Paint Rock

Bwwweeeooou! Bwwweeeooou! Bwwweeooou! The blaring tones sounded snapping me out of my reverie like a rubber band that snaps back after stretching too far. Groggy, I hear dispatch mutter out, “ninety-two year old female; cardiac arrest; CPR in progress,” my heart skips. I get up, and run out of the watch room and into the back of the rescue. My preceptor bursts through the rear door, “we have a code; get ready.” We high-tail it out of the fire station with full lights and sirens. My heart is…

TAlthough Punk Rock was a movement centralized in the late seventies and early eighties, the beginnings of punk started in Detroit, Michigan in the 1960s. The punk scene was later brought into fruition in New York city. The term ‘Punk’, initially used as an insult, was used to put a name to unskilled and loud garage bands of the sixties. The loud and anti-conformist music was a direct reaction to the peaceful and kind natured hippie movement. While the hippie movement was centered around peace…

The Birth of Rock & Roll The 1950s for the music industry is a best known for the birth of rock & roll. During this time period the United States was just recovering from times of drastic change, the great depression and war. It was only destined that such a legendary genre of music would emerge. Rock and roll first emerged primarily of combinations most familiar with African Americans, such as blues, boogie woogie, jazz, jump blues and gospel. Typical instruments found in early rock and roll…

When I think of country music, I think of guitars and Taylor Swift. Country music is a form of popular music originating in the rural southern US. It is traditionally a mixture of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on fiddle, guitar, steel guitar, drums, and keyboard. There are many reasons behind why many people do not like county music. It’s rated the number one most depressing music genre of all time, people think it all sounds the same, and the main reason, everyone just goes…

Allison Tang Rzendian Chamber Choir 20 September 2017 Joan Sutherland An Australian singer, Joan Sutherland, has been one of the most successful and inpspiring people of all vocalists.. Officially depicted as `La Stupenda', the `Koloraturwunder' or `The Unique', she can think back on a vocation extending over forty years which was soundly based and shrewdly grown; yet regardless of her worldwide eminence, notwithstanding the many…

Popular Music Essay If society were to single out one thing that is most common in everyday lives it would be music. From simple instruments made out of tools, fast forwarded to today, the production of music has reached a milestone. Along the way during the changes in music, the human voice was utilized in singing words with the music defining it as a lyric. A music industry was also established to record and sell to the public. Varying types of songs were produced using different…

Chloe Wingard Voice Your Choice Project Taylor Swift There is no denying the impact Taylor Swift has had on the music industry. Her music, songwriting, and attitude toward it all deserve a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. From her critically acclaimed lyrics to the sold-out-in-minutes World Tours, this young singer/ song-writer is making leaps and bounds in music. So far she has five studio albums that have been released every two years. The media may swarm her for her personal life but…

Rock Music initially started out in the 1950s, with its first recorded song being Elvis’ Cover of ‘That’s All Right, Mama’, recorded and released in 1954. Prime examples of the early rock era are songs like ‘Rock Around the Clock’ by Bill Haley And the Comets, ‘Johnny B. Goode’ by Chuck Berry, and ‘Jailhouse Rock’ by Elvis Presley. Back then, rock and roll was so simple, that all you needed was an electric guitar, drums, a bass, and most importantly, a good voice. It wasn’t until the early…

During their period with Andy Warhol, the band became a significant part in his multimedia spectacle entitled ‘Exploding Plastic Inevitable.’ Simply called Plastic Inevitable or EPI, it was a series of performances established Warhol between 1966 and 1967. Originally called ‘The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound,’ it played in theaters in Early ’66, which was VU and Nico accompanying a 70-minute long silent black and white film. As the idea evolved, it was advertised as the ‘new…

There are many different types of popular American music. Rock and roll, which is now known as rock, was one of the biggest contemporary styles in the mid-1950s. Many people thought this music would be a fad and would not be important to the musical culture of America. Rock not only continued, but it became one of the biggest commercial products that was eventually the powerhouse of many recording industries. Rock music has a wide appeal throughout the world ranging from the youngest of…