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For this blog post, I wanted to do one more dedicated musical analysis, one that focuses on the classic artist, Elvis Presley. One of my favorite songs by Elvis is his absolutely heart-melting love song Can’t Help Falling in Love from his 1961 album Blue Hawaii. The song was written by hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, …
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The premier of High School Musical on January 20th, 2006 on the Disney Channel was the beginning of an era for many young children–myself included. This modern adaption of “Romeo and Juliet” is set in the halls of the real life East High School in Utah, and follows the forbidden love affair of two high …
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Upon reading the requirements for this blog post, I immediately wanted to do my analysis on Lady Gaga–who, in my opinion, is one of the greatest performers I have seen in my lifetime. Brief Biography Born March 28, 1986, Lady Gaga–born Stefani Germanotta–grew up in New York and began writing music and lyrics as a …
History of Russian Music Russian culture is very close to my heart as I spent 12 years studying the language throughout my education in elementary through high school. Being one of the world’s largest and oldest countries, the origin of Russian music stems from ritual folk songs and the sacred music of the Russian Orthodox …
Almost every popular song today has some element of a synthesized beat, instrument, or sound in it today, and these sounds are commonly produced with a synthesizer. This particular electronic instrument has the amazing capability to generate any kind of sound using the principles of how sound works. The synthesizer as we know it today …
Background For this week’s post, I decided to dive into Billie Eilish’s song Bellyache as it is a very diverse song and filled with a ton of musical elements which create an awesome sound that honestly gave me goosebumps the first time I listened to it. This is Eilish’s fifth song and was released February …
by Bastille on their album Bad Blood, published in 2003, London, United Kingdom [Verse 1] When you fall asleep With your head upon my shoulder When you’re in my arms But you’ve gone somewhere deeper [Bridge 1] Are you going to age with grace? Are you going to age without mistakes? Are you going to …
Hello everyone! My name is Jess and I am about to enter my senior year in petroleum engineering and I am SO excited about that!! I find Fairbanks a bit too cold for my liking, as I am from Anchorage which is far warmer and has more activities to do overall. Anchorage is where I …
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