Brogan‚ immigrated to the United States from Ireland when she was twelve years old. When speaking to her about her musical traditions‚ she was very proud to claim that her Irish descendants laid the groundwork for what is known as today’s country music. This was a little known fact to me and I decided to explore her claim further. Irish Immigration to the United States As early as 1717‚ waves of Scots-Irish immigrants were making their way into North America. By 1790‚ three million of these immigrants
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Americans were now allowed to perform in places that only allowed white people. It also brought people of all cultures and races together. Now people of different colors‚ religion‚ etc can have a common interest. Jazz wasn’t always popular. At first the genre was looked down upon‚ but it eventually won over the hearts of the people. The next trend that clashed with the old was the flappers. Flappers were young women who rebelled against stereotypes and expectations for women. These women had short hair
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In 1979‚ The Knack performed one of their hit singles “My Sharona” in front of a packed house. This song represented the alternative/pop rock genre‚ and was considered a major hit in the late 1970s. As a child‚ I remember hearing the song on the radio and I enjoyed the catchy and memorable tune. Although I did not quite understand the lyrics at the time‚ my dad listened to it often when he worked in the garage. This essay will first describe a variety of important musical characteristics that are
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Multiple Identity Crisis It was the summer before my junior year of high school that my life changed. My mother‚ along with my stepfather‚ younger brother‚ and sister had moved to Oregon. My older sister and I stayed on Maui‚ although it took a lot of convincing and persuading my mother that I could handle it she eventually let me stay. I originally lived with my Uncle for a few months. It was those few months living with my Uncle that I really experienced a change inside of me. My
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Writing varies from a text message to a novel. Writers often have a difficult task in creating a piece of work that truly identifies the meaning of good writing. Every good writer usually starts with the basics such as genre‚ audience‚ rhetorical situation‚ and reflection of the piece. Throughout this semester‚ we have gone through all of these key terms in great detail with each new assignment that has come our way. In doing this‚ not only as students but also as writers‚ we have come to create
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Mrs. Wertz-O‚ I do hope that you took the time to enjoy my genre recreation project. The idea was a very spur of the moment decision‚ and came to me quite suddenly in the middle of Michael’s craft store. My original thought was to create a scrapbook of a certain characters’ life‚ and make a sort of collage of events surrounding them. Alex Galvin took me to Michael’s the Monday before the project was due‚ and I spent hours (or so Alex feels) looking around the craft sections at all the different
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Heavy metal is a controversial music genre. It has become a well known and a popular genre. It is hard to segregate into different sub-genres‚ for the simple fact that not all of the music follows simple forms. Some critics believe the genre is satanic oriented and is not musically talented. The listeners have very different thoughts about the genre and believe it has changed their lives for the better. This genre is a good example of misunderstood and false descriptions. Heavy metal‚ "Hard rock"
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What is E4 missing? E4 is a channel which provides the audience with a variety of shows that fit into separate genres and have a mixture of programmes for their audience. The institution have specific timings for specific shows‚ there are some shows such as ’Dog Soldiers ’and the ’Inbetweeners rude road trip’ which are shown after 9pm. This is because there are certain images/language which have been used in the programme and is not suitable for those at the age of 15. This is where the primary
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Moulin Rouge Essay Through a variety of genres and film techniques‚ Baz Luhrmann conveys his characters to the ideals of the Bohemian Revolution; these ideals are that of truth‚ beauty‚ freedom and love. The four genres that have been studied and explored are tragedy‚ comedy‚ musical and love. Luhrmann’s ability to combine these genres throughout important moments of the film help to engage the audience in observing the bohemian ideals that certain characters possess. Satine‚ Christian and the
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similar African-American melodic customs in any case‚ and they have dependably sufficiently crossed that a flat out partitioning line has never been a sensible (or‚ to numerous audience members and artists‚ alluring) recommendation. Tuning in to Favorite band Seeing your most loved band in a live setting can be an energizing and invigorating thing‚ yet shockingly‚
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