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Music professor, Jesus Covarrubias is not only a professor at San Jose City College but also a musician and innovator. He\u2019s been teaching music full time at SJCC since 1997 and ethnics studies since 1998. He is the youngest sibling of six and picked up his first instrument \"\"<\/a>at age 5. All through his early childhood, he\u2019s stuck with music.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic is kind of what keeps me off the streets,\u201d Covarrubias said as he explained how he grew up on the East side of Salinas and how he was a first-generation college student in his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent a lot of my time when I wasn\u2019t in school learning how to play not just the guitar, but the outdoor sax, learning the keyboard and eventually studying music formally. Then it just snowballed from my childhood all the way through,\u201d he said explaining how music was in his bloodstream.<\/p>\n

He said he\u2019s hopeful of resurrecting the college\u2019s music program, inspiring students to explore their creativity regarding music.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me as a musician, it\u2019s always been not having to pigeonhole into one genre,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Covarrubias grew up with Mexican music in his household, including all different styles of music.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the fact that the campus is very diverse with students from different countries and different backgrounds. It seems like sometimes students are even seeking out Alternative music and are even rejecting that top down, what we hear in the music industry and what the big record companies say you should be listening to,\u201d Covarrubias said.<\/p>\n

He stated that he sees this kind of rebellion of young people pushing back and saying, \u201cThat\u2019s OK, but this is what we want, and this is what we\u2019re doing.\u201d He said that he is looking forward to learning what his students\u2019 listen to.<\/p>\n

Alex Arellano, who is in Covarrubias music class, said she got into music at an early age.<\/p>\n

At 9, she started playing the clarinet after her sister got her into it. Arellano\u2019s top three artists are Adele, an English singer-songwriter, Ricardo Arjona, a Guatemalan singer-songwriter, and Palaye Royale, a Canadian-American Rock band from Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdele has emotional songs I like,\u201d she said. \u201cMy dad sounds like Ricardo Arjona so that\u2019s why I like to listen to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

One thing Alex said she enjoys is watching movies. \u201cAmerican Satan\u201d an American supernatural musical thriller film written by Ash Avildsen and Matty Beckman, influenced her to search up Palaye Royale and then became one of her favorite bands.<\/p>\n

Brianna Vieira, who is also in Covarrubias class, said she started playing piano at six years old after picking up the interest of seeing her pianist in her ballet class.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was totally enamored with her and just thought she was the most amazing person. I just could not believe someone could make music with their hands that way,\u201d she said with enthusiasm when explaining how her pianist in her ballet class later became her first teacher.<\/p>\n

She said that growing up with folk music in her household, and how spiritual her grandparents were heavily influenced her to study the genre and its history.<\/p>\n

Brianna\u2019s top three genres are Reggae, American Folk, and The Devotion Folk music Of West Bengal. An Indian style of Folk.<\/p>\n

She mentioned Peter Tosh, a Jamaican reggae musician, was an artist who really moved her. \u201cEqual Rights,\u201d his second studio album, which was released in 1977 is one of her favorite albums.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like it\u2019s a close to perfect album as an artist can get. It is simultaneously political, personal, and spiritual,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Joni Mitchell, a Canadian singer-songwriter, is another artist Brianna enjoys. \u201cBlue,\u201d Joni\u2019s fourth studio album that dropped in 1971, is another album Brianna said can be a close to perfect album an artist can create. I then asked what her opinion about today\u2019s music was.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think just purely from an aesthetic perspective; I don\u2019t enjoy how artificial contemporary music is,\u201d she said, explaining how she misses the days before autotune, where she could hear what a human voice sounded like.<\/p>\n

So now, at 40, she\u2019s continued learning more about the history of Folk music. She can play multiple instruments, including a mini harmonium, and hopes to teach history at a University level.<\/p>\n

Armando Corona Gonzalez, a third-year SJCC student, said he is influenced by Hip Hop and Rap elements. He started getting into the genre about four years ago because he wanted to find music relatable to him.<\/p>\n

Noname, an American rapper and poet, is one of his favorite artists. \u201cTelefone,\u201d her debut mixtape, which was released in 2016, is an album Armando said to enjoy.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s very gentle on it. She\u2019s not confident yet, but her delivery of what she\u2019s saying and the content of what she\u2019s saying is very hard-hitting,\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n

Childish Gambino (also known as Donald Glover), an American singer, is another artist Armando listens daily. \u201cAwaken My Love,\u201d Gambino\u2019s third studio album, released in 2016, is one of his top albums.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the soul and R&B elements that he incorporated in it,\u201d he said. Childish Gambino is an artist he\u2019s been listening to for about three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoy when an artist goes through a story of why and what they\u2019ve gone through or what\u2019s going on now. Like their uprising or downfall,\u201d Armando said about what he enjoys most about music.<\/p>\n

He said that today\u2019s music is in the right place and has been evolving throughout the decades of changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeep an open mind and try not to have too many expectations on the music,\u201d Gonzalez said, \u201cbecause you can sour yourself on it before you even get to listen to it and form an opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

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