The Music Of Latin Music

It is eighth hour on a Tuesday, this means I have band today. I walk into the band room, and I see a handful of other students have already arrived and are watching a video that is being played up on the starboard. They stand and watch as the Notre Dame marching band performs an intricate routine during a college football game. A few others hustle around to get their instruments and get to their seats before the three minute allowance is up. I hear random chit chat among friends and people beginning to tune their instruments as I gather my things and get into my seat.

Latin Americans are considered as minority in the USA because they have a great diversity regard with race, culture and language. They helped build this country since their cultures have been adopted in this country and them also apport help to this country. Latin Americans have made a lot of contributions to the USA such as military, language, fine arts, literal arts, music, politics, food and others.

* The Spanish invaded in the mid 16th century and conquered the entire Inco empire in Peru, Ecuador and Northern Chile.

Music plays a huge role in my life. From having a bad day, to turning it to a happier day; and with other songs, they move me. But the type of songs that makes me feel like this is the Mexican music, or “Regional Mexicano”. I have noticed that these types of songs are what most Mexicans prefer to listen to. Usually they listen to them when they are sad about something, probably because his girlfriend left him, or just because he woke up on the wrong side of the bed ha-ha. Or just because Mexicans are happy, they listen to the most joyful songs they can hear.

On November 20, 2015 I attended the Brazos Valley World Fest located at, Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater in College Station, TX. Although the festival had events from many cultures, it was the “Latin” events that really stood out to me. As a proud Hispanic woman, the activity that I was most excited about was, the salsa performance. The name of the performance was called “salsa fusion”, which was accompanied by the live performance of the twelve piece band La Orquesta Salmerum form Houston, Texas. Salsa music is a very fast up beat genre of music, it’s a style I find very closely related to urban-jazz. After the performance, it was evident that one of the main and most dominating instruments of the genre, is the Conga drums. When focusing on

Music is a universal understanding of one’s culture. It allows people from all parts of the world to come together to appreciate and love one another for their differences. My mother is Filipino and my father is Mexican. Though both ethnicities are rich in history, I have chosen to specifically focus on the land of my father, Jalisco, Mexico. With lively rhythms, different vocalists, and historical dances, Jalisco’s music comes together to tell a story.

Mexican Music Culture A music culture that I’m affiliated with is Mexican music; it’s geographically and ethnically relevant to the culture I’m a part of. I’m half Mexican-American and African American, however, I’ve been drawn toward listening to music of traditional Mexican music. Historically, songs of this music culture ranged from dealing with love and relationships to oppression that Mexican-Americans had to endure while settling in San Antonio in the early 1700’s. Being from San Antonio, the music culture embodies cultural roots associated with mainly Tejano and conjunto genres of Mexican music; essential, these two distinctive musical styles led San Antonio in being the most important city in America when it comes to Latino music.

This album was among the top ten best-selling debuts for a musician, the fastest-selling U.S. album, and best-selling debut by a female act of 1995. Since that time it has been ranked among the most important and best recordings produced during the Rock and roll era. Media outlets have ranked the recording one of the best posthumous releases. Tejano music entered the mainstream market when Dreaming of You peaked at number one. Music critics stated that the U.S. general population would not have known about Tejano music if it had not been for Selena's Dreaming of You. The album has sold five million copies worldwide as of January 2015, and remains the best-selling Latin album of all-time in the United States.

In 1960, Barretto was a house musician for the Prestige, Blue Note, and Riverside labels. He also recorded on Columbia Records with Jazz flautist Herbie Mann. New York had become the center of Latin music in the United States and a musical genre called "pachanga" was the Latin music craze of the time.

Guadalupe Victoria Yoli, better known as “La Lupe,” (Santiago de Cuba, December 23, 1939- New York, February 22, 1992), was a very unique, talented, scandalous and explosive woman, whose life and musical career has come to exemplify the paradox of fame and obscurity, wealth and poverty, glory and failure. In La Lupe’s documentary, she was depicted as an accomplished, egotistic, outrageous, and religious woman, who came to the United Stated after being asked by representatives of Fidel Castro to leave Cuba in 1959, as the result of her outspokenness and controversial behavior on stage. Not only she recorded more than eighteen albums, appeared in many television shows, accumulated a fortune, and conquered the American market singing in English and Spanish, but her unique voice and uncanny style made her “The Queen of Latin Soul.”

Art, music and dance in the Renaissance were popular ways to depict religious life, although not limited to religion, these forms of entertainment were still very much apart of society. Art was used as a way of expression, just as it is today, but depicting more realistic scenes; also used for religion i.e. churches. Music was more of a religious outlet, using it primarily in churches, but not limited to only the church. Music was also mostly vocals, instruments would only accompany vocals if used. Dance was a religious practice primarily, used in churches but not restricted to just church goers; sometimes used in balls and ceremonies.

There's a dude like this at every show, he thinks he's the coolest one there. This dude radiates faux confidence, a heaping of narcissism, and the "I'm not a fake fan mentality." This dude typically wears a snapback he tries to keep on the entire time he's in the pit and ends up losing it anyways. He is full of himself and he thinks he's the biggest fan there ever was. He attacks fifteen year old girls who "haven't been fans as long as him" because they haven't been fans as long as him. This dude all around makes your concert-going experience extra special by opening up the pit and shoving you into

Culture: I was interested in the definition of “Latin.” I find it interesting because of all the confusion that comes about when this subject is discussed. Many groups of individuals claim to be “Latin”, making it difficult for some culture to take sole possession of “Latin” music.

The feelings that the Ancient Romans had towards music could be described as ambivalent. They admired it and at the same time, they condemned it. Music, nevertheless, played a role in Roman society that, as time passed, became less and less important to the Romans. As a result, much of the information about music in Ancient Rome has been lost in time. However what has been discovered about this topic is quite fascinating, in spite of what it is lacking. The subsequent paragraphs will explain some of the aspects of Roman life regarding music. This includes the history of music in Ancient Rome, the instruments that the Romans played, the uses of music in their society and the impact that music in Rome has had on the music of today.

Music from all over the world presents a range of musical theories. Some of these are documented in writing whilst others are transmitted orally. Discuss and give examples with reference to both Western and non-Western music.