The Career Of The Legendary Blues Artist Joe Bonamassa

Following this through, take pop phenomenon, Justin Beiber, for instance; Justin was found on YouTube by Atlanta based manager, Scooter Braun (Kaufman, 2010). As stated by Gladwell, “Mavens are people who have a strong compulsion to help others” (69). A manager in music is somewhat similar; a manager’s job is to handle the business of an artist, making sure the labels are doing their job and helps the artist keep their focus on music (About.com: Music Careers). Continuing on, manager Scooter Braun insisted on meeting the soon to be pop sensation, so he set up a meeting with Justin and his mom where Justin would have then accidentally run into R&B superstar Usher (Kaufman, 2010). Usher, in this case would be referred to as the connector, an individual who has many ties in many realms and act as the passage between them. Ushers role would be connector since he landed Justin a professional deal and formed a joint-venture label with Braun and Antonio L.A. Reid, the

Throughout African American history, especially during slavery music has been used as a coping mechanism to assist one with enduring hardship and opposition. Music specifically jazz and the blues can have many boundless effects on one’s life. In this case, in Sonny’s life, music was his only source of hope and strength to redemption.

On July 2, 1944, J.J. Johnson engaged in producer Norman Granz’s first JATP concerts in Los Angeles and was able to be heard on Etaoin Shrdlu’s Blues. His association with Granz and the JAPT sustained through his career. However, not all

As a music publisher, one must interact with and have connections with A&R executives, producers,

The current music industry is a hard business for all musicians, whether they are a new artist or even a popular radio artist. Modern times have radically changed the way that musicians now make money. Past musicians used to be able to make a living simply by selling their music and playing a few major concerts to survive and even lives some luxurious lives and not really have to focus on anything except the art that they were creating. The music industry has transformed from being an art to becoming a challenging business job for anyone involved. Today, most musicians have to also be able to handle managerial business to get anywhere and make money or find someone to help them. Current musicians need to do more than just sell music

B.B. King’s reign as “King of the Blues” has been as long as that of any monarch on earth. B.B. King continued to have his crown at the age of 76, and he was still light on his feet, singing and playing the blues with never ending passion. Time has no effect on B.B, all time does for him is make him more popular, more cherished, and more relevant than ever. Even though B.B. King has passed, he’s alive as the music he plays, and the world can’t get enough of him.

In the autobiography Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin, the narrator learned the amount of suffering his brother endured by the music Sonny played. The words and actions shown by Sonny to the natator show about how they relate to their own suffering and the suffering of others. During the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930’s a new form of music flourished expressing the suffering of the people trapped inside the heroin filled city. During this period heroin was used as an escape from the rough life young people were placed in The narrator's brother was no exception he suffered from heroin addiction which placed him in prison for years. During this period heroin was used as an escape from the rough life young people were placed in.

Jeremy Oxley, in his younger years, started his musical career in the early 1980’s, at the early young age of 18, he was touted as one of the most talented singer/songwriter in Australia. Jeremy was the front-man of a successful rock/pop bad called “Sunnyboys”. He achieved rapid success in his musical career, where he quickly became trapped in a persistent cycle of touring and recording sessions. His brother Peter, who wanted Jeremy to achieve success,

Son House aka Edward James House, Jr. was a famous American blues singer and guitarist. He was born March 21, 1902 in Lyon, Mississippi on the Mississippi River Delta on a plantation where he lived for a while. He died October 19, 1988 in Detroit, Michigan at age 86 from Alzheimer’s disease. He was known for his “highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing” (BBC 1). He did not start out as a singer and guitarist. He started out as a church pastor and then when he was twenty-five years old he turned to performing blues. It was not easy for Son house to sell records at first. This is because it was around the time of The Great Depression, which plagued many

One of the most influential figures in modern music to this day, Jimi Hendrix, was a complex and unusual man for his time. Being most well-known for his eccentric performances and style, both in fashion and in music, Jimi stood out in the western world 's very uniform Rock’n’Roll scene. Playing with his teeth, burning his guitar, rising to fame in a matter of weeks all contributed to his remarkable life. Jimi Hendrix’s life and rise to fame were exceptionally unordinary and extraordinarily influential. Filled with curiosities from the day he was born to his tragic drug-related death, Jimi was unusual. Accordingly, these curiosities are what makes Jimi Hendrix such a notable figure in history.

This essay is going to talk about Richard Steven Valenzuela, otherwise known as Ritchie Valens. Ritchie Valens was a rock and roll artist that played his music throughout the 1950’s. Throughout his lifetime, what were some of the greatest things that this rock and roll artist achieved in his short life?

John Coltrane being born on September 23, 1926 in a household with his mother, father, uncle, aunt, cousin, grandpa, and grandmother was raised in the south. Around age 12, the death of his father, grandfather, grandmother, and uncle occurred which then led his mother to leave and go off to Philadelphia to find work. John had to take time off from music after moving to the North but eventually fell upon it again. Coltrane struggled with a drug addiction which got him kicked out of bands but fortunately was able to quit “cold turkey” after realizing his music career was going to fall apart. After quitting, his music career risen higher than before and eventually found new love after divorcing his first wife.

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

Music: I found it interesting how influential Tito Puente was to music found in this chapter. He was able to gain a large following immediately after World War II, which is impressive in itself. The people that listened to his music even built a large statue in his honor. Puente fans are even willing to listen to his son perform his father’s song to preserve his legacy.

Music is a form of art, and since art reflects life, it only makes sense that music is reflective of life. Music is used all over the world to express thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; whether it is used to express celebration, the act of worship, the act of mourning, just to dance to, or any other reasoning, it all comes back to the idea that music reflects life. One genre of music that is particularly obvious in what it is trying to express, is blues music. Blues music is a genre of music that is most often associated with melancholy lyrics and notes, combining slow and long patterns and melodic sequences. After first rising to popularity at a fundamental time in our country’s history, blues music eventually went on to become one of the most impactful aspects in the music world because of the several artists that gave it notoriety, as well as its obvious influence on other important musical genres and styles.