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Songs of Inspiration: Music that make me feel stronger and want to change the world The first song that I chose for my analysis is a song that when I first heard it played on the radio I had made it my own personal anthem is by artist Kelly Clarkson titled, Stronger . When ever I hear this particular song, it makes me feel emotions of inspiration, happiness, confidence, freedom, strength, and yet as a woman, invincible! I find this song to be important to me because women are being abused and mistreated by men often, and are looked down upon by society. A good example is a lot of hip/hop rap artists like to use profane words about women in their song lyrics. I personally don't agree with it and have no tolerance for it. Therefore, no other woman should either. Women in my honest opinion need to be more respected, inspired, encouraged, acknowledged, appreciated, and recognized of all races and of all origins. Stronger was written by three song writers Jorgen Elofssen, Ali Tamposi, ...
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Continued Exploration Blog

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 How a Music Video is Made Ever since I was a teenager in the 1980's during the MTV era, I was quite fascinated by watching music videos by my favorite artists such as Michael Jackson, and his most popular video of all time, "Thriller" and wondered how it was pulled off, and how long it actually would take to create such a masterpiece. After doing my research on this topic, I now know how a music video can be created and how it's produced.  The purpose of a video is to be released for a promotion for an album. The video is usually released before the album.  If the video gains interest, it may become viral. Therefore, the more promotion for the video, the more the song and the band will earn  money. A video is also like a short film or movie that tells a story set to music. Therefore, the narrative  tells the story to correspond with the song. The  process  of  making a video is to write a story and a script, then create a shooting schedule with a...
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Music and a Fictive Dream Blog

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  Title of song: A place for us Composer song  writer: Leonard Bernstein Year composed and written: 1957 Origin: United States of America Soundtrack: Westside Story (Broadway Musical) Intro West Side Story 1. A short summary Tony and Maria's Love Story The story behind the song is an adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet. Two teenage characters, Tony and Maria who happened to live in the city of New York, but from separate sides of the city. Maria, was a girl who was new and had just moved to New York with her family from Puerto Rico, While Tony was a native of New York. They fell in love at first sight with each other after they meet each other at a dance on the dance floor at a dance. But both of their families forbid them from seeing and being with each other because they were from two different cultures, and yet were like from two different worlds. Tony was involved in a street gang called " The Jets, "and his life was being threatened by the op...
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Role of the Performer blog

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Munti's Role of a Performer with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra   1.Symphony No. 9 Composer: Beethoven Date composed: May 7,1824 National Origin: Vienna Performer: Riccardo Munti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra   2. Symphony No. 3 Composer: Beethoven Date composed: April 7,1805 National Origin: Vienna Performer: Riccardo Munti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra   Links to the performances:    Performance 1: Beethoven 9 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performance 2:  Riccardo Muti conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)   The performer’s role for both these pieces is to inspire and entertain the audience as well as create wonder and enchantment. The Orchestra’s performance was loud, with a beautiful blend of string and brass instruments, harmonics, and an allegro tempo which made it all the more exciting. Riccardo Munti was born on July 28, 1941, in Naples, Italy.  He has been married to his spouse, C...
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Take a musical trip blog

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Take a musical trip blog  Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlt38OOqwDc Information Song title: Raabta Artist: Kehte Hain Khuda Year written: The date the song was released was February 10, 2012. Country of origin: India. Thoughts and emotions: My thoughts about the song were it was a very tender, beautiful ballad with a slight beat to it that you can dance to fast. The emotions that I felt while I listened to this song were peace, joy, romance, and love. Elements:  The piano sounded smooth, soft, peaceful, and mellow at the beginning of the song, the drums gave the song a great tempo, the guitar was perfect for the melody, and the strings gave it a nice blend. Each of these instruments combined together make it an enjoyable piece to both listen and dance to. Each instrument overall featured in the song made me feel inspired to never give up on love, and to take a chance when I get the opportunity. Opinions: Here are a couple of comments that help support my opinions...
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My Innovations and evolutions assignment

 For this assignment I chose for an instrument the saxophone. I went to two different websites which were 1. Liveabout.com and 2. Yamahamakewaves for my research on the history of when it was created, and the origin, and how this particular instrument was used. The saxophone was first invented by Adolphe Sax on June 28, 1846, in Paris, France. Sax was a musical instrument designer born in Belgium from 1814- 1894. The saxophone was always made of brass since it's first invention, but because of it's principles of sound, is classified as a wood wind instrument such as the clarinet or flute. How is it played? The saxophone is known for being a single reed instrument that usually played in Jazz bands. It also is played in Rock and Roll, blues, pop, funk, dance, classical and symphonic music as well. What was a popular song before the saxophone was invented? Before the saxophone was invented, a song that was popular was "The wedding march; Here comes the bride." Written by...
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Bridgett's first blog

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  My name is Bridgett McHenry. All of my life from my early childhood years, I have been a great fan of music. I grew up liking and listening to different styles of music, but my most favorite to listen to is R&B. What I like about this particular style of music is that it's fun to dance to. The rhythm and beat to a popular song can be fast paced or slow if you are in a romantic mood. An example would be like the 1970's classic hit movie, "Saturday Night Fever" starring John Travolta or the more romantic ballad, "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. Both songs are good to dance to with your spouse or mate. If you want to "get your groove on", R&B is a popular style to dance or listen to. My favorite R & B group of all time is Earth, Wind, And Fire, and my favorite song from this particular group is "September".   September by Earth Wind & Fire - https://youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk https://myfavoritekindofmusic.blogspot.com...
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