American scholars have discovered that cultural practices have led to emergence of whiteness as a reality of slavery, segregation, immigration, and colonization. Race is perceived to be a cultural creation with negative consequences.Read More
The change in music content and production reflects the development in various spheres of human society, such as technological advances and the emergence of popular cultures or subcultures.Read More
People often say that music speaks a language that can only be heard to our heart, but I strongly believe that music does a lot to our lives far much beyond speaking to our hearts. Music is the biggest driver of people’s emotions and feelings. For this reason, I have developed a strong feeling to...Read More
The theories of composition and improvisation are strongly related. Studying the non-Western music proves that they are indeed interlinked. In jazz world, composition was usually perceived as inevitable. That is, it offered essential framework for performance, as well as the chance to dispose it fast to give room for improvisation.Read More
Cool jazz was the first type of the cool mode. It had the ability to reduce the musical tension. It had slow tempos, which allowed singers to create long-lined lyrics of a song, and classical music. West Coast jazz style had Dial Records and its bop-focused sound remained on the West Coast in order to...Read More
The definition of music might appear simple, but it is complex in reality. Music exists in every aspect of human life. It arises from human behavior and is part of how people functions in daily life. Daniel Levitin, a renowned cognitive psychologist and musician, talked of how music exists whenever human beings come together, and...Read More
The Music of the gulf region that includes Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait flourishes mostly within the region’s own boundaries. This is the consequence of the fragmented distribution channels of the music in the Middle East. The music depicts a deep imprint that local cultures have put on it.Read More
The prelude is asymmetrically balanced and unusually long. The old-fashioned tone of fugue make the theme intense. The prelude cuts across the major tones, synchronizing repeated alto, soprano and tenor entities in the recitation. The prelude was first released in 1740, but still augurs well with the current classic tones.Read More
Taxi Driver is one of the most powerful films directed by Martin Scorsese. It is one of the films that deals with serious social, political, and moral issues affecting the society. Directed in 1976 in America when therewas massive social and political unrest, the film is still relevant today.Read More
The song “All My Loving” describes a lady the writer, Paul McCartney, left behind as a result of a tour the band, The Beatles, had to make around the world. It was released as a single and the first song the band played on their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on 9th of...Read More
