I thought that the Native American culture was extremely interesting. I never thought that something that was here long before we were could be so different. I learned that my own culture has been the basis of so many other types of music. I knew that African music has influenced Latin and Middle Eastern music, but I never dreamed of it influencing Native American and Asian music. I am really glad that my group decided to do Jamaica, because even though I knew a lot about Jamaican music because of my family, I didn't realize how much of an impact Rasta culture has had on Jamaica. There was a lot of killing during that time, and I'm really glad that my grandmother's parents left there before it got too bad. Here in America, we take for granted so much, and never think about it. We never stop to think about how the rest of the world is affected by our actions. But honestly, that's such a Western thing to do. All of the cultural music that we have learned about, has been influenced by the West because all of the dominant countries in the West invaded everywhere. I know that imperialism was the main reason behind this, but that was something else I didn't know. The Europeans affected every continent on this planet, and while I wish they hadn't invaded everywhere and killed off all of the native people, where would the music of the world be today if they hadn't? It's definitely something to think about. I want to learn more about the popular music of these cultures today. Of course, I already know about American and African popular music, and a little bit of Asian and Latin popular music but I want to know more. I want to know more about the different types of popular Native American music and how it's different from traditional Native American music. I want to learn the differences between K-pop and J-pop, aside from them originating in two different countries. Is English and Australian popular music similar, or is it basically the same as American popular music? Does classical Latin music have an influence on today's reggaetone? I've always had a fascination for popular music, because it's not just cookie-cutter pop. I think that a lot goes into making today's music and I really feel like people don't give it the credit it deserves. Maybe if people knew how popular music has formed through the years, pop would be appreciated more. I will definitely be looking into that more. They say that learning from the past always provides a better future. I see no reason why that wouldn't apply to music as well.