1983 in music

Carrie Underwood is considered to be one of the most well known and popular female artists in the country music industry.  She was born in Muskogee, OK on March 10, 1983.  Not only is she a singer, she is also a famous singer -songwriter and actress.  Growing up and being raised on a farm she loved doing things outside, going on adventures and singing.  Immediately after graduating high school, she attended NSU (Northeastern State University) which is located in Tahlequah, OK.  In college, she put

Beethoven once said, “Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of a woman.” I find this quote to be very true because many of Shapiro’s pieces that I have listened to has made me feel many emotions. A good composer will fill ears with music, but, a great composer will fill hearts with music. According to a 2010 interview, an interview asked Shapiro “what kind of composer are you?” and she replied “a wonderful composer!” I love her enthusiasm and sense of humor;

sexuality. In this case, Queen uses music to illustrate the themes of gender and sexuality through their music video I Want to Break Free (1983). This essay will attempt to discuss how Queen’s music video, I Want to Break Free, explores queerness in relation to queer theory. Firstly, I will introduce the ideas and arguments of queer theory through Gilbert Herdt article Same Sex Different Cultures (1997). I will then discuss Queen’s portrayal of drag within the music video and how it can be seen as queer

In 1877 the first phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison. The phonograph was the first method of recording and playing back sound. This was Edison's first great invention. The new invention gave Edison international fame. He toured the country with the phonograph and was even invited to the White House to demonstrate the invention to President Rutherfor B. Hayes in 1878. The records had a spiral groove etched into it with sound information that the "arm" of the gramophone, which held a needle,

manhattan and regularly attended classical music performances. He decided he wanted to be a composer at the age of fifteen. He began studying music theory while in high school in 1917. “ He continued his music lessons after high school graduation, in 1921 he went to France to study at the American Conservatory in

He employs music in a way that allows him to articulate ideas that cannot be expressed by the characters through dialogue. For example, the recurring use of the song, ‘California Dreamin’ by The Mamas and the Papas becomes associated with Faye and represents her as a character who prefers to substitute words with music as a way of communication. The song serves as a trademark of her presence in scenes and captures

The Clash: Westway to the World, directed by Don Letts, was produced, and released in the year 2000. This film is a documentary style production, and follows the path of “The Clash” as they began, and tells their story through 1983, recording a very successful run of music. Stylistically, the film makes use of original film that was recorded by the band, as well as interviews of the band members in the year 2000, specifically for the movie. In total, these interviews are done by critical performers

Hip-hop, Reggae, and Politics Introduction Music is an art form and source of power. Many forms of music reflect culture and society, as well as, containing political content and social message. Music as social change has been highlighted throughout the 20th century. In the 1960s the United States saw political and socially oriented folk music discussing the Vietnam War and other social issues. In Jamaica during the 1970s and 1980s reggae developed out of the Ghetto’s of Trench town and

Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948 in Kensington, London, England. His mother was a violinist and pianist and his father was a composer. He learned how to play the piano, violin and French horn and started writing his own music when he was 6 years old. Lloyd Webber would often put on productions with his younger brother, Jullian, a renowned cellist. His first work of six short pieces titled The Toy Theatre Suite was published when he was only 9. He liked to stage musical

other variable is set which is the individual’s attitude during the time the drug was taken, and finally the last variable is setting which is the influence of the environment either socially or physically. Social media creates this setting through music, film and video. These media outlets alter the populations’ idea about the drugs. In western culture during the 1930 drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and opiates were seen as ‘pleasurable, mainstream and non-criminal lifestyle’ and was evident in