I had my midterm in Descriptive Statistics last night. I was up to my usual shenanigans -delaying studying until the last possible moment, and then once into the material realizing that this stuff will take more time to assimilate than I thought. Of course, being the last minute, there was no time for further study or clarity, and so I walked into the classroom unprepared, or at least, underprepared. C'est La'vie. I took the stinking exam and I think I did well. If I missed two questions, I'll be surprised. One is more likely. Therefore, I avert disaster once again, and pat myself on the back for my cleverness. Yes, there is none more clever and lucky than you, you fortunate bastard. I was the first one done with the exam, which always is a good sign. I'm of the "You either know it or you don't school" -which I guess works both ways. Anyway, after the exam, we went into the next chapter, and I'm struggling to keep my mouth shut while inane question follows inane question. The cool thing was the drive home. I found an old custom made CD I burned for myself a looooong time ago. It says 'Kinda Funky' on it. Ah, yes, I could use some of that right about now. James Brown, Kool and the Gang, Roger, Stevie Wonder, and Prince. I had the grand foresight to put Erotic City on this CD. When it came on, I was like Whoa! I looked at the CD deck like it had just solved for pi. I sang along with it, and I guess because I have singing in harmonic settings for the past year or so, I has able to pick up the harmonies in the song like I never was able to before. Prince really is a genius. Even his melody line was harmonic. His melody was alternated by himself singing deeply, then one of the girls, I think it was Wendy, picked it up an octave higher, and then he would come back in with a vocoder digital voice effect. When it finally broke into parts, I was in for more innovative touches. The line 'you're a sinner, I don't care' was harmonized beautifully, but rather than continue it, he dropped it in the next line back to melody with 'I just want your creamy thighs'. It was really, really good. I had never heard it like that, although it's been the same song all along. Anywho, although it's midterm week, I am feeling musical today, so that's what I'm doing. I sampled Natalie Imbruglia's "
Smoke" and made it a little edgier. I could sing to this one with the right lyrics. I also remixed Joann Rosario's "
Open My Eyes, Lord" , taking its Latin flavor and adding some old school hip hop, circa 1988. Sooner or later though, I'll have to get back to the books.
