2009 MTV Video Music Awards

unsure of how to obtain it. One may also add that it’s a depressing time. With depression comes mood swings causing emotions to get the best of an individual. We simply see signs – signs of brokenness. To add to this interpretation, the score of music is an addition to this belief. There are major chords within the song as well as minor and augmented. The contrast between major and minor chords is equivalent to happy or sad and bright and dark. She begins to sing the lyrics and we’re able to…

watching the three videos for this week’s discussion post, I have a better understanding of the difference between a normal press kit and an EPK. In dealing with the artist that I have been working with through out this class I feel that a more creative video like the Neko Case video would be more suiting to the artist. They too are indie and artsy, maybe without the animated colleges but this style of video would get their story across and still promote the new album. Her video is a short film…

The music business is filled with scandals and drama; therefore, it is no surprise as technology evolves opportunities for musicians to face scandal increases. One scandal allowed by technology is lip syncing. An increasing amount of musicians take the easy way out and lip sync during concerts and important events. Lip syncing is an inexcusable offense for a musician. It is deceitful and wrong for artists to lip sync in live performances, and it should not be allowed. Performers are held to a…

Brand New for 2012 award. Maynard’s pop song “Unforgettable” was written by Anth Melo and Conor Maynard in commemoration of Anth’s older sister Fresia who died in a car accident. “Unforgettable” was released 30th of May 2017. Just as there are different genres in books and movies there are also different genres in music videos. There are three main genres; these are narrative, conceptual and performance. However, music videos can be a combination of any or all these. The music video…

Tom Petty who died at age 66. Coldplay and Peter Buck stayed within the same accompaniment as they attributed their performance. Lead singer, Chris Martin, gave way to a lower octave of lyrics, particularly noticeable around the 1:50 maker of the video. His voice gives a deeper sound, giving an impression of sorrowful emotion, appropriate to the circumstances that the song is being performed…

FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF “TIP DRILL” Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. popularly known in the American music industry as Nelly came out with “Tip Drill” on his 2003 remix album Da Dertty Versions, he featured the St. Lunatics on this song. The expression tip drill is a slang vulgar expression, describing a well-known ugly girl with a nice body, hefty breast and backside. The lyrics of “Tip Drill” describe a girl who can only attract the opposite sex with her body and not her face, she is cheap and ready to…

Jon Cozart, formally known from the YouTube channel “Paint”, is a YouTube personality that uses his musical talents to create quality satirical videos about pop culture, social events, and politics. His original and witty lyrics make the videos entertaining and the quality of his videos improves as his channel grows. Jon Cozart uploaded his first video in 2010 titled “Share The Love (Original Ukulele)”, which was an original song he made to share positivity and humor with a large audience. Now…

Mentor essay For my mentor essay I chose Daniel cloud Campos. My reason for choosing him is because he has written and directed some of my favorite music videos. I hope to do a majority of my work with music videos because music is a second passion of mine. Campos is very small time so finding info on him personally has proven a difficult task. However, I am determined to do my essay on him so I decided I will be focusing on 5 of his pieces that I love most. I will do a small breakdown of the…

The transition from the 1970's to the 1980's was dominated by new wave and synthpop music. These genres were characterized by synthesizers and keyboards, giving this transition a futuristic and science-fiction-like soundtrack. An iconic song of this era would be "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. In addition to its ~ this song expresses a theme of older technology being overshadowed by newer, more advanced technology. Trevor Horn met Geoffrey Downes at an audition for Tina Charles’…

define music television and change the way a generation felt about music. MTV headquartered in New York City was the first channel to feature music video’s 24 hours a day 7 days a week invaded the airwaves of cable television. With footage of the first space shuttle launch countdown of Columbia and the launch of Apollo 11 as the words Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll played over the footage, followed by the MTV theme song. From the very first song video killed the radio star by the Buggles…