Essays on Album

Executive Summary

Mission Statement Genesis Entertainment is a modern entertainment business that focuses on exceptional rap music, merchandise, and entertainment normally overshadowed by the mainstream ideologies. The entertainment business aims to bring music joy to the individuals of all the ages, provide services, which exceeds customers’ expectations, and quality products at pocket friendly prices. What’s more, Genesis Entertainment aims to offer fair compensation to its members of staff and a fair return to the owner.

Goals

- Create a steady revenue stream from sales of the new album, ‘Genesis’, merchandising, digital sales, and live performances. - Establish and grow the corporation into a ...

Introduction

Michael Jackson is one of the world’s most famous singers and artist. Starting off as an ordinary American recording artist, he had a couple of breaks. He was later on discovered as the world’s King of Pop because of the genre of songs he usually composed in his music albums. His fans often refer Michael Jackson as MJ. Jackson did not become famous just because he has a relatively good or unique singing voice. His unique and usually hard-to-copy dance moves were actually equally contributory to his success as an entertainer, a recording artist, and even a businessperson. This man certainly ...

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(Name of the Course) In 2007, it was announced that one of the popular songs of singer Bob Dylan was about to be remixed. It came across as a shock to rock’n roll fans worldwide who considered this remix idea as if someone is trying to draw a moustache on Leonardo DaVinci’s famous Mona Lisa portrait. The song to be remixed was, “Most Likely You Go Your Way” and a new video was to be released for the remix that was directed by Rupert Jones. For this purpose, hundreds of Bob Dylan look-alikes ...

CD REVIEW PROJECT Alicia Keys is one of the top American recording artists of current times. Her career so far entails the release of five studio albums, seventeen singles, one live album and eighteen music videos. She mostly records and shoots her music videos with J records, which is a record label that is operated by Sonic Music Entertainment Company. She also doubles as an actress. The following is a list of all her album releases in order of chronology. Songs in A minor. Dir. Alicia Keys. Perf. Alicia keys. J Records, 2001. CD, digital download. The diary ...

Although Wikipedia content can be added or edited by anyone, this doesn’t mean that Wikipedia does not take time to review the content that gets posted on their site. Although content remains posted regardless of the quality of the article, Wikipedia does highlight well-written articles that meet their standards. One of the Wikipedia articles that can definitely be improved is the article on the album Friction, Baby by Better Than Ezra, which can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction,_Baby.

While the article already contains a considerable amount of content, namely the sections on the article lead, Track listing, and Personnel, ...

Essay on Pink Floyd’s Meddle

Pink Floyd, one of the most popular and progressive rock music groups in the history of music, achieved its popularity because of the psychedelic musical pieces they created. The characteristics of Pink Floyd music are the meaningful lyrics, experimentation with sound and the wonderful live shows they conducted. Meddle is the sixth album by the group, and released in the year 1971. It gained immense popularity, and is in fact, one of the most popular music albums ever. Etched in the minds of the listeners, Meddle has a quality of experimenting with various sounds and creating a new effect altogether. The ...

1960s 5 songs

Introduction A concept theme song is studio album in which the lyrics and the music revolves around a single theme or a unified story unlike the other studio albums in which all different songs are there. In 1960’s several concept albums were launched. The concept album can instrumental or compositional, lyrical or narrative. The first concept album was released by Lee Wiley in 1930on the liberty records which contained eight songs. 1960s became an unforgettable era for concept theme albums with the release of many influential and unforgettable albums.

Arthur (Or Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)- The Kinks

The kinks preservation society wrote this song which was their ...

It`s not really often we can find the band with so diverse and strange music and with so interesting and outstanding history as well. The King Crimson is one of the least that can surely be classified to such kind of bands. Being created on the 30th of November 1968 the band was first rehearsed on the 13th of January 1969 in London with the first band`s line-up: Robert Fripp, who was the guitarist of the band, Greg Lake, the bassist and the vocalist, Michael Giles was the band`s drummer, Ian McDonald, playing the woodwinds ...

Introduction

Michael Jackson is one of the world’s most famous singer and artist. Starting off as an ordinary American recording artist, he had a couple of breaks. He was later on discovered as the world’s King of Pop because of the types of songs he usually includes in his music albums. Michael Jackson is often referred to by his fans MJ. Jackson did not become famous just because he has a relatively good or unique singing voice. His unique and usually hard-to-copy dance moves were actually equally contributory to his success as an entertainer, a recording artist, and even a businessman. ...

Future success of rock and roll

The four artists I believe will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in about 25 years are Beyonce, Chris Brown, Katy Perry, and Taylor swift. This may be supported by their contribution, endurance (remaining relevant), popularity, and success in the music industry. Beyonce has achieved tremendous success in her solo music career since 2002 when she released the album Dangerously in Love (Lamb n.p.). The album reached the number one spot in both the U.S. and the U.K. The album has since sold more than 4 million and 8 million copies in the U.S. ...

Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most renowned classical musicians whose works are popular even today. He is considered as one of the most important composers of the Baroque period. His nine symphonies have particularly been cited as some of the most brilliant western classical musical pieces of all time. Apart from symphonies, Bach is also recognized for his other compositions such as Cantatas, which are religious pieces of musical composition. Today, some of his works have been performed by various musicians, compiled and then sold in album format to millions of classical music lovers around the world. ...

A Grand Don’t Come Free is the studio album from hip-hop act and British garage. It is made by the streets or Mike Skinner and was released on May 18th, 2004 (Streets Albums 50). The concept of the album is a story telling recent triumphs and troubles of Skinner. It is a simple story but with a cohesive narrative on songs explaining the plot. Generally, it sounds like an opera but with attention to lyrics. A Grand Don’t Come Free tells a story with interwoven characters and themes. The themes of the album revolve around different aspects in our day-to-day lives ...

Introduction:

The Beatles are probably the greatest rock band of all time and their musical style evolved substantially over the years. There are also some iconic albums such as ‘Revolver’ and Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club where extraneous influences permeated the songs and created a unique style. Amongst the most important of these influences was the Eastern effect which came upon George Harrison in the years 1964-65 and which was to find its way into ‘Revolver’ (Barrow p 65). The essay thesis is an argument over the transition from Help to Revolver where the experimentation in sound reach its zenith with ...

Introduction

Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr is an American musician who has multiple talents in singing conducting, playing the piano, and acting and composes music. He was born in 1967 in New Orleans. Both parents were lawyers and had a record store where he began plating the keyboard at a tender age of three. However, he began performing to the public at the age of six. It was at the age of ten when he first recorded a song with a local jazz band. He has sold 25 million albums. He is rated as one of the top 60 bestselling male musicians in the ...

Who was James Brown? He was known my several monikers that paid tribute to his talent and contributions to the world of American music. Many have heard the term “God Father of Soul” or “the hardest working man in show business.” Of course, no one is sure as to whether “hardest working” is a description for amount of times spent in practice and musical development or how passionately he danced. James Brown was an American singer. James was the originator and chief pioneer of the style of music known as funk. Thus, he deserves credit for its complicated grooves ...

The band Led Zeppelin are famous for their hard rock musical style and who left a huge influence on the music of the time. They were formed in London in 1968 and there were four members as follows:

Guitar - Jimmy Page

Vocals – Robert Plant Keyboards and Bass Guitar – John Paul Jones Drummer – John Bonham The group’s music verged on heavy metal with tinges of folk music and blues. The band was not immediately popular as a group. In fact, they became popular after they released their fourth album because this album contained the much-loved ‘Staiway to Heaven’ track. The band ...

Marshall Bruce Mathews, best known by his stage name Eminem, is American rapper born in the year 1972, October 17. He is also a songwriter, actor, and a record producer. He is a member of a group named D12. He is the best-selling artist in the 2000's in the United States. He was ranked 82nd by stone magazine on the list of the greatest musicians of all times. He was also declared "The King of Hip Hop" by the same magazine (Nelson, Debbie & Annette). The album that was declared as one of the best in the United States was named "Curtain Call: ...

Introduction

Wish you were here is the ninth song in the album by a group of pink Floyd of September 1975. The themes of absenteeism and business in the music industry and by extension the progressive rock category has been largely explored in the album pink Floyd. The song was released in early 1975 and was a big hit since then. It was the first of its type in the progressive rock history to feature in the stone magazine as among the 500 greatest albums of all time. The song wish you were here was widely renowned and acted a favorite of ...

Annotated Bibliographies

2pac World. (2013). 2pac Alive Theories. Retrieved from 2pac World: http://www.2pacworld.co.uk/tupac-death/tupac-alive-theories/ This website talks about Tupac’s life, his music, his death and the conspiracies that he is still alive. The theories have made many people believe that Tupac still lives. Suge Knight, who was driving the car Tupac was riding was uninjured in the shooting. Furthermore, he never showed up for questioning. Another theory claims that Tupac wore a bulletproof vest everywhere he went. The fact that he failed to wear one to the Tyson fight raises eyebrows. The video of the song “I ain’t Mad at ...

Black Music

What’s happening? Black Music. 1. (a) Reggae artist, Duane Stephenson

Duane Stephenson is a non-dancehall reggae artist. The reggae sound and beat are not the up-front of the sound; they are the foundation on which his singing voice and his message comfortably perch. His voice is serious even when he sings; he sounds like an old man, probably because he is mature and thoughtful. His fans describe his voice as wise.1

Stephenson’s albums may be too mellow and well, boring to some. His lyrics are strong so he doesn’t let the music overwhelm his message. He ...

Just like this decade, Hip Hop music has been very instrumental in expressing cultural aspects, political views, social perspectives and attitude towards a particular group in the 80’s. Criminal minded was widely considered to be the foundation of the hardcore rap, that announced its overall intentions with just a cover photo of its artists- Kris-One and Scott La Rock. These artists posed with weapons which was unheard musical gesture since the year 1987. Boogle Down production was a rap tailored to explain about the inner city violence and drugs. There existed no explicit mention of the real gangs who conducted the ...

Sociology refers to the study of people living in groups as well as any other form of social formation that has been organized in a systematic manner. According to the Complete A-Z Sociology handbook, sociology as a study provides a clear picture into the functioning of society. The study focuses on the human social life and the mannerisms of humans in groups. The study also focuses on the rules that govern these social set ups which are factors that bind and separate the humans at both the individual level as well as at a global level (Johnson, p.15, 1966).

Sociological imagination is a fundamental ...

Shakira Isabel Merabak Ripoll was born on February 2, 1977 in the Colombian city of Barranquilla. The girl became the first child of the mother and the last kid of her father and that made her to be the favorite child in the family. From very early childhood, Shakira began to show interest to literature and music. She was super smart and at the age of 4 she was all prepared for school. Her mother always thought that her daughter will grow as an artist or a writer, as Shakira liked to draw, and then, at the age of four ...

THESIS: But it’s not before long that she started singing alongside her mother at the age of fifteen and by nineteen, she navigated herself into the world of pop from gospel distinctively R n B as well as Soul. - INTRODUCTION - Describing music - Introducing Whitney Houston - Where and when Whitney Houston started singing - WHITNEY HOUSTON’S STARDOM - Whitney Houston’s music career - Whitney Houston’s songs - Whitney Houston’s chart presence - WHITNEY HOUSTON’S SUCCESS - Houston’s Grammy Winnings ...

The Braxton Family Values reality show presents the life of five sisters that share a special bond among each other. They love to sing, even though only one from them, Tony Braxton, is famous. This reality show presents the way in which five sisters can cooperate and manage to overcome obstacles that get in their way and find comfort in each other as well. Being on the reality TV show, shows that they are filmed night and day, and the viewers can see most of their flows and problems and the way of how they are solving them. In most ...

Introduction

The late nineteenth century and the beginning twentieth century were marked by the great expansions and development in the society. The same was also evident in music which is part of an art that was in a revolution stage resulting to various movements. This paper will analyse two twentieth century movements which are pop and punk music. Works done by artists in the different genres will also be analysed to bring out the difference.

Pop Music

According to Hubbard, pop music is a music genre that is associated with rock and roll music and intended to appeal to the youth market (3). In ...

Miley Cyrus is an American actress and an artist born in November 23, 1992. She is the daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus, a renowned singer. She first showed some interest in acting at the age of nine when they were living in Canada. Miley made her first appearance on screen in Doc TV show as a guest star. Miley is recognized as among the most successful young artists from The Walt Disney Company. She rose to fame in the Disney Channel series where she was known as Hannah Montana. Miley Cyrus is known and respected as being among the best triumphant ...

Introduction

The Caribbean and the Latin America have a rich musical heritage ranging from classical and classical-influenced styles, folk traditional music and the modern popular music. It has different countries and regions such as Jamaica, Brazil, Peru, Haiti, Virgin Islands among others. The vastness of the involved area and ethnic collection makes the music from the region the most efficiently discussed and since it is acculturated. This paper seeks to explore a descriptive analysis of Tango and Nuevo Tango of Astor Piazzolla, Brazilian Bossa Nova Movement and Afro-Cuban Music from different orchestras such as Machito, O’Farrill styles among others. In addition, ...

Born Carmelita Rossana Ford, the British-born musician who later became an American Rock sensation was born on the 19th of September, 1958 in the city of London, England. She grew up in the city of Los Angeles. She later became the lead guitarist for the hard rock band comprising of all-girls, The Runaways. They released their debut album in 1976. With their provocative stage outfits, rebellious lyrics, and punkish sound the band shocked a vast majority of the people in the rock world, while at the same time achieving some mild popularity until their break up in 1979. Lita Ford ...

Ogbar and Jeffery (pp 1) describe “Hip Hop” as one of the styles used by artist to sing. The style can also be defined as a culture due to the influence it has. Ogbar and Jeffery (pp 2) continue to argue that hip hop began in the 1970s in New York at a place called South Bronx. Dj Kool Herc is believed to be the founder of the new style of music. He used to rap while mixing during his parties. The hip hop culture continued growing and by the 1980s it had its own uniqueness. The common cultures associated with ...

Introduction:

Artists which are perhaps better known for the start of their careers include the speed metal band Metallica and the thrash/death metal band Slayer. Both began their musical careers in relative obscurity with the former starting on Music for Nations and the latter on Under One Flag, both labels which are now defunct and both artists having achieved international stardom on Warner and American Jam Recordings respectively.

Metallica:

Metallica began with the recording of their first album, ‘Kill em’ All’ which came out in 1983 and which remains one of their best efforts although it has its weak points too. The ...

The Rolling Stones is the famous English rock band that was setup in April 1962 by Brian Jones who played guitar and harmonica, Mick Jagger the lead vocalist and guitar player, Keith Richards also played guitar and assisted in vocals and the first song of this band “Marquee Club”, was released in 1962. Sticky fingers is one of the most successful albums of this band and the work on this album started with the recording of the first song “Sister Morphine”, in Alabama in December 1969, however the official recordings started in 1970. The Album had variety of ...

Section one: Your experience

For this part of the paper, I want you to reflect on your growth as a musician over the course of the semester. Consider some of your goals from the beginning, and consider the following: - How do you feel our method of using free sources worked for you as a learning tool? - Considering our readings and class projects, how do some of your opinions about rock differ from when the semester started. If they haven't changed at all, please elaborate as to why. - Reflecting on your goals for musical growth, how do you or don't you ...

Lionel Richie's life and music career has been a fascinating and eventful one. He is a famous singer, songwriter, musician and record producer as well as an activist. Lionel Brockman Richie was born on June 20, 1949 in Tuskegee, Alabama USA; son of a system analyst and an educator1. He grew up on the campus of Tuskegee Institute before his family moved to Illinois, where he graduated from high school. Being a great tennis player, he was granted a tennis scholarship and went to Tuskegee Institute, where he graduated with a major in economics in 1974. While he was in college, he ...

According to the Guinness World Records, the Beatles is considered the best selling group of all time. It was composed of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They were one of the first bands to write and play their own music that started the Beatlemania phenomenon during the 1960s. Their song “Yesterday” is also the most recorded song in history. They are included in Time magazine’s list of the 20th Century’s 100 Most Influential People. To date, they hold the record to the most No. 1 songs in Billboard’s Hot 100.

The ...

Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Return to Forever “full live”

The concert of “Return to Forever” has impressed with the variety of themes and layers. Avant-garde style performed by the most successful line up of the group in its history: pianist Chick Corea, guitarist Al Di Meola, bassist Stanley Clarke, and drummer Lenny White in this album, called “Romantic Warriors” also brings mature sound of traditional jazz approach in their sound. This jazz/musical classic concert sometimes drive to medieval, I would even say baroque style, as in “The Magician" by Clarke. The “Romantic Warrior” includes compositions from all of the players, making it really collective work. Each of these ...

A band more famous than Jesus! That statement was one casually made by a British rock band known to leave a permanent mark on both pop culture and music history for time immemorial. The Beatles was the band, and although that comment attracted bad publicity, it was not enough to destroy the incredibly talented men who made up this legendary band. John, Paul, George, and Ringo are names that every baby boomer and surrounding generations has come to associate with an era that will never be forgotten. The band to alter the face of music history entered the scene in the ...

1956 – Hard Bop. Hard Bop developed from Bop and spread through the East Coast. Adherents of this style believed that cool jazz was too “European” and wanted to return more blues and Afro-centric elements. Hard Bop was an assertive style that characterized by more active drummers, improvisations, darker and heavier ambience. Style was preferred primary by urban musicians from Philadelphia and Detroit (“Cool Jazz and Hard Bop”). In 1956 Sonny Rollins with different musicians created several significant albums: “Tenor Madness”, “Volume one”, “Colossus”, “Plus Four” and other. Rollins also became a tenor saxophonist of Miles Davis Quintet that was ...

Music Appreciation

The Temptations The Temptations is a popular American vocal group that was started in the 1960’s. The Temptations group was created in Detroit, Michigan in 1960, under the name, The Elgins. The members of the original group when it started were from two Detroit rival music groups;Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks from the group, The Primes and Elbridge AL Bryant , Otis Williams, and Melvin Franklin from The Distants (Williams and Romanowski 178). The groups met at a house party organized by Janet Poole, a friend of The Distants. After they met at this party, the two groups merged and ...

Fallacy is defined as a misconception that is based on unsound argument. It is a misleading, false and deceptive notion and argument that does not have a rationale to be termed as a truth. The most common and popular fallacy of the past was the world is round and flat. In this essay, five fallacies shall be discussed along with the two examples each. These fallacies include, the slippery slope fallacy, fallacy of appeal to fear, straw man fallacy, fallacy of hasty generalization and the fallacy of false cause. Slippery Slope Fallacy. The slippery slope fallacy believes that one thing leads to ...

Abstract

Music indeed is the language of the soul. It touches everyone alike. Still people speculate and think that music is for the young. The following discussion is little thought into why it is not age that determines a person’s liking for music but the feelings the music conveys. Keywords: Rock n Roll, Rock, Queen, Green Day, genre

Introduction

In this far wide world, even the Gods sand divided amongst men. There are only a few things in this world that are shared amongst every one. Music is one amongst those rare things. Every country or region has its own form ...

Difference between Matchbox 20 Albums and Rob Thomas

Thesis Rob Thomas, a lead singer and songwriter of Matchbox 20, sang a few solo songs of which, one was rated among the Top 10 hits and, his effort was recognized when he was ranked No.5 among a cluster of celebrity singers on Billboard’s Top 20 list of Hot 100 songwriters between 2010-2011. Was Rob the reason for Matchbox 20 becoming so successful in the 2000s, or was it Matchbox 20 that helped push Rob Thomas’ popularity as an exceptional music talent? “It’s been 10 years since the multi-platinum selling band Matchbox Twenty which included Rob Thomas, Paul ...

Analysis of Summary

This paper will point out the analysis and results of different summaries that follow the rules of a good summary. I have chosen to write a summary on a single named ‘Beautiful’ by famous rapper Eminem. The reason for picking out this summary is because of its easiness to understand. Also, the summary paraphrases the information from the original sources, instead of using the words directly from the source. It acknowledges the original writer and the titles. 1. The song ‘Beautiful’: Rap music is the most popular genre of music among people around the world. Beautiful is a single song ...

Abstract

Sociology is the study of human behavior. Sociologists used sociological imagination to understand social interactions better. This paper will employ these tools to analyze Justine Bieber’s Boyfriend as a song that promotes teenage love. It will give a brief history of the song writer and singer in order to understand their musical journey and their motivation. This paper will then use the song a point of reference for romantic problems in the larger society especially in marriage. In the end, we will be able to demonstrate the importance of positive and free spirited attitude towards love.

Introduction

Sociology is the study of ...

Thomas Earl Petty, commonly known by his stage name, Tom has done so much for the music industry. His participation in the music industry has seen the rock and roll scene improve immensely in the quality of music content where the artists has sang songs that not only entertain the general public and listenership but also educate them in matters affecting the society at large. His has done many hit songs both as a solo artist and as a group, most of which have been widely accepted by both the youths and the general public through out his music career. For ...

Apparently, Lil Wayne is not only known for his exemplary style of music but also his unique and outstanding character. Throughout his life, it is imperative to denote that this rapper has had to undergo stresses while concurrently achieving success. With the above said, this paper will present an insightful description of sources that will be used in the subsequent research. Details and how the use if these sources in the research will be elaborated more profoundly.

Brown, J. (2011). Lil Wayne: (an unauthorized biography). Phoenix, Ariz: Colossus

Owing the fact that this book offers a detailed record of ...

This preliminary movement began in 1985 to label albums that contain lusty lyrics. People have started pushing for a constant Parental Advisory Lyrics sticker in the year 1990. They were led by Tipper Gore, the wife of vice president Al Gore, seconded by Susan Baker. A contract was later reached between the PRMC and the Recording Industry Association of America in 1989, which additional the parental advisory stickers to albums (Arlington, 23).

The Parent Music Resources Centre (PMRC) was founded as an America committee with an aim and objective to state goals to enhance parental control over the access of ...

Opinion about course assignments:

After a close evaluation on the course assignments, I firmly believe that there are more than one assignment which proved to be interesting to me. The interesting assignments are identified as follows: talking about architecture and ornament restoration. Talking about architecture provided immense opportunities to enhance my knowledge on architectural structures and designs. Likewise, ornament restoration was well-organized, effectively structured, as well as beneficial for various practitioners. The instructional approaches used to achieve identified learning objectives in the course inspired me to think more about the importance of learning concepts and theories on topics that were discussed. I could, therefore, ...

Elvis Presley was one of the greatest musicians in rock 'n roll history - he revolutionized the way in which people enjoyed pop music, and became an all-American icon with untold wealth throughout the 60s and 70s. He was one of the catalysts that brought rock 'n' roll, primarily thought to be a black musical style, to wider acceptance by whites, and pushed boundaries of raciness and eroticism in American live musical performance. Elvis Presley was the ultimate Memphis Rockabilly artist as he combined white sensibilities and good looks with urban jazz and blues music styles. Because of this ability ...

Rock and roll is dated back 1955, and its invention attributed to Chuck Berry and specifically based on black music. However, the music broke the social and racial prejudice epitomizing both young and black rockers. There were various artists who rose with the rise of the rock and roll such as Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley. However, Bob Dylan is regarded as the most influential musician of the era. He played an imperative role in expressing the ambitions of young people by establishing simple songs and poetic lyrics (scaruffi). He consistently demonstrated an ability to reach and affect his ...

Please write about sound art and experimental sound. specifically acousmatics. focus on that subject and please do some research. I will attach two readings but please include outside sources. this paper should be more about content and not form . My background I am from saudi arabia and i haven't been exposed to material like experimental sound before.. please elaborate on that or add it as an example. make it a bit personal if you may. thanks Acousmatics is the study of experimental sounds which may be blended together to form a sort of music. This can come in various shapes ...

Final Examination

Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi The song Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi was the third single to come off the band’s third album Slippery When Wet, which was released in 1986 (DevinG, 2012). It was written by band members Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and was so titled because of Jon Bon Jovi’s great admiration for cowboys, whom he could relate to as being hated. It talked about the lonely life of a rock star and was based on their touring experiences (“Wanted Dead or Alive,” n.d.), especially while they were still ...

Trace the history of Motown. What was Berry Gordy's vision for his fledgling company and how did he achieve it? Furthermore, the music of Motown reflected a a paradigm shift by the end of the sixties. Describe this shift and suggest reasons for it to have occurred.

Motown record was founded on January 12 1959 by Berry Gordy Jr. in a span of few years; the Detroit-based company had sold more single and more hits than any other record band of the time. There is no hyperbole in the statement that Motown brought together the soul and classics that dramatically changed America ( ...

Introduction

The Hawaiian Renaissance refers to the rise in popularity of Hawaiian music. When we talk about Hawaiian music, the music of prominent artists such as “The Cazimero Brothers” and the “Sons of Hawaii” come to mind. In the succeeding discussion, our main goal is to frame and understand Hawaiian music based on the work of a single artist. To narrow down the scope of research, the discussion will focus on “Olomana”, originally the musical duo of Robert Beaumont and Jerry Santos, which later on became a four-man band (Seida, n.d.). The discussion explores Olomana’s style, the message in their songs, ...

Miles Davis (1926-1991) was one of the most influential jazz musicians in American history. He was on the forefront of several breakthrough development in jazz including cool jazz and jazz fusion. He is one of the most recognizable musicians in the world of jazz and most Americans know his name even if they are not jazz enthusiasts. Davis became an accomplished trumpeter and was known for his smooth sound. Tate (2015) in his article for Rolling Stone magazine credits Davis’ cool style and creativity for the creativity and expression that changed the face of jazz music since the 1940’ ...

Rock music is notoriously difficult to record but every now and then a record comes along which towers above the rest. I chose Metallica’s landmark album which came out in 1986 titled Master of Puppets that remains an important milestone in the history of heavy/speed metal. The album was recorded from September to December at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark and was mixed by Michael Wagener at the Amigo Studios in North Hollywood, California. The LP was issued on the Music for Nations label with catalogue number MFN60 in 1986. The sound is immediately apparent in the ...

Introduction

Spotify is a music provider company that provides music online. The users need to register to Spotify either by connecting it through facebook or by registering their e-mail id. There is a vast choice of music available that can be streamed to computer of any smart gadget in minutes. All the tracks are legally available and the music that is unauthorized to be broadcasted in a particular geographical region, it is eliminated through Digital Rights Management (DRM). The users can choose free tier or a Premium tier by paying around £3.19 and get music advertisement free and at a higher bit rate. The users ...

1. One of the most important events from the American history that had also an impact in the popular music was the war for the civil rights who was led by Martin Luther King. 2. The second event was Woostock. 3. The perception of black people music change from the earliest style in the nineteen century by getting under its umbrella a large range of musical genres like ragtime, jazz, blues, doo-wop, rock and roll, hip-hop, soul ,dance and techno. 4. The Ed Sullivan Show was an American TV variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan and the ...

Music is an individual process of describing a composer or musician`s feelings and thoughts, that`s why every music masterpiece is so much different from another one. Let us take two great jazzmen, Earl Hines and John Coltrane, who worked in different times, depicting different life of people. They lived and worked in time, when everything was full of jazz as the contrary to classical music, jazz was considered immoral and inappropriate way to play and compose. Everything has changed in time and jazz has become one of the most popular genres of music of the time. Let us ...

Introduction

The internet has affected many industries with the ease of access to information and the enhancement of communication channels. The media has also been affected by the internet. With the ease of getting information from the internet, the media content is becoming easy to get. One of the disadvantages that the internet has brought to the media industry is the piracy which has been made more profound with the use of this new technology. The internet has become a medium through which media content can be accessed and abused. This is becoming an issue to the content producers. The artists ...