Jamaican Music vs American Music (My take)
Image owned by Nicholas Raymond While Reading the hearing section in NHS, I couldn't help but notice how Ackerman highlighted the way different cultures have different beats. Specifically when she highlighted the different types of beats that kids would grow up with in places like Jamaica, China, and Africa. This stuck with me so much because I also noticed the different beats that come with cultures back when I was much younger. Since both my parents are from Jamaica, I grew up living in a small Jamaican community while living on Nantucket. As a result, I heard a lot of Caribbean music growing up and noticed the unique beat that it had in comparison to all the American songs that I would hear on the radio. For me, it was like each Caribbean song was playing the same sort of traditional Jamaican tune while all the American songs felt like they were more varied in how they were played. I don't know, maybe it was just because I tuned out most of the music around me because it wa...