Late July Poetic Devices

I decided to choose a contemporary piece to write about. Shakey Graves is an Americana musician from Austin, Texas. Alejandro Rose-Garcia is his real name but after a night by the campfire with his friends; Shakey Graves was the Indian guide name given to him playfully by his friends. He has quite a unique sound and plays three instruments at once while singing. You’ll probably see him playing in his hat, wife-beater, skinny jeans, and proper boots. His music is a cross between folk, rock and roll, and blues. His one-man band set up is what he is best known for but he recently signed with Dualtone (same studio that signed with The Lumineers) so recently came out with a new album produced by them. I will be analyzing a song called Late July that he plays alone.
Late July is played only by Shakey Graves but there’s quite the twist to how he plays this song; he plays guitar, drums, and also vocals. He has a homemade portable suitcase drum kit that he plays with both his feet (one foot hitting the tambourine the other hitting the drum) while …show more content…
He isn’t creating music just be signed by some big label (which is what many contemporary artists are trying to achieve). “I wanted to figure out how to acquire fans right now, different from the old model where artists were pushed at you. I spent the last three years building a fan base that felt like they discovered me, which they did. That’s something no one can ever take away” Shakey Graves told the Austin Chronicles. This artistic attitude really comes out in his music in my opinion. In Late July there is suck variety in the tempo, melody, and rhythm but the mood never changes. He uses the same musical method but has explored the hell out of it, which is a contemporary approach in music. When listening to Late July I have to move my body, even if I don’t know what’s coming (which many times you don’t know what to expect because the lack of