Marvin Gaye

How do you define a generation? Relate to a whole ethnicity? Or make everyone come together as one? The answer is with music. In 1959 a man named Berry Gordy made a small business in Detroit Michigan with a small loan from his family to start something amazing. This amazing thing was a recording studio by the name of motown records. Berry Gordy was the son of a Plantation owner and his female slave. They relocated to detroit because his father found a better job working for the automotive…

OTHER SECTION It is clear that Gaye’s composition on paper is protected, but it is also clear that the style Gaye’s composition reflects is an idea that is not protected, pursuant to section 102 (b). Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. §§ 102(b) (2012). The question then becomes, whether Appellants attempted to reflect the style of Gaye’s piece, or whether they attempted to build on an already completed composition to create a derivative song that paralleled the original, pursuant to section 103.…

“Smokey” Robinson. After being turned away by Jackie Wilson’s manager, a dejected Smokey Robinson was heading back to his car and Berry Gordy stopped him and told him he liked the songs they were auditioning (Gordy 90-92, Posner23-25). After more conversation Berry discovered that Smokey had written over 100 songs and Berry ask to look and critique them, leading to a lifelong business and friendship between the two. This meeting would actually lead to the development of Motown Records, with…

During the year of 1959, Berry Gordy, who was an African American songwriter, founded “Motown Records”. With a loan of close to $800 which came from his family. Gordy managed to create the company that later came to be known as “Motown Records Corporation”. Berry gave this name “Because Detroit had long been known as the “Motor City”. (Motown Music). Instead of city Berry used town and then combined the words, creating the perfect name for his new record label, Motown. Motown and is soul-based…

Gaye used these situations in this hit song is an eye opener. Lyrics lets the connect more to the issue. Using “mother, mother” made it more realistic, as if their son, or brother could be taken away in a blink of an eye. If Gaye used logos, or ethos, the song would have been a more inspirational song for. The lyrics used in the song, hits a lots of people close to home, and makes them wonder if one of their loved ones is hurt by impact on the war and its everyone’s business, not just the…

Music has been a continuously changing form of expression from as early as 1500 BC. Ranging from popular pop music of today all the way back to when operas and grand symphonies were stars of the music world, music has never stopped evolving and taking new routes. Throughout every country and area in the world, different influences and factors shape and impact how that style of music sounds and is produced. Every mind has a different take on these sounds, and there is no barrier as to what can…

and blues) song is the anti-war song "what's going on" by Marvin Gaye on 21 may 1971. It is one of the top twenty political songs as mentioned in New-statesman by Jennifer Thompson. The "what's going on" song and its album have the same name. The album comprises nine songs which related to each other so it has been categorized as a song cycle. The main theme of both the song and the album came from Gaye's life. Earlier in 1970, Marvin Gaye, the singer and the producer, experienced many miserable…

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…

Talent from the 1960’s vs. Today’s I’ve always wondered what happened to the music industry? What happened to the simpler music about love and peace? Now a-days there’s hardly ever any meaning to lyrics. All we here about are breakups, parties, the luxurious life that these artists are living, or artists hating on other people. We have artists that always take it that extra step when it comes to tuning their voices on their tracks that it makes them sound like robots, or take it that extra step…

1. What ideas or points did I identify with this week? Some ideas/points I identified this week are the pros/cons of being a freelance musician and challenges ones is faced with as a musician. A freelance musician is an independent worker who performs for a living. This musician may perform at parties, clubs, studio recordings, hotels, formal concerts, etc. One must also take in count how much expenses are when one is a freelancer. Some may even need a second job. 2. What ideas or points…