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J. Gregory McVerry

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Have Time? Make Art

I am exploring and learning how to play the ukulele while I develop my video editing skills.

During the COVID quarantine I found myself with too much time and my youngest son wanted to learn Ukulele. He went with piano instead and I picked up the Ukulue. This portfolio documents my learning.

Tracing Roots of Music

The sounds we share do not belong to us. They trace back through history and explore the roots of human migration.

History of Rock and Roll

Did you know the sounds of the guitar and rock music trace back to West Africa Journey with us through a history of sound.

Best Bass Players

When it comes to the funk, the one, the bass provides the fun. My unranked curated list of best bass players of all time.

Role of Music in Our Lives

I asked respondents to Answer questions about how importnat music is to their lives, favorite genre, and frequency of music use.

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Overall people enjoyed a variety of music. Other weas the most popular choice. This indicates the survey was not sensitive enough as an instrument.

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Overall the majority of people noted that music is very important to their lives. The data skewed to the right. The mean score on a 5 point scale was 4.3 with a standard deviation of 0.751.

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The majority of people report listening to music two to four hours a day. This may indicate that my sample is not represenativive of the populations. It could be people who like music are more likely to answer a suvery about music. This would skew the results

Ignite Talk

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