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Music holds the power of culturally and emotionally influencing society. Since the beginning of time, music allows people to connect with sounds and messages with a deeper meaning, as we become influenced by the music we listen to. Certain songs affects our emotions, as upbeat energetic songs make us get up and dance, where aContinue reading “Music through Social Movements”

If you don’t know who Jimi Hendrix is, odds are you’ve lived under a rock your whole life. The extremely famous guitar hero played a huge contribution to how music was performed and changed in the 1960’s. Jimi’s style of playing guitar was unique compared to every single guitarist before him. During this time, rockContinue reading “Continuing Explorations…The Role of Jimi Hendrix”

The famously known American director, Quentin Tarantino, has been a mere DJ with every soundtrack to each and every one of his films, Kill Bill Vol. 1 being yet another amazing story that matches the music which was released on October 10, 2003. The soundtrack to the first volume of this two part film reachedContinue reading “Music and the Fictive Dream”

In the late 19th century, Hawaiian music became quite popular nearly around the world. Originating from Regge music that was born in Jamaica, “Jawaiian” is the Hawaiian style of Regge music across the islands. Hawaiian music was rooted from older religious chants and hymns, later mixing them with musical rhythms. As Hawaii is part ofContinue reading “A Hawaiian Musical Trip”

Throughout the past decade or so, the CD has slowly been dying as it has been replaced by digital downloads and streaming. Yet, the success of the CD is of no doubt. The journey to creating the Compact Disc began in the early 1970’s with work done by Sony and Phillips, to create an opticalContinue reading “The Evolution of the Compact Disc, and What Happened to it?”

What’s the Use? by Mac Miller Mac Miller’s fifth studio album titled, “Swimming” was released on July 23rd, 2018 where his song What’s The Use? is featured on. The smooth number that makes you want to dance is collaboratively written by Snoop Dogg, Thundercat, Pomo, and Miller himself. The song is composed by several people named M.Continue reading “Music Analysis #2”

Back to Black by Amy Winehouse 1- Singer and songwriter, Amy Winehouse, released her album titled, Back to Blackon October 27th, 2006. In early 2007 the single Back to Black on the same titled album became a hit single. This soulful single originated from the UK, where it held #8 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US,Continue reading “Music Analysis”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”