Essays about Music Page 23

Its no wonder why Tupac Shakur – aka 2Pac sounds so irritated and/or hungry in his second studio album Strictly 4 My N.***.A.Z… released on February 13 1993. The 22-year- old former drug dealer had problems of his own with the law. During the early 90’s Tupac Shakur had been accused of various lawsuits including…

Fuel, an American rock band established in the early 1990s, has gifted the world with a powerful musical legacy, resonating with fans of post-grunge and hard rock genres. Integral to this legacy is the voice of the band’s lead singer. While the group has undergone several lineup changes over the years, its lead vocalists have…

Nam June Paik.             Nam June park was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1932 and died on 29th of January, 2006. He was a south Korean and an American video artist, performer, and a musician. He is credited for his ingenuity in developing both electronic and video technologies and it is for this reason…

Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on August 25, 1918. He was born to first generation Jewish parents from Russia. At the age of ten, he began learning to play the piano, at one point in his studies at Hebrew Union he thought of becoming a rabbi. Latter he was awarded an honorary degree,…

Stevie Ray Vaughan a fable, a maestro of his art, but most of all good to the blues resurgence in his twenty-four hours in age. At a clip where blues was melting out, in the late 1880ss, like a taper deceasing out he was the one lucifer that kept it lit, and about brought blues…

Rodgers and Hammerstein are likely the most gifted composer lyrist couple of this century. They made more than 15 musicals in shows, films and Television. Ever since their first musical together, Oklahoma, to their last musical, The sound of music. Even though each have done solo works they were at their best when they were…

In the minds of most Americans, music from Sweden is synonymous with the 1970s mega band ABBA. Careful observers of popular music know, however, that more recently Swedish artists have achieved both artistic acclaim and commercial success around the world. During the last two decades Sweden has become a force to be reckoned with in…

Music has always been a part of people’s life. For some people, music is a way to express their mind and feelings. With or without expression of word in a song, still we can feel the emotion of the song, whether it is expressing love, joy and happiness or full of anger, sadness, heart-breaking and…

How Nature Brings Emotions of Solemnity The chief characteristic of this feeling drawn by the “slant of light” is its painful oppressiveness. “Oppresses,” “weight,” “hurt,” “despair,” and “affliction” convey this aspect. A large component in it is probably consciousness of the fact of death, though this is probably not the whole of its content nor…

Nothing like hearing a teen shout and scream profound lyrics and asking if they can go to that artists concert. Wondering why someone would like such music let alone pay to see them perform it is something that takes time to understand. Today’s music lyrics not only influences positivity in the youth, but also drive…