Ultimately I was somewhat unhappy with my essay and it was nice to be able to reattempt to articulate what I had tried to explain within it. It was also a relief to express some on the ideas I was unable to explore or expand upon in my essay. Ideas I thought carried importance but weren’t included due to my novice understanding and the vast amounts of content that exist. When beginning the essay my thinking was that music would evoke emotions within audiences that the music has set out to evoke. Yet when researching I discovered that within music there is the notion of narrative in two senses. One being the story or emotional journey the musician is narrating whilst the second is the narrative of the music’s composition, including compositional devices and how it adheres to conventions of its genre. This wasn’t something I had initially foreseen, so the essay I wrote was a complete stranger to the one I had in mind.

Listening to other people’s presentation I was intrigued by the avenues that were taken by the people who explored the same prompt. I was somewhat envious of other’s exploration of albums and their exploration of the ‘album’ as a platform. If I were to write this particular essay again there is no doubt I would explore the implications of the album format potentially exploring the idea of Side A and B. This divide in the music often dictates an albums structure and a concept I find intriguing.

My understanding of story has contradictory both solidified and incredibly transitional. In the past month, my ideas have changed so often that I have come to terms with the fact that this understanding will probably never be concrete instead a fluid concept that warrants further exploration. Story at its core has the overarching idea of emotions, understanding of a world/ event. Due to the potential of vast amounts of non-linear content there isn’t necessarily a feeling of closure but acknowledgement and engagement.