Why Did Sue Got Paid?

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

Underneath the sound of my voice is a song, “Seminole Wind.” If I still myself long enough to stop bringing my own voice and words to life, the song gives me images. The scenery that unfolds in my mind’s eye belongs to the memories of a young girl, who was so confused.

I grew up in Washington D.C with my dad’s recording studio in the basement. Day and night, I would hear the beats of R&B and jazz surfing up through the floorboards. My parent’s were always listening to everything from Motown to John Lennon, Broadway musicals to Otis Redding. I loved it all - Etta James, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, The Supremes, Elvis, Billie Holiday, musicals. To this day, those musicians inspire me. The second I knew that I had to be a singer was the day I fell madly in

The personal Narrative “Music Tonight” by Stephen Policoff is unusual because it is all about the daughter, but written from the father’s perspective. I was at first confused as to who the transformation would happen to, and it seems that both the father and daughter experience transformations within the piece, but because it is told from the father’s point of view we will focus on him being the character. At first, this story made me feel somber because I was sympathizing with the daughter, however after reading the entire story I realized that this story is not meant to be morose but rather to celebrate the joyous effect that music has on Anna. Simply because she was diagnosed with a neurological degenerative disease I was beginning to

In this scenario, there are multiple ways to approach the situation, although one would question Jackie Wilson’s integrity. One possible element for the delay in the recording of payments may genuinely be the mail system; during the holidays and irregular increases in volume usually causes slower mail service, or perhaps clients are writing out their checks but forgetting to mail them in on time. Another feasible factor could be that Jackie has a ridiculous amount of duties to perform and is getting behind in posting the payments to the accounts or is making errors. It must also be brought to consideration that maybe Jackie is “lapping”, to be more descriptive, lapping occurs when an employee steals cash by diverting a payment from one customer,

"I’m so nervous,” I complained to my mom as we walked into the Waukesha Civic Theatre. “What if I’m not good enough. I haven’t even prepared that much!” It was a crisp September day and some leaves had already started changing color. On the way home from school my mom told me about a play that the theater puts on near us every year and thought I would be good for it. Since I had only heard about the audition that day, it gave me a few hours to pick my song and be prepared for whatever part they wanted me to read. The next song that came on the radio was the song “Edge of Glory” by Lady GaGa and because it was in my vocal range I thought it would be good for me. Little did I know that this audition would change my view of theater.

The field of voicework is a manifold craft, comprised of such occupations as narrator, voice actor, and radio announcer. These occupations vary in their responsibilities and purposes, yet all share a common component that lies central to their accomplishment. Voice. In particular, a warm and confident voice. In the year of 2011 one such voice was found in a most unlikely place. It was in January of that year that a seemingly innocuous video was filmed and posted on the internet. The subject of that video was one Ted Williams who, at the time, was bereft of a home. Williams was possessed of a noticeably deep and striking voice which soon led to an explosion of popularity centered around the video itself. With this popularity came a recognition of talent, and soon enough he had found himself afloat in a proverbial sea of opportunity.

Recalling my childhood, my voice did not seem to resonate beyond the small circumference of space around me. I was so quiet that I resolved to thinking that the world had defective ears. But now, I have that louder voice around friends, family, and anyone I meet. With this newfound confidence, I have taken initiative in my school and community through my club MediKid. Although these changes seem to have happened quickly, one specific experience unlocked the characteristics of the personality within me.

“I sang. No, I yelled”, “wrenching words up from my lungs with an energy that was foreign to me. The strange thing was that it wasn’t so hard. All I had to do was put on an act”.(p106, 107)

As a child I frequently made up little songs, and there seemed to be a constant stream of music in my head. I could see myself in the children she was observing and like them I didn’t have a framework for my experience – it was just my life. Whether it was singing while playing, tapping out some rhythm, singing at the top of my lungs to a favorite song, or goosebumps from hearing “Hall of the Mountain King”, it all felt familiar and warming. It has also made me aware of the musicking I continue to make every day in small ways here and

The first sensation of the outside world one feel as a baby are the vibrations patterns of your mother's voice. Rebecca Klienberger is a MIT researcher that studies the relationship between people's voices and their interconnection with other human voices. In this essay, I argue that Klienberger speech covering why one dislikes their own voice and expressing the importance of the voice has earned a overall B+. In Klienberger speech she discuss two main central ideas, the predictability of diseases using ones voice, a explanation of the concept known as “The Mask” and unfortunately for the MIT researcher she lacks a third central idea.

During the Spring of 2015, I had a very substantial alteration to my life. It was my first year in the world of Technical Theatre. I had a slight interest in sound, but I was floating along with whatever came my way. I found myself deemed the sound designer for Dana Brown Mainstage Theater’s production, “[title of show]”. This position was a large responsibility for me, as I found this class very crucial and beneficial to a possible future career. I had never imagined the places this show would take me, even after the show ended. This show was the base of my learning and growth as a sound designer. “[title of show]” gave me the confidence to conquer my fear of being incorrect. Along the way, I learned about problem solving, self-esteem, and

In this lush, historically accurate view of 1930’s Denmark, director Tom Hooper’s A Danish Girl, does a wonderful job of capturing the pathos, life challenges and groundbreaking events surrounding the double life of artist Ein/Lily. As a married man attempting to find his truth a transgender female, this movie reveals a very touching unraveling of both his true love for his wife, Urda, as well as exposing the inner feminine heart and spirit within that is dying to get out. It caused me to ponder what if as a singer or a musician, who loves to do so, was told by the establishment or society that I could never sing again and that I was a deviant for even attempting it. That the core of who I am was a lie and I should be committed for such an

People have many choices in life- some are made for them, some they choose themselves. Among the five individuals viewed, each with exceptionally poignant inspiring stories, Cody was a personal favorite. Like Cody, I was born with many differences, numerous and complicated to the point my parents were told that had I been born even five years before, they would have watched me die. Among the handicaps I possess, hearing deficit has had the most impact on my life. I am almost completely deaf in my left ear, so I wear a hearing aid. And yet, like Cody, my disability has not stopped me or kept me from my passions. I find it ironic that my greatest passion lies in music, an art that requires the capability to hear.

Before I underwent this journey I had many bad habits. It’s said that singing is ninety percent mental and with that it takes the right mindset to be able to sing efficiently. Physically, it would seem singing is effortless but the opposite is true. Singing requires your body to be in top shape just like an athlete would. Along the way I realized that to fix my mistake and heal my body that I would have to undergo a small detour along the way to becoming a professional. My thesis sentences would be something like my dream to become a singer has lead me down different paths? Or maybe along the way to becoming a singer and a musician these are the certain things that I have faced on my journey. Struggling with determination, and my past bad habits, being able to differentiate between the professional façade and the me who is still a student that’s still learning. Being able to cast aside all of your doubts to make a believable and blah blah performance and really get into character. Some of my bad vices that I had to give up or really try to rein in were my binge eating, smoking, excessive clearing of the throat, and inadequate hydration. My small detour to singing included going to vocal therapy and cessation of certain vocal techniques. Even though I am at the very start of this journey I already can see how much I’ve change for the sake of studying music and chasing my dream. Every new