Singer-songwriter and musician Eddie Vedder is best known as the vocalist of Pearl Jam and the voice behind the melodious tracks of the movie “Into the Wild.” He has an estimated net worth of 80 million dollars. The salary and income he gets is a high amount. With a significant height and great personality, Eddie Vedder has guaranteed the music scenario a talented artist. This popular artist has profiles on wiki and twitter and many Webpages contain a collection of his quotes. He has a long set list with numerous songs recorded and performed. His short biography is illustrated later in this text. Born on December 23, 1964, in Evanston, Illinois as Edward Louis Severson III, Eddie Vedder had an unstable childhood. Eddie Vedder was raised in Chicago; Vedder was just 1 year of age when his parents divorced. His mother quickly remarried and she ran a small orphanage out of their home with her new husband. For many years Vedder was misdirected to believe that the stepfather was his biological dad. Much of his later music was fueled by the angst he felt when he finally discovered the truth...
Debra Rathwell is the Senior VP for AEG Live. Rathwell oversees the active New York office of AEG along with being a force in national touring. Rathwell has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and her dedication inspires me. I know she is well respected in the industry and I think it is impressive that she books on average 800 shows every year. Being a woman in the music industry is a big challenge, but Rathwell proves to me and the world that being hard working will help prove yourself. The first step that really started Rathwell’s career was during her last year at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. Rathwell was Harvey Glatt’s assistant and went on to work as Bass Clef Entertainment, which partnered on shows with Canada’s concert leaders. This introduced Rathwell to the industry and the rest was like a snowball effect, one job led to another. Another step Rathwell took in her career was pivotal was joining Donald Tarlton for 12 years at DKD. With DKD, Rathwell managed a staff ...
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There have been many bigshot artists that have gone down in music history over the years. One man in particular, however, will forever be known all over the world for his famous works and amazing stage performances. This man is none other than the one and only Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix altered the style of rock and roll during the late 60’s early 70’s and is widely considered one of the most influential guitar players amongst the music world to this day.
There’s a lot to be learned from this movie. Although completely fictional, the uncanny accuracy that This Is Spinal Tap holds, tells us much about the things wrong with the life of a rock star and the actions of big-label music industries. It still remains a fact that what’s represented in This Is Spinal Tap is a reality for many artists, companies, and audiences that surround themselves with popular rock music. More importantly, it matters because it affects all involved in the demand for this form of entertainment.
"Pearl Jam is much more than a popular band to the many who look to their emotion-driven music for comfort, solidarity, and a sense of connectedness," noted Guitar Player's Mike Mettler (“Pearl Jam” 1). Pearl Jam was led by their singer Eddie Vedder. Just like other bands Pearl Jam was played for the audience that wasn't quite popular. It was more for the misfit crowd, who latched onto it. Eddie Vedder was a huge part of Pearl Jam, because of his strong vocals, and being able to connect with his audience.
Tom Petty was born in 1950 in Gainesville Florida to Kitty and Earl Petty. Petty began to find refuge in music because of his rough relationship he had with his physically and verbally abusive father. He idolized playing the guitar and singers such as Elvis Presley and the Beatles. In high school, Petty began playing in his first band, the Epics, in which he played the bass (Biography.com Editors, 2017). In 1970, Petty began to see that the Epics were not serious enough about the music they were playing and he wanted to expand further than the rest of the band did (Rotondo, 2014). At age 17, he then began playing in a band named Mudcrutch, which was influenced by British Invasion, a band that came from the United Kingdom that followed The
Some people are born to become legends, Bruce Springsteen is one of them. From the second he was born and through his younger years everyone knew he was destined for something bigger than a regular nine to five life, they just didn’t realize the magnitude of what was to come. Born into a all around food middle-class family, no on in that house hold even Bruce, didn’t realize that within fifty years he would reach living legend status. Also have a title of one of the best musicians to every live. After working hard at what he loves, Bruce has become known as a musical hero and inspiration to his fans and fellow musicians. With his deep lyrics, amazing stage presence, incredible guitar skills, and his passion, he is an untouchable force in the music industry. Using his lyrics to vent his emotions and past, but to also add awareness to social issues around the world. Bruce and his love for music affected him his whole life, and has shaped into what he is today. His music now affects the world. His music has truly changed the world (musically and socially) forever.
After his parent’s divorce, he went to live with his father, and on the weekends he would go spend time with his mom and sister. When his father remarried, Cobain resented his stepmother, and her two children. One of the best things to happen to Cobain in that terrible time, was when he got a guitar from his uncle Chuck. Even though the instrument was fairly beat up, it inspired Cobain to learn and play and it offered a respite from his unhappiness at home. Cobain was angry and alienated, he thought his father always took his stepmothers side and he favored her children, and his step brother who was born in 1979. Cobain had begun experimenting with drugs in his teen years, and began to push himself farther away from his father.
Jerry Garcia’s life was filled with wonderful things, many of which he never expected in the first place. After an almost fatal heroin overdose in 1986, “ Garcia philosophically stated, ‘ I’m 45 years old, I’m ready for anything, I didn’t even plan on living this long so all this shit is just add-on stuff.’ ” (“Garcia”) This attitude shows why Garcia did all of the things he did and even how some of them came about. Garcia, who “functioned as the preeminent pied piper of the rock era,” led a life of great artistic ability which he used in many ways(“Grateful Dead_ Rockhall”).
Kurt Cobain soon realized that in the media he was considered as the “spokesman of a generation” and the band was often referred to the “flagship band of...
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At the young age of thirteen, he experienced several tragedies that would affect his life forever and would greatly impact his music later in life. Within a year, his father, his uncle, and his minister all died. He lost every important male influence in his life. After graduating from high school in High Point, he moved to Philadelphia in 1943, where he lived in a small one-room apartment and worked as a laborer in a s...
Kurt Cobain was the singer and guitarist for Nirvana. He was born in Hoquiam (population 9,000) and after six months of life moved to Aberdeen (pop. 16,500), an old lumber town at the eastern-most point of Grays Harbor. The town is about four miles wide and three miles long. On the northern and eastern sides of town are steep hills where the richer families live in Victorian-style houses. At the foot of the hills is the poorer part of Aberdeen where Kurt grew up. (Gilmore 44)
It is the story of a man named Eddie who for almost his whole life was the
Elton john has been claimed “the Liberace of rock and roll” (8) for his spectacular show of music, imagery, outward flamboyancy and artistic passion. Originally born Reginald (Reggie) Kenneth Dwight, Elton Hercules John started his first band at 14 (2) and has continued to set a foundation for American pop music for 53 years. Elton’s music is distinctive in its ability to draw attention of listeners with his original combination of sound (2). The songs written both by Elton and lyricist, Bernie Taupin (3) were premeditated to give both a rhythm and undertones of sentimental value. The decline of rock and roll in America allowed for Elton john to succeed.