Drake Speeches

I’m in love with music because it always seems to make my day go by better. Rap, recitals, jazz and classical concerts top in my music preferred list. My passion for music made me very excited about going the Columbus state musical concert held in the River Center of Performing Arts In the Legacy Room. The theatre is located in a nice location giving the audience a full range of sound and sight. The sounds are incredible and I really loved how I could hear everything. The stage can be seen from any place that one decides to stand on. For this particular concert, the venue was dimly lit. The concert staged was adorned by different musicians, with their amazing performances.. The audience could not help, but dance and sing along with the

As discussed throughout this course music is a bridge that brings people together. As I sat through this concert I looked around and noticed that there was a great mixture of cultures and races attending despite the small attendance for the event. Socially I noticed that people were conversing and laughing with one another. Parents were engaging and being attentive to their young children as they ran around on skates and scooters. It made an impression on me that it was a time that for many people, was a bonding experience. Memories were being made for people of all ages.

While guitars fill the park with music, my family and many others enjoy music at the yearly music fest, Chicago Blues Festival. Being a small child, watching downtown Chicago traffic was my favorite part on the 3 hour car ride, mostly because as a child growing up in Racine WI, the sidewalks and roads were never as filled as Chicago’s, and I loved it! Walking down various sidewalks, we finally meet the stages with many others and work our way to the front of the stage. Being at the stage with the big speakers was not the most comforting, but greatness was filling my ears with music and at that point that’s all I cared about.

In the summer of 2015, Lee attended the Warped Tour, the largest traveling music festival in the United States. The Warped Tour started as a tour centered on the punk rock genre and evolved to include pop and hip-hop. It also serves as a platform to launch new and upcoming artists, which allowed Lee to open up her ears wider and enjoy post hardcore bands such as Title Fight and La Dispute. Despite the rush and excitement of wild crowds and loud music, being able to meet the artists, take pictures with them, and even get autographs is Lee’s favorite part of a concert night. She recalls meeting four artists within the duration of this year’s Warped

Since the dawn of time, it has been commonly said that music is a universal language. The first official venue that housed this language’s development, and connected groups of people is the amphitheatre. These spaces were first established in second century Rome, and added cultural significance in the first moldings of society. Overtime, this specific type of musical establishment transcended to American culture. The first concert was in held in 1952 Cleveland, Ohio and is known as the, “Moondog Coronation Ball”. The mass gathering was due to the large fanbase of rock and roll, illustrating a commonality during these times. This subject highlights that music venues like stadiums, concert halls and arenas allow thousands of people to enjoyably

What do you usually think of when you think of music festivals? I think of big stages, my favorite artists, and just having a good time. There is a study that states that the engagement put into music festivals can help you engage in important things in real life such as college. Engagement is one positive key in psychology. Martin Seligman, the creator of Positive Psychology, suggests five quantifiable measures to reflect this construct, which is PERMA: Positive Emotion, Engagement, Positive Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (Seligman, 2011). Improving measures like Engagement is key to improve your well-being. Engagement can be a predictor of various health outcomes, both physical and

I can feel the warm summer rays kissing my body as I push my way through the overflowing crowd of people. As I make my way closer to center stage, I can hear the music getting louder and louder until the words turn in to unrecognizable vibrations. There is a moment of silence before the first artist hits the stage and then everything turns to chaos. The crowd is going wild- screaming, jumping, and just going completely rampant. In the mist of all the excitement, I drop my handbag. That’s when a tall girl with short red hair appears in front of me with my tribal printed bag. My eyes light up with pure relief. “Looking for this?” she exclaims. “Yes! Thank you! Thank you! I shouted.

Concerts contain so many sensations. The white chairs being put away, the stage getting placed back on the big black trailer piece by piece, and the quiet shuffles of the last feet leave the stadium; the stadium transforms into the purple and white stadium it once was, leaving no

On Thursday night, October 27th 2016, at 7:55 PM I was outside The Verizon Hall, The Philadelphia Orchestra, waiting for Symphony No. 1 by Brahms concert. On that day, I was kind of scared and worried about what to do and what to wear; as this is the first time I attend such concert. What made me more nervous that night, that I was alone; as almost all my classmates went to the free college concert, which was a month earlier than mine, on Wednesday night, September 21st. On that night, it started to rain with those cold wafts between time to time, so it kind of got along with the mood of the concert and made me feel like I am attending a concert in Paris or Rome and forced to attend the concert until the end. Even the vibes of the concert;

From 1999 to 2009, concert ticket sales in the U.S. tripled from $1.5 billion to $4.6 billion, vastly exceeding the growth of inflation and population growth” (Lee, n.p.). It is obvious that the demand of live performances keeps increasing and as Billboard stated “32 million people go to at least one U.S. music festival every year” (Lynch, n.p.). As an important part of the live performances, music festivals are gaining the popularities world widely and people are willing to enjoy their leisure with friends and families at music festivals. I went to several different kinds of music festivals at both China and United States, and they were all great experiences. According to Timeout.com, among the list they provided for 50 best music festivals around the world, there are 10 of them are music festivals taking place at U.S. (Curle, n.p.). From those statistics, it is not hard to find out that music festivals are popular at U.S. and when you look at those music festivals, they are varies at geographic and genres as well. So I think it is optimistic to say that music festivals open another way for people to enjoy the music and enjoy the social

Music surrounds us in our everyday lives. We hear it when we are in the car, at work, when we are shopping, at restaurants, at doctor's offices, and many more places. The music serves a purpose other than entertainment at many of these places. Music has the power to influence characterization in people and it’s no secret that it’s a convenience for everyone. Music is used in many ways to enhance and embellish the lives of people. It is meant to be consumed, whether it is by the listener, performer, or composer. It is a way to translate feelings and desires that are sometimes difficult to express using language.

Three years ago, I embarked on a quest. Something I thought would not happen until I was in my early twenties. Around that time, I experienced my first ever concert. A concert that will forever be relieved through my memory vault for the rest of my life in a such a vivid and breathtaking way that it is almost as if I can recount it as if it happened yesterday. Also, it was my first time going to such event by myself without the comfort of friends or family. A true experience that changed the way I view concerts, and it changed my perspective on how to act in such a public setting.

The moment I stepped foot into the doorway, I knew that the night would not turn out the way I had expected. I was stunned in fear by the way people looked: tattoos, piercings, and hoodies was clearly the norm at the scene. The room was dark, and I felt the stuffy air choke me up. First impressions are everything, and this one was unlike any other; I was somewhat scared and uneasy. This is how I felt the night my friends introduced a new idea to go to a metal concert for the first time. This was no Bruce Springsteen or Billy Joel concert; it was a new entity that was explicitly more fierce and threatening that I have ever imagined. Metal concerts are dangerous and unappealing places where people fight, get hurt, and are reckless with their behavior; attending these concerts have demonstrated how revoking the people and venue can be, and have changed my views on them and music forever.

In my church’s charity event, I stand behind a microphone and a music stand. My ears hear clamorous noises. I am waiting for what seems like an eternity. To my left, I hear high-pitched vocal warm-ups. To my right I hear blasting and loud eruptions from the tuning of instruments that vibrate the stage. At a distance I hear low beats and piercing crashes, with occasional hums and heels of bass. Finally, it is time to start. I cough a little to prepare my voice. The whole ensemble sits in silence, observing and anticipating. I see the rhythm of the director’s hands moving in a beat to give us singers the tempo. All at once, an army of voices starts singing in harmony. On my left, I hear a perfect euphony of high-pitched and low-pitched singing.

Before guests begin to usher in, I take a seat in the front row next to my friends and fellow performers and prepare to take notes for my sketch. My friends giggle and chatter about their daily struggles, tuning out the sitar music playing softly in the background, but I tell them to quiet down so that I can pay attention during the concert.