Monday 30 November 2009

Music Research

Music i think is a very powerful element of either expressing your personal life e.g. eminem or maybe about the world e.g. Micheal Jackson 'black or white' or other various links with.
Also what i see in music is Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. Its an express of feeling and their spilt up into different sections that people have a high or low interest in as it may relate to them and their life's environment.

The genre that i most like is Rock and abit heavy metal, the reason why is that i have been influenced by electric guitar most of my life and i love what talent you can get out of it. Yes i do play guitar and i have been in a few bands so this is another reason why i have a high interest in this. Also rock a high interest in the business industry which a tiny bit influences me. But when I'm listening to a song that relates to rock i hear out for the rhythm in the sound and does the tempo and beat relate to the songs meaning? Or if its a catchy beat and has a really good chorus i tend to listen to them aswel. Also as my dress sense is red hair either a top with loads of writing or drawing such as skulls or graffiti and colours that are bright and loud e.g. white, black, red and sometimes i copy artists trends such as 'papa roaches' or lead singer from blowing for soup 'Jarret Reddick' hairstyles is like the same as mine, and i do like their music as i seen them both live.

Also i think rock is a type of music where you can be loud and not care about problems in life, it's like your own space and your yourself. It's not like slow and sad and depressing songs of love, yes they have a powerful meaning but sometimes in a negative way, and I'm not saying rock is as it stereotyped for people screaming and being angry which is not really true.

I mostly listen to rock all the time, i love music one of my best hobbies and interests, i either listen to it walking to school or practise at home and with friends, and when I'm in the gym as most of the music they play their is annoying to train to.
The bands that i mostly like in the rock industry is:
Lost prophets, metallica, iron madien, ACDC, enter shikari, bowling for soup, green day, linkin park, killswitch engage, sum 41, slipknot, Hollywood undead, foo fighters, muse, jimmy eat world, paramore and so much more but these are the types of style of guitar and rock I mostly listen to (e.g. alternative rock).

But all these bands have a powerful side of meaning which makes me interested and inspired by there type of story they have to tell, not just screaming and shouting and jumping around because rock is not like that unless it's a heavy metal band such as bring me horizon or lordi or 'a different breed of killer' or a famous one 'cannibal corpse' or 'system of a down'.



This is one of my bestest songs, I don't have a favourite song as all of i can't choose because of the different styles that goes in between them.
But the reason why this is my favourite song is because lost prophets are one band i grew up with in my childhood and I've been inspired by them since they started and the album 'start something' (2003-2004) is probably my best album of all time because it talks about the world and life and has a kind of link to my lifestyle in a small issue as it may affect some people in the same way if they listened to it. And also i born in wales and they are a welsh band we also gives me a interest, they came from pontypridd, 12 miles north from Cardiff.
But the song is so successful of it's meaning and drums snares and powerful chorus, and i like the video as its set in a ruined down street and the lead singer ('Ian Watkins') calls out a generation of people about love and life and could be speaking to his girlfriend or maybe even the government and it's that power i like in the song and we can move on and not be stuck in the same dilemmas. Also the guitar that played is very catchy and clean electric which i love.

But after rock i also have a high ambition on rappers as they talk about there life experience it's either lost prophets or eminem they kind of have a link but eminem is solo and only talks about his life and the charatcers that he's created and become out of them is so successful which makes him one of the most famous people to walk on this earth, his lyrics are very powerful and every sentence he raps he means it and it's like your in his shoes which draws a overwhelming 'wow factor' which inspires fans.
One of my famous songs and probably in my top 3 best songs is:


Very powerful meaning and very powerful video. He talks about how be became what he is today and you chase your dreams and no matter how rough the place you was brought up in you go for it if you believe in it, 'Get rich of die trying' 50-cents tops sayings. But it has a link to me, my dream is to be in a band and be a famous rock artist and like he says you have one shot and you go for it. And the backing tunes has a hard and remembered tune which is very catchy and i love the film of this aswel (The 8 mile).

So these are my main interests in the music industry, past and present.

2 comments:

  1. Dan this is brilliant yet again.

    If you like Lost prophets why not try the band they've ripped off

    At The Drive In

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NYbojdoAQE

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  2. Superb work Dan. I really like the insight you have provided. Well done.

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