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DJ for a Day
DJ for a Day
WHY? More important than learning Shakespeare or Steinbeck, one of life's greatest skills is to find spaces where we can meaningfully connect with one another. Before I presume to teach my students anything, I must understand them as individuals. Before they can open their hearts and minds to learn, they must feel known and valued. So then, we listen to the beat of one another's hearts through music, and withhold judgement and criticism. We find emotion, culture, storytelling and truth unveiled in a way that is both vulnerable and necessary. By allowing the students to chose a playlist, I am telling them that their voice matters. And that their experience is valid. In turn, when I invite them into the world of words and literature in the classroom, they know that it is a safe place to learn and explore and grow together. And the beat goes on...
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DJ Xavier
"Sunflower Feelings" by Kuzu Mellow "Warriors" by Imagine Dragons "Day 'N' Nite" by Kid Cudi "Lonely" by Akon "The Fall Of Troy" by F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X
I wasn't exactly sure what to put on this playlist so I just surfed through SoundCloud. I also looked on like old games I used to play on like Watch Dogs, Guitar Hero, and others. The thoughts running through my mind when making this were pretty scattered and I'm honestly making filler sentences. I will just hope that no one recognizes my name or face when they listen to this so-called playlist.
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DJ Addison B
Dear Maria, Count Me In - All Time Low Cringe - Matt Maeson Bird Song - Florence + The Machine Wake Me Up - Avicii Dirty Paws - Of Monsters And Men
The way I got these songs was just setting my playlist to shuffle and choosing what came up. (My brother was sitting next to me so he also got to choose which songs were school worthy.) I got most of my music tastes from my older sisters and my father, I grew up in a family where most of us played one instrument or another and we sang a lot, Christmas's and Thanksgivings were loud. I like a wide range of songs but I love songs by bands like Of Monsters and Men and Florence + The Machine... I just don't quite know which category that would fit into.
DJ Micah
Humble And Kind - Tim McGraw Forever After All - Luke Combs One number away - Luke Combs Somebody’s Problem - Morgan Wallen Known - Tauren Wells
I love music -- music can always change my mood. I love country music, because its always so good, it talks about god, summer, having a good time, and love. I think country music is one of the best genres. The best time is to always play it in the morning, or night. Or even when you are sad too!
DJ Journie
Heaven Kane Brown We back Jason Aldean Look what god gave her Thomas Rhett Play it again luke bryan God's Country Blake Shelton
I am into many different types of music but what my go-to music is country. When I say country, I mean new country. I do listen to some old country but manly new. I enjoy listening to country because when you listen close, they normally talk about something very deep and I love the meanings.
DJ Lucas
Touch off (Uverworld) bye bye yesterday (TYE) The only thing they fear is you (Mick Gordon) Doom Eternal The Expanse main theme (Clinton Shorter) prelude to war (Bear McCreary) My friend showed me a few 2 pretty good animes, Assassination classroom, and the promised Neverland. the 3rd is Doom Eternal is just a really good game. The Expanse is one of my favorite shows, and the sound track is also really good, and the last one is from Battlestar Galactica, my favorite show ever.DJ Marcus
City of Stars, by La La Land OriginalClose To The Sun, by TheFatRat & AnjulieNightcore - Rules, by SyrexDRUM GO DUM, by K/DAParty Like A Russian, by Robbie WilliamsFor the music I chose here, I tried to diversify. For example, I was very tempted to basically put 5 songs from the same artist, but I decided that changing it up would be good just to showcase different tastes. I've noticed that a lot of my songs have lyrics in them, and that they all have a strong beat backing them. I think I just like being able to relax and follow the beat of a song without working too hard. This also lets me focus, as the parts of my brain that would usually distract me are instead preoccupied with the music, and I don't get off topic or derailed.
Note - specifically for "City of Stars," I like this song because of its flowing lyrics and melody, and I think it's pretty unique for it. The instrumental melody serves the same purpose as the beat as stated above, and it allows me to easily get into the flow for focusing. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLksSJdCNus3SI2YGJ7ucJY3VMpWx1Gn_V
DJ Caroline
"Overwhelmed" by Royal & the Serpent"Bang" by AJR"Believer" by Imagine Dragons"Demons" by Imagine Dragons "Thunder" by Imagine Dragons I don't really have reflection over my music. I just love the music that I chose. I also think that the music that I chose is cool.DJ Robert
"We are the Champions" by Queen "Enter Sandman" by Metallica "Radioactive" by Lindsey Stirling "Take a Chance on Me" by ABBA "Cradles" by Sub UrbanIt. Is. Good. There are 3 sentences -- they may not be good ones, but there you go. Now I have to meet the minimum count. "Oops! You haven't met the minimum character count. Say more about your music." Still have not met it, so I'm just typing random stuff now cake milk computer starbux books people tiktok schoolhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/2042VK0qkV2SFrzM1xiVXB?si=Y8n8QQ6hTg6e5LQq25gpeQDJ Robert
DJ Mackenzie
In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning- Frank SinatraMichelle- The Beatles Dream a Little Dream Of Me- Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong California Dreamin'- The Mamas and The Papas Ain't No Sunshine- Bill Withers I have been told that I am an "old soul" when it comes to music but that's just because in the wise words of Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, "Today's music ain't got the same soul." The amazing thing about these songs are the different effects they have on me and my mood instantly changes whenever I hear these songs play. In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning by Frank Sinatra helps calm me down, Michelle by The Beatles makes me want to stop and sing along, Dream a Little Dream of Me by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong makes me sway along with the beat, California Dreamin' by The Mamas and The Papas makes me want to dance freely along with the lyrics, and Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers makes me want to just sit still and listen to his voice. Nobody today sounds like any of these unique voices or has their style, and that is why I enjoy these songs. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5i3oOpryiGQvMoNTiTPTRa?si=LZI4HYqhRyGJMoIFgL1mCgDJ Timothy
Moonchild by King Crimson Epitaph by King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon by King Crimson I Talk To The Wind by King Crimson The Court of the Crimson King by (You guessed it) King Crimson Frankly, I'm not sure when my obsession with the band started. If I had to guess because of their mostly calm-sounding music coupled with the serious lyrics just sticks with you. What I worry about is if Epitaph and especially In the Court of the Crimson King would be appropriate for school. There is no cussing, just dark topics. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6jNFMicVD9CDybC0kpy5fj?si=t5ekMMBTSkaQ22xkJjjOgQDJ Elaine
Meteor Shower (Cavetown) Lemon Boy (Cavetown) Green (Cavetown)Soft Fuzzy Man (Lemon Demon)Human (Dodie) My music stems from what my friends have suggested to me, since I grew up on old radio music and didn't have anything I really enjoyed. from there I picked what I liked from their suggested songs and found more similar artists/songs that I like, and that's kinda how I found my own music style. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/22svb7DFV0pKMVbTN19e8z?si=a66KdfoJRbqwv21RzRs8JADJ Carter
Keith Urban - Coming Home ft. Julia Michaels Thomas Rhett - Sixteen Parmalee & Blanco Brown - Just The Way Luke Bryan - Most People Are Good Rodney Atkins - If You're Going Through Hell Most people normally pick rap and hip hop I'm going to throw something in that very different. So I'm throwing in these five songs. All of them are country, and almost no one listens to country, so I'm throwing in something that almost no one listens to, but these songs are very humble.https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1l6NiPwPCAxfo4hw9lMwmL?si=AACFDbxlQOG_V5MsDFQcTADJ Olivia
Olivia by One Direction One Thing by One Direction Falling by Harry Styles Rolling In the Deep Adele Piece By Piece by Kelly Clarkson I think that these songs make me feel really happy and put me in a better mind space. I think it will be fun to guess that this is mine because one of the songs is literally titled Olivia. All of these songs are clean pg bops and are just super creative.https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vjbNids70OH2DZS4MIiNn?si=bg-NJA7PQ2Ovk7E3SXPkBQDJ Maddox
Wham Bam Shang A lang by Silver brandy by looking glass Moonage dream by David Bowie Starman by David Bowie Space Oddity by David Bowie My music choices are mostly based off on movies like guardians of the galaxy vol. 1 and 2 because they have lots of 80's and 70's music that I really love. I chose some of David Bowie's songs because they are written really well and they make me think about space. For example, Starman is such an iconic song for space movies and I love the space frontier so I just connect really with that kind of genre.https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xHrM39JZJa5QJUv33iAHJ?si=TvnhtGG_SLWawGE_kmTVcQDJ Annie
golden- harry styles cleopatra- the lumineers self control- frank ocean hot rod- dayglow exile- taylor swift I find that I am open to a lot of music suggestions but I do have a specific style that I really enjoy. I like more soft songs versus hard core. I also like when songs have meaning behind them so I can learn the meaning and enjoy the song more. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5h1eNxPpjJ8EDW048rXA0l?si=7v3Xtc6nTKORsrNlVE-9UwDJ Addison M
Strawberry wine Deana Carter be my baby The Ronettes marry go 'Round Kacey Musgraves Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker Church Bells Carrie Underwood because i love country music and i do barrel racing and its really fun to listen to. It makes me feel strong and confident. I also just really love dolly because she is awesome . I also just like older dogs to and pop songs to but mostly country. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2M9gENhy1xlM2hj9i9Mnst?si=ZmgA702uS6mug-XI-OgRbQDJ Aiden
Violet by HoleDrain You by NirvanaSofarinrunning by Raccoon TourRooster by Alice in ChainsSliver by Nirvana I really like nirvana and other grunge bands because they can be big with fast guitar and percussion with yelling or it could be laid back with slow, easy guitar with laid back vocals and simple percussion. I like the song drain you and violet because it kinda fits both of those descriptions. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sNoAvJzBsd0PokOuVqWdH?si=6_ILI7nxSE2JlxHb3y-g5gDJ Jordan
Battle Born Five Finger Death PunchBulls in the Bronx Peirce the Veilnovocaine fall out boyi never told you what i do for a living mcrthe sharpest lives mcrI chose this because i feel like my music taste contains a lot of emotions and i wanted to share that with the class. I think my music is good because its the intense head banging dancing kind of music, and that would be a good start to the day. Thank you for considering!https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5NvSeuKLgQfFcXjM0BTPCc?si=q0r1pvoTQmirwCGYLzMRaQDJ Alivia
BTS "Life Goes On"BTS "Dynamite"BTS "Spring Day"BTS "Magic Shop"BTS "ON"These 5 songs reflect my musical taste for the K-pop superstars BTS. Not only has BTS made a huge impact in my life, but millions of other fans too. BTS's music is all uplifting and inspirational. They want their fans to be safe and healthy especially at this time. open.spotify.com/playlist/428YcXPx1DmOiX1QItgiDg?si=5QyEOo_bQQuXjgXhvTqCkwReport abuse