Grammy Award for Best New Artist

art forms. In many art forms, artists (whether they be authors, painters, or composers) are influenced by other artists before their time. This is the case for many post-modernist artists, for they are sometimes influenced by the era of art before them, the modernists. The era of modernism was around for the first half of the 20th century. Its distinguishing feature was its determination to dispense with the past (Taylor). Ezra Pound used the phrase "to make it new" to describe this period of…

hiring the best legal minds available but there are times when even this isn’t enough.…

Over the course of this past summer I have had the opportunity to attend numerous live shows ranging from the traditional deep southern sounds of bluegrass, to the stylistic hard and raw sounds of rock and roll. Standing apart from all the rest, a new up and coming Indie Pop band, put on quite literally the greatest show I’ve ever seen. At that concert I experienced a feeling of true exhilaration. Nothing else can come close to the feeling right before they took stage, when the lights cut out,…

Controversy Both Taylor Swift and Kanye West have had a bumpy relationship together over the past couple years which led to this controversy. On September 13th, 2009, Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift acceptance award during the MTV Video Music Awards. A year later in the 2010 MTV VMA Awards, Taylor Swift performs a forgiving song in tribute the incident called Innocent. Although Kanye West has been inconsistent with his apologies to Taylor Swift over…

Walt Disney was a very important figure in starting the entertainment and film industry. He was a television and film producer and was also a showman. He received many awards for all his accomplishments and won thirty-two Academy Awards. He still holds the record for most individual Academy Awards won. He won a Grammy, Emmy and recived three other Emmy nominations. Walt had a strong value for family. Walt was the humorous prankster in his family growing up and his dad would sometimes get…

[Title]: In 2010 Rolling Stone magazine made an issue of 100 greatest Artist of our time. It was no surprise the 22 time Grammy award winning band U2 made the list with all they have done for the rock world. Aside from having an enormous impact on the music industry U2 takes part in many foundations helping third world countries like Africa fight hunger, AIDS, and other necessary programs helping the people. The groups quality traits not only reflect in their actions but in much of their…

Music has been around for as many as 55,000 years. The egyptians, ancient greeks, romans and african slaves all had different forms of music. Much like today, we have several different types of music, country, rock, soft rock, gospel, jazz, pop, R&B but one the most controversial genres would be Hip-Hop and Rap along with urban black pop. Today, music is still pivotal. Music can personify people, give voice expressions to those who otherwise may not be heard. At the Super Bowl 50 halftime show…

By the 1990's rap artists like, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, Curtis Blow and Biz Markie were no longer accepted in the rap music" (Toms, 2006, p1). Those rap artists were considered as roll models, because those rap artists relayed positive messages to their listeners (Toms, 2006, p1). "The majority of today's rap culture involves a lot of explicit material and negativities" (McGarrell). According to McGarrell, This new form of rap music glorifies big money, degrading of women, drugs,…

“Immigrant song”. Led Zeppelin became one of the most globally popular British bands of their era who triumphed through highs and lows in the music industry. Led Zeppelin has been around since the late 1960s, survived many tragedies, and have received many awards. Led Zeppelin has had many musical ups and downs, but even though it has been a long time since they performed, many people remember the impact and influence Led Zeppelin had on rock and roll music over the years. Musical Career How the…

After her divorce from Sean Penn, she entered a relationship with Warren Beatty, whom she co-starred with in the film “Dick Tracy”. She released a soundtrack album featuring hit song “Vogue”, which she famously performed at an MTV Music Award Show. She embarked on her “Blond Ambition World Tour” which was filmed backstage for the movie “Truth or Dare”, giving fans a surreal inside look at the tour. Many conflicts arose after this time, with Warren Beatty, her producers, her dancers. Some…