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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

incorporate traditional African music, singing and chants. The themes mostly consisting of hard times and emotional turmoil in its beginning stages. Over the years it grew and developed until it had become what we now know today as 'The Blues '. The first stage of the blues we know about were African slave chants. They were mostly call and response songs and occasionally a narrative song with an occasional call and response or clapping element. These songs often mixed with their traditional African music

segregated from whites and even poor black Berry grew up around music and technically was considered to have a well up-bring. This upbringing, time period, and, of course, his skin altered the way he views music. Of course growing up listening to blues and, of course, experiencing the hardship of racism and inequality the development of R&B risen. Berry did, however, run into trouble as a teenager he and his friends were arrested for multiple things. After being released, Berry realized he lacked

Throughout the early years of music there were numerous examples of different forms of music that were on the rise while others were deemed to be ushered out. As these new styles of music were becoming more popular they had to fight against groups and individuals that were resisting the change. There were various reasons why people did not approve to new styles of music, including racial tensions, raunchy or obscene movements, and inappropriate movements. Even though there was a lot of resistance