Folk music

Many songs you listen to you may think are fun, playful and cheerful. Some songs that you listen to daily may have deeper meaning then you may think like the song “Firework” by: Katy Perry. This song seems like a fun, happy song but after a 1 week analyzation I realized it has a deeper meaning than that it says to unlock what’s truly inside of you because that part of you is special, unique and makes you, you because no one can be you. Dr. Seuss once said “Today you are you, and that is truer…

Picking a job is always difficult and can never be easy. In order to decide between two common jobs, a musician and an author, research has been conducted to compare and contrast the two jobs. Even though a musician and an author are very different, they can also be very similar, which cause a hard choice to pick from the two! Being a musician is a difficult and time-consuming job, but it can definitely be worth it! Some job duties as a musician include researching for upcoming performances,…

celebrate a life well lived. The proper music can support these purposes by tapping into emotions, providing structure, and communicating a heartfelt message to all in attendance. If you have been tasked with compiling the playlist, the following entry from Washington Memorial Funeral Home, serving North Haven and all of the greater New Haven area, will help you capture the appropriate mood. Who Are You Memorializing? The best way to select funeral music is to incorporate songs loved by the…

Faith based music doesn’t just exist in the Christian Music Industry. In fact, many Billboard charting artists share a message of faith and love through their songs. Whether an artist purposefully side steps the label of being a ‘Christian musician,’ or simply aims to make music that is authentic to them, there are some brilliant songs that have entered the Billboard charts either individually or on albums. Here are 10 of the best: Ten: One Republic “Preacher.” Ryan Tedder is one of the most…

During the documentary, we could watch the influences through some musicians in the 50´s. Those musicians had been inspired mostly by the times that the world was living. For example, segregation, and Vietnam world. They used Jazz as a kind of expression, as a political believes. The most notable musicians in these time were Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, and Dave Brubek. All of them moved the Jazz to another level. A new kind of Jazz became, some improvisation, no guides, new…

disappointments, family issues and unfamiliar situations in my life and music has always been my escape. It is amazing how music can trigger vivid memories that seem to transport us back in time. As a hopeless romantic I have always find refuge in Cuban ballads and boleros. I believe that one of the major expressions of this musical genre was Elena Burke, well known as “La Burke” or the “Lady of the Feeling”. Not only her music is fascinating but also her life full of struggles and perseverance.…

On March 15, 2017 middle schools from across the state came to Cedar Ridge High School to perform and be judged. This was the large ensemble day, so our exposure to drastically different ensembles was limited. In the amount of time that I was in the audience, there were a total of three bands who performed. In this review, I will dissect one piece per band. The first band to perform was the Daniel’s Magnet Middle School 7th Grade Band. The piece that I will critique is named “Imperium” composed…

other programs will be detrimental. The arts – music, visual, and kinesthetic, all enhance intellectual development of the brain. Studies have shown the direct correlation instruction in the arts have on cognition, one of the intellectual enhancements from music (Smith). Cognition is the brain’s process of perceiving, understanding, and reasoning information (Cognition). Both music and visual arts have been proven to enhance cognition and music especially enhances the ability to process for…

recordings are rooted in the past,” being more similar to ragtime than The Creole Jazz Bands style of Jazz, which “points toward the future of jazz” makes a valid point (Starr & Waterman, 88). ODJBs were playing during the ragtime craze, so their music exemplifies some of that, but begins to carry some of the predominate features of jazz. Even “Dipper Mouth Blues” still has some of the ragtime influence in it and there is again a difference between this song and…

Jenry Martin PHI103: Informal Logic (ACL1606A) Instructor: Stephen Krogh February 22, 2016 Is it important to teach the arts and humanities to children? Main argument: Premise 1: Humanities class gives kids sense about where they come from. Premise 2: Humanities helps kid to develop skills they need to…