collaborative performances entitled Funk Lessons. These Funk Lessons consisted of a sequence of participatory social events that aimed to teach white people about black funk music and how to dance to it. ‘Funk’‚ which has morphed into From 1982 – 84 Adrian Piper (Born 1948) an American conceptual artist and philosopher whose works address ostracism‚ otherness‚ racial passing and racism staged large and small collaborative performances entitled Funk Lessons. These Funk Lessons consisted of a sequence
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Name: Drew Funk Date: 1/30/15 Graded Assignment Containing Communism Complete and submit this assignment by the due date to receive full credit. (20 points) Part 1: Complete the Chart 1. Using your own words‚ complete the chart below to describe causes and effects of Cold War events and policies. Refer to the information you gathered in the online activity The Cold War Begins to help you complete each column. Topic Brief Description Causes Effect and/or Outcome Truman Doctrine He established that
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group harmonies‚ nonsensical syllables‚ simple lyrics‚ and barely any instruments. Unfortunately‚ British pop music gained so much popularity that most African-American artists were pushed off U.S. charts. There were‚ however‚ many Motown‚ soul‚ and funk artists that maintained their prosperity. As the 1960s sprouted psychedelic music‚ African-American musicians followed. A lot of psychedelic soul crossovers were developed during this
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James Brown aka “The Founding Father of Funk”‚ is one of the most revered artists of all time. His ear for music and unique approach to sound transformed the soul genera and taught the world what it meant to be “funky”. While many of Browns songs have achieved great success both on the billboards and with his fans‚ nothing compares to what his song “Papas Got a Brand New Bag” brought to the world. This song single handedly changed the way African American music sounded and was performed‚ while also
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a variety of different types of music. It is produced and supported by primarily blacks around the world. Beginning in the early 1940s‚ rhythm and blues music embraced genres as jump blues‚ club blues‚ black rock‚ and roll‚ doo wop‚ soul‚ Motown‚ funk‚ disco‚ and rap. It was first coined in 1949 by Jerry Wexler‚ who became prominent with Atlantic Records. Southern soul was originated by James Brown and Ray Charles. On many of the early soul records‚ Charles would take a traditional religious
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The next genre we are going to discuss is hip hop. My First impression on this genre was that I thought it was just all about the rap and the beat. That it seemed bland and repetitive and once again I was wrong. Hip hop was more complex than what I first thought it would be But enough about what I think. What exactly defines Hip hop? Based on Dyson‚ Michael Eric’s book named 12 Hip hop or hip-hop is a cultural movement that formed during the late 1960s among African American youths residing in the
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Rock & Roll‚ which is a distinct subgenre of Rock referring to early Rock in the 50s. Jazz is the important part of the history of Hip Hop‚ as it was carried over to Africa and expanded upon greatly‚ creating Reggae and all its derivatives‚ including Funk and Dub.
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breaking‚ and popping respectively. Parallel with the evolution of hip-hop music‚ hip-hop dancing evolved from breaking and the funk styles into different forms: moves such as the "running man" and the "cabbage patch" hit the mainstream and became fad dances. The dance industry in particular responded with studio/commercial hip-hop‚ sometimes called new style‚ and jazz funk. These styles were developed by technically trained dancers who wanted to create choreography for hip-hop music from the hip-hop
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musician‚ a mesmerizing performer‚ studio wiz kid and according to cultural commentator Toure‚ A Generation X Icon”. (Toure‚ 2013) Generation X were kids born between 1965-and 1982‚ a generation defined by divorce. Prince’s music reached out to rock‚ funk and soul. He wanted to attack the music business in a way that he once
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Esa Mahmood Music July 11‚ 2013 Butts Jazz Concert Report The concert I decided to go to was held in Valley Brewing Company. The event was called “Take 5‚ Jazz at the Brew”. I went to the show July 11‚ 2013. The group I saw didn’t have a name. It was just a group of people performing together. The concert hall was a very nice venue. It was on an extended closed off area past the common area at the bar. The area was very dim lit and was decorated very fancy and elaborate. The music that was
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