Foo Fighters

3 Doors Down, Mumford and Sons, Eminem, Foo Fighters, and Blues are the bands and styles of music that are always on shuffle in my playlist. I enjoy a variety of music genres but not all. The goal of this music ethnography was to get me out of my comfort zone. So when I heard about a “Screamo” concert, I knew it was the one for me. I enjoy Classic Rock, and some Heavy Metal, but not this genre. Straight Outta Hell tour was coming to Greensboro, so that is where I went. Stright Outta Hell tour…

hearing Stone Temple Pilots again. At that moment I was pretty sure I found my newest liking, and that would be rock and roll. I’d be at home watching MTV on the TV. It would all be rap and hip-hop for the most part but when stuff like Radiohead or Foo Fighters came on I’d be so intrigued on how well they constructed a song. I knew I would want to be like them one day. After some time I eventually forced my parents into getting my first guitar, at the age of ten. This thing was beaten…

Sophie Rice November 21, 2017 Dr. Kim Music Appreciation Historically Significant American Music “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by the grunge rock band Nirvana, is one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold over 8 million copies since its release on the album Nevermind in 1991. The anthem took alternative rock to the mainstream, with the help of MTV playing it constantly. Nirvana was the World’s first triple platinum punk-rock band and has sold…

Blue October More and more the music I hear on the radio disappoints me. Shallow lyrics, unoriginal tunes, all around uninspiring! I get the feeling that the majority of musicians are manufactured, created solely for profit. Every once in a while I stumble across a musician or group that are true artists. One such group is Blue October. The first song I heard by Blue October was “Calling You”, which was featured in American Pie. I’ll admit this tune did not particularly gab my attention. It…

Music is “an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color” (Dictionary.com 2016). Not only does this statement consider, and include the audio aspects of music, it also values the sentimental factors of music which plays a major role in the success of a song or album. Artists from the 1920’s to artists in 2016 all get to experience the rush of emotion when creating and forming new music. “I Feel Fine”…

perpetually universal and narrates a story in a way that words cannot; there are no colloquialisms to be lost in translation. All interpretations are subjective, influenced by environments and pre-conceived conceptions. In an interview with The Guardian, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl once said, “That's one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they'll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.” Though Grohl was referring specifically to…

African Americans in the Music Industry As the founder of Motown records, Berry Gordy created change in society and music through the sound of Motown. Berry Gordy opened up Motown records and at the time African Americans had very little opportunity in the music business. The Motown record label released many songs that supported the civil rights movement, and made African Americans proud of their heritage. He also collaborated with many of his signees to create new groundbreaking music. Though…

Piracy Piracy is defined as the copying and distributing of copies of a piece of music for which the composer, recording artist, or copyright-holding record company did not give consent. (Neuwirth, 2014) It is difficult to know exactly when and where the first instances of piracy occurred but there is evidence to show that composers as old as Beethoven where affected. “Both he (Beethoven) and his publisher had to contend with piracy by rival publishers who brought out editions of their own.”…

Produce: cause to make something happen or come into existence. Music producers from all around the world are known to guide the process of making an album or a song creatively. This role is crucial to the making of albums, as fans will listen to projects and not realize the miniscule micromanaging necessary to create a specific sound and atmosphere (Dan Connor). They are the directors of the movie known as music (Ek), and they usually never stand in the spotlight. According to Dan Connor, a…

R.E.M. and Paul McCartney. Jones had joined into many activities in the beginning of 2000. Even though he had a busy life, he found time to help his daughter with her singing career. He also had made some music as a soloist, rocked out with the Foo Fighters, went on tours, started his own recording company, and gained the title ‘record producer’. Then, in 2003, Plant and Page had become incredibly popular because of their live DVD that was purchased by many people. The DVD that the group had…