Essays on Albums

AMINAL’s motto states that all efforts to categorize the genre they play in are futile and that it is “their sworn duty” to melt their audience’s face. Indeed, the “molten rock”, as they call themselves can be used to define the style of the band and, thus, its appeal. The somewhat careless attitude towards what and how they play does not make the band appear uninteresting to the public; it is the part of the style they consciously use to attract new audience. In crude terms, people enjoy seeing a bunch of regular-looking dudes play cool music ...

29.07.2016

1) 1. French Hip-Hop genre is famous for several names of people, who have made a large contribution to the development of hip-hop culture in France: Dee Nasty, Phil Barney, Bernard Zekri, Jean Karaks, and Sidney. Dee Nasty is a DJ Radio Nova’s producer and a pioneer of Hip-Hop genre in France. He has produced the first Hip Hop record in France in 1980s and soon became world-known. He took part in many DMC World DJ Championships. Dee Nasty is also known for the distribution and development of graffiti, break dance, and funk music in French culture. ...

Dolly Parton: Career and Influence

Abstract Dolly Parton is an American singer and songwriter whose overwhelming success, especially in country music, makes her a perfect example of how women can succeed in the music industry. This paper explores Parton’s career, which was influenced by her poor upbringing in a family of twelve siblings, as well as her desire to convey messages of female equality. Dolly Parton was born in 1946 in Tennessee, and pursued music from the age of six. She has released 43 solo studio albums, received numerous awards and appeared in both television and film. The paper addresses the theme of ...

Blues is a genre of music that is influenced by country music and the American folk culture. Moreover, the music draws from work hollers and songs, folk ballads, European hymns, traditional songs, and a rich mix of African-American spirituals. The first recorded blues was published as sheet music in the 1910s when the music had taken the form of AAB lyrical structure, 12 bars, and an unprecedented scale with the seventh and third notes flatted (Jackson 14). Blues is also an evolution of West African music that was brought to the United States by slaves who used it to ...

Reggae music is a musical genre characterized by colorful individuals who have created a huge impact not only in the entertainment scene, but also in the political, social and economic fronts. Among those who have established themselves in the music industry as movers, shakers, and influencers is Bob Marley. Originally from Jamaica, country strife in political and racial turmoil, Marley embodies Jamaican’s sentiments through his music and songs. He was a complex but engaging entertainer. His performances were unique and bold, which earned him a reputation as one of the best reggae artists of his time. Marley’s ...

Thelonious Monk is known as one of the most gifted jazz musicians. He was the pioneer of bebop and his influence as a pianist and composer had significant effects on different kinds of music (Monkinstitute). Music of Thelonious Monk is based on Ingrid Monson’s and Paul Berliner’s work (Solis 3). Nevertheless, Monk is famous for his improvisations, which are so outstanding that a jazz critic Whitney Balliett once pointed out “His improvisations were molten Monk compositions, and his compositions were frozen Monk improvisations.” (Deveaux 169) Thelonious was born in North Carolina on October 10, 1917, but his ...

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International Management Abstract The film and music industry have both evolved drastically during the past decades. From vinyl records to CD’s to digital mp3 files in the music industry, and from cassette tapes to mp4 files in the film industry. The evolution in both the film and music industry is most likely a result of the practicality demanded by the society. Individuals often seek easier and cheaper alternatives. In both of these relevant industries, the most practical solution is of course to have instant access to demanded content that is merely software and requires no type of disc. ...

Atget’s was a commercial photographer working in the 1890’sand early 1900’s in France. He started taking images as studies for artists, and later expanded his work to create basic visual records. It was not until his work was considered, posthumously, and through the response of other photographers, like Berenice Abbot, to his work, that his photography was considered for its artistic value, rather than simply as commercial work, As a result, his work experienced a significant revival, including the analysis of the works, as a whole, and separating the works into seven individual albums, through the ...

Rap has entered the history of American art over a century ago. The people who have laid the foundations for rap as we know it today were the two big ethnical groups of the American society: African Americans and people from the Caribbean Islands. Folk artists of the mentioned origins were telling rhymed stories with the accompaniment of rhythmic music (drums and sparse instrumentation). This music already existed years before hip-hop was developed and became popular. Rapping is actually reading or chanting of rhythmic lyrics that were designed to set a beat. Many specialists are of the opinion that ...

Aerosmith is one of the most popular and long-lasting American rock acts still around today. Some contend that it is the all-time best-selling rock band from America. The first true conformation of the band was established in 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts, and they were signed by Columbia records the year after. In 1973 they released their first studio album titled Aerosmith, and this was followed by Get Your Wings the year after. Nevertheless, it was only in 1975 when they became truly popular with the album Toys in the Attic. The year after, they released Rocks, which was also ...

Mayday

Mayday is a Taiwanese rock band that was created in the late 1990s. The name of the band in Chinese is 五月天 (pinyin: Wǔ Yuè Tiān). The band consists of five members: Ashin, a vocalist, Monster and Stone, guitarists, Masa, a bassist, and Guan You, a drummer. The previous name of e band was So Band, they became Mayday only in 1997. The present name originates from Masa’s nickname in the Internet (Baidu.com).

Ashin, the vocalist, whose real name is Chen Ashin Hung, was born on the 6th of December, 1975, in Taipei, Taiwan. Monster, one the guitarists ...

Producer, rapper, musician, designer – all these are different shades of one person, whose name is Kanye West. We believe that the contribution of Mr. West to the African American Renaissance culture cannot be overestimated as he completely changed the approach to making the hip-hop music and made the audience of people, who listen to hip-hop, far wider thanks to the diversity of the sounding in his songs. Also, he looked at the new role of African Americans in society and their image, showing that African American rappers are not gangsters from the hood with the Uzi in their bosom ...

Album Review of ‘Here’s Little Richard’

One of the most revolutionary albums that was released during the 1950s and was the most liked rock n roll albums, ‘ Here’s Little Richard’ is the debut album that was released in the year 1957. Having been directed and sung in a raspy voice by Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) himself, the album holds the place in the top 50 of the greatest albums ever, even today. Despite having made five decades ago, this album is possibly the greatest rock n roll hits, which people love to listen and remember even today. This particular album of Richard was ...

Introduction

Spotify has been founded in Sweden in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. They intended to end the era of plummeting music industry because they both were big music fans. As pirating was difficult to tackle, they offered better solution to pirating that was actively developing. Spotify became a platform for listening and sharing music as it is convenient for people. It is clear that such internet invention has become a subject to many challenges, including some legal issues. At the same time, the company needs to keep itself profitable and withstand the increasing threat of new competitors. ...