Major Music Types in America Through the past two decades in American history music has led the way in its influence of pop culture. The major types that have paved the way for other forms of music have been Rap or Hip-Hop, Rock, as well as Pop. These three have certainly left their mark on today...

In the realm of the music industry, pop music reigns. It seems as if every week another "pop star" is born, and true music lovers observe these teenage sensations and ask what makes this guy or girl so much different from all the others? This is a question no one can really answer, becau...

The music industry is an industry that is making billions of dollars a year. This is largely due to the impact of pop culture on music. Nowadays there are many different types of media that exemplify pop culture. Pop culture is marketed directly to American youth through the medium of large net...

Popular music at the moment, reaches many of us through the medium of music videos. There are various types of video channels, such as MTV, VH1, The Box, etc. These video channels now have off-shoot (subsidiary) channels such as; MTV2, MTVBase, VH2, etc. These music video channels exhibit specific m...

Music plays an important role in today's culture. Whether you're driving in your car, watching a movie, or are at a sporting event, music is all around you. It pleases your emotions, soothes your soul and takes away all the worries in the world. But it's not just one type of music ...

From the beginning of the world, music has been an important element in different dynasties, places, societies and individuals. Music actually has a lot of purposes, which can help us in our daily life. Nowadays, music involves some help in medical treatment. For example, many psychologists...

I would just like to comment on a poll I recently saw on CNN SHOWBIZ tonight. The question asked, \"Which musical genre was the dominate genre of the decade?\" I believe that there were three prominent music genres of the \'90s. Alternative Rock became a way to release anger. Hip Hop music came int...

Music. How has music shaped my identity? To begin with, music plays an important role in shaping one's identity. Without it, one would not be a whole person. Music has helped several people shape their personality and has made them take control of the person they want to become. In the presen...

From the year 800 A.D, music has evolved and developed in many different ways over 6 main musical periods. These different stages in music's history all have their own distinguishing features such as the type of instruments used, the texture of the music and the sound that is created through di...

Cool music girls Lately I have been interested in girl singers. Such singers as Madonna, Cindy Lauper, Pat Benetar, Pink, Jewel, and so on. Their music inspires me. So, while I was looking for a topic for class, I noticed an article called 'Cool music girls". It's about six bold ...

Have you ever turned on the radio and thought to yourself where did this all start? In fact the root of R&B run deep. Rhythm and Blue is a commonly used term to describe the sophisticated urban music, which started back as far back as the 1920's. Over the decades, thanks to different artist...

Music plays a significant role in the production and outcome of a film. It can be used to set the stage, bring about the climax, or even take the viewer on a roller coaster ride. But, what does music tell its audience about a culture? Most music is culture-specific giving its listener a front seat v...

Don't Knock the Rap: A Response to Venise Berrry's "Redeeming the Rap Music Experience" Rap music has been getting a bad rap from parents, legislators, and other authority figures ever since it first hit the American pop music scene in the early 1980's. Adults ...

Duke Ellington and the Harlem Renaissance: The term Harlem Renaissance refers to an artistic, cultural, and social time of writing about race and the African American's place in American life during the early 1920's and 1930's. It is hard to put a specific time and date in terms ...

I believe that the two most contradicting genres of music are classical music and rock and roll music. After a long interview with my aunt, I found out that her favorite type of music was classical music because it was a big part of her life. This was the popular music for her at the time because ...

Miles Davis, well known for his studies in Jazz technique and rhythmic know-how, may have been the best in the jazz world of yesterday, or at least the most interesting. To most people in the general public he was a normal trumpet player but to the musical world he was an influence to jazz. Not only...

Jazz at Home in America Jazz is a mixture of culture, rhythm, and blues. It is a melting of many different people and there heritage. This American musical form often-improvisational development by African Americans, and influence by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms. Du...

It would be a severe understatement to tritely say that the sixties and seventies in the United States were a time of social change. Rather, in all appropriateness, it would be far more relevant to state that these decades were the pivotal point of sociological, economical, and moral change in the d...

I find it remarkable that Norah Jones, a piano-playing, female, jazz musician, with soft, romantic, feel-good lyrics, could, in this day and age, rack up 5 Grammys, including best album of the year, record of the year and song of the year. No one thought that sweet Norah would be able to compete wit...

FROCK ROCK is a Melbourne-based jazz ensemble focusing on original compositions and improvisation.The group promotes a high standard of performance and professionalism gained through the years of experience and learning of its individual members. All of its members have studied music and improvisati...

Influence of Jazz Jazz, a type of music first that was developed by African Americans around the first decade of the 20th century it has an identifiable history and distinct stylistic evolution. Jazz grew up alongside the blues and popular music, but what changed the way of music in America was ...

Ferdinand Joseph "Jelly Roll Morton" LaMenthe was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 20, 1890. As a child he began to learn how to play the piano at age 10 years old. He was taught by Tony Jackson, composer of songs like "Pretty Boy" and other hits. Tony Jackson is among the few musicians who...