Nickelback: A Narrative Analysis

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The artifact that I chose for my Humanities Music presentation was the music video “Gotta Be Somebody” by Nickelback. I chose Nickelback for the presentation because they were the best at describing what I was talking about. Nickelback is that one band that when you listen, you can instantly feel a connection with to them and what they are saying. I speak from experience because I have been listening to them ever sense I was 5 or 6.
I knew that when I changed my topic that I wasn’t going to do well. But, I persevered and got it done. I chose to do music for my presentation because it is the only topic that interested me, next to theater and performance studies. I enjoy doing any assortment of work that involves music. I enjoy listening to

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