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The shining “Unity in Diversity” sign that hovered above Hoodie Allen’s head throughout the course of his disastrous performance is the epitome of irony. As Hoodie Allen attempted to rap about “living life without responsibility” and his many tales of lust and loss, I counted the number of people sitting with me on the upper balcony at the House of Blues. There’s 46 of us. 46 more than should actually have to suffer through this performance. Hoodie Allen made a wonderful first impression. I…

because it allowed them to find their freedom. During “Sonny’s Blues”, Sonny takes all the hurt and misery that he went through, and displayed it through the art of music. Zora in “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” expresses her freedom by listening to jazz music to escape her reality. Music saved Sonny’s life because he saw it as a breakthrough from all the pain and negativity he endured. For example, during “Sonny’s Blues”, Sonny got caught up in the use of heroin and was sent to jail for it.…

Khanh Pham Megan Quilliam September 29, 2015 World Music 2772 Anoushka Shankar - Indian Classical Raga - Jog Raga is a melodic mode that is included in traditional Indian music. A raga has around five to nine music notes, however, the notes themselves are not as important as how they are laid out and expressed through the music. Traditionally, ragas are strictly associated with other factors such as seasons, time of the day, etc. Ravi Shankar is a musician who introduced Indian classical…

The Blues in Sonny’s Life When it comes to blues music we relate it to the sorrow, or hardships that the musician is going through. Blues music reflects on the dark times in the musician’s life. From reading the brief bio on James Baldwin we can see that his life could be a typical blues song. Through his character Sonny the blues is portrayed through Sonny’s life and music. In James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” we see several examples of symbolism, but the two that enriches the story the…

1.0 INTRODUCTION Music festival is currently one of common activities enjoyed by everyone across generation and inspires the young generation in creating new components to enliven music industry that have existed since the evolution of music industry since 1850 which then brought drastic change to music market. This report includes several important components which explain in details about case study of successfully organizing and setting up Music Festival in Liverpool, North West of England.…

My Guitar Early one Christmas morning in 1976 towards the end of Elvis’s life, career, I was gifted my very first acoustic guitar. Maybe it was because I was born in Tupelo, Mississippi some thirty-six years after Elvis Presley, that made me suited to play and sing with a guitar. Or perhaps because I was born on the same day as the legendary Johnny Cash, exactly thirty- nine years later, to the day, that I would inherit the intense desire to play, write, and sing with a guitar. After an…

The aesthetic desires which Jennings distinguish operating in the visual art, both of Cezanne and of the Chinese painter allow her to reconstruct a sense of their original artistic meanings and in doing so to expand her own aesthetic perspective, always drawing attention to the “human touch,” The final poem “Night Concert at Taormina,” in the series of six poems relate to human touch” to various forms of aesthetic expression, accurately defines the setting and the inspiring visual and auditory…

Music is an art than can connect us all, the topic I choose to do my interviews on was music and how race plays a part into the music we listen to today. In many people’s lives music is a constant, they are always listening to it. That’s why corporations like Spotify and ITunes exist, they are capitalizing on the easy access of music from all different genres. Music is a way in which artists can share their experiences and life troubles without having to speak about them, rather they can just…

Texas State Jazz Ensemble: Special Guess Steve Houghton- Music Critique The Texas State Jazz ensemble, with special guest drummer Steve Houghton, was filled with an uplifting set list. A mixture of trumpets, drums, piano, saxophones, bass, guitar, and trombones played harmoniously with distinct soloist for each song. The Texas State Jazz ensemble did a wonderful job, especially their solo performers. Steve Houghton was also quite fantastic, living up to his name. The overall experience was very…

Music is the primary sound that makes up the soundscape of my bedroom. The only time music is not being played inside my room is when I am sleeping. Only during this time is when the other sounds that are a part of the soundscape are able to be heard clearly. I am unable to stand silence, it causes me to become anxious, so I always feel like I must fill the silence with music. When I walk to class I listen to music, when I wait for class I watch television shows, and when I work on art I always…