The genre of music “blues” has been one that’s withstood the test of time. Blues music is unique in the sense that one truly needs to feel “blue”‚ or down to sing/write a song. That is why this music has withstood the test of time‚ because no matter what time period or generation is making this music‚ one is always going to fall on hard times and be able to relate to this type of music. A genre that was born out of the aftermath of slavery is obviously going to carry with it a powerful message
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Music is an art form and source of power. Many forms of music reflect culture and society‚ as well as‚ containing political content and social message. Music as social change has been highlighted throughout the 20th century. In the 1960s the United States saw political and socially oriented folk music discussing the Vietnam War and other social issues. In Jamaica during the 1970s and 1980s reggae developed out of the Ghetto’s of Trench town and expressed the social unrest of the poor and the need
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Writing varies from a text message to a novel. Writers often have a difficult task in creating a piece of work that truly identifies the meaning of good writing. Every good writer usually starts with the basics such as genre‚ audience‚ rhetorical situation‚ and reflection of the piece. Throughout this semester‚ we have gone through all of these key terms in great detail with each new assignment that has come our way. In doing this‚ not only as students but also as writers‚ we have come to create
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Zachary Smith English 1100 Soundtrack of my life Music is one of the greatest and most influential devices that we as humans deal with on a day to day basis. It plays such an important role in our lives and helps build character without us ever thinking twice about it. In today’s society there are so many types and genres of music that you can find a song for any type of mood that you’re in. Music has the power to bring thousands of people from opposite walks of life together. When I stop and
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Mrs. Wertz-O‚ I do hope that you took the time to enjoy my genre recreation project. The idea was a very spur of the moment decision‚ and came to me quite suddenly in the middle of Michael’s craft store. My original thought was to create a scrapbook of a certain characters’ life‚ and make a sort of collage of events surrounding them. Alex Galvin took me to Michael’s the Monday before the project was due‚ and I spent hours (or so Alex feels) looking around the craft sections at all the different
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of their hit singles “My Sharona” in front of a packed house. This song represented the alternative/pop rock genre‚ and was considered a major hit in the late 1970s. As a child‚ I remember hearing the song on the radio and I enjoyed the catchy and memorable tune. Although I did not quite understand the lyrics at the time‚ my dad listened to it often when he worked in the garage. This essay will first describe a variety of important musical characteristics that are displayed within the performance
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roll is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern part of the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Rock and roll is also written as rock & roll or rock’n’roll. It adopted musical styles from African American that included styles such as gospel‚ jump blues‚ jazz‚ boogie woogie‚ and rhythm and blues‚ along with country music. The elements of rock and roll can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s. Nonetheless this genre did not
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In today’s entertainment industry‚ we have so many different genres of music. Two of the many different forms include country and rap music. In 2008‚ Jason Aldean’ s song “She’ s Country” was released‚ and the lyrics in the song describe how “typical” country women live their life. In comparison‚ J. Cole’ s song “Work Out‚” released in 2011‚ shows how women are seen in the public eye. Both of these songs adhere to media mainstreaming the physical appearance of women through clothing. J. Cole and
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estimate the time they spent listening to music‚ to choose the best attitude toward it‚ and to report the degree of affinity for a particular music style. They used online surveys to collect the responses. Results: Based on the results‚ intense and sophisticated music (eg. punk and Blues music genres)‚ were associated with personality traits such as low conscientiousness and high openness (mainly present in adolescence). Unpretentious music (eg. religious genre) was connected with high conscientiousness
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Amber Music Appreciation Professor N. July 23‚ 2013 Live Performance Review’s This review consists of my opinion on three music videos from three different genres of music. I have chosen the following videos to do my review on: 1. Classical: Lang Lang performs Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.23 (‘Appassionata’)‚ third movement. 2. Jazz: Glen Miller Orchestra performing In the Mood. 3. Modern: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (members of Led Zepplin) playing Kasmir. This assignment took
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