THE WEEK IN MUSIC

This is not the usual post for this blog......

But in response to a request by my professor, I will be posting an audio and transcript below of a two-part interview conducted by myself and Mya Swann.

The transcripts of the best 2 minutes from each part of the interview is below............

Part 1

Maya: Hi everyone this is Maya Swann with

Gabriele: Gabriele Dow

Maya: And were going to have a few questions for him today, so Gabriele your at St. Johns, what are you studying at St. Johns?

Gabriele: I’m a communications major with business and Spanish minor

Maya: Business and Spanish minor, that’s interesting, so you’re going to use the Spanish towards what?

G: I love learning the language, and I would like to have that as a qualification on my resume

M: So are you fluent in Spanish?

G: I’m close to being fluent in Spanish; I plan on being fluent by the end of the summer when I go to Spain and study abroad

M: Can you give us a sentence in Spanish?

G: Me encanta (Spanish )

M: No hablas, so what did you just say?

G: I said I love the language Spanish and Spanish girls

M: Oh okay, so your major is in communications. So where do you want to go with your communications?

G: Not exactly sure but I know I want to do journalism, ideally I would like to get into the Graduate program at Georgetown University for journalism and that will take me wherever it does.

M: What kind of journalism, Sports Journalism, Broadcast Journalism?

G: Not sure exactly, pretty sure I don’t want to do Sports Journalism, I love music, so I probably want to do something with music

M: Favorite artist Go

G: Jay-Z

M: Favorite Jay-Z song Go

G: I don’t know, probably Public Service Announcement, don’t know their all great

M: So where are you from?

G: I’m from Houston Texas, born and raised

M: Okay, so are you a Cowboys fan?

G: No, Houston actually has their own team

M: The Texans, so are you a Texans fan?

G: No, I’m actually a Patriots fan

M: I’ve never met a southern Patriots fan, you’re the first. So you’re from Texas, do you want to stay in New York, or where would you like to go after you graduate?

G: I would stay in New York I until I found a job, im not sure I don’t really like New York that much so I don’t plan on staying forever defiantly I don’t want to do that, but I don’t want to move back to Houston either

M: What’s your ideal job

G: My ideal job would be writing music reviews for Rolling Stone in Los Angeles

M: Oh so you like the warmth, you know New York’s pretty cold?

G: Yea New York is pretty cold, I like the heat you know im from Texas

M: Are you going to work strictly in music writing

G: I like music, I don’t know what I would branch off into, and I could write my own magazine or something.

M: Working for rolling stones, writing your own magazine, so you have a little a bit of a career plan here

G: Yes, now I just have to make it happen

M: Im sure you will Gabriele, well that’s Maya Swann with Gabriele Dow and were out of here.

Part 2

1:40-2:20

Gabe: A random question……

Gabe: Do you, like managers of basketball teams?

Mya: Do I like managers of basketball teams……..No I don’t. They’re very, forceful. And they act like because they have a job on the basketball team, that they---I feel like this is a personal question………Oh! Well, I um (while laughing briefly), frankly don’t tend to care for them, but some of them are okay. Some of them.

Gabe: Ok, cool, cool. That’s a great answer, a great answer. I know a few, by the way; that’s why I was asking.

Mya: Yea (laughs).

4:50-6:01

Gabe: And, is that your hair that you’re wearing?

Mya: Yes, this is my hair

Gabe: Oh ok, just checking.

Gabe: I didn’t know if it was part of the fashion, or if it was God-given, or what.

Gabe: Well, that shirt is very becoming on you,

Mya: Thank you.

Gabe: Of course if I were on you I’d be coming too.

(Laughs by both parties for about 5 seconds)

Mya: This guy

Gabe: I’m not going to put that on the,

Mya: I don’t think you should

(more laughs)

Gabe: I just wanted to say that to see what you; how do you react to that?

Mya: Um……….”This guy”, that’s my response

(I laugh) Okay

Gabe: Um, That’s all the question that I have for Mya Swann today so,

Gabe: Thank you Mya for participating in the interview

Mya: Thank you Gabriele

Gabe: Yes, and we will talk to you all later. Bye.

Mya: Okay. Bye!