I chose Sam Phillips for my producer because I love the blues and “rock and roll” and he played and important role in this area of the music industry. Sam Phillips inspires me to be more creative and to think outside the box when creating music. I think that’s what music is all about. Sam not only broke down racial barriers in the music industry but really tested the limits of blues and helped and influenced the creation of “rock and roll”. He was a talent scout during the early stage of his career
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1) "The blues were a creation of black slaves who adapted their African musical heritage to the American environment. Though taking many forms and undergoing many per- mutations throughout the years‚ the blues formed the basis of jazz‚ rhythm and blues‚ and rock-and-roll. " Page 2 rocking in time a social history of rock n roll by David p. Szatmary. The music was very Rhythmic and soulful. Most sung to ease their minds while doing the tedious work in the cotton fields. R&B Muddy waters sang
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These are my rough unedited class notes representing general ideas and concepts for class lectures. Please ignore the many sentence fragments. The African-American culture of the southern plantation influenced the birth of the blues through the adaptation of their African musical heritage. Based upon a call and response structure‚ one slave worker would call or play a lead and the fellow workers would respond with the same phrase or an embellishment of that phrase. The music involved predictable
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conversation by every day folks. Papa Legba is very much alive‚ lurking in the shadows to help or harm‚ depending on your views. I was raised around devils and demons‚ crosses and candles. I believed every ghost story I was ever told. So as an Elvis girl‚ I am eternally grateful that those blessed enough to have a supernatural encounter with The King have shared their tales. I don’t have any of my own‚ so I need to get them from the outside. I hear he still gets his kicks on the Vegas Strip in
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Lenan and that theres only two of them alive right now at this day?The togethernesss of captivating mixed with woeful events could be seen in history‚ music‚ and more! Americas frustration and sorrow due to Nixons impeechment‚ the oil crisis‚ and Elvis Presleys death is reflected in the arts of the 1970s. My first historical event that had happened was the Watergate Scandal or also Nixons impeechment. It had arrested five men for breaking into the D.N.C. headquarters at the watergate complex."Recording
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Andy Warhol Best-known for his silk-screened photographs of Marilyn Monroe‚ Jacqueline Kennedy‚ Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis Presley‚ Andy Warhol accustomed artists and critics worldwide to use the art of borrowed imagery. Replicating previous artwork from decades before him‚ Andy Warhol became the founding father of appropriation‚ that has now become a symbol of postmodernism‚ and an artistic approach for an era in which concepts of innovation and authorship are thoroughly questioned. This theory
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believe that Elvis is still alive 49 believe that they have been abducted by space aliens 42 believe both of these things 1. How many believe neither of these things? 2. How many believe Elvis is still alive but don’t believe that they have been abducted by space aliens? SOLUTION TO EXAMPLE 1.3.1 When we first read the data in this example‚ it may seem as if the numbers contradict one another. For instance‚ we were told that 64 people were surveyed‚ yet there are 45 who believe that Elvis is alive and
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The music of the early fifties was influence by the post-war; its sounds were slow and mostly ballads. This sound came to be known as bubblegum music. It was only until mid-fifties when rock broke out and gave birth to rock and roll‚ which exploded and created a new outrageous generation. The music of the fifties greatly impacted the generation of the fifties to what would become of them all the way to today. The beats made them want to dance‚ the words made them want to love and sexuality became
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Rock music is a group of related music styles that have dominated popular music in the West since about 1955. Rock music began in the United States‚ but it has influenced on a broad field of cultures and musical traditions‚ including gospel music‚ the blues‚ country music‚ classical music‚ folk music‚ electronic music‚ etc. Thus‚ rock music is now felt worldwide. Actually‚ Rock Music is not only a kind of entertainment or music style. There are many meaningful values which lie hidden beneath
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Image and Illusion Essay In Christopher Hedges article the “Empire of Illusion” he stresses that America’s present culture and society have drastically declined in many ways. Hedges overall view is that America has been “dumbed down” through feel good illusion‚ replacing reality with fiction‚ and literacy with images. Celebrities have replaced Gods and religion‚ television has replaced a large amount of reading and writing‚ and politics have been replaced with “junk politics”
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