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Taylor Swift’s record label has finally explained why the country-turned-pop singer decided to pull her entire music catalogue from the Spotify streaming service. During the week of her release of her successful album 1989, Swift took down the single “Shake It Off,” along with all of her other music. Scott Borchetta, president of Swift’s label, Big Machine Label Group, has stated that removing her songs was a “big fist in the air” that he believes other big-name artists will likely follow. In…

Abby Harrison Pope English 1-7 11 April 2016 Current Events Taylor Swift a Surprise to Fans at Ryan’s studio In the big music town of Nashville Tennesse, Taylor Swift and Ryan Seacrest are starting their day by opening Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital studio. A big day for Ryan as this will be one of the many studios he has opened for children. Ryan invited Taylor to come and surprise and talk to fans at the hospital. Taylor gladly accepted the invite “What I saw when I went there was an…

Canadian jazz quartet Peripheral Vision is known for breaking off into modern sound-shapes and bringing influences from a variety of genres, with predominance of jazz and rock. Co-led by guitarist Don Scott and bassist Michael Herring, who often have art, literature, and standup comedy inspiring their compositions, the band is rounded out with saxophonist Trevor Hogg and drummer Nick Fraser. Their fourth outing, More Songs About Error and Shame, comprises seven well-worked compositions (Herring…

albums that have been released every two years. The media may swarm her for her personal life but she is an artist that is all about the music and positively influencing her fans. From the beginning of her career she has been able to play her own guitar and piano. Throughout her tours she has performed playing a ukulele, banjo, and drums as well. Swift’s first album, self-titled, was released in 2006 when she was just seventeen. She wrote “Love Story” (2007) when she was eighteen and it became…

The sweet pumpkin pie, the tart apple pie, and of course, the rich, chocolate ice-cream topped off the amazing meal. I glanced from face to face, privately thanking God for each family member. There were smiles everywhere, from my brother's mischievous grin, to my grandmother's heartwarming smile. I looked around the room at the decorations I had helped my mother put up. Pictures of pumpkins, still up from last Halloween, hung next to Christmas wreathes and holly. In the center of the…

stereo field including “Thunderbolts and lightning” and “Galileo” which is sung at first in a falsetto voice panned one way then Mercury’s lower voice on the other side. Although most of the panning occurs on the many vocal tracks, there are a few guitar sections that are panned, in some cases they are double tracked with one track playing on the left and the other on the right. Despite attempting to find information from various sources about the heavy use of panning in the version I…

Rhapsody Final The original song I had wanted to write about was Sweet Child O Mine by Guns N Roses. After further analyses of this piece of music, I realized it would not have enough contrast for me to write multiple pages. After much thought and consideration, the new piece I chose to write about is Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. Bohemian Rhapsody has plenty of dramatic contrasts, frequent shifts in tempo, and changes in rhythmic character from section to section. The piece was written by…

News comes today comes in many forms from a twitter update on your phone to the more traditional newspaper delivered right to your house each morning. Some news we find intriguing, while other articles we just skim over and think nothing of it. So why does some news catch our attention? Is it the shock factor, something interesting or is it just so horrifying you have to read it? Today one of the most controversial topics flooding the news is gun violence and gun control. It seems we cannot go…

Taylor Swift started as a singer at the young age of eleven. The Christmas she received her first acoustic guitar, and it officially started her singing career. Her first well known single “Tim McGraw” was highly favored on the country music charts. She has now switched to a more edgy look and sound with pop music. She has been successful as a country singer and pop singer winning numerous awards for her music. Also, she continues to be a role model for young ladies around the world. Taylor…

Dimitri Letsos Narrative Essay (Personal) It was a hot Sunday near the end of May of 2011, my brother and I were playing catch outside when my friend came over to hang out. We discussed what we should play, I thought that we should play a game called 500, which was where you threw the ball up in the air and if you caught it you would get a certain amount of points, until you reached 500. My brother was a more creative and thought of a game he called “Bigfoot” which I guess was a game…