Tragedy starting her music career showing other that it doesn’t all have to end bad especially not for you. But you do need someone to push you through it sometimes. For Gin Wigmore this was her sister Lucy who put the song Hallelujah in the song-writing competition. She lets people see the real her influencing the people the truth. Adding a different look on music and how she interprets it and how she got started. Even though Gin Wigmore likes to follow her own rules she still have her songs in strict structure with the music elements. The one thing she does really stress is never play without passion because if you play without passion you lose your voice and then you loose your say and your way.
Synopsis; Early Life; Beginning a Career in Music; Breaking Down Barriers; Musical Success and
Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan, is best known as one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. “Lady Day” as her friends like to call her, shared a vocal style inspired by jazz instruments as well as the artist she listened to growing up. Holiday was discovered at the age of 18. It was not long after that her beauty and voice graced stages all over the United States. Billie’s career lasted twenty-six years before she passed away in 1959, due to drug and alcohol use. Since then, much more of her music has been released and she is still considered a phenomenal performer as well as a powerful influence in music.
Ann Wilson and her Sister Nancy were born to their mother Lou, a concert pianist and choir singer, and their father John, a former marine and musician. Due to their father’s job, they moved around frequently. They lived near American military facilities before settling in Seattle. To keep the feeling of home where ever they were they would always listen to music. “On Sunday we’d have pancakes and opera,” “My dad would be conducting in the living room. We’d turn it way up and rock,” (Nancy Wilson) In the spring of 1963 Ann fell sick with mononucleosis and had to miss three months of school. To keep Ann entertained, her mother bought her a guitar. Ann never took to the guitar, but it was Nancy who took over the instrument. Even though Nancy became the guitar player in the family, Ann showed great talent as a singer.
"He lived and he loved the songs that he wrote and the songs that he sang. He’s a man of great courage. He’s kind. He’s gentle and he has God-given talents. He chose a career he was hoping he could make a difference in. That career made a difference in
Not everyone is blessed with musical talent but when someone has an extraordinary ability, he or she should get the chance to please others with it. Sometimes a career can be made out of musical endowment, and that is what Billie Holiday did. Billie had a life that she may not have dreamed of since it started out rough with her mistreatment from adults and discouraging misfortunes, but she was ambitious and that showed through her singing career. Billie could usually adapt to her life’s problems except for her drug addiction and alcohol abuse, which unfortunately led to her demise. She was a talented woman who sang and helped create hit songs that aided her to rise to fame. Billie Holiday bravely stood up to racism, showed the world her talent, and inspired many of her beloved fans, all while continuing to be herself and not allowing the issues in her life hold her back.
what he became and did not let anything get in the way of becoming a musician. In this
Band is her passion; it is the most important part of her life. On the contrary, the worst occurrence in her life was losing her mamaw. It was a hard experience, but being the strong family they are, the Hensley’s fought through it.
Holly was a complex yet truly talented human being. (Amburn) “A triumph of subversion,” Buddy was slipping hedonism through the front door. (Drape) Not only did Holly influence many later generations of rock artists, but also, Holly became the model for countless singer-songwriters. From John Lennon to Bob Dylan, Holly was an inspiration. (Amburn) For example, The Stones and the Beatles made no secret of Buddy’s influence on them. Their names were inspired by Holley’s band, the Crickets. (Drape)
Any artist uses their surroundings as inspiration. An African American female artist deal with being the underdog. The situations they were placed in, ended up being inspirational moments. These moments became inspirational because they were personal stories, life learned lessons, and life changing moments. This essay only mentions three strong, powerful, monumental women. However, there are many more females who have helped the African American woman artist culture. They are still hidden. It is essays like this that help spread their stories, and their art
The artist I have chosen for this project is John Roger Stephens, also known as John Legend. Born on December 28, 1978 in Springfield Ohio, John showed musical potential at an early age. His grandmother taught him to play his first instrument, which was the piano. He grew up playing and singing in his church’s choir. His talent at that age was amazing, labelling him a child prodigy. Growing up, he listened to music from Michael Jackson, LL Cool J, Boyz II Men, and MC Hammer, very influential African American artists. They were able to change the way people viewed African Americans with their music, and make the world a more accepting place. John knew that he wanted to become a vocalist, and was determined to make his dream
The most obvious thing that is important to the character is his adopted daughter, Anna. Throughout the narrative he shows that he cares for her happiness and her health. She is unable to speak clearly and tell her own story, so the character (father) tells it for her. The character is trying to show the reader how effective music can be as a therapy, and is using his own experience to prove the worth of musical therapy. He gives example after example of how music improved the life of his daughter, and how she looks forward to her day with music so eagerly. One line he says, “Ask her a direct question and you will get a stammered word or two at most. Play a song and she will begin to shout out the words, even if she has never heard them before. ”It is a testament to how much music can change her attitude and behaviours. It seems to fill her with confidence and strength where usually she is frail, a picture painted by the quote above.
If I were to be in the DJ booth thinking about how I messed up the same song transition last night, chances are that I’m going to overthink it and mess up again. Even worse, before I even started booking shows, many of the venues wouldn’t let me play because they didn’t think I was good enough. Using the power of endurance I kept trying and trying and finally they saw how strong my perseverance was and started booking me for shows. The most important thing is to endure by enduring: understanding the difficulties, enduring the hardships, predicting the risks, and tolerating the abuse, all ensure fame and success for such a person. What makes one truly great is knowing how to tolerate the intolerable and how to endure the unendurable. “Everyone knows how to thrive in the good times. It is the trying times that separate the one who has substance from the one who merely possesses the image” (Chu 141).
Joyce Spencer is an entertainer whose range of musical genius is demonstrated in her skill as a saxophonist, singer, songwriter, flutist and composer. We listen and wonder what inspiration produces the melodious compilations Spencer creates on her CD’s: “Many Colors, Sweet Dreams” and a beautiful holiday collection, “It’s Christmas Time.” Spencer shares that her muse for creating music comes from a supreme source. “I feel that this passion is a buried treasure that God placed in me and I just have to keep unearthing this treasure. Now, I am His servant, of the ‘food of music’ in the form of Jazz, R&B, Gospel, Reggae, and Blues.”
Holiday’s career is cited to include significant complexity in regards to the standard social and cultural perspectives. The complexity of her life provides vital lessons on talent proliferation. Through Holiday, it is deducible that success in music depends on a variety of personal characteristics including self-determination, attitude, and one’s commitment to the career. Holiday made it in music owing to the love for music despite the limitations of her background ( Greene 18) . However, the misery of career affirms that social engagements posit potential impacts that can easily destruct the continuity of a singer’s determination in music ( Greene 19) . For instance, poor choice of social engagements facilitated the emergence of crucial miseries such as drug addiction and sexual abuse that fuelled her death. The unusual characteristics of her options are therefore cited as feasible lessons to the musicians in the present
Whitney Houston is considered as one of the greatest singers of our generation. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, she holds the record of being the most rewarded female artist of all time. I chose her as my topic, because she represents resiliency and tenacity, despite her troubled experiences with drugs and her personal life. Whitney Houston comes from a family with an amazing, musical pedigree; her mother, Cissy Houston, was a successful back-up singer for Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley. Dionne Warwick is her first cousin and Aretha Franklin is her godmother. In 1983, Houston was signed to Arista Records and music executive, Clive Davis, became her mentor and helped launch her successful career. Whitney Houston was