I really enjoyed this class, one of my favorites at UCSB. Do the readings and attend lecture though not required, and youre fine

This is my absolute favorite course I've taken at UCSB. Lectures are fantastic, but you do need to take detailed notes. There are no lecture slides and lectures are unrelated to the readings. Readings are fairly dense, but if you pace yourself and don't procrastinate you'll be fine. Do not squander the opportunity to take this class.

Be prepared to grind. There's a ton of reading, and he doesn't post his lectures, so you pretty much have to show up to every class if you want to keep up. As long as you stay on top of the work, it's definitely worth it and you'll get a lot out of it. He's super charismatic and makes the lectures actually interesting.

Dr. Abra was my favorite lecturer throughout all of my time at UCSB.He was the only lecturer that I have ever really learned anything from. I've taken like 5 classes with him just because his lectures are so engaging. You do have to pay attention and you have to read for a good grade, but the material in his lectures will make you WANT to.Take him!

Nothing correlated to core ideas. Nothing felt in depth, and I have not learned anything interesting about music, industry, or the history of it. It feels more like him showing baseline things and rambling as if he knew everything. (his concentration is in criminal law studies). It is just lectures no slides, prioritize memorization, I guess.

COMM179 Music class. 1 midterm, 1 paper, 1 final. Combines the lectures/readings for exams. No slides and rants a lot of the time. Memorization is literally the only thing he tests, so you're good it comes easy to you. A lot of his lecture are just his opinion on things. Readings were interesting. I would never take one of his classes again though.