MUSIC Music is one of an important part of life. It is a form of expression. It has no boundaries, and it follow no guidelines. Essentially, to me, music is like air. It has no true shape or definition, yet we need it in our life. Imagine a world without music. All you’re left is dust. Music is live itself. Let me tell you something, whether you realize or not every single thing around us is music. Even the nature itself is a music. The most beautiful music in the world is the music of nature.
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Thesis: In “Sonny’s Blues”, Baldwin chooses to use music and the idea of being enclosed and trapped as motifs to reinforce the theme that life is filled with constant suffering. Being enclosed and trapped is a major motif in “Sonny’s Blues”. It is repeatedly used to show people are constantly suffering because they are trapped. The narrator is trapped inside of the housing project that he hates: “It hasn't been up long. A few days after it was up it seemed uninhabitable new, now, of course, it's
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My Favourite Thing I have a lot of favourite things but there is one specially thing I would like to write about. That is music. Music can be used to express yourself. In religion are they also using songs to pray. I am not the greatest singer actually I can not sing. I love to listen to music. I love to listen to almost every genre of music but I do not like to listen to classic music because that makes me fall asleep. The reason I love to listen to music is because music can describe what you
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affected my life is Steven Ellison, or better known as his alias Flying Lotus. He is a multi-genre music producer, composer, and rapper, from Los Angeles, California. Before making music, he was already slightly well-known for being the nephew of John and Alice Coltrane. Music is a big part of my life. When I began seriously collecting and listening to music, Flying Lotus really influenced and expanded my tastes. But when asked to do a quick presentation on someone that changed your life, why
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Information Music plays a strong role in many peoples lives across the world. I think that because I know for a fact every person I know has a song that relates perfectly to them. Whether it be regarding a break-up, something happy that’s happened in their life, something sad that’s happened in their life, the loss of a close relative or friend, there’s a song that fits every single situation perfectly. Did you know, 94% of teens agree or strongly agree to the fact that they enjoy music? Or that 47%
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ethnomusicologists mean when they say, “Music is universal, but it is not a universal language”? A) Ethnomusicologist believes that music transcends many cultures differently. All societies have music or some sort whether it’s through dance, rituals, chants, or instrumental. Ethnomusicologists argue that music from a language standpoint of communication it can’t be mutually understood due to the complex music systems. 2) What are the potential problems in classifying music as “classical,” folk, “or “popular”
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different atmospheres and content. My experience cannot offer a true critique to anyone else who might be considering going, because I will have had an infinitely different experience than what anyone else will have. An art critic named John Berger once said, “Every image embodies a way of seeing, our perception or appreciation of an image depends also upon our own way of seeing,” and this is why a critique holds next to no real value from one person to the next. I can share my experience and opinions, but
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and fellow classmates, my name is Chua Wen Yee and the topic I’m going to talk about today is K-Pop. First of all, I’ll start off with some basic facts. K-Pop is a musical genre originated from South Korea. The pioneer of K-Pop is Seo Taeji and The Boys, which one of the member is the CEO of YG Entertainment, home of Big Bang and 2NE1 now. K-Pop was strongly criticized by a lot of people, including me. However it has been rising day by day and not only conquered the Asia music market but it is also
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salamu alaykum warahmatu allah wa barakatoh, Hello my fellow brothers and sisters. I have an issue that is tearing me apart. Not because it is a match for my love to islam, but rather the controversy around it. I am a practicing muslim, alhamdullillah. My wife is a reverted muslim, since she was 14 mashalla. My life revolves around what Islam says, as much as possible. During my teenage period I started to listen to classical music and to Heavy Metal. As i grew older i started choosing
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the South has immersed me in a culture of values and hospitality, instituting morals in my life that have gotten me to where I am now. Each region has its own faults however, and while this region may have a bit of a misunderstood history, what it’s turning into can’t really be appreciated until new perspective is introduced to your surroundings. The South is responsible for ranges of genre in music that stretch far deeper than the 36’30 line. While New Orleans was brewing the most wild
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