Okay, so this was pretty fun!
As we were driving around, Mohammed was playing some Arabic music, and basically all of it was instrumental. And he would just kind of throw in little vocal ornamentation here and there.
So, I asked if there were ‘rules’ to that, or if you just do it when you feel it, and also if the general vibe there was instrumental music, or if there are a number of songs/artists with lyrics as well.
[He mainly listens to instrumental music, but not always. And there are no real ‘rules’ to inserting your vocal ornamentations. You just do what you do when you feel it.]
And then he asked if he could listen to some American music. So, we did. And I found it so funny just riding down the roads of Morocco blasting Lizzo and more. He LOVED the American music. He asked if I could leave some for him on a USB drive or something.
(I feel so very Western… Instead of acclimating, he’s the one learning to acclimate to my music – while I’m in his country! Aye, aye, aye. But there is something nice to sharing cultures! Maybe bringing *some* America stuff is okay… And if I’m bringing anything American somewhere else then bringing Stevie Wonder, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, and more – American music is probably one of the best things to bring.)