Music..Who Could Live Without?

The movie, “Songs of the Homeland”, is concerning music that has reflected the spirit of the people, in which the area they had lived in. Music is an expansion that was created and it represents and expresses several generations of style. There are different techniques of music, such as western, Tejano, blues, rock-n-roll, Spanish, Conjunto and also includes a wide variety of numerous jams. Much of the rock-n-roll had taken on talent shows and sock hops, while the Conjunto music has traveled from town to town all over the world. Most Conjunto musicians rely on their fans and families and some individuals call it a “dance hall life”. Conjunto music has become part of the working class experience and much of it also included beer drinking songs, heartbroken songs and love songs. Some say that Spanish music was music that many had to listen to and had no choice because there was nothing else to listen to at the time. Many Mexicans bands wanted to look and sound more American because the songs were in Spanish, but it was music to an American audience. The majority played at weddings, baptisms and traditional holidays, but in general most still sing songs that are from generations and generations ago. In Texas, it is known as a universe of exchange, with a mix of musical traditions, such as the accordion, which is music-based and is the central instrument in music.

Isidro Lopez, a famous musician symbolizes the working class of all Tejanos. Orchestras in south Texas were increasing, making it more flourishing to the working class. There was also an enormous amount of segregation and discrimination against the Tejanos, but it could not be let into restaurants or the movie theaters. Even though, this was the case, Tejanos began to sing more to the poor and inside of restaurants. There were schools for Anglos, blacks and Hispanics, but they were noticeably all separated because of the problems that were held. Mexican Americans had the opportunity of finding new things in cites, and the middle class continued to grow in the early 1950’s.

After watching the DVD, "Songs of the Homeland", I found life for the Conjunto people to be extremely entertaining, pleasurable and gratifying and this was all because of the wide variety of music that was available. My opinion of Conjunto music is that it sounds exactly like Hispanic music because of the fact that the language seems to be identical. The reason for this is because I have grown up listening to country music my entire life, because my family was born and raised in Texas. Overall, I have found the origins of Conjunto music to be enjoyable and extremely fact reveling.
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