Case : The New Beetle The Brand VW has always conveyed the message as an affordable car. The companies product have been looked upon as one which offered the benefits of German engineering affordably, emotionally. The cars represented completely different driving experience more connected to the road different way of driving more connected to the world. Heritage of German engineering and the car's more fun, pleasurable driving experience were the powerful strengths. Affordability was one
On July 5, 1954, forty-nine days after the Supreme Court handed down the decision on the Brown vs. Board of Education case, a nineteen year old truck driver recorded an Arthur Crudup blues track called “That’s All Right Mama” (Bertrand 46). Memphis disc jockey Dewey Phillips found the cut and played it on his radio show a few weeks later. He received calls all over from people, mostly white, who wanted to hear more. He quickly located the musician and brought him into the studio for an interview
Essay. What can be more dreadful than autumn? Every year we say farewell to summer and always think of it as the end of the world, to tell the truth, me, too. Undoubtedly, there are people who are fascinated with autumn, they like it. Anyway, it’s a beautiful time of the year, very picturesque and bright, especially during September. Leaves are red, orange, yellow, golden brown and amber. The air is cool, crisp and the sky looks darker and more boundless in the evenings. But…it’s autumn and nothing
Mixtape Project February 25, 2016 Cross Road Blues by Robert Johnson Hound Dog by Elvis Presley This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie Good Golly Miss Molly by Little Richard Unforgettable by Nat King Cole Miserlou by Dick Dale & the Del Tones Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & the Comets Surfin’ USA by Beach Boys Maybellene by Chuck Berry The Times They Are A-Changin by Bob Dylan Robert Johnson’s “Cross Road Blues” (Crossroads) released in 1937. Robert Johnson
Introduction to World Music Professor Glenn McMillan 1003 M Room gmac@mec.cuny.edu Office Hours Appointments Only 718 270 4929 Music 100 Please leave email Introduction to World Music Syllabus-Spring 2013 This course is an introduction to music and to the musical mechanics from a global perspective. There will be three aims: • to increase the students understanding of music, including its elements, structures
Looking at landscape art, especially when painted by one of the masters, many have undoubtedly pondered: what would it be like to live there? Shapes and attention to detail are, of course, important in a painting. However, it is color that draws the eye and inspires the heart. Oscar Wilde, an Irish poet and dramatist, spoke well of this when he noted that, “Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways. (qtd in “color”)”. Vincent
Ryan Henderson Professor Johnson From The Phonograph to the Autotune Cylinder Report 2/8/15 Title of Recording: Crazy Blues Artist: Noble Sissle UCSB Cylinder Number: 9806 “Crazy Blues” by Noble Sissle is a cover of the song originally written by Perry Bradford. This timeless piece of history was first recorded on August 10th, 1920 by Mamie Smith and later released on as a vinyl record by Okeh Records.3 Smith’s version of the song was wildly successful, selling 75,000 copies in the first month
Marketers constantly work toward changing or modifying components of consumers’ attitudes about their products to gain a favorable attitude and purchase decision (Boone & Kurstz, 2012). Since we lived in a consumer-oriented society, the marketing’s world has been implemented strategies with colours that play a meaningful role on consumer’s behavior. These strategies have helped to captive and seduce the public consumer with products and brands. Hawkins, Mothersbaugh, and Mookerjee agree in their
Music Concert Report (Hayward/Russell City Blues Festival) I attended a blues concert in Hayward and it was one of the most culturing experiences of my life. I learned a lot about the culture and context surrounding the blues music. I found the lyrics thought provoking especially, B.B. King’s “Why I Sing the Blues” sung by Billy Dunn. Prior to me attending this concert I hardly knew anything about the blues music or historical roots. I never listened to the blues before, so I am unaware of this type of
early 1950s, or with its influences on rock 's British Invasion of the 1960s; rock n roll can most certainly be beholden to African American culture. Origins and Make-up of Rock n Roll Commonly agreed upon, rock music in its infancy was a mixture of blues, country, jazz, and hillbilly genres. With that being said the best place to begin would be before the first wave of the Great Migration of African Americans heading north in the 1920s. At a time of prohibition, industrialization, and opportunity