NPR Tiny Desk Write-upDue March 15th before the start of classIt should be submitted through Blackboard “Assignments”For this write-up, you will write a report on one of the videos posted by NPR for theirTiny Desk Series. This video series is made up of concerts by hundreds of artists whogenerally perform 3 songs in a single long take. There are many different genres youcan choose from so I strongly recommend that you look through the long list ofperformers, and (briefly) listen to multiple artists before you decide on a singleartist/band.Resources: A complete list of performances with links to the videosLink to NPR’s YouTube channel. (You must choose a video with “Tiny Desk”in the title)Your assignment is to submit a 500-word free-write on the band and performance.Your analysis should draw on the following. For starters, What kind of things stand outto you in how they introduce the song or frame the song/performance? How does theband/bandleader present themselves? What sort of interactions are going on throughoutthe video – how is the band interacting with each other, with the audience, with thecamera? The big question here is what is the culture of the performance/band throughthe lens of the Music Culture Lecture Assignment. You should also include twoparagraphs on the following two important questions: what are the characteristicsounds of the band and what defines the style of their performance?As a reminder: here are the prompts from the Music Culture Lecture Assignment:Social elementObservations about social interactions happening at eventsWhat kind of performer interactions are you seeing?Are the musicians dancing, or sitting in place?Are the musicians talking to one another?What is the emotional impact/affect of the event? What emotions does theaudience/performers experience during the event/because of the event?Description of the demographics of the performers based on your “best guess.” Thismight include: how many people were there, gendered identities/sexual distribution,ethnicities, age range and distribution, religious affiliation, affluence/class (based off ofclothing, dialects, or other markers)

ASSIGNMENT Accordion Lecture AssignmentCompare and Contrast Write-upDue April 14thSubmit via Blackboard “Assignments” Section.Preparatory material: An hour-long audio podcast on the accordion:https://beta.prx.org/stories/67546The purpose of this Lecture Assignment is for you to analyze cross cultural approachesto the accordion. Write a 250-word write-up that compares and contrasts variousmusics’ use of the accordion. You may choose 3 (or 4) of the following accordioncultures to analyze. Intro and Conclusion paragraphs are required and need to be atleast 4 sentences long, each. You must include a Title at the top of this essay.Alternatively, you can create a podcast instead of a write-up. The podcast should be 5minutes long.You should play short, edited clips (multiple ~30-60 seconds of at least 3 of thefollowing accordion songs), and you will need to highlight why exactly you are playingeach clip. What exactly are you trying to show for each clip. This kind of analysis whereyou are highlighting specific details of the recordings should take up at least twominutes of your podcast. Other than these requirements, the format of the podcast isentirely up to you.I will not be teaching you software on how to make podcasts, though you mayuse this free application to download the youtube videos of the following songs as audiofiles: https://y2mate.is/en10/ Make sure to click audio, not video so you can downloadthe mp3.1. Merengue Típico (Dominican Republic): NO.2 2. Forró (Brazil):3. Norteña (2 songs):ic4. Arabic Accordion (rhythm comes in at 3:53):5. A Serbian Accordion video:——————————————————————————————————————————-Feel free to compare and contrast the dancing from each of the genres.Merengue Tipico (DR)aForró, BrazilA7%C3%B5esNorteña:Arabic:Serbian Accordionke