Me and Music

 Hello all! I am JaPrincess Jones. I am a double major in Musical Theater and Dance here at Converse. I have been involved in music and dance all my life and got into the theater part very recently. My hope is that I will one day be on TV or the stage of Broadway. 




















  1. My current go-to genre is currently Musical theater. I have an entire playlist dedicated to it if you would like to have a listen. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1utXJYDAXotvWXksR7cNeE?si=FSnC1F-_Q3yJvH2omNSvdg. (Content Warning: the illusion to SA) My favorite Song at this moment is “Hold Them Down” from the musical “Epic The Musical Concept”.

     Despite the theme of this song, I love the vocals from Ayron Alexander and the way that he can act with just his voice. I suggest listening to the musical's last Saga to get more context to this song. 

    https://open.spotify.com/album/4pCY75ii3U3OnAvSAdYaGU?si=UJY7NrutSA21-g8vG1-JPQ    . 


  1. A genre of music that is deeply important to me is Gospel music. One song that I love listening to is “For My Good”

    I love this song because it has such a beautiful message and when I was in church and danced to this song it really hit me as to what the meaning of this song could be.


I have never been one to not like a certain song or music, so this is very tricky for me to answer. If I did have a “song” that I did not like it would be “Cash Me Outside”

Like I said I have never known myself to hate a song, but I would not really call this a song it was a remix of a couple of lines that she said one time on Dr. Phil. Once people started quoting her daily, she decided to make money off of the phrase and make a song and video.

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  1. Noah LFebruary 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM

    I really liked both of your first two selections for wildly different reasons. My brother recently showed me "Epic The Musical Concept," and I love the idea of taking these classic stories back to the way they would've been originally told: with music. It's such a great way to honor their roots and make them interesting to modern audiences. I really liked "For My Good" because it is such a good reminder in times like these when everything seems to be going wrong that there is a reason for it, even if we don't see it yet.

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