Christopher Breaux: Song Analysis

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In addition to the FastCompany article, I have examined the different types of mediums that involve the presence of music and the contribution it shares with our overall perceptions. Among the respected writers who left an impact within to my research, some of the more concrete examples are portrayed in an artists’ song lyrics. One of the artists that I have focused on is Christopher Breaux, otherwise known as “Frank Ocean”. Subsequently, to complement and contrast Frank Ocean, the other artist who I have decided to work with for my research is Michael Jackson. The reason why I wanted to compare and contrast the two is because Frank Ocean represents an artist of the younger generation; on the other end of the spectrum, Michael Jackson is associate with the older generation. The consideration between age difference and styles will also help me get my point across.
Description of the research site—the textual, digital, and/or worldly situations that you analyze. (#4 on the prospectus) From a brief overview, my data sets consists of lyrics from two songs (one song for Frank Ocean, one song for Michael Jackson), a short clip from the critically-acclaimed movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, as well as select number of scholarly articles. The songs are centered around my primary source data sets and the JSTOR and various of other internet
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However, after multiple times of changing and improving topics to write about, I was able to eventually find useful sources towards my project (at least, only after narrowing down my initial search results). The sources that I ended up basing this project on all predominantly come from the CSULB library search engine. By keeping my sources close to the CSULB website, it was easier for me to access the JSTOR articles that I needed for the secondary source component for this

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