Radio City Music Hall

In 2015, my show had around 8,500 lights, a 500 light increase from the year before. This show utilizes my entire toolbox of skills: I solder lights together, but more importantly I synchronize them to music. People drive by, pull over, tune their radios to 106.9 FM, and listen to the music which is in synchronicity to the lights. My favorite part of this show is seeing everyone’s reactions to it—the show more than amuses them; it leaves them captivated and stunned by the show’s feat. Setup

Area: Music and American CultureTopic: Jazz: Urban and Rural Reactions in the 1920sIn parallel with the uproar of jazz during the 1920s came the commotion of different critics from various geographical settings. Many of the white people living in rural areas disliked and rejected jazz as a musical genre. However, the urban city-dwellers were more fond of it; therefore, it was more generally accepted and frequently found in city nightclubs and radio stations. Several characteristics of cities also

shift that took place in America during the 1920’s, or "the Roaring Twenties”, from which both jazz music and dance emerged. This movement was coupled with both the equally phenomenal introduction of mainstream radio and the conclusion of World War I. Although the era ended as the Great Depression victimised America in the 1930's, jazz has lived on in American pop culture. The birth of jazz music is often credited to African Americans, though it didn’t take long to expanded to America's white middle

James C. Petrillo James C. Petrillo a nationally historic figure, who affected the music industry. It is important to know that he changed the Chicago’s music industry for the better.Which leads to the question, how did James Petrillo affect Chicago's music industry? Petrillo changed the way record companies would pay musicians for each record. Petrillo’s early life, career, and calling a strike had made a huge impact on future generations to come. Early life James Caesar Petrillo was born on

buying the same things that people were buying on the West Coast or popular music or dances that were popular to people in Los Angeles were popular in New York. For the first time more people lived in cities than countryside and for many young people their dream was to live in the big city. Many Americans having extra money were able to but mass made products like clothes and electric refrigerators. Also they were able to

many covers of fashion magazines. Music o American music continued to influence youth culture in the 1960s and dances like the twist and the boogaloo where being danced at discos all around the country. o Bands like the Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys visited Australia and in 1964 Beatle mania hit the country. o The Australian band, “The Seekers” became popular overseas in America and Britain, they sold over a million records in both countries. Television/Radio o In the 1960s television in Australia

of dramatic social and political change. For the first time, more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation’s total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929, and this economic growth swept many Americans into an affluent but unfamiliar “consumer society.” People from coast to coast bought the same goods (thanks to nationwide advertising and the spread of chain stores), listened to the same music, did the same dances and even used the same slang. Many Americans were uncomfortable with

Every culture has some tradition of music. Music is a part of both folk and popular culture traditions, it can be utilized to illustrate the differences in the origin, diffusion, and distribution of folk and popular culture. Music reflects a country's ethnic population through a diverse array of styles. Folk and popular music shows the distinction in people's everyday lives. The more developed a country is the more likely that MDC will have popular music and the less developed a country is the more

The New Negro Movement Centered in the harlem district of New York City the New Negro Movement had a major influence across the world. The Harlem renaissance refers to the “rebirth” of African American intellectual life during the time period of 1920s -1930s .This was a era of prosperity of African American culture in New York City.The end of WWl was the beginning of a short period of knowledge,art and music.The bloom of this period gave way to the greats such as W.E.B Dubois(Leader of the movement)

Born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904, in New York City, Fats Waller would later emerge as one of the most prolific artists of the 20th century with an illustrious career in which he was recognized for his accomplishments as a Jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, actor, and comedian. Waller’s parents were Adeline Waller and Reverend Edward Waller, a Baptist preacher who conducted religious services and resided in Harlem. However, Waller’s musical roots in his family can be found through