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    At the time, she was a fan of kpop, especially the group Girls’ Generation. Listening to that song ended up influencing my undying k-pop obsession. In the end, I became an even more intense kpop fan than she ever was. Besides introducing me to kpop, Keziah introduced me to many things involving music that influenced my love for that it. While attending West Leyden, she was a part of the Leyden Orchesis. Especially during Orchesis season, she’d often come to my house…

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    Common instruments used in Rock music are mostly amplified instruments, like the electric guitar and electric bass. Rock also uses strong baseline and driving rhythms. Rock music, which was developed from rock ‘n’ roll, originated from the late 1940’s in the United States. It was influenced by country and blues music that started making a new sound using electric guitars and a balanced drum beat, which was a faster beat and rhythm instead of a slow one. Rock music also produced greatly on other…

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    “If you would like the job at Lucca’s it is yours, you just need to come in and interview with Ken” Jasmine told me over the phone. “I need to know if you want it by the time I am off of work tonight” she continued, “I have to get back to work, see you at eight when you pick me up.” Do I want to work at this restaurant? For Ken, the guy who keeps Jasmine late and calls her at the last minute? The guy who never gave her the raise? The guy who never cares about requested days off? Why would I…

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    Rock and Roll! Rock is what I’m talking about but how did this phenomenon occur? Well it started with an African American man named Chuck Berry; He combined all the Blues and Jazz, the most popular music that was going on at the time. This brought teenagers together it was no longer black and white it was just teenagers. Rock & Roll was very controversial when it was first made to the public the adults thought it was destroying the youth with how vulgar and obscene it was. A great example of…

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    was fairly popular on the first three months of it’s release, but it really started booming when one very popular singer worldwide was put into the picture. This singer was no other than the one and only – Justin Bieber, who added a bit of English pop into the Spanish…

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    for a while and became fascinated with electronic music. By the time I was sixteen, I had started to go to an obscure underground club every Saturday night. I started to smoke and thought I had an opinion about the world around me. I was convinced that having funny hair and liking a certain kind of music gave me an identity, a political view, one that was heavily influenced by my new surroundings. I had started a band which played electronic music, and I wrote lyrics around themes as paying…

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    'Over the Garden Wall '? Oh! How about 'Song of the Sea '?" "Hm... I haven 't ever seen either of those before... but... do we have to watch a movie? I mean," she explained, "Your dad thinks we 're in here to watch a movie, and so if we turn on some music or something we can chat about things and he 'd never know." "...or we could just tell him that we were going to talk?" I suggested. "Nah, that 's not sneaky enough. Besides, he may not want us to be talking a whole bunch, knowing how many…

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    Rich, explores the behind-the-scenes business of pop music. He goes into great depths about how pop hits are made, and how “artists” are created. Rich also writes about how some of the best and most popular songs are not written by the singer, but rather by, more commonly, “...middle-aged Scandinavian men…”(Rich). I know what you’re thinking, that that seems oddly specific. In a way, you are right, but Rich supports this claim by mentioning some hit pop songwriters. Examples that Rich provides…

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    drug use was outweighed by the legendary music that was created and the overpowering amounts of love within the people of the punk industry. From the start of punk music in the early 1960’s to present day, there have been drastic positive influences and effects on our current world from the overall musical phenomenon. Firstly, this new music that expressed rebellion and explicitness has had a promising change on our world today because it widened the music variety people can…

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    different types of music came to exist? It’s a question I often ask myself. If we go back to the 1920s through the 1930s we can see that it was a time when new music was gaining popularity. That form of music was known as Tin Pan Alley and it was becoming a success with their different form of writing. Tin Pan Alley songs were based on romance and privacy which was very rare during those times. During that period of time many individuals faced racism and discrimination. With that kind of music…

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