All About That Bass: Music Analysis

Adoff makes music with the words and space in “Street Music” by writing all the descriptive words by separating each letter of the word with spaces and the words that made a sound would be written normally, without spaces in between the letters. For example, at the beginning of the poem, the speaker describes the city and where the noise in this city is coming from. Hence, he separated his words into letters with spaces, an example from is when the speaker states that “T h i s c i t y:/ t h e / a l w a y s / n o i s e / g r i n d i n g” (1-5). Another example of this is “an o r c h e s t r a” (24). On the other hand, words that are used for the actual sounds are written normally in this poem, such as “slamming from bus tires” and “taxi horns”

The music industry has undeniably evolved over time and through the betterment of technology, music has the ability to be heard worldwide. Most artists become popularized through the internet and social media, but numerous composers have become well-known through the music they produce for movies. Soundtracks are extremely popular today, especially with the ever growing entertainment industry. One cannot simply hum a tune from a classic Disney film or any other well-known film without others recognizing the piece. The relevance of soundtracks in our culture today would make the main theme from the film “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” a perfect piece to include in this course.

Beyonce is an African American female artist making incorporating empowering messages for women around the world. She is creating work that speaks to an audience that might not receive authentic mainstream. Beyonce ultimate goal is to visually and sonically entice wisdom through her music. Recently in a shocking video release, Beyonce debuted a new song “Formation” as well as a politically charged music video. This song was an uproar in the music industry worldwide. Millions of people around the world negatively viewed this song as a controversy. The music video and song caused many people to debate and cause a worldwide conflict.

“It is, then, all the odder that major figures concerned with education, in both nations, continue to behave as if the goal of education were economic growth alone.” Pg. 17

Roy Wood$, a young rising Toronto artist discovered by OVO Sound Beats was recently signed to Drake’s record label and made his official debut by coming out with his first album Exis. The fresh, underrated OVO member made a resilient first impression; Exis serves as a strong introduction to the beginning of Wood$’s career. The album is laced with only 6 tracks, but still feels appropriate to the whole debut project. As the latest artist to be coming out of Canada, Roy is able to set himself apart from the rest, through his individual artistry and flair, innovative perspective, and exceptional voice. Not only is he able to bring a different genre of PBRnB style to us, his vocal expression is emotionally rich and soft while remaining powerful making it addictingly sweet.

There is a common misperception in society today that the roots of rock and roll began in the 1950s with Elvis Presley shaking his hips. Few know that the roots of rock and roll actually go all the way back to slavery. Rock and roll first got its start with the blues and has since evolved over time into the rock and roll we now know of today. As each new band and artist would come along, they would go on to add their own sound to the mix, and once it was introduced it would never be taken away. The influence of blues artists, such as Mamie Smith, and hillbilly (country and folk) artists such as Hank Williams, could be heard in the music of 1950s rockers Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley, and their influence could be heard in one of the most famous

Duality, a rather whimsical alternative rock album produced by the exuberant band Set It Off, truly encaptures the attention and ears of many because of its ability to make the thirty-seven minute experience feel like a mind-blowing journey through different genres of music such as pop punk, pop rock, and general rock. Released in October of 2014, Duality hastily found its way to Rock Sound's "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list, landing at number 5. In addition, this cross-genre compilation is Set It Off's best album to date because of its unique sound and fresh style along with the notion that it was completely unexpected. Beginning with "The Haunting," a song that contains a sound similar to the band's older material, the album carefully introduces an eerie feel with a mischievous twist that swiftly transitions into a playful tune with songs such as "Forever Stuck In Our Youth" and "Why Worry." Duality, an upbeat, wild album released by the playful band Set It Off to symbolize limitless and unavoidable life experiences such as a breakup, has

Friday night, lying in bed, eyes closed absorbing the legendary lyrics of The Kinks with the Pontefract cake-like disc rotating on the retro record player you bled your parents dry for. This is as close as the discerning music fan will get to real musical talent. Truth is, young people will never understand the sensation of music in the decades owned by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones or The Searchers, instead the quality of modern popular music now has collapsed into a never ending and monotonous spiral of auto tuned sounds and sub-standard ‘talents’ who pale in comparison to the musical artists of last century.

Speaker Knockerz is one of the best artist I have ever heard. Speaker knockerz raps about his life and school. Speaker knockerz real name is Derek McAllister, and he lives in South Carolina. Derek became famous on youtube. Derek started making songs about his life, his first song was about his friend, which was a undercover cop. He needed to get revenge for his lost girlfriend which died because a guy killed her, and his friend got killed too. I like speaker knockerz because his song is relate to my life which is crazy and weird sometime but I would put it on if I am kind sad,but most of the time I would put it on if i have a rough time in school.

I believe that the narrator will pick the bass because the bass is on of the biggest and oldest and a very rare catch while sheila I believe is to hard and too old for such a you fellow. This bass that is on the line is probably the biggest he will ever catch and is very nervous and the fact that he is still got the fish on the line. This a old and strong Bass because of how long is been on the line and its pulling the canoe back and he is starting to question how ginormous this monstrosity is. He also loves fishing and hides his fishing equipment and even thinks on throwing the equipment out but he did not cause of his love for fishing. Sheila is a girl that he has liked for a long time. Young people also think that because they are younger

The New Edition was one of the premier R&B groups to exist. The group reached its height of popularity during the 1980s. They were the progenitors of the boy band movement of the 1980s and 1990s and led the way for groups like New Kids on the Block, The Boys, Boyz II Men, Hi-Five, Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. Their music was intrinsic and exemplified what R&B was during that time period. Their song’s, like “Hear Me Out” and even “Candy Girl”, were R&B songs that represented all I’ve spoken to. Their music, while having a funky feel to it, represented soulful music, which spoke to the theme of love and even represented the harmonizing of a boy band, just like that in jazz. Their music presented a desire for deep reflection, such

If you look at any moment of time you could find music right around the corner. You could find it a funerals, weddings, dances, and at your car. Music is the most influential thing someone could listen to. If it were thrash metal then you’d obviously be filled with adrenaline. For me being in the marching band at my school really changed my views in music it helped me not only hear the music but move to the music I am producing

One specific thing that I found interesting with this chapter was the song lyrics Prince chose to include from the concert at Warehouse 21: “…and you could tell us all, it was just protocol, but we all know, you defended yourself for the first time”. It’s clear that these lyrics were pulled from the middle of a song, and she could have chosen any lyrics; are we really to believe that she just happened to like these lyrics the most? I believe that Prince chose to include these specific lyrics to foreshadow the ending, in a way. The ending, as I discussed, was Prince telling a cashier that she was a girl, and not a man, as he said. “It was just protocol” is meant to essentially be the reaction anyone would have to being misgendered; you simply

Rhythm and Blues (R & B) has always been my priority choice of music to listen to. “R. Kelly is talented and he is also inarguable the biggest male R & B singer since Marvin Gaye”. (Marchese) He is a musical genius who wrote “Forever” a very powerful and unforgettable wedding song that will be played during many marriage ceremonies for years to come. Forever is a nuptial song that sounds great for a bride walking out to meet her husband at the altar. R Kelly Lyrics reminds me of what my husband said the day he asked me to marry him “I will be your man you will be my lady, we'll walk hand and hand side by side, I will be the perfect groom you're the perfect bride”. (R. Kelly: Forever) This song “Forever” symbolizes our married on New Years’

Sideshow does not only represent the disability of conjoined twins, this musical represents many other tropes. For example, in the cast of freaks there is a half man-half woman. This half man-half woman if shown today can cause many controversial issues because of the ongoing support and struggle for acceptance. To add, there is also an obese lady who is represented as a “freak” because of her size. With the body positivity movement I see representation as offensive and I’m sure many others can agree. It’s extremely inappropriate to put someone in a fat suit and showcase an obese person when they don't know how it feels or why they are obese because sometimes it’s a medical and genetic problem. Many tropes are used in popular culture, and in