The Unique Sound of Prince Born Prince Rodgers Nelson, aka Prince, boldly declared, “I’ve got more hits than Madonna’s got kids” (Prince). ALLMUSIC described him as “During the '80s, he emerged as one of the most singular talents of the rock & roll era, capable of seamlessly tying together pop, funk, folk, and rock” (Erlewine, ALLMUSIC). The authors of American Popular Music, Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman, made a statement similar to ALLMUSIC’s suggesting that Prince can’t be defined as
I grew up listening to the g's in my hood talk about the gang life. Now all my life, on tv, in school, etc. i always heard the same thing, the thing u hear all throughout this school "the gang life leads nowhere, ull regret it, dont start, and etc." but to hear a lot of the people in my neighborhood talk about the shit theyd done, and to see their tattoos, i always thought it was like the greatest thing. I come from a broken home, i dont know my dad, and my mom is never around, i was basically
Every Moment Counts I hug her knowing that this will be our last. Tears are streaming uncontrollably down my cheeks, staining her shirt. I'm not ready to say goodbye. I don't understand why this is happening. Out all of the 7.28 billion people in this world, why did it have to be her? Two years ago, a good friend of mine moved to Michigan. She's been on my soccer team for as long as I can remember. Over the years, we've grown closer and closer every game and every minute we played with each other
maturity, and decline. Introduction stage During the introduction stage, the product is initially launched and slowly grabbing the public’s attention (Solomon, 2008). Madonna’s career as an entertainer entered its introduction stage when the Warner Bros released her first self-titled debut “Madonna” in 1983. Madonna’s “funky, rhythm-and-blues-tinged sound” (Cengage, 2003) slowly caught the attention of New York underground club dancers and audiences. Madonna and her band members often visit the
many genres into one. The band’s musical influences are comprised of jazz, rock, blues, bluegrass, folk, and country. Also, the band began to gain popularity during the movement of psychedelia. Psychedelic elements can be heard in almost all their albums. The band consisted of many different members with different musical backgrounds. Ron McKernan was an organist who loved the blues where Phil Lesh had very formal training in classical music. Bill Kreutzmann, the drummer for the Dead, had a history
Going with their characters, the album is described as lively, playful, and at times brash, filled with the band’s humorous personal experiences. Though the album is fairly charming and very good for a starting point, yet it is not well polished and has several flaws. Then, in 1972, following ZZ Top’s First Album, was Rio Grande Mud, which isn’t particularly bad, but was very poorly received. It is reported that while touring that album ZZ Top played to nearly empty auditoriums and was
singer, rapper, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. His 1998 album Devil Without a Cause sold 14 million copies worldwide. The song that made Kid Rock a star was “Bawitdaba” from his breakout album Devil Without a Cause. It was the third single released from the album and really established Kid Rock as the king of rap metal. The song earned Kid Rock two Grammy nominations as it reached 10th on the mainstream rock charts. The singer-actor-record producer is worth an estimated $80 million
Grateful Dead Arguably the most successful touring band of all time, the Grateful Dead was famous as much for its traveling tie-died caravan of "Deadheads" and the accompanying drugs, as it was for its long, improvisational concerts and spotty album releases. Since the bands inception in the sixties, Deadheads have happily preserved the hippie ethic of that era- in fashion and have followed the band in Pied Piper fashion around the country, collecting tapes of shows, and enjoying the vintage
series of great hits singles between 1962 and 1967. Fans just loved Frankie Valli’s piercing falsetto (three octave) voice. The group’s career spanned almost 40 years and during that time Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons sold more than 100 million records. Influenced by Other Bands and Singers Frankie Valli came into this world as Francis Castelluccio in 1937 in Newark, New Jersey. It was his mother who encouraged his interest in music. She would take him to hear the Big Bands of this era at the
rapper T.I., returns with "KING," his fourth major label full-length solo release, and third through his joint venture deal with Atlantic Records. Picking up where his previous effort left off, "KING" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic) builds on the sound and the success of 2004's "URBAN LEGEND" - a blockbuster project that debuted at the top of Billboard's "Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums" chart and at #7 on the Billboard 200, spawned the RIAA platinum-certified single, "Bring Em Out" and the Grammy-nominated smash, "U
honky-tonks with the group Mac's Skillet Lickers. In 1951, Owens moved to Bakersfield, California where he played with Bill Woods & The Orange Blossom Playboys; he later formed his band called The Schoolhouse Playboys. His contribution in Capitol Records in included the 1954 Tommy Collins singles hit ‘You Better Not Do That.’ Owens also worked with Faron Young, Tommy Sands and Wanda Jackson. Owens began releasing his own singles such as unimpressive covers ‘Down on the Corner of Love’ and ‘Sweethearts
Bennington would join soon after. At the time they still had trouble signing a record deal and that is when vice president of Warner Bros. Records helped them sign with the company in 1999. The following year is when they released their breakthrough album Hybrid Theory; much of their success came through that album. The album received 3 Grammy nominations in the year of 2002 having sold 7 million copies making the album one of the most successful debuts ever. Over the next few years Linkin Park’s
eventually expanding to bring in Chester Bennington, who would become the lead singer of the band. Linkin Park quickly exploded in popularity after signing on with Warner Bros studio, and released
was on October 1, 1982 when CD’s came about. Billy Joel’s album 52nd Street was the first commercially released CD. The CD was in the works for a while and in 1982 Sony and Phillips teamed up. The music industry was changing to a modern digital era. Another major event was when Michael Jackson’s Thriller album came out. On November 30, 1982 Michael Jackson’s album became extremely popular. “"Thriller" is the best-selling studio album in U.S. history with 29 million sold, according to the RIAA
Raymond Scott was a musician who made music for movies in Hollywood in the 1930’s with his “Raymond Scott Quintette,” and then with a larger band. His most recognizable song, “Powerhouse,” was used often in Looney Toons and other Warner Bros. cartoons. He rose to fame and fortune, but became bored with popular music. His true passion was analog electronic music. In 1946, he founded Manhattan Research Inc., which was "More than a think factory–a dream center where the excitement of tomorrow is made
Album Art Analysis 1. The Beatles: St. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band: - St. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band was released on June 1st 1967. It holds some of The Beatles worldwide hits such as “With a little help from my friends” & “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. The artwork and content on this album fits itself due to the fact it has everyone joined together which is suitable for what was going on during that time era. The background consists of cut- outs of different famous people. All the bright
in the summer of 1948, Davis put together a nonet that he played with at the Royal Roost in New York for two weeks in September. He eventually recorded 12 tracks with this nonet for Capitol Records, and these tracks were later put onto the album Birth of the Cool. According to Rolling Stone magazine, this album signaled Davis’s change in style from bebop to something more “introspective” (Macnie; Ruhlmann). Miles Davis’s heroin addiction interrupted his career from 1949-1953. Although he ... ..
says before Emancipation, he never really had total creative freedom and he regrets that he never owned the master tapes of his big recording such as When Doves Cry, 1999, Controversy and Purple Rain. Those master tapes are owned by Warner Bros. It is customary for record companies to own the master tapes of works recorded on their labels ( Jet 2). Prince once said, “ If you don’t own your master tape, your master owns you. And you might as well write slave on your face too. It’s all about ownership”
The Jackson 5 would managed by their father Joseph, who began to book their performances. The group began performing at many clubs and bars eventually gaining attention from recording labels. In 1968, The Jackson 5 signed with Motown records. As the group progressed, Michael caught the eyes of most viewers with his amazingly smooth and soft melodic voice. His ability to capture so much emotion while he sang is what made him seem mature for his age, and interesting to watch. The Jackson
titled album, a feat that is rarely attempted by bands. During the writing of their self titled album, Avenged Sevenfold had no contact with any fans or the press; they prefered it this way so they could focus 100% on the album without any distractions. The band literally went back to their roots; the album was written and demo’d in M. Shadows’ garage, the place where it all began, and was done because the band was in pursuit of a sound that could only be achieved in that place. Even their album cover