From thriving music stage as New York, a young boy has moved to Los Angeles. Owning a perfect music training background that gave him an opportunity to become a member of the Teddy Bears band. And "To Know Him is To Love Him", a first song was written by that teenager, reached the No.1 hit song on the Billboard chart in 1958 (O'Hare 48). He is Phil Spector, a talent producer, songwriter, and a musician. In years later, Spector had a huge influence to the record producers, artists, and musician.…
Music has always had a huge impact on life. Music is inspiring, music can bring people together, music is constantly changing, and there are thousands of types for anyone to listen to. Music is and always will be here and is constantly changing, people producing and creating new styles of it. A certain genre of music has never been dominate, it mostly spread out. There are times in history where very specific eras have increased the popularity of some genres. Different eras have different styles…
being used in other genres of music. A popular instrument used in these space age songs was the Theremin. An electronical instrument using two antennas and the hand, it usage was popularized by the space-y, far-out “woo-ooo” sound it created. Used in many songs, including the official sound track for the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still , it reached “the climactic point in Brian Wilson’s masterpiece, the Beach Boys’ legendary hit “Good Vibrations” . Furthermore, from the same Theremin player…
Formed in 1993, Daft Punk is a French electronic music duo by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. They were founded by Pedro Winter, the head of Ed Banger Records. Their music consists of house music, funk, techno, disco, rock music, and synthpop. They had significant popularity in the late 1990s. They are also known for their visual stylization and disguises associated with their music. The duo have worn elaborate helmets and gloves to give of robot personalities. After 2001, they…
was the idea guy in this situation, he wrote alongside Midge Ure Do They Know It’s Christmas? to spread awareness to people that not everyone is lucky enough to even celebrate holidays because they’re struggling to survive. This song would later be the inspiration for the song, We Are the World. which was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and featured many musical legends such as Diana Ross, Cindy Crawford,…
heavy synth bass keeps the R&B groove of the song going with semibreve notes in the verses and dotted quaver semiquaver rhythms in the choruses. There are four different…
seventeen year old girl with Xeroderma Pigmentosum...but that disease is NOT her identity. She is so much more than that. She is a teenage girl that also has friends and crushes, like most teen girls do. Her best friend is Morgan and Charlie is the boy that Katie has a crush on. Although because of her disease, throughout the day she has to stay inside with special ultraviolet light filtering windows, to see the world through. Her nights are a lot more fun. Since she can go out at night, she…
Welcome Home - Radical Face This song fits nicely with the part of the book when Bechdel comes back for her father’s funeral. She comes home to old memories of working with her dad and playing with her brothers. She also revisits old relationships with her relatives that have been completely or slightly severed. In ‘Welcome Home’, the singer also addresses the topic of old relationships, ‘Ships are launching from my…
The Karate Kid directed by John Avildsen is the story of a boy name Daniel and his mother making a drastic change moving from California to New Jersey. Daniel does not adapt to his new life, however he meets a girl names Ali that comforts his during this hard time. He did not foresee the distress that would come from her ex boyfriend. Daniel later finds out that the ex boyfriend, Johnny, is a member of Cobra Kai dojo. At the beginning of the film Daniels life is very unbalanced, however with the…
problems in society. The song “Hands up” by Vince Staples is a good example of protest music because this song informs people on police brutality towards innocent African Americans. Listeners can gain insight into the song “Hands up” by Vince Staples by carefully examining and analyzing its occasion, audience, purpose, speaker, and tone The song “Hands Up” By Vince Staples revolved around a time when police brutality toward African Americans started becoming more frequent The song hands up…