Silent Disco

What happened to Disco?      Bellbottoms, afros, music, sex and drugs can best describe the Disco Era. The Disco Era was a care-free time in which there were no rules. People danced the nights away. Most of the people of the Disco Era lived normal lives, working nine to five jobs during the week, but when the weekend rolled around they put on their bellbottoms and dancing shoes and hit up the Disco Clubs. This is an era that will never be forgotten but will probably never

Hip-hop dance is a popular and energetic dance genre, usually accompanied by hip-hop music. It has enjoyed popularity among young people all over the world. I have been interested in hip-hop music and dance for a long time. I can show my love for life and exercise my body by practicing hip-hop dance. Young people like hip-hop dance because they can invent their own moves. It offers young people a new way to express their own personalities and emotion. Hip-hop dance also shows that they feel good

Have you ever wondered as you were driving down the road listening to the radio, "How do they do that?" I certainly have, and so for my junior job shadow experience I chose to shadow Mike Shannon from 99.7 WDJX, a very popular radio personality in Louisville, Kentucky. I chose to shadow him because I was interested in how DJs do their job and how a radio station is run. I thought that the job would be fun, exciting, and I thought it would be interesting. Going in to the Radio station I already

This year’s thanksgiving day, we ate a feast with turkey and appreciated everyone and everything around us. Nothing has a manifest to be there for you through this whole year and after another complete route around the sun, we should take one day to show our thankfulness that we do not express on a daily basis. There are numerous of things to be thankful of and the three most important ones that I am thankful for are my family and friends, my notebook, and weirdly, my crush. First, my family and

Explosions of color and crazy melodies flew through my eyes as i saw the shining dance floor get crammed with all these people wearing trendy and wild fashions. I knew i was nowhere near my modern time. I felt as if i took a trip to explore the modish times of a rock and roll, hippy trippy phase we call the 70’s. This flashback became a dream i would love to make a reality. A reality where you experience love, peace, and trippy sensations that never want to make you go back to where you came from

Most celebrity’s and artist’s beginnings are humble. One might even think that a talented artist like Drake probably rose to stardom overnight. However, he hasn’t always started as a rapper. You too can transition into your dream job from the smallest and unnoticable array of talents. Here are 5 things you didn’t know about Drake, according to SheKnows. Drake started out as a Canadian TV star. He was only 15 years old when he played Jimmy Brooks in “Degrassi: The Next Generation.” His role starred

“What inspires me is the desire to be on. The desire to be successful. The desire to reach people through my music and make a living off of it and never have to do anything else. Being able to do music full time and travel the world and share this music with everybody. That’s the dream.” says rapper, G-Eazy, about his career choices of being an artist. For both artists, and listeners of these artists, music has influenced us in many ways. It has helped us through bad times, good times, crazy times

The seventies was a time for attitude, disco clubs, and disco music that originated in the african american, gay male and hispanic communities. The term disco was derived from the french word “discotheque” a name used for nightclubs in Paris, the disco music genre was a dance-oriented sound comprised of funk, pop, soul, mambo and salsa, that was popular in the mid-seventies until the early 1980’s. Disco songs featured orchestral instruments:strings section, horn,and flutes were often used for solo

The Cotton Club A speakeasy with the best music and performers. The Cotton Club was best known for its wonderful music and great alcohol. It gave black musicians a place to perform and a gateway to fame. The club was also a place where white folks could go to enjoy themselves. Although it was very successful it would be shut down several times but then it would be reopened just as quickly. The Cotton Club was notably one of the best nightclubs of its time. The Cotton Club was not always the same

Why Disco Died Disco music gained popularity during the 1970’s. Most famous disco artists were not connected to their music and didn’t feel it was necessary to take artistic control over their recordings. With this and the corporate drive to make money, performers garnered much public attention while producers worked behind the scenes to develop the “disco sound.” Along with its catchy beat and syncopated bass line, disco thrived and soon gained mainstream success that would create an enormous cultural