Major Dreams minor Thoughts

Welcome to Major Dreams Minor Thoughts , an audio diary by Aresevé — where music meets memory, and history hums beneath every note. In this entry, Aresevé traces the origins of The Blues , the evolution of Jazz , and the ways Black music became an act of protest and preservation . Before music was commodified, before record labels and radio play, there were songs sung in the fields — laments and p...

Welcome to  Major Dreams Minor Thoughts , an audio diary by Aresevé — where music meets memory, and history hums beneath every note. In this entry, Aresevé dives into the glimmering yet bittersweet world of  Japanese City-Pop  — a genre that once captured the heart of a nation at its economic peak. Born from Japan's postwar prosperity and the optimism of urban modernity, City-Pop became the sound...

Welcome to Major Dreams Minor Thoughts , an audio diary by Aresevé — where music meets memory, and history hums beneath every note. In this episode, we travel into the haunting legacy of Blackface Minstrelsy — a performance born of cruelty, polished into profit, and etched into the fabric of American music. It was a stage built on mockery, yet it became one of the first places where Black expressi...

Entry 01: The Beginning – Genetic Meets Geography, Racisms Biological Imprint In the opening episode of Major Dreams Minor Thoughts , Aresevé invites listeners into an inquiry that is both personal and scholarly—an exploration of how music, race, and identity intertwine across the landscapes of history and human perception. Returning to academia to pursue a second degree in music, she frames her c...