Popular music

The music of any particular era can give a quick snapshot of the societal structures and societal beliefs of that time. If you are able to follow the progression of popular music in a particular society, then you can see how those societal structures and cultural beliefs have changed throughout its history. In this paper I will be taking a look into the historical progression of racism against African Americans in the United States by examining the progression of the messages in popular music…

Daniel Bondaczuk is a native of Brazil, currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. His career has been focused on understanding music diversity, pushing boundaries and promoting improbable connections. Owner of a unique set of skills, Daniel is not only an accomplished pianist who toured his home country accompanying, among others, the singers Cauby Peixoto and Angela Maria from 2011 to 2014, but also a talented arranger, composer, producer and recording engineer, having achieved some degree of…

Scientifically music is the organisation of vibrations. However Blacking(1973) stated `Music is a humanly organised sound`. This quote heavily implies that music is human and because of this it is important to understand, why we acquire our musical taste, is it individual or a social product and why we as humans use music; this is what I will be discussing during this essay. Using theorists like Raphael Nowak, Theodor Adorno, Pierre Bourdieu, D.Hesmonhalgh and Simon Frith during this essay will…

became a well-known composer and musician. Also, it is worth finding his valuable characteristics and understanding how his musical inspiration affected American popular music. Despite his blindness, he had an optimistic attitude and considered it as a push for his musical talents. When Boone was three, Warrensburg noticed that he could feel music. For an example, Boone used to repeat birdsongs by a whistle when he was five. Especially, he could identify…

commenced, paranoia of the Communist conquer was rampant and racism was at its high especially in the southern parts of the US. Popular Culture or otherwise known as Pop Culture started during the 1950s in America. It brought to light other perspective and views of society that were considered radical and degenerate. Popular Culture had many branches such as fashion, music and film where these ‘radical’ and ‘degenerate’ ideas were portrayed. Movie stars such as James Dean and Marlon Brando…

culture, clothes and music, influenced the entertainment by changing the music and TV, furthermore restrictions were put on the causes of teens rebellious, affecting many things in Canada, such as our clothes and music presently. Teenagers…

thematic focus on female empowerment embedded within the two women’s music, it is imperative to take into account the societal and historical context of black culture appropriation which Trainor borrows in order to glorify women with larger bodies. This practice allows Trainor, to address a social problem: body image. Examining body dissatisfaction can better help us understand why body image can be so prominent in popular music and rap. Psychology researchers at the University of Sussex…

f music, Rock & Roll, flourished throughout households in the 1950’s and 1960’s. This particular style of music appealed to teenagers at that specific time frame, however, Rock & Roll was quite distasteful to parents as it was believed to be a negative impact on adolescents. Jody Pennington and J. Ronald Oakley’s “Don't Knock the Rock: Race, Business, and Society in the Rise of Rock and Roll” depict the rise and fall of Rock & Roll and its social changes within the decade spiritually, physically…

alternative indie music, shopping at thrift stores, being an active liberal protestor, etc. (Weeks 2011). Novelist Hal Niedzviecki realized that similar non-conformist activities and ideals that he himself believed in or partook in after some time became accepted and therefore became the norm. His non-conforming acts were now symbols of conformity. The same phenomena has happened with hipster culture; once it was known as the opposition of popular culture and now it is the central essence of…

who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, producers, and want to be part of the industry on the executive level” Portnow told reporters, “need to step it up.” Pop singer Pink then fired back with a handwritten letter stating “Women in music don’t need to ‘step up’ – women have been stepping up since the beginning of time. Stepping up, and also stepping…