1. Music as a Form of Expression
Writing Songs About Trains
by Brendan Corey Benson

2. 1. the action of making known one's thoughts or feelings
Oxford English Dictionary, 2014

3. To communicate effectively,
it is important to first Explore
Your understanding.
Let’s consider Hong Kong CENTRAL MTR

4. Sense
Feeling
Perspective
&
Perception

5. 1. a particular attitude towards a way of regarding something;
a point-of-view
i.e. your point-of-view is your expression

6. What is Your Perspective
[your point-of-view]
of Hong Kong’s CENTRAL MTR?

7. How does Central’s MTR make you feel?
describe the station
describe the train
describe the people riding the train
What is your Perspective of Central’s MTR?

8. Musically Expressing
HONG KONG’s CENTRAL MTR
feat. Mr. Jason Kennedy
and his perspective

9. How does my Expression
[my point-of-view]
of Mexico City’s MTR
- Using Music make you feel?

10. “Metro Lines”

11. How does “Metro Lines” make you feel?
Predict my description of the station
Predict my description of the train
Predict my description of the people on the train

12. my description of the station
Sights
dull and dark
worn marble stairs
garbage on the floor
broken escalators
violent newspapers
crowded halls
Sounds
announcements in Spanish through broken speakers
hawkers selling goods
loud crowds of people
couples talking
couples fighting
Smells
mold and must
car exhaust
dust
corn and perfume
Touch
smooth marble
sticky railings
stucco walls
dirty benches

13. my description of the train
Sights
dimly light
blackness & emergency blue
crowd
man on glass / beggars
children selling candy
couples kissing
Sounds
hawkers selling goods
Spanish spoken loudly
train creaking and squeaking
alarms when the power goes out
complaint and annoyance
Smells
steel-like metallic
body odors
mold and must
Touch
sweat on my head
people all around me, touching me
warm steel posts because it’s hot

14. my description of the people
Sights
children; youth; adult elderly
clean and dirty
gold and silver
tattoos / dangerous people
big, tall, small
sad, happy, dull
Sounds
couples kissing
Spanish spoken loudly
whispers about us
beggars begging
hawkers hawking
Mariachi music playing on portable speakers for sale
private whistles
Smells
body odor
cologne
perfume
dirty hair
Touch
heat coming from their bodies
breath on my face
pushing into others
others pushing me

15. “Metro Lines” is my Expression
of my Perspective:
My attitude.
Did you feel it?

16. What will you express?