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Xu 1 Michael Xu Prof.Adachi ENG 100F November 16, 2014 Celebrities and their Bass Now we all heard that song by Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” and I’m pretty sure just by me mentioning the title everyone is singing it in their heads. “All About That Bass” is supposed to be a song about not worrying about your weight. One of the most famous lyrics in the song are. “Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top”(Trainor). Those words definitely popped a smile on our faces…

Fall Out Boy is undoubtedly one of the best rock bands in the business, and their work speaks for itself. It is no surprise, therefore, that from their latest album, American Beauty/ American Psycho, we are already getting hits. One of the hits big enough to prompt a remix from Taylor Gang rapper Wiz Khalifa, is titled "Uma Thurman."It is less than two weeks since American Beauty/ American Psycho was released, and it is already doing big numbers in sales and small numbers in chart positions.…

“Lady Saw”, one of the most well know female artists in dancehall music, was born in 1972 in the small Jamaican village of St. Mary's as Marion Hall. At eight years old she started off singing in the Seventh-Day Adventist church choir. Later, as a teenager, she was able to practice her skills on a local sound system until moving on to Stereo One sound system.[2] She gained the attention of record producers such as Piper and Oliver Shaw. She was able to record her first single for producer Piper.…

instrumentation used in her version. Nina Simone was born February 21, 1933; she died just two months after her 70th birthday on April 21, 2003; she sang the rhythm and blues between the years of 1954, and 2003. She was even nominated for an Oscar Award (nin). British songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse wrote…

Lauryn Hill is a famous songwriter and poet whose work is balanced between sacred and secular. Even though all of her songs and poems are not about religion they still have strong meanings. In 2002 Lauryn Hill released a song called “The Mystery of Iniquity.” Through this song Ms. Hill expresses how the government attempts to hide the their unfair treatment. During the Era of slavery the unfair and brutal treatment of blacks was obvious, but in modern times the government is now hiding the their…

Pete Seeger was born on May 3, 1919 in Patterson, NY. Having been raised in a musical family, Seeger picked up a love for music throughout his childhood years. He later became one of the most well known American folk singers. Seeger spent the first years of his career collaborating with singer-songwriter, Woody Guthrie. Both artists, Seeger and Guthrie, shared similar point of views, in that they were both social activists. In 1948, Seeger continued his music with an American folk quartet called…

Coldplay is an influential aspect of American popular music because they originated at an awkward time in musical history and had to find a new direction to go in. In the late 1990s, there were so many different genres and styles of music and Coldplay shaped the way that the new bands would style their music. They also didn't believe in living the Rock ‘n' Roll lifestyle, which made them much better role models for the younger generation than previous popular musicians. Chris Martin said in a…

The amazing band that I chose for this project is called Daft Punk. The album that I chose from this band is called Random Access Memory. The album came out in May 17, 2013. Daft Punk produces electronic music. The music in this album though is very upbeat getting you excited and making you want to dance. However, if you’re ever tired, this album has some relaxing music too. In the band, there are two men named Guy Manwell Decristo and Thomas Bangualtor. The two guys play bass, drums,…

Seven time Grammy winner Taylor Swift has dominated the music industry the past few years. 2014 was even dubbed 'The year of Taylor Swift ' because of all she did. Swift came from being bullied in high school to now playing sold out arenas and stadiums. She has done things in music that have never been done before. Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania. She spent her early years in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania on her family 's Christmas tree farm. Her first…

many artists can do. She reinvents her music. Lady Gaga’s master reinvention began with an unlikely companion, Tony Bennett. The singer finds herself singing jazz music. She “[releases] an album of jazz duets with Tony Bennett (for which she won a Grammy)” in which she crafts music delicately and professionally (D’Addario 3). “Cheek to Cheek, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in the fall of 2014” (Martins 3). We begin to see Gaga draw back from press attention and begins to showcase her…