Music Song Analysis
The Cure - The Lovecats Melody The Cure formed during the Punk era of the 1970's and they released "The Lovecats" in November of 1982. The song overall has a happy feel, which is supported by the use of an E major key. The song starts off with a snare drum beat which continues throughout the song giving it the same constant beat but the melody plays around this by having a deep bass playing along with major keys of the piano. In the chorus there seems to be a slight change with the melody, the instruments and vocals go slightly higher giving the chorus a happier feel, this is more noticeable because of the change in bass. The song reflects its era by the way it sounds, with sound effects, instruments used, and the song's genre. It has many sound effects throughout which help provide the melody such as what sounds like clashes of milk bottles at the beginning, and the scratching of a cat littler tray later on in the song. The voice also contributes in more ways than one; there are many sound effects of meowing and screeching. Throughout the song there are exaggerations of the letter 's' in some words turning them into hissing sounds, such words include cats, hissed, this and kiss. The vocals also join in with the melody by singing along with the piano and of course the lyrics which are connected very smoothly and intelligently. The song is about comparing a couple to
Rates of Reaction
Essay for Radio Sudharshine Anandaraja We began our practical production by analyzing radio station logos. We found that many logos were simple, colourful and effective. Many of the logos went straight to the point, such as 'classic fm', this clearly shows us that it was for a older people who listen to classical music, and the simple logo it had clearly shows us that for people who wouldn't want to listen to hyperactive music. The following work at the bottom was my research: Radio Channels Logo: Kiss The logo for Kiss fm looks a bit girly with the heart, which could mean that it mostly plays love songs. Kiss Radio station doesn't particularly have an age limit; it plays a lot of different types of music. For example they play R n B for younger people and they play it on the evenings when young people are normally going home from school or college. Kiss plays R n B most of the time, but they do play hip hop, dance and electric pop. However, on Saturday night and Friday nights they play Dance and Club Classics. This appeals to people who are 20-30 years of age. Kiss don't have a certain schedule, to play certain songs at certain times. However in the evenings, 3 - 5 pm the music type is mostly new R n B songs that are out, this is because young people put on their radios on the way home from school. Kiss radio station is known to be one of the biggest and the most
Rock salt Experiment.
Rock salt Experiment Aim This is an experiment to get the purist salt that is possible in a school lab. We have to find a method to get the salt and then do it. This is the common name for the mineral "halite". Its chemical formula is NaCl. You might know this substance as table salt. And... Actually, rock salt is not K2SO4; it is NaCl. It can have impurities of gypsum (CaSO4) and sylvite (KCl) but it is very rare to find potassium sulphate as a mineral, although occasionally polyhalite (K2Ca2Mg(SO4)4.2H2O) is found associated with rock salt deposits. It is typically formed by the evaporation of salty water (such as sea water) which contains dissolved Na+ and Cl- ions. One finds rock salt deposits ringing dry lake beds, inland marginal seas, and enclosed bays and estuaries in arid regions of the world. At various times in the geologic past, very large bodies of water (such as the Mediterranean Sea and an old ocean that sat where the Atlantic Ocean sits now) also evaporated and made enormous deposits of rock salt. These deposits were later buried by marine sediments, but since halite is less dense than the materials that make up the overlying sediments, the salt beds often "punched up" through the sediments to create dome-like structures. These are now mostly buried by additional sediments. Table salt is essential for human life. A large amount of the commercially mined
CD cover design - pre-production
CD Cover Design Pre - production coursework As part of our Media GCSE coursework we were asked to design a complete CD album inlay, including a front cover, lyrics, images and legal/organisational information. We had to make sure that the album cover we were going to design would fit into the conventions of the genre and it's target audience. To meet the brief we looked into the musical interests of our group members and decided to fit our band's genre around it. As there was some disagreement over the genre of which we each preferred, we decided to pick a genre that we all listened to, even if it wasn't our favourite. Collectively the musical genre of which we all listened to was indie-rock, so our target audience was males or females in their teens and above who listen to indie-rock music to escape from modern society. The production process Details and successes Constraints Stage one Our first lesson. We decided on band members and positions. Myself as the lead singer, Laura as the guitarist, Luke as bassist and Annie on drums. I decided that we should focus on a genre to in keep with the general musical tastes of the group so that everything was fair. Once we had all agreed upon the genre, we came up with the name of the band "The Prowse" and the title of the album "Vanished". I feel that the ideas we came up with were constructive and useful to base future band
Compare And Contrast The Opening Scene In 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' And 'Tomorrow Never Dies', Showing How Both Scenes Shape Your Perceptions Of Their Action Hero, And Using Examples From The Film To Support Your Points
Compare And Contrast The Opening Scene In 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' And 'Tomorrow Never Dies', Showing How Both Scenes Shape Your Perceptions Of Their Action Hero, And Using Examples From The Film To Support Your Points 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and 'Tomorrow Never Dies' are both action films with a similar theme. Both films are about good fighting evil. The heroes have many similarities and differences. 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' is targeted at any age, its certificate PG. 'Tomorrow Never Dies' is targeted at twelve years onwards and is a certificate 12. Both films may appeal more to teenage males who may look up to Indiana Jones and James Bond because they are good looking men who have exciting, action filled jobs and they want to be like them. Both films are blockbusters so they have big budgets. The 'Raiders' film begins in South America in 1936. Jones is an archaeologist and is on a mission to retrieve a golden Idol from a tomb to help him fund his next expedition. It starts in the jungle with a camera following Indiana Jones and two Spanish trackers through the trees. You can hear the diegtic sounds of the birds, which gives a realistic effect. The director uses wide screen to make you feel claustropbic, it also makes it feel threatening. It makes us concentrate on the men walking through the jungle It includes the viewers by making them feel they are actually there
Theodore Adorno's notions of 'standardisation' and 'pseudo-individualism' might be applied to contemporary pop music - Do you see any problems or shortcomings from this approach?
Basing your discussion on an analysis of at least 2 contemporary artists or bands, consider the ways that Theodore Adorno's notions of 'standardisation' and 'pseudo-individualism' might be applied to contemporary pop music. Do you see any problems or shortcomings from this approach? Popular Culture has enticed much research; with the increase of media studies there are a number of minds picking apart what they see. With icons filing up and saturating mediums such as television, magazines, radio stations to name a few, the celebrity filled industry is undoubtedly causing a stir amongst the masses. Theodore Adorno (1903-69) emigrated to England in 1934 to escape Nazism. He lived in the United States of America for 10 years, (1938-48) before returning to Frankfurt, where he was a member at the 'Frankfurt Institute of Social Research'. Theodore Adorno was a key figure in the study of popular music and had intrinsic Marxist view on the capital nature of society. Adorno believed that the culture industry "is the central agency in contemporary capitalism for the production and satisfaction of false needs". (Adorno, T and Horkheimer, M. 1977, p349). He argues that popular music is a mass-produced and shallow standardised part of the culture industry. This would suggest that all aspects of popular music including types of songs, song lyrics and parts of songs e.g. chorus,
'Beneath Clouds' by Ivan Sen
Date Due: 22/07/04 Teacher: Mrs Bernhart (10E4) By: Dilshan Mendis Ben Young Jeff Frazer Beneath Clouds The Beginning of the Film (Dilshan Mendis) * How does the film begin? The film begins with the opening credits appearing across a fish-eye lens view of a magnificent sequence of accelerating rolling cloud movements matched with thunderous orchestral music. Next the clouds fall back languorously accompanied by significantly slower music. This cycle of slow-fast moving clouds is the main theme repeated a number of times during the beginning the film. The clouds and music then fade away and are replaced by outback road trains which roar along the highway. * Why do you think the film maker chose the images of rolling clouds? I believe the film maker chose the images of rolling clouds to symbolise what is 'cloudy' in our thoughts. Since clouds are formed from water, and water generally epitomizes the emotions, they can symbolise the emotional issues clouding our thinking as we watch the film. I suppose the, dark fast rolling clouds symbolise the anger, the slow rolling grey clouds may serve to indicate depression and the light, puffy clouds may represent the light at the end of the tunnel. * What impression do you gain of what life is like for Lena in the first few minutes of the film? For Lena, the need to get out of the small town she lives in is evident from the
Digital music and the internet age - The people vs. the recording industry association of America.
Digital Music and the Internet Age: The People vs. the Recording Industry Association of America Introduction: Just as the Internet is fast becoming a way of life for many in the United States, music has had its roots embedded in people's lives, careers, and hobbies throughout history. What do you get when you merge music and the Internet in the year 2002? Chaos, it seems. In this heated debate, there are two sides that are prevalent. The first is brought by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which represents the major record labels, musicians, and artists in the United States. The RIAA claims that the Internet is responsible for rampant music piracy that has the power to destroy the music industry as we know it. The RIAA been in the center of countless lawsuits and trials, and is in the forefront of the digital music debate through its use of legal tactics. The other side of this debate is represented by you and me - the common people. We do not argue that music piracy is illegal and unethical. However, we have much at stake in this argument, as the RIAA has tried to gain approval for strict laws that could affect each and every one of us. The RIAA has tried to invade our privacy, sue the common people, prevent us from playing CDs in our computers, hack into our computers, stop the sale of personal music players, and change key pieces of
Britain in the 1960's
Contents page Page 1- Timeline part 1 (1960 - 1963) Page 2- Timeline part 2 (1964 - 1969) Page 3- Dancing and music (The Beatles and The Rolling Stones) Page 4- Fashion (Mary Quant and Biba) Page 5- Television and Radio Page 6- Social Changes & Marriage and Family life Page 7- Legal changes and Homosexuality Page 8- Mods, Rockers and Beatniks Page 9-Transport Page 10- Youth culture Page 11- Youth culture Timeline 960 * Kennedy won the presidential elections. * The Olympic games were held in Rome. * 'The Twist' becomes internationally popular. * Psycho was released (Alfred Hitchcock). * Spartacus was released (Stanley Cubrick). * Walton's second symphony. * Princess Margaret marries. 961 * The soviets have sent the first man into space (Yuri Gagarin) * John F Kennedy moves into the Whitehouse and gave one of the most famous speeches ever 'Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country'. * The American Alan Shepherd was sent into space. * The Berlin Wall was built. * Biggest show of stars. 962 * John Glenn became the first man to orbit the earth. * Cuban missile crisis. * Beatles offered a contract. * Opera-king Priam. * Death of sex symbol Marilyn Monroe. 963 * Martin Luther King Jr. made the speech, "I have a Dream" on August 28, 1963. More than 200,000 demonstrators showed up to Washington DC to demand equal
Analyse the techniques used by the directors of the "Thriller", "Rock DJ" and "Son Of A Gun" videos and comment on their intended effects On their respective audiences.
Analyse the techniques used by the directors of the "Thriller", "Rock DJ" and "Son Of A Gun" videos and comment on their intended effects On their respective audiences. Since the late 70s music videos have become very popular with channels such as MTV and VH-1 dedicated to music videos. Music videos are made to promote the artists. "Thriller" by Michael Jackson had such an effective and impressive video it sold over fifty million copies of the album through the videos successful special effects. In this essay I will be analysing the techniques of the directors of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Robbie Williams's "Rock DJ". "Thriller" was directed by John Landis and "Rock DJ" by Vaughan Arnell. I am also analysing Janet Jackson's "Son of a Gun" Video. Thriller was inspired by the movie "An American Werewolf in London". John Landis directed this film and when Michael asked him to direct the video he agreed. The video is a parody of the 1950's horror genre. "Thriller" is a "mini movie" and this is how Jackson liked to refer to it. Make up artist Rick Baker who worked on "American Werewolf" also took part in helping create Michael's mini movie. The most high profile producers and directors jumped on board, no expense was spared, and to this date "Thriller" is one of the most expensive videos ever made. Everyone wanted a piece of Jackson's fame. Michael Jackson was the first
