Terry Funk

I am an African -American young black women. I grew up around all types of music, but mostly R&B, Hip-Pop, and Rap. Hip-Pop and R&B music is mostly played at my family’s get together such as, parties, family reunions, and cookouts. I listen to Rap music when I’m at a party with friends or just hanging out by myself. Rap music can relate to an everyday life situation, but if you really listen to it you can see how it affects and disrespect our women. Rap music disrespect and affects our women…

“You see, we colored people have our own music that is part of us… [it’s] the product of our souls…” – James Reese Europe. Jazz is a popular style of music that emerged around the late 1800’s in New Orleans, a city of great ethnic diversity and unique musical styles. New Orleans’s cultural environment became the center of music which ultimately influenced the essence of jazz. Jazz music not only entertained the ears of many but also possessed the capability of bridging racial differences. If a…

All cultures, decades, countries, and people have different views on what it really means to be an American. Slavery was beyond prominent in the 18th century, so the African Americans were treated poorly. Views have changed since slavery has abolished, but there are other countries like China who believe that Americans are not as smart or helpful as the Chinese think they are. The views of what it means to be an American varies, but the main archetype is a hero. In Langston Hughes poem, “I,…

Through improvisation and virtuosic playing, musicians were able to combine both traditional melodic phrases and new chord progressions that led to the emergence of jazz music. Bebop and cool jazz incorporated fast tempos from African American cultures with European harmonies in order to create new music, representing the existing ethnic diversity in the US. The sociocultural environment of Harlem allowed for African American musicians to gather and produce bebop music by drawing from their folk…

An experiment, executed by John F. Mast and Francis T. McAndrew, sought to test the hypothesis that listening to violent metal music can increase aggression in males. Metal music is a genre of music that is usually made with distorted electric guitars, a set of loud drums, and a vocalist. The instrumental component of metal music is loud and musically complex, while the vocals can range from outright screaming to normal singing. Lyrics in metal music are usually themed around negative emotions…

Music is known to be part of the popular culture which reflects cultural and social changes in a society. Rap is a genre of music that has significantly changed throughout the years. Rap was once a genre dominated mostly by African American artists. When looking through Billboard’s “10 best Rappers of all Times,” the skin color seems to be all black until there is a white male named …. , but known as Eminem. When Eminem first started, he was a young white kid in a black community with a passion…

Common dance moves included “The Hustle,” “The Bump,” “YMCA,” and many others. Detailed description of dance and the music: Disco dance is moving to music with your own style, while usually wearing disco-inspired clothing. Disco contains parts of funk, soul, pop, and salsa. In many disco tracks, strings, horns, electric pianos, and electric guitars make up a lush background to the other parts. The genre was created…

It was summer, I think 2013? The summer before I started 10th grade. I believe it was around August when this entire thing happened. My “to-do list” for the rest of the day was to just go to the library, return the books, and come home before dark. Simple really, especially since the library was of walking distance. I walked down Headwaters Drive, passing the field where some young kids were practicing soccer, their parents close by. It was a beautiful evening, the sky was so pretty that day…

Hey ho, Let's go! Have you ever noticed that the 80's were so full of bright, neon colors? Well, just before all the neon went on, the 70's were full of leather jackets and dark, dirty looking clothes. There was a major change in between the two decades. The beginning of the 70's were very dark and angry. This was because of the war and death going on because of it. This is going to talk about how the end of the Vietnam War affected the punk music in the 1970's. There was a lot going…

Women in Power There are many types of music, but hip hop is the type that is associated with African Americans, and they are the founders of hip hop. I am not a fan of hip hop because of how the music industry portrays black women as sex objects. Black women use Hip- hop to express themselves through music. Black women tell their stories, about how they feel about how men exploit them in the music industry and manipulate the young minds of our new generation against women. Although through hip…