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promo figures posted on school bulletin board in weeks prior to making video public |
Now in my ninth year teaching in New Orleans, it’s about time we parodied a New Orleans rapper. I thought of spinning Juvenile’s “Back That Azz Up” into “Back That Math Up” well over a year ago, but it took a while to make it happen. Initially the rhyme scheme seemed like it would be easy to mimic, but the writing of the lyrics turned out to be a very slow process. After I finally finished my verse, my co-writers agreed that this song was harder to parody than we thought it would be. Furthermore, last year I was in the midst of creating well over 100 instructional math video lessons for my classes. The thought of spending any more time in front of a computer was entirely unappealing.
This year I regained the motivation to dive into another project. Unlike the four previous Lusher Math Department songs and videos, the creation of this one did not get crammed into a Thanksgiving week break in order to hype the American Mathematics Competition in February. Allowing it to draw out a little longer without any particular looming deadline made it a more enjoyable experience in the end. Even though I think we’ve written better lyrics in the past, I ended up being very pleased with the recording, audio editing, and animation. I owe big thanks for the contributions of students Christian (writing, rapping) and Luca (refining my crude audio editing). |
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