What style of music do I most identify with…I would have to say that it is Salsa. Being Hispanic and growing up in a Hispanic household, that is all that was heard on the weekend and at family gatherings. I think back to my childhood, and I can see my mother, as clear as day, cleaning while listening to Willie Chirino and dancing a bit whenever she thought we were not looking. As a teenager when I heard Salsa, the first thing that popped in my head was “this is old people music…Can someone please
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Popular American Culture Daniel Aguilar SOC/105 January 19, 2012 Patrick Brady Popular American Culture What is culture? What is popular culture? As I sat in front of my computer and thought about what this meant, it occurred to me that this wasn’t something I had really put much effort into finding out in the past. What is culture? Carla definition was simple. It’s defined as the shared pattern of behavior and interactions and these shared patterns identify the members of a culture
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Mann, my grandfather, Davy, plays his “Gibson ES-335” guitar without an amplifier. The trees blow in the wind as Davy continues to play, uninterrupted by anything in this world. This isle is just off the coast of England and has so much culture and beauty. I’ve only been to this place once, and while we were there we visited many of the great places in England, but that was when I was very young so I do not remember much about it. One day I hope to revisit that place to experience the music, the
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doomed our world, the utter destruction of silence. In today's school system music is being attacked left and right. Barely holding on by the skin of its teeth. Music one of the most important way of life that we have. It opens doors and opportunities to everyone that wants it, but it is being attacked and devalued in schools. However, music is beneficial it allows for a safe learning environment, takes the stress off of life and our heavy burdens, and it has academic benefits. In schools, there
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brought to the surface many emotions for me and my blended family. The song talks of having a choice to pick the people who we spend our life with, and the things in life that we have no say in. I believe that my choice was an easy one that fell into place. My husband and his son, Ian, fit with my daughter, Lillian, and I like a puzzles missing piece. Listening to this song reminds me everyday to be thankful for my ability to choose the love of my life, and the choice him and I made to welcome one
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Soundtrack of my Life Throughout my life I have heard many songs and many of them have remained with me in my memories. I think the main artists I remember from my childhood are Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and Michael Jackson. “Born in the USA” from Bruce Springsteen is the main one because this was the only song that my dad and I could agree on. His favorite song was Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” which at that time I highly disliked; I have learned to like it with time now. And then for Michael
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Sometimes music is conveyed through a person’s past familial memories in order to connect former moments to the present. In the memorable 1999 poem “The Myth of Music” English poet Rachel M. Harper ties music to the speaker’s memorable, yet distant memories of her family by employing auditory imagery, chronological form, and a reflective tone in order to convey how dependable music is, despite how complex her familial relationship might be with her distant mother and dedicated father. Harper’s auditory
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I plan to make my music stand out by doing things I’ve never seen done before such as stepping out of my comfort zone and playing with other musicians that I never played with before. I want to jump outside of the box and work hard to reach my goals of becoming an accomplished musician. I would include things in my music that have true meaning. I would like to be able to make someone’s bad day into a good day. I want my music to express the feelings I have about what is going on in the world around
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through my mind like a spinning record. It still amazes me how even after eight years I still have so much to learn down the road. Being a musician has really enlightened me with the motivation to put the effort in making and playing great music with others or by myself. Music is a form of expression in which many emotions can be shown from happiness, depression or rage. Music gives people the chance to express themselves without using words of their own and instead through emotional music or just
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Goin’ Down the Road I have lived a short life. Eighteen years on planet Earth does not accommodate for much to take place besides learning how to read, write, and be a “functioning” member of society. Despite this, attempts have been made to make something of the time I have been conscious. If my memory serves correctly, this occurred at some point in middle school. I became conscious of my consciousness in high school. It was there that I realized school and society puts on many meaningless facades
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