My name is Eric Valencia and I began playing piano three and a half years ago. I never had any interest in playing piano‚ although I loved hearing it. My grandmother passed away december of 2008 and I was deeply saddened by this event. My music history teacher in high school played a few pieces for us from the classical period. I remember hearing the Marriage of figaro‚ Moonlight sonata‚ Don Giovanni‚ and a few others‚ but Moonlight sonata grabbed my attention the most. I began
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Zach Aaronson November 18‚ 2011 Professor Albert Auster COMM 1011-L02 Introduction to Media Industries The Popular Music Industry and the History of the Billboard Charts Once upon a time it used to be easy to calculate the success and popularity of a recording artist‚ song‚ or album. For most of the 20th century people bought records‚ then tapes‚ and then CDs and these sales represented how many people were listening and loving any given musician. Combined with radio requests and radio
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Many people would pass up listening to the styles of the new/old Michael Jackson‚ but do you know why? Why do people absolutely refuse to claim they have ever heard his music? Why do parents ban their children’s CD selection from some of his greatest hits‚ like Bad‚ or Thriller? Why do people hate him? Many reasons of course‚ some lies‚ some true‚ some public..and some private. As the story unfolds‚ Michael was very famous from the beginning {of his life}. He started at such a young
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The moment I realized music is what I would want to do for the rest of my life. The first open-mic of my life. I’m so nervous that my hands won’t stop shaking. Its funny because before it actually got to this point‚ I was telling everyone in a fit of joy how I had finally got my first show and how they should come and support me. The sign-up sheet finally comes out and I hesitantly write my name on it knowing that I wasn’t even down (’done’ instead of ’down’) writing the song I was about to perform
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Part One: Introduction to Pop Art The Pop Art movement “uses elements of popular culture‚ such as magazines‚ movies‚ … and even [brand name] bottles and cans” to convey a message about the artist’s views on society. Using bold coloured paintings‚ soft sculptures‚ and printmaking‚ artists would create facsimiles‚ similar reproductions of popular merchandise and collages. The purpose was to emphasize the banality of any given mass culture. This was a response the post-war conservative society which
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Exploration Proposal I hope to explore the images of comic strips consumerism and symbolism in pop art that have been influenced in our everyday lives and how the mass media‚ advertising and popular culture are portrayed through pop art. One of the greatest iconic pop culture artists Andy Warhol suggests “I like boring things” this is a broad indication of a part of how pop culture is based on. It exposes how objects in everyday life can be right in front of us and we as people don’t think twice
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Music There is nothing better in life to me than music. Since the 5th grade I have loved music; playing it‚ making it and listening to it. Over the past few years I have learned to make repairs to band instruments. Music has become my passion and I plan to make it a part of my future. One day I plan to work with music through its ever expanding technology. I also plan to continue playing perhaps in a jazz band or the symphony. In jazz I can play fun pieces of music‚ and in a symphony I could play
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He is regarded as one of the Kings of pop‚ no not Michael Jackson‚ but Andy Warhol. Warhol was an american pop artist who played an important role in the Pop Art movement‚ and left an impact on the art world. During his time‚ there was a rise in advertising‚ designing‚ and branding. Warhol took notice‚ and decided to make art that reflected the culture of mass consumption. He was producing pieces that allowed people to question what is art‚ and also begin reflecting. In the video‚ Sal Khan‚ and Steven
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left for the city within the hour. Upon arrival‚ we purchased our tickets and began walking around. While we were taking our time and observing the magnificent art‚ we got to the wall where Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans is intended to be. The pop art sensation was missing. In dismay‚ I touched the wall in which it is normally situated‚ and I transported into a disserted basement room of the museum‚ leaving my siblings
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be the characters in the songs and telling their stories. There was a time in elementary school‚ however‚ when I strayed from country music for a while. I started listening to pop music like all the other kids. It wasn’t until fifth grade that I was brought back to country music. My dad bought me Taylor Swift’s debut album and I was instantly hooked on her music. From then on‚ I started to listen to other country artists again and fell back in love with the genre. In December the next year‚ I attended
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