 2007 where the character Luigi is seen winding a toy while unfitting music plays in the background (Know Your Meme). The video inspired a series of similar videos using various labels as soundtrack dissonance was being used as a trope—adding an additional layer of meaning causes a viewer to think about the subject matter (Know Your Meme). For the second meme, the behavior is using the original sound from the shots used in a music video. This meme originated from Michael Jackson’s music video for his hit song “Beat It” and it spread through CollegeHumor, which ended up uploading other music videos without the musical track playing (Know Your Meme). Finally, the third meme’s behavior is that a memorable quote from a well-known show is being highlighted in a second-long video. This meme originated from the Futurama episode titled “The Devil’s Hands are Idle Playthings” where Zoidberg criticizes Fry’s performance by saying the phrase “Your music’s bad and you should feel bad!” (Know Your Meme). The meme then continued to spread with different variations on IGN forums (Know Your Meme).
4. A ‘manifestation’ of a meme is its observable, external phenomena according to Davison (p. 123). In other words, it is the set of objects created by the meme. Each of the memes that I’ve shared all have manifestations of their own. All of the memes have spread on the internet with their own variations and twists to the memes as different individuals made the meme their own. For example, the second meme I shared caused a surge of more music videos without its musical track to be uploaded onto YouTube. The first meme sparked a number of videos to be edited with unfitting music and then uploaded onto the web. Lastly, the third meme has different versions all over IGN forums.
5. These specific manifestations I have chosen appeal to my target audience since they are typically younger with ages ranging from 15 to 25. I believe that my content is trending enough to still be relatable. Humorous posts and memes attract younger readers and that’s why I think my target audience would like this content along with my original content.

Today, I bring you a special podcast, where I’ll be talking about the World WIldlife Fund (WWF). Founded in 1961, WWF was created as an international organization to raise awareness and promote worldscale conservation by raising financial support in collaboration with existing conservation groups. In this podcast, I’ll be specifically talking about WWF’s Oceans Initiative in extensive detail through the format of a monologue. 

In this monologue, I began with an introduction where I gave background information on WWF and I talked about how it relates to my blog website rhythmicadventures.music.blog. Then, the podcast transitions to its first PSA by Catherine Geller. In her PSA, Catherine talks about WWF’s Climate Initiative. After this PSA, I then go into the segment of why protecting our ocean even matters. I list four reasons, giving background information on each reason. The podcast then segues into another PSA, which was done by Manuela George. In her PSA, Manuela discusses WWF’s Food Initiative. After Manuela’s PSA is over, I discussed three actions that WWF is implementing to protect our ocean. Lastly, I end the podcast with my PSA where I call onto listeners to take a call of action regarding WWF’s Oceans Initiative.

Learn more about the World Wildlife Fund at www.worldwildlife.org!

Group 5 Collaborators & Websites:

Catie’s Classic Cinema by Catherine Geller: https://catiesclassiccinema.wordpress.com/ 

Manuela’s Fashion Closet by Manuela George: https://manuelasfashioncloset.wordpress.com

Me & You by Nikkie Kim: https://meyou.design.blog/On the Banks by Nicholas Rossi: https://onbnks.wordpress.com

My Website: rhythmicadventures.music.blog
Organization Website: worldwildlife.org
Royalty Free Music: audiojungle.net/item/corporation-…f=OlexandrIgnatov

Over two-thirds of our living planet’s surface is covered by our oceans. These oceans are not only home to amazing ecosystems but to a vast amount of wildlife as well. But beyond its value of biodiversity, the ocean sustains more than 1 billion people, regulates our climate, produces half the oxygen we breathe, and maintains the water cycle.

But today, overuse and pollution are now disrupting these services. Our oceans are being overfished. And hundreds of thousands of marine mammals, seabirds, and sea turtles are captured every year, including tens of millions of sharks. Even half of all coral reefs and mangroves are no more.

Relation to my website:
Music has the power to raise awareness on topics that may have not reached a mass audience before. For this cause, I believe that raising awareness is key to increasing widespread involvement in conserving and protecting our oceans. Music can help do this by spreading awareness through song lyrics, benefit concerts and more. Through music, change is achievable.

I would say that my header image conveys that my website will be about music as I included an image of a record player and another image of music sound waves. This relates to the information needs of my target audience as it lets readers know right away that my blog is essentially about all things music-related.

I found my images through Google Advanced Search by using the keyword phrase “free stock image” with the addition of other keywords such as “sound waves” and “music.” I know that I am allowed to reuse the following images because according to the fair use statute, I am using the images for nonprofit educational purposes.

By using the website Pixlr, I was able to combine two creative commons images through editing with layers. First, I found the images I wanted to use through using Google Advanced Search. Then, I edited the saturation and coloring of the image of the record player. Next, I used two separate layers for both images and changed the transparency of the second image, which was the image of the sound waves. According to Manovich’s article, I used the technique of using a filter and creating distortion for the first image layer. In addition, I manipulated the transparency of the second image layer to combine both images.

I would say that my production process is definitely different from the single-layer bitmap image that Davison describes. MS paint used direct manipulation of images through the direct use of a mouse. I would say that using Pixlr is a very different experience as there are tools set up to manipulate images efficiently by using layers. The interface of Pixlr is more complex while maintaining ease of use. Overall, there are more options with Pixlr while MS paint is super simple.

When I was in the third grade, I received my first iPod Nano as a present for Christmas—it was a glorious hot pink color and it meant the world to me. Through this technological device, I was immersed in the world of music. My love for music only grew with the iPod Nano as it allowed me to have access to listen to any song whenever and wherever I wanted. I was never musically gifted as a child as I’ve failed learning how to play the piano on four separate occasions in my life. But I wanted to create a music blog called Angela’s Rhythmic Adventures to share my love for listening and discovering new music with others. I want my readers to fall in love with music the way I did through an entertaining medium. Through this music blog, I’ll be sharing all things related to music, whether they are opinion-based pieces such as album/song reviews or carefully curated song playlists.

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The purpose of this blog is purely for simple entertainment and to have others discover new music along with me. The audience I will be targeting will be for young adults ranging from the age of 15-25. Although I may be targeting a younger audience, I think my blog is for all ages. I believe myself to be qualified to create this type of website because I’ve worked in a group blog before for a creative writing class that I took previously. It was an Introduction to Multimedia Composition course so I’m overall familiar with what it takes to create a music blog. Some of the goals I have for the blog include: increasing mass readership, maintaining a consistent theme throughout all my blog posts, and learning something new about the process of creating a blogging website independently.