Influences With Music Have you ever turned on your radio and hit the scan button to get a preview of what songs are on? What is going through your head when you skip right over a station and go on to the next? The reason we keep looking for a station is because we don't like the beat, or th...

Music The 80's were very important years in music history. Known as the "decade of excess," the 80's brought a more visual experience to music. From fireworks at concerts to MTV, the 80's made sitting next to the radio a thing of the past. Musicians became more into their ...

Culture is the patterns of behavior and thinking that people living in social groups learn, create, and share. It refers to a society or group in which many people live and think in the same ways it also distinguishes one human group from others. For instance youth culture. Youth culture is ...

If you turn on the news, there is likely to be a story about music censorship. Or you can walk into a music store and see different ways in which music is being censored. Every CD that contains explicit language must be labeled with a sticker "Parental Advisory". The reason for this is because m...

It was once said that we are a product of our environment, but with today's technology and media our environment does not make us who we have become. Sometimes the media brings our environment and other places to our TV's and C.D.'s. One example of this is gangster rap. This genre of music talks ...

"Now I don't know you/ You don't know me/ But I can show you/ Where is the beat/ You can do as you feel/ As long as you move/ Two perfect strangers/ Sharing a groove." That is a verse from, a 311 song. I choose to start my essay with that line because of its truth. Music is unity. It does amazin...

On Wednesday and Thursday of July 14th and 15th the Music in Multicultrural America class gave presentations on topics of their choosing to illustrate the diversity of music in this country stemming from the cultures of those around the world and the originality of our own music and cultures here in...

Censorship History Censorship has been around for a long time and has been a big part of society since people started getting offended by things done by musicians, television, books, and many others. Music has always been a big part of society and people. In January 2000 President Bill Clinton ...

Rhythm & LyricsPersonally, I think music is an essential part of everyday life. Music can set the mood for every occasion. There is music at weddings, dancing clubs, funerals, graduations, etc. For any typical day, a person can enjoy multiple main stream music such as, R & B, techno, country, roc...

No longer do you have to be in America to watch some of your favorite MTV shows. You can now be in Asia and be in time to watch Punk'd. Not only that, but even hip-hop music is receiving global attention. Western culture have been dominating globally so much that there are 6,000 Starbucks across ...