As Picasso once said, ‘Good artists borrow, great artists steal,’ and pop culture has been built on the foundation of inspiration from the past. In a sense, just about any song imaginable is a collection of ideas that preceded it. In 2013 the music industry…
Essays on Music
Mainstream ideas and attitudes set trends. As individuals and as a society, we respond to the ideas put forth by the many facets of entertainment deemed mainstream. But ultimately, as individuals, we need to think about how our values become affected and how the misalignment…
The question of whether or not rap music should be embraced in a society has sparked a debate for the last two decades. Rap music started as an Afro-American culture, which hitherto has taken roots to hip-hop with both black and white artists. There before,…
Music is everywhere, it is all around us.. We listen to it in the car, or in the background of office, the stores where we shop, in the elevators , during the commercial breaks of our favorite television show, and many more places we go….
Ever since the beginning of humankind, people have been evolving. Societies have been built, torn down, and built once more. Attitudes towards certain topics, the ways that we act, and the way humans communicate have all changed. One of the key methods of communication has…
From a rookie boy group struggling to have a spot in broadcasts and variety shows, to international superstars selling millions of copies of their albums worldwide, BTS (also known as Beyond the Scene) captured the world’s attention with their heart wrenching struggles to achieve their…
David Bowie’s 1971 album Hunky Dory is chock-full of symbolic meaning, from the opening track, Changes, where Bowie distances himself from the rock mainstream (“Look out, you rock ‘n’ rollers”), to the closing Bewlay Brothers, where Bowie sings of his struggles with his schizophrenic brother…
BTS, an abbreviation for ‘Bangtan Sonyeondan’, also known as Bangtan Boys, is a seven-member Korean boy-band that debuted in 2013. BTS is highly known to be very versatile in the sense that they are capable of indulging in many different genres of music, ranging from…
Can you imagine a world without music? Well, that’s what I thought! The world would lack colour and creativity, the depression rate would be significantly higher and so would your level of stress. 40 000 years ago musical instruments were created, and I’m going to…
“This is America”- the Grammy award-winning music video for the song.“This Is America” by Childish Gambino is a matter of cultural importance. The powerful video has brought up many controversies in America. Believe it or not, there are still many people who judge minority groups…
Growing up, I always had a passion for music and dance in general. I would lock myself in my room for hours on end listening to music or practicing dance moves I had seen in trending music videos. I became quite popular in school as…
The importance of music in the resistance to colonial ideologies can be seen through the way in which music, more specifically Grime, is used as a means of exploring and critiquing citizenship. Marshall defined citizenship as “full membership of a community” which reveals that citizenship…
Janet Jackson’s song “Show me”. “Need it? Show me cause actions speak louder than words.”. A person could go on and on about how they need something but will never do anything to get it. There could be major miscommunication problems because they’re saying all…
As long as you are wise and know how to utilize opportunities, many side businesses will bring money to your wallet apart from your main business. Merchandise has remained a good way to raise money for many industries not excluding the great football world. Apart…
All you need is love’ ‘Here comes the Sun’ ‘Whisper word of wisdom’ ‘Let it be’. All sang by the famous British rock band The Beatles. The Beatles were formed in Liverpool, founded by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Richard Starkey. This band…
