Personal Narrative: Tribe Changed Music Forever

I am a Native American born and raised in Jamestown, Virginia. It was always just my father and I, my mother passed away when I was an infant, so my father raised me to be an independent woman. My father is the head commander of the tribe. He only allowed me to go to the village near our tents. I never went further than the village, till this one day that I was feeling so curious about what was out there, so I decided to walk beyond the village to see what there is to explore.

There are hundreds of Native American tribes and millions of people that are within North America that identify themselves as Native Americans. Each tribe has their own unique customs, language, and myths. However, within the confines of this paper I will take a broad view with regards to Native American customs and traditions from a small sample of tribes that were observed prior to the vast expansion of colonizing the west.

Imagine the number one song of the year with the most downloads, streaming numbers and views on Youtube could not be nominated for a Grammy. Up until June 2014, artists could not be nominated for such an award unless the song was completely their own, meaning there was no sampling of past music. This may not sound like a big deal until songs like “SOS” by Rihanna or “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice became chart topping tracks, and are both derived from older songs. Mark Ronson, music producer and DJ, speaks about how sampled music has changed the way generations discover music, as well as how creative ideas flourish from sampling other artist’s music. In this TED talk “How sampling transformed music,” Ronson gives his opinion on how artists transform

The Blackfoot People are one of the many Native American Indian tribes that roamed America in the early 1700s. Like many tribes they were nomadic hunters that lived in the Great Plains of Montana and the Canadian provinces of Alberta. The name is said to have come from the colour of the peoples shoes that were made of leather. They had typically dyed or painted the soles of their shoes black.

Aya, or hello in English. That is how people of the native the Myaamia Indian tribe of Oklahoma greet eachother.It is also the language of Lydia Simpson’s ancestors. Since learning of her heritage, The Myaamia tribe has become a large portion of her life.

Looking back to the music that represented previous decades, the music shows consistent high levels of effort and skill within it. Originality lacks within today’s hits as every style of song has been done a million times over by the gods of music. Talentless artists with no creativity have now knocked on the doors of musical legends with their begging bowls, pleading to make use of the lyrics they had previously made a success. Melodies and repetitive lyrics are vomited out onto paper in the matter of hours today knowing that with the assistance of auto tune and editing software, the tune can produce millions

The two album covers I chose to analyze are “Axis: Bold as Love” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience and “Based on a True Story” by Blake Shelton. These two album covers, like the albums themselves, are quite different. However, examining the effects of the design choices for each cover reveals that both address the same rhetorical elements to convey their message most effectively. The album choice was based primarily on finding two albums which differ substantially in both music and cover art. Additionally, the art for each represents the music well, a characteristic which helps draw meaningful conclusions about the reasons behind the design of each cover. The art on the cover of “Based on a True Story” is simplistic and it is easy to recognize the artist and read the title. “Axis: Bold as Love” features a more complex cover design, utilizing Hindu symbolism and an unusual lettering and

One of the amazing things about music is that it never stays the same for very long. With every year that goes by music is constantly changing and new concepts and ideas are being implemented every day. However, even with all these changes that are taking place, most music still has that familiar feel to it. Everyone is always claiming that their song is brand new and that nobody has ever done anything like it before, but as the old saying goes, “there is nothing new under the sun.” Although most musicians don’t talk about it much when asked, most of them were influenced by an artist or a specific style of music. It is through these influences that the artist is able to create a style for themselves.

Do you ever wonder what is the meaning behind what you so proudly sing whenever you hear it? Music is an art form of culture which organizes sound with times It first came around in prehistoric times, however, as times passes, music is drastically changing. As a result, in the last decades music has experienced drastic changes in the themes they are talking about. These changes are due to the generations and what they are living, political and social actions of the time. For example, the decade of the 80s was the rise of hip-hop and rap music from a local phenomenon to a worldwide known genre of music. Previously, a crack cocaine epidemic had stroke major cities in the USA and it coincided with the rise of hip-hop in black communities as these

The songs' composition have change in the structure of the lyrics. The lyrics of the new songs have become so catchy and meaningful. Something that many artist of past decades couldn’t do with their long and unique songs. But who would want to hear about Yesterday when you can hear about a man in love with the “coco.”

“ We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service”, the sixth studio album of the 90’s rap group, “A Tribe Called Quest”, this album is not only the sixth, but the last “A Tribe Called Quest” album, I felt a group with such eccentric vernacular should be acknowledged for contributing years of powerful poetry to a generation who had little to no representation within the mainstream media. “A Tribe Called Quest”, is, and forever will be, one of the most influential speakers of our time. We degrade the poetry written and spoken by Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and recently Jarobi. We reduce this art to “rap”, but we forget that rap is a mere acronym for rhythm, and poetry, and as an artform, rap, ought to be fully respected and represented. Though my visual chart was not as aesthetically pleasing as my peers’, creating my chart was fairly enjoyable to me; however, I do wish I put more effort into my visual chart; however, what I lacked in visuals I accommodated

Hi Folks, Sorry I have not written in awhile, life’s been great. However watching the most recent Grammy’s Awards and perusing what the music industry has become, sadly I can’t relate to the current music scene. Regrettably, Country sounds more like Hip Hop, Americana and Blues are considered Rock sound eerily similar to Country, and what’s worse Gwen Stefani New Live Video was no more than a advertising vehicle to promote Target. However, with a new year brings new hope and reflection as well to delve into the past. How poignant to rewind back 20 years to 1996. Let’s look back at the year in music for 1996. Feel free to click on the links to peruse the past.

The song set this critical analysis chose is ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ (Nirvana), ‘Bootylicious’ (Destiny’s Child), and ‘Smells Like Bootylicious’ (2Many DJs). This paper’s purpose is to argue that the type of cover version is transformative. For starters, this paper is going to analyse two of the original songs respectively and then turn to do a more detailed comparison among them and their mash-up cover.

Today’s music industry has become a very competitive business to see who can make it to the top of the charts. Iconic music artist try to make themselves stand out from other musicians, by being charitable, using their personal history, crossing over to star in movies, T.V. sitcoms or drama series, or a different genres of music, outlandish attire, makeup and stage presents.

Many history aficionados are aware that, for several millennia, civilizations have flourished into gargantuan empires only to dwindle into corruption and ultimately meet their demise. Coldplay’s critically acclaimed “Viva La Vida” embodies this very concept. The song was inspired by the Mexican phrase of the same name, meaning “long live life.” It provides a considerably deep narrative that involves a once-esteemed monarch reminiscing about his golden age upon the throne, and detailing how his transition toward totalitarianism ultimately caused the citizens to seek retribution through a coup d’état (“Viva La Vida”). The song debuted in early May of 2008 and was initially exclusive to Apple’s iTunes Store for nearly three months until Coldplay released a proper music video alongside a CD single at the end of July. Having been the best-selling song on iTunes for the entirety of 2008, there is little doubt that it has reached a vast and diverse audience (“Viva La Vida”). A plethora of bands has written covers of “Viva La Vida,” attempting to convey similar themes to the ones that Coldplay established while applying their own musical expertise and twists to craft a fresh and interesting experience. To analyze the many contrasts present among these covers, this paper will scrutinize three approaches: Coldplay’s original version, a variation performed by Future Idiots, and one presented by Sofia Karlberg.