Felo Swing Analysis

The genre bachata was developed in the Caribbean island of Dominican Republic. This genre was created based on boleros (slow-tempo Latin music), son cubanos, waltzes, Mexican music and merengue. Bachata is well known as love and depressing songs in which many people describe them self with this genre. At one point back in the earlier 1960s, bachata was considered vulgar and low-class. “Acceptance of the music has increased significantly in the last two decades, although some dominicans, both individuals living on the island and stateside, still do not accept the music because of the implication of its lower-class origins and associations with such themes as crime, poverty, drinking, and prostitution’’(Stavans 47). The genre Bachata has spread and grown so quickly for the past few years that is has become very famous in the United States, Europe, China, and South America. The genre bachata is well known to attract people with its lyrics, instruments, and dance since it identifies many people with real life events.

My life would be incomplete without performing music. I’ve spent time, in concert bands, in bell choirs, in school and church choirs, and singing, playing in music festivals, and in pit bands trying not to laugh my head off at the actors’ improvisations. But the art that truly speaks to my soul does not lie in creating music, it lies in dancing to it.

There many types of music in this world today. In this essay I will be discussing the music of Merengue and salsa. I will also be comparing them, and telling you about each of them individually.

In my personal experience, Mexican music has revolved around my life for as long as I can remember. Growing up in a bordertown has its Hispanic heritage. Whether I was at home, school, or even in public places, I would hear Spanish related music playing in the background. I believe Spanish music holds many values when it comes to different occasions. The music can manipulate the minds of its listeners using love, passion, and outstanding rhythms. After reading an article online, I can explain how three different genres of traditional Mexican music influence people’s culture.

Latin Dance has evolved into a vivid kaleidoscope of many different cultures dancing to the beat of a single drum. These types of music which find their origin in African influence have developed into a meshwork of individual sounds and have grown to be identified with a particular culture. An example of such can be seen in the evolution and history of one of these, Merengue. This type of dance is native to the Carribean, however, it has developed and taken its precedence in the Dominican Republic. This Carribean nation has been crucial to the spread of this music on an international level.

The music of Puerto Rico has evolved as a heterogeneous and dynamic product of diverse cultural resources. The most conspicuous musical sources have been Spain and West Africa, although many aspects of Puerto Rican music reflect origins elsewhere in Europe and the Caribbean and, in the last century, the USA. Puerto Rican music culture today comprises a wide and rich variety of genres, ranging from essentially indigenous genres like bomba to recent hybrids like

Merengue is the official dance and music of the Dominican Republic. While Merengue has been part of the Dominican culture since the 19th century, it was in the mid 1030s that Merengue became the dominant dance and music of the island. What makes Merengue so special is that it manage to raise from a considered “low-quality” music to an international sensation that not only dominated the radios stations all over the island but influenced all over North and South America. The toxicant beats had everyone in and out the island on their feet dancing and celebrating.

Despite its importance today, until recently the bachata was a musical pariah in his home country, the Dominican Republic. Since its emergence in the 1960s, bachata, closely associated with poor rural migrants residing in urban slum, too crude, too vulgar and musically rustic to be allowed entry into the mainstream musical landscape. In their start times bachata was not very popular among people of high society saw nothing more than a crude expression of music to entertain people low resources or urban areas but with the time was more

Mr. Guerrero qualifies as extraordinary. His debut album “FEYAS” was praised by Jazz Times Magazine calling him “A dazzling pyrotechnician and accomplished composer. This is one of the most startling and rewarding piano-led debuts since 4-time Grammy Award Winner Gonzalo Rubalcaba’s 1990 Blue Note offering, Discovery: Live at Montreux.”

This song shows the singer’s loneliness and emptiness. It also express the strong desire for love, the desire for having someone to be with to get through the hard time. Just like what Ana thirsts for.

During the Baroque era, vocal and instrumental music captured audience's attention with both equal value. Today's music still shares the same value's as the Baroque era but instrumental music appeals more to today's audiences. My personal favorite is FlyLo style of music. It's hard to categorize his style it's so mind blowing and gives you a outer body/spiritual experience. From the smoothest jazz note to the hardest eclectic guitar chord then, to a sample from the beetles it puts the listener in a different mindset. His music doesn't have a specific genre but, its fused with edm, rock, and house with mainly hip/hop as the base structures of everything. Since there's no vocals hardly FlyLo has to relay on the ability to capture the audience

On November 9, 2017, the Brazilian group Sol e Mar visited our class to share with us the diverse music of Brazil. One of the first things the speaker explained, that was already explained in a class lecture, was that in colonies with Catholic colonizers, African customs were kept, unlike some Protestant colonies where the African customs were forbidden by the colonizers. As a result, in Catholic colonies, mainly in Latin America, the African population was able to maintain their culture and music. Today, one can the African influences in Latin American music. In addition, the guest also explained that due to the immense size of Brazil, there are many influences and different genres of music that developed in the different regions of Brazil. In addition to

Jose Martinez is a junior at Global Leadership academy. He has been part of the Skyview band for six years. Jose started at the music program when was only in fifth grade. The instrument that he plays is the saxophone. Jose’s decision was to join the music band; this was inspired by his sister, when she was in high

On Thursday April 25, 2013 , I attended a jazz vocal concert at the Music Concert Hall. The first vocal ensemble opened up the performance with a slow rhythmic song called Blue Skies. It began with vocals and I noticed a light auxiliary percussion and drum rhythm. Also, the bass guitarist used walking bass and the piano and electric guitar joined in as well. The first song also consisted of two soloist Regina and Chantel who took the front stage to show off their chops. After the solo performances they fell back into the vocal sections and finished off the song as a complete band. The second performance had a piano opening which led to vocals joining in at the same time as the rhythm section. This performance

This afternoon, I went to the music concert hall where is located in the music building for the listening hour, a small noon-time concert which is performed by the staff and students from the music majors. Since it is a free noon-time concert, most of the audiences just wear the t-shirts and jeans to the concert. Dresses are not required for the concert. The performance today is given by the Ananda Jazz Ensemble. They have played “Running Away”, composed by Bob Marley; “Madalena”, composed by Ivan Linz; “Conejitos y Ananda”, composed by Abi Romero; “La Bikina”, composed by Ruben Fuentes; and “Chukaro”, also composed by Abi Romero. Because this is a Latin Americdan Journey, all of the music performed is jazz music. All pieces played in the concert are an ensemble of piano, bass, and drums. During the concert, I was trying to be a perceptive listener; I enjoyed the music with concentration and paid attention to the music’s unity and variety, such as the dynamics and tempos. I also tried to associate the music with a picture when I listened to it and understand the emotion in the music.