It is finals week and you’re loaded with a lot of information to memorize in just a matter of a few short days. You’ve been studying your butt off but you’re just not containing the information. What do you do? Well, one method that you can use to study is to make a song out […]
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Apr 29
The Influence of Bollywood on Consumers
The Influence of Bollywood on Consumers Do you ever get the desire to do something or buy a product just because you saw it on the big screen? Producing almost 1,500 movies in 2012, India’s film industry is now worth over 2 billion dollars and has an enormous influence over its consumers. … Continue reading →
Apr 29
Religion In Hip-Hop Culture
Religion has always been a part of African American culture in every aspect of life and played an important role. The most important influence that religion had on African American culture was through music. Music in many years has transformed from work songs to gospel hymns to rhythm and blues to finally hip-hop and rap […]
Apr 29
P2P File Sharing and Music
All of the people of the world listen and exchange music in different ways. It has almost entirely been by oral tradition that lets music shift down generations and gets heard by the people. But music in our generation isn’t all performed live, it is recorded and sold. This has created a very new […]
Apr 29
Enculturation in Ghana
Apr 29
The Effect of Music on Physical Performance
The idea of being able to boost your performance, whether it is during a simple work out or a game scenario, has intrigued athletes for quite some time now. Athletes all over the world are looking for a competitive edge in order to defeat their opponent or to just improve their own performance. Music is […]
Apr 29
Hick Hop
Imagine it. You’ve got your windows down in summer rush hour traffic, listening to some good old country music to soothe your mind after the long day at work. You’ve become accustomed to the smooth sound of the mandolin and find yourself singing along to one or two songs on the local country station. Eventually, […]
Apr 29
New Orleans: Birthplace of Jazz Music
It is difficult to think about New Orleans without associating it with music. Music has shown to be an influential tool throughout history. It has the ability to bring people together regardless of their race, color, or background. New Orleans is considered to be the birthplace of jazz. The residents of New Orleans hold jazz […]
Apr 29
How Music Helps You Focus
Apr 29
Dave Matthews South African Influence
Melodies and harmony can capture the ear of the listener, and allow his or her mind to take them to another time or place. A yule-tide favorite might make you think of a past Christmas, or bird calls can remind you of spring. In the words of Dave Matthew’s “harmony and melodies are already inside […]