Terry Funk

“(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue” The genre of Jazz has been subject to constant change and development throughout history. Drawing on the various cultural practices of the areas where it became popular, one of the most widely known was New Orleans Jazz. Considered the Birthplace of Jazz, New Orleans was home to a vibrant musical scene, influenced heavily by the combination of a traditional African musical texture and rhythms and key points of European harmony and form. Throughout…

Music can be a very important thing that gives a person identity. I like mostly clean songs, and ones that have an amazing melody and lyrics. I think some songs that define me are Fight Song by Rachel Platten, and Let it Go by Demi Lovato and Idina Menzel. Some songs I like include Heartbeat Song by Kelly Clarkson, Neon Lights by Demi Lovato, Sugar by Maroon 5, Style by Taylor Swift, and 22 by Taylor Swift. The genre of these songs is mostly pop. Some are pop and rock(Style), or a Disney…

Does Rap Have A Negative Heavy Influence On Our Youth Today? Many people believe that rap music and lyrics are infused with both misogynistic and violence glorifying ideologies. This very mentality is often expressed through displaying what others, along with author Gretchen Cundiff view as prevalent negative aspects that are presented within the popular genre. This principle is heavily expressed throughout the analyzation of Gretchen Cundiff’s article titled “The Influence of Rap and Hip-Hop…

Spilling his soul onto his performances, Jimi Hendrix opened up the doors to the future of rock and other musicians, Hendrix opened up the doors to the future of rock and other musicians. He inspired many artist with his distinct sound. Although his start into in music was a little bumpy, Jimi Hendrix impacted people of all kind. He introduced a new taste that touched people's life. Hendrix original name was Johnny Allen Hendrix. He later changed his name to James Marshall Hendrix. The legend…

Ever since jazz was born in 1895. Everybody started to have their own taste what jazz is the person that listens to it. Now jazz has evolved into a culture where we can play jazz the way we like it. The real timeline of jazz style development has evolved so much its spanned or stretched for 3 centuries. When it comes to different styles of jazz, people might tend to think which style they would enjoy the most between these categories of jazz. For example, ragtime, classical, hot jazz, Chicago…

Jimi Hendrix is the emblematic idea of the racial idea and contradictions of the 1960's. Following World War II there was a great social change. The civil rights movement had begun to take charge across the country. This was a time where many issues that had been stirring up, began to make their moves. It was a time of socio-political change in America. The 1960’s were an intense time for race relations here in the United States. “White” America had a hard time practicing what it preached. You…

At the young age of ten years old is the time when I envisioned my first song with lyrics, and an instrumental included. I imagined Jay-Z and Kanye West spitting the verses while I sang softly in the chorus, throwing in my random notes to accompany the rap section. The music inspired me, and I was absolutely positive that this would be a number one hit. I knew that everyone would love to hear more music like this song on the radio. I was so sure of my idea, but I was only ten years old. I was…

Back in the nineties rap music was more lyrical compared to twenty tens version of rap which is more about how the song sounds and not as much about the lyrics. Since I was born midway through the nineties I am more impartial to the twenty ten type of rap than nineties rap because I have experienced longer. There are great music in the different eras of rap. Both have their own unique style of rap. There are three main categories I will be focusing on are the artist, quality of lyrics, and the…

The Illmatic album covered the topics of poverty, gang rivalries, street violence, drug violence, etc. Nas based the album on his life experiences and narrated it into music. Although the album was released in 1994 it still relates to common issues in the 21ST century. For Example, there is still urban poverty, street violence, and drug violence still going on every day. As well as people still dying and getting locked up due to the same issues. The world is yours and education vs schooling go…

American Bandstand/Dance Craze One of the events taking place in the early 1960’s that helped shape the music business and carries on today would be the American Bandstand/Dance Craze. The American Bandstand of the 1960’s introduced new televisions shows geared towards teens, allowing them to enjoy new hit records while incorporating dance, adding another form of entertainment other than just the radio (Covach & Flory, 2015, p. 116). This is where the popularity of dance crazes enjoyed by…