Essays about Music Page 30

Since coming to the University of Florida, I’ve met a lot of musicians, including a few composition students. While none of their compositions sound remotely similar, they all have one thing in common: when describing their music, they don’t often use words like “pretty” and “exciting,” but they all use the word “interesting.” The first…

Twenty-One Pilots, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, in their Alternative song, Cancer, talks about a patient that is suffering through cancer. Twenty-One Pilots sang Cancer as a cover in 2016. The original writers of cancer are Bob Bryar, Frank Lero, Ray Toro, Mikey Way, and Gerard Way. This song was written to inform the importance…

After a 14-year hiatus, D’Angelo has made a full return to the performance and music industry with his album Black Messiah. Unlike, many artists who have attempted a comeback only to prove to be a lacking version of their former self, D’angelo from his intricate and funk- filled arrangements to his smooth and sensual dancing…

On Saturday, October 18th I had the pleasure to attend “We Like to Move It,” an orchestral concert conducted by Timothy Perry and played by the Binghamton University Symphony Orchestra. As I arrived at the Osterhout Concert Theater at the Anderson Center, I bought my ticket and entered through the giant doors to the theater….

Hollywood, Florida. This event was a live acoustic and soul music performance in the north stage are inside the Yellow Green Farmer’s Market. The performer known as Eddy Balzola played acoustic soul music as well as acoustic latin music. The music I heard was nothing original by Eddy Balzola. The music he played would be…

“My Heart Will Go On”: A Musical Analysis Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” from the Titanic soundtrack, provides a wonderful example of how musical elements can be used to reflect the sentiments of the lyrics. The highpoint of the text comes towards the end, with the stanza that begins “You’re here. There’s nothing I…

On March 24 at 7:00 P.M. I went to see University Jazz Combos at the University of Louisville in Byrd Recital Hall. The groups were the Bud Shank Combo, the Ornette Coleman Combo, and the International Combo. The Bud Shank Combo consisted of, Jean Gorce, Justin Huff, Chris Rolseland, Tyrone Wheeler, Johnny Chai, and Sam…

“Not Gon Cry” is a 1995/1996 single by American R&B singer Mary J. Blige, the song is featured on Blige’s 1997 album, Share My World. This song was written and produce by Babyface. ‘Not Gon Cry’ is fundamentally experienced aurally, through sound. What really catch my sense on this song is this versus “Eleven years,…

The spring concert featured three songs: “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” by John Rutter, “Ye Followers of the Lamb” by Edwin Fe, and “The Three Madrigals” by Emma Lou Diemer. My favorite among these was “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” because it allowed me to expand my vocal range while singing…

Unlike in the past, the recent popular music concerts which most young people have experienced are dramatically different. All aspects of the recent performance are also designed to appeal to the emotions, from the lighting to the performers’ attire. The audience is not expected to silently observe the performers, as they were in the past….