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The heavenly sound of guitars and pianos complement the angelic voice of Lori Lieberman as she sings, “Strumming my pain with his fingers.” The breakaway of the piano serenades the listener into a ballad of love. Generation by generation, the stylistics of “Killing Me Softly” has evolved to conform to a variety of genres and audiences. It has made its way through airways with notable artists taking a change of channeling the essence of the song. Although the song originated from a young vocalist…

to the park, and attend social gatherings with friends by the lake. The music is an upbeat yet soothing acoustic guitar track with vocals singing about relationship with one another to solidify the actor and the dog’s relationship. Then one night the dog is left behind at home while the owner goes out drinking with some friends. As time progresses, the music fades to simple strums of the guitar, the audience watches the dog wait all night for his owner to return with sad eyes and a whimper, but…

Am pretty sure my admiration for progressive rock concept albums started back when I began seriously getting into collecting record albums. As a kid in my single digits, and entering my teens, I had 45's of whatever bubble gum / novelty songs that caught my ear. At around age twelve, from hanging out with my school friends, and sometimes their older siblings, I became exposed to more of what they were playing on the FM radio stations, then the AM ones. Bottom line, rock n' roll was my thing.…

women's empowerment. Swift began professional songwriting at age 14. She signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 and achieved prominence as a country pop singer with the albums Taylor Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008). Their singles "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Love Story", and "You Belong with Me" were crossover successes on country and pop radio formats and brought Swift mainstream fame. She experimented with rock and electronic styles on her next albums, Speak Now (2010) and Red (2012),…

Dolly Rebecca Parton (b. 1946) is a pillar figure of the music industry with her career and her influence spanning nearly six decades and reaching across genres. Parton was born January 19, in a small town nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, she began performing from a young age, her first performance at age ten began her ascent into superstardom (Watson 2012). She has earned her place as the most renowned female country artist of all time with twenty-five number-one singles on…

The tale Oates spins is one of mystery and intrigue. Is Arnold Friend a complete stranger with sinister intentions or is he simply a figment of an overactive imagination? From the moment he arrives something is very unnatural about him from his odd hair to his crooked leg. Is it possible that such a villain exists outside the mind of a pubescent youth, or is Connie asleep, and, if so, who is Arnold Friend? This question requires a look at the story, long before we are introduced to the strange…

The best thing about college is that it grants you the opportunity to learn about a vast range of topics. Even when something is not part of your major, you can take a class that interests you. That is exactly what has brought me to this class. My major is Environmental Health Sciences, but I was attracted to this class because I love music. I do not claim to know much about music, but I do love it. I hope to leave this class with just a bit more knowledge on the subject. Perhaps I will…

If there was a song that describes the darkness and loneliness of prostitution, Ed Sheeran’s “The A Team” hits it out the park. Based off a true story, “The A Team” is a walk through a young woman’s struggles in the world of drugs and prostitution. This beautifully written song conveys a murky truth that is all too sad and familiar today. I remember when I first heard this song back in high school. I was sitting at my desk at home doing homework while listening to Pandora radio in the…

their career the band released 29 studio albums and contributed many songs to the top of the music charts of many countries. Jagger and Richards are the main songwriters and have a unique style that combines rock and blues, with honky-tonk rhythm guitar and drum beats. Like many bands at the height of their fame, The Rolling Stones had a huge influence on the youth of the day. One of their most…

Harry Partch has undoubtedly always followed his own muse when it came to music. Whether it be thinking outside of the box in creating a new music scale or inventing new instruments. Partch is best known for his philosophy of music. He views music as having two “givens”, but his most famous theory is that music is separated into two independant and distinct poles: there is abstract and there is corporeal. According to Partch, music whether it is “good” or “bad” has two God-given aspects. The…