History And Music
History and Music
Alex Brown
Music doesn’t change. It stays the same day in and day out. It has the ability to spark furry, or the power to tranquil a mind. It can cause a revolution, or mellow a storm. Music, like Malcom X. Like Martin Luther King Jr. Like Gandhi, brings change. Music lasts over time, even now in the 21st century Skynard, The Stones, The Beatles, and ACDC are still on the stations and album shops all over America. The amazing thing about music is that it affects everyone in a different way. Every human being feels music uniquely. Some feel it in the pit of their stomach. For some it’s dripping off the edges of a broken heart. Some pulses through the cranium with the thoughts of change. Music affects me. Music affects the population. Music affected history.
Looking back over the times and tribulations of America genres, artists, and styles were influential in countless occasions. But four instances stood out in my mind more-so than the others. The Jazz of the Deep South, giving hope for young African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance. The second it the music of the late 50’s and the 60’s. Screaming out against the Vietnam War. The Beatles. The Stones. Woodstock being a gathering place for people who stood for something. People wanting change. Next is Tu-Pac’s music rising against the government speaking out against conforming and falling in line. Lastly a boy from 8 Mile Detroit. Different among those already in the game. A white boy seeing the troublesome streets of Detroit wanting to be heard through his dream of being a rapper, not knowing that ultimately he will be credited with pulling the city out of the slumps.
Jazz rose out of New Orleans in the late 1800’s. Artists like Louis Armstrong and Bing Cosby were leading the Jazz push in America. When the slaves were brought over from South Africa in 1808 they brought over a rhythmic melody that began the birth of Jazz. African culture brought the tradition of singing, or humming while
Alex Brown
Music doesn’t change. It stays the same day in and day out. It has the ability to spark furry, or the power to tranquil a mind. It can cause a revolution, or mellow a storm. Music, like Malcom X. Like Martin Luther King Jr. Like Gandhi, brings change. Music lasts over time, even now in the 21st century Skynard, The Stones, The Beatles, and ACDC are still on the stations and album shops all over America. The amazing thing about music is that it affects everyone in a different way. Every human being feels music uniquely. Some feel it in the pit of their stomach. For some it’s dripping off the edges of a broken heart. Some pulses through the cranium with the thoughts of change. Music affects me. Music affects the population. Music affected history.
Looking back over the times and tribulations of America genres, artists, and styles were influential in countless occasions. But four instances stood out in my mind more-so than the others. The Jazz of the Deep South, giving hope for young African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance. The second it the music of the late 50’s and the 60’s. Screaming out against the Vietnam War. The Beatles. The Stones. Woodstock being a gathering place for people who stood for something. People wanting change. Next is Tu-Pac’s music rising against the government speaking out against conforming and falling in line. Lastly a boy from 8 Mile Detroit. Different among those already in the game. A white boy seeing the troublesome streets of Detroit wanting to be heard through his dream of being a rapper, not knowing that ultimately he will be credited with pulling the city out of the slumps.
Jazz rose out of New Orleans in the late 1800’s. Artists like Louis Armstrong and Bing Cosby were leading the Jazz push in America. When the slaves were brought over from South Africa in 1808 they brought over a rhythmic melody that began the birth of Jazz. African culture brought the tradition of singing, or humming while