Lay Me Up Analysis

Every song I’ve heard can to connected to a memory in my life. It doesn’t have to be an important memory; certain songs flash images of the radio playing while driving down highways or hearing a song playing in the background of a commercial. Others inspire memories like times I’ve danced with my family, or covered songs with friends. These are the memories I will hold on to forever, and I’ll do it through these

On the eve of November 23rd 2015, I interviewed my grandfather, Benny Reno Emerson, on the influence of music in his life. During the interview we talked about how long music has been a part of his life and how it has shaped who he is today. We also touched on three songs that meant the most to him. The three songs that he claimed to be the most significant to him were “K.T.”, “Kill the Pain”, and “I’m a girl watcher”; all songs that he has performed live, at stages across the Midwest, including the well know Wisconsin summer musical festival Summer Fest.

After watching “The Language You Cry In” in class, I found myself reflecting on how music has impacted my life and with whom I have shared it with. It’s truly incredible how a simple, 5 line chorus ultimately allowed this woman to discover her history as it traveled from Sierra Leone all the way to the Gullah society in Georgia. The really displays the power that music can have over not only individual societies, but over the globe. No matter what political movements were occurring and throughout the immense inequality and slavery that was being faced, music has always remained reliable. This song brought people together and allowed them to embrace their heritage even in the worst of times, and I believe that this is still true today.

Every record put out by the world-class jazz bassist Christian McBride is well worth checking out. After digging Live at the Village Vanguard with his trio, the bassist returns to the big band format with Bringin’ It, an honorable follow-up to the 2011 Grammy Award winner The Good Feeling.

The song has an irregular rhyme scheme but still, holds a musical effect. It doesn’t take away from the song but adds depth to it allowing you to see that what's important are the words and the meaning behind them not how pretty it would sound. The rhythm allows for the tone to shine through as with certain parts, it takes a longer time to read and the other times it is much faster. The pace changes with the moods.

“Get Off The Track” is a song written by Jesse Hutchinson, Jr. and alludes to the abolitionist movement. This song is full of symbolism, which can be seen through the music cover. The piece I will use in a gallery presentation representing “The Sectional Crisis in American Politics, 1848-1856”, from the primary source is "GET OFF THE TRACK!" A song for Emancipation, Sung by THE HUTCHINSONS, . . .. The music cover created from “Get Off The Track” has powerful meanings in each illustrated piece from the trains to the people to the churches. Seen in the cover are trains each with their own “names” which point to their meaning. The first part of the train seen is named the “Liberator” this is in relation to a popular antislavery newspaper out

You know this song, right? That’s what Gregg Allman’s autobiography My Cross to Bear, published in 2012, seems to be asking the reader all throughout the book. The lead guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band tells about his life and about his music.There’s one big aspect of this autobiography that makes it harder to read than the “standard autobiography”. When reading the book, I often found myself searching up and listening to songs my phone just to get the feel of the situation, which was an annoying interruption to the reading itself, since Allman often established a mood with “I went to work on the lyrics: “I’ve been run down I’ve been lied to...”.”, with the expectation from the reader immediately starting to hear the song in their heads. With a very small target audience, Allman’s autobiography is perfection for some, but for others

To understand why music is a product of human intention and perception, we start by defining or understanding the nature of music. Music is defined as the sounds or combination of vocals and instruments in a way that it produces a form of beauty, expression, or harmony of emotions. Arguably, people compose or make music through many ways (Resnicow, Joel E., 20-29). While some people might compose music without incorporating instruments, others use instruments to produce beats that match with their sounds. However, to argue that the

As lyrics are combined with music, the

When and why did Ravel compose “Ma mère l’Oye" (Mother Goose Suites)? How does each movement of the piece convey the story line of the fairytales? Compare and contrast the piano version vs. the orchestrated version of the piece.

I will be analyzing “Let You Down”, a song originally directed towards the artist's father. Nathan John, better known as NF has had a hard relationship with his father. He felt like he has been a letdown and that his father wanted him gone. His new video explains the song very well. The thoughts all trapped in his head. My interpretation disregarding the actual meaning is dealing with the struggle of disappointment and failure, touching upon the subject of self doubt. Not being good enough in a relationship, friendships and so on. This analysis will be focusing on the last 3 minutes of the song.

Music is essential to warming the soul’s intuition. My favorite genres of music are hip-hop and R& B. Songs are a complex platform of emotions. However, music is not just about lyrics solely, but the beat they are composed to. To write any song requires a strong feeling and/or emotions that lead the lyrics. Writing a song requires: First, repeated listening and vibeing to the beat. This initiates feeling of the lyrics to come to hand. Next, have a pen and paper handy to transcribe these feelings in lyrics. This requires flow with the beat, remaining on rhythm and having rhymes to connect lyrics. Third, replay the beat to synchronize lyrics for creation of the song. (Repeat steps one through three, until you’ve completed the desired length of

More than the lead single of the yet to be named and almost done fifth studio album, “Drag Me Down” is also the first music the people would hear from the foursome after Zayn Malik’s departure last March. It’s the first step to settle the score of how the band would fare without their original member and hopefully prove to those who belong to the other side that wrapped behind the pretty packaging are real bits of music produced by real musicians.

Often music is consisted not only by sounds made from musical instruments, but also by voice and verbal messages. The structure of the voice, or as Roland Barthes describes it ‘the grain of voice’ is the element in a certain piece of music which is responsible for creating the emotions when listening. The grain and the lyrics make the signified and carry out the message. The vocal part of music is formed of words, text, which communicate and make the representation and expression of what it is sung - talked about. According to Barthes the emotive modes of the voice and the changes of the tones from low to high is what delivers the final message and makes us feel the music. (Barthes, R. 1977 [1972]).

When it comes to thinking of how I should structure a song, I think of how I structure a paragraph. Over the course of time I learned new ways to add ideas onto a paragraph that relate to my topic. Many of my friends always complain about how their essays require so many words to write about, and question how they’re going to come up with supporting details and ideas related to the topic. I always explain to my friends how I never seem to struggle with supporting details or ideas because I always find a way to relate to the topic. I am proud I was given this natural gift because I