Pop artists

played music videos; and there had never been one that played them 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Many artist would have remained unknown if not for MTV. There were very few outlets for musical artist if the radio refused to play their music. MTV blazed a trail into the unknown and it will always have a place in history. Michael Jackson started out as America’s sweetheart and became the King of Pop. There are few people as gifted…

if I could only use 5 songs during a 50 minute lecture to describe the 2010s, I would have to have Rihanna’s “We Found Love”, Beyonce’s “Formation”, Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”, Bruno Mars’s “Uptown Funk” and Lady GaGa’s “Edge of Glory.” These artists have contributed to society in enormous ways with their music and advocacy. Beyonce is widely referred to by her enormous fan base as Queen Bey, sometimes just Queen. Despite being very popular in the 2000s, her staying power allowed to…

Through many international influences via music in 1980’s, it has been made clear that the world’s influences on Australian pop culture and society has been quite significant. The Australian music scene was majorly dominated by American and British influences in the 80’s, resulting in large overseas influences on society. Let’s take a step back in time, to the 1950’s and early 60’s, Australia’s music scene had just embraced the American culture shock that was rock ’n’ roll. Australia took the…

eventually leading to his death. Therefore, we take a look at the effect of his solo career songs and the weight of his death on some popular Pop musicians. John Lennon’s single “Give Peace a Chance” marked the starting point of the force of his solo music career. His infamous quote, “we are more popular than Jesus”, portrayed his appreciation of the influence of pop culture. At the same time it stirred an uproar in Christianity. Despite this, he remained original to himself by writing and…

audiences have seen an explosion in the visibility of gay characters, there remains the issue that male homosexual interaction, including hugging and kissing, is largely avoided in mainstream media. Consequently, homosexuality has been forced to make its pop culture debut in others ways, such as by the portrayal of clearly recognizable male homosexual stereotypes. Until the 1970s, the codes for labeling male homosexuality were reduced to images of a sissy man. However, today, the predominantly…

millenniums of young artist have changed the way we listen and view music. In the early 1990’s R & B/Hip-Hop music or other music genre had a different composition, demographic prospective and conveyed different emotions compared to today. Music in the 90’s era was less instrumentally inclined compared to this new era of music (article). Music today is more about image, fashion, promoting sex and magnifying the use of drugs. In this time and day that we are living in, R&B/Hip-Hop artists are…

companies are very much controlled by consumers. At certain times during the day one can call into their favorite station and request a song of their choice. Big industry companies sign artist with huge commercial appeal in the hopes that consumers will buy anything the company puts out in support of their favorite artist. Younger generations in particular are very active and passionate about the music genres they like and support. Music and radio stations have an understanding that if they…

Abstract expressionist artwork, helped to bring a lot of international attention the US artists. He was very passionate about abstract art, believing it was important to help people view art and ‘think outside the box.’ (Rene Bouche, Portrait of Clement Greenberg. 1955, Oil on canvas, 50 x 35 inches) 2. Abstract expressionism is post-World War Two art movement that began in New York. It began when artists left Europe because of the Nazi Regime, brining surrealist art to the US. There were…

College at Sacramento. Thiebaud started his career in art as a commercial animation painter at Walt Disney Studios, drawing “in-betweener” on characters such as Goofy, Pinocchio, and Jimmy Cricket (Hurwitz). It wasn’t until the 1960’s, during the Pop era of Warhol, where Thiebaud started gaining prominence in the fine art field. Thiebaud has had numerous solo exhibitions including shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City in 1971, Arizona's Phoenix Art Museum in 1976, the…

vocal training in multiple musical theatre styles, including, legit, pop, jazz, musical theatre traditional and contemporary/pop. I utilize certain material within the classical canon to build muscular strength. I am especially skilled at teaching musical theatre voice, both legit and contemporary, as well as contemporary pop for singers coming from a more legit background. The…