Research project presentation: DONE.

That was just...not enjoyable. I mean, it's not actually the "talking in front of people" thing. It's the "classmates not even attempting to pretend to be interested" thing. I mean, guys, I know you're not interested in Purcell's use of counterpoint, but I will sit and listen to your presentations, I will make ( Read more... )

Thesis: not going so well as I have realised that I can't "prove" my thesis statement due to the non-specific "characteristics" I have to work with. It's kind of hard to write when you know you're writing bollocks.

Research project: ballooning out of control, really. I've discovered fifteen billion books that I should read for it, but am really ( Read more... )

Christ thank god that's over. Monday's are incredibly rubbish. Today I had musicology and a seminar for the research project. I swear to god, the research lecturer does not like me. This is probably because it must look like I do sod-all work on the project. Which is kind of true. But I'll be damned if I'm going to let the research project (worth 2 ( Read more... )

Last week I ( Read more... )

Ugh I am so tired. First day of uni was kind of intense. Due to most of the Musicology class not being willing to answer questions or put forth any sort of opinions of their own, Obnoxious Guy and I basically ended up discussing things with Sarah whilst the others listened. It is a sad, sad day when I feild most of the questions. That was an ( Read more... )

So could someone suggest a topic or area to do with art music (Baroque, Classical, probably not Romantic because it'll overlap, Modern) that would be interesting to research? I have to choose a topic to research and write 5000 words about. It's not such a big deal in regard to word length (5000 is not much at all) but finding a topic that isn't ( Read more... )