Ain T Going Down Thesis

Ain’t Going Down (Till I Get an A) “The most stunning success story of the early-Nineties contemporary country music boom was that of Garth Brooks.” (Rolling Stone) He was originally born with the name of Troyal Garth Brooks on February 7, 1962. His career started while he attended Oklahoma State University, singing in bars and clubs. Following college, he moved to Nashville and eventually was signed onto Capitol Records. Brooks is the biggest-selling solo recording artist in American music history. He is the only artist to have four albums achieve Diamond status, each of them have sales with an excess of ten million units. Thus far in his career, Garth has received two Grammys, six Emmy nominations, sixteen American Music Awards, eighteen …show more content…
Moreover, I felt that I could glean the information I need to write a well-informed paper without overwhelming amount of bias. The okhistory.org is representative of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Their main audience would be the people who are not directly music fans. The people who look at this particular biography are probably looking in reference to the state of Oklahoma. This is demonstrated by how Campbell, the author, writes specifically about his career statistics and his abundant ties to Oklahoma. Whereas, the individuals reading the rollingstones.com biography are more likely to be music fanatics. Correspondingly, stating how his individual songs were reflected on the music charts and received by the audiences. Biography.com would attract people interested specifically in Garth Brooks, not interested in a state’s residents or in a genre of music. This profile reflects more on his personal life: portraying his brief retirement, his family, and individual concert …show more content…
Oklahoma historical society strives to highlight his achievements in order to demonstrate pride that he was born in their home state. The Rolling Stone seeks to present all he has accomplished in the music community. They want to exhibit his success story as encouragement and inspiration for their readers. Finally, biography.com is focused more on his personal life, and they are less focused on his rankings. They want to display who Garth is and his journey to his success, walking us through his divorce, his brief retirement, and his world tours. Furthermore, the tone of the authors writing provides a window for us to see their thoughts clearly. Tone I found varied drastically in these three biographies. Starting with okhistory.org, Campbell’s biography was brief and extremely impersonal though thoroughly detailed. While biography.com was welcoming to the reader, moving you through the story of his life in a quick way, bringing up to date all the way up to just a few years ago. In addition, rollingstone.com is exceedingly musically inclined. It guides you chiefly through his music career, making a point by expressing individual