...Dolly Parton Commencement Speech, Rhetorical Analysis By Migion Booth Dolly Parton, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, Arthur, businesswomen, and philanthropist, is an American women primary known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton is a very successful women, due to her determination to be great. An because of her determination to be successful and actually being successful she was asked to give a Commencement Speech at University of Tennessee. In her speech to the students of University of Tennessee she uses pathos, logos, and ethos, to encourage the students to want to dream more, learn more, care more, and be more. Mrs. Parton uses pathos to inspire the students to dream more by the use of her own life experience . “ I’m going to Nashville and I’m going to be a star. The whole place laughed out loud and I was so...
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...always tells a story, usually dramatic to a harmonious tune and it places an emphasis on the lyrics and the voice is always dominant in every song. Country music icon and actress Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946, in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. Parton was raised in poverty, but surrounded by music. With a musical career that launched at the age of ten, Parton has been performing publicly for nearly fifty of her fifty-eight years, becoming one of the most celebrated and most successful country music stars. “I Will Always Love You” from the album “Jolene” of February 27, 1974 is the obvious choice for No. 1 for many reasons, including the fact that...
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...Singer and songwriter Ke$ha was born Kesha Rose Sebert on March 1, 1987, in Los Angeles, California. She was exposed to music at an early age through her mother Pebe, a songwriter. Her mother's biggest songwriting success was "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You," which was a hit for Joe Sun and Dolly Parton. The first few years of Kesha's life were a struggle for her family. Her mother had difficulty earning enough to support Kesha and her older brother. "We were on welfare and food stamps," the artist explained on her website. "One of my first memories is my mom telling me, 'If you want something, just take it.'" When she was 4, Kesha moved to Nashville with her family, where her mother had landed a songwriting contract. Sometimes tagging along with her mother, Kesha spent a lot of time in recording studios during her early adolescence. Her mother encouraged her interest in singing, allowing Kesha to work on some of her song demos. Kesha also went to a music school, where she learned about songwriting. Deep in the heart of the country music scene, she was inspired by the likes of Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline. Pursuing a Career in Music At 17, Kesha left high school to pursue a music career. She changed her name to Ke$ha and moved to Los Angeles to work with producer Dr. Luke, who had worked on hit singles for Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson among others. "I thought her voice was distinctive, and I fell in love with her personality," Dr. Luke explained to Entertainment...
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...Sheri Webb HU300-15 Music of my Life! My life has been interesting, many good memories associated with music and how it impacted my life. The interesting thing about mine is I can associate music with each good memory in my life. From early childhood to current time I have memories of music that defines the memories of my life. I will explain each era of my life, the music I listened to and how that music impacted it. My childhood memories of music is of sitting on Sunday listening to vinyl records with my dad after church. It was a very special memory of mine because I was really close to my dad. The type of music we listened to was classic Country and Western. We would listen to artists such as Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Hank Williams Sr., George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Willie Nelson. In the textbook it states,” Country and western music has carried on the narrative tradition of folk music, adding its own unique tales to the repertoire.” (Janaro & Altshuler 2012, page 173) I can remember listening to Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn singing the song, Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man. These songs I listened to with my dad made me happy and I was glad that I could share this time with my dad. My adolescence was an interesting time because I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s. I grew up listening to soft rock, disco, rock n roll, hair metal and country music. I listened to many artists such as, Air Supply, KC and the Sunshine Band, Duran Duran and George...
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...Music that changed my Life By Elizabeth Thrush Kaplan University 2012 The Art of Being Human As I was growing up as a child I really did not listen to music. The music that I do remember hearing was what my mom and step dad listen to and that was country. By hearing this music it made me feel that I was not alone and that other was going throw what I was going throw. A sad period in my life, I was put in a foster home and my step was a very bad man. When I left my mom was the worst day of my life until I heard a song by Dolly Parton, Coats of many Colors. The lyric of this song really has touched my life for a long time. Thinking of how my life is a reminder of this song. As a teenager, I listen to rock-n-roll. The hair band like gun-n-rose, Prison and Rat was the one that I listened to the most. I had to dress like them and have that funk like to myself, like the cloths and the big hair. I had no care in the world about my parents I was running wild and having funny. But by doing that I got in trouble a lot. It was a funny time and I love it. I was rebelling against my mom so bad. When a finish school I got pregnant with my son and trying to listen to the music I real like as a kid gave me a headache, so I start to listen to country. This music real calmed me and relaxes me in a way that I could really relate to it more. My day to day life was just like to songs that I lived. Living my life throws music and personally relationship is how I get throw...
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... Selena,Queen of Tejano Tejano music is a genre that combines polka, country-western and traditional Mexican music that has it roots in the 19th century, but it saw its peak in the 20th century thanks to the barrier-breaking Mexican American singer Selena. Selena Quintanilla-Perez was born on the 16th of April 1971 in Lake Jackson,Texas and debuted on the music scene at the age of 10. She is called the Queen of Tejano music and is was the best selling Latin artist of the 90s. Her tragic death in 1995 has raised to international fame and is now celebrated all over the world.In this essay I will be approaching Selena’s music, her music genres and artistry and the musical legacy she left behind. Selena is credited with elevating the Tejano music genre into the mainstream music scene. She released five studio albums and three live one and a wide range of compilations and remixes. She still is the best-selling Tejano artist with her posthumous releases surpassing those of living artists. She has 27 official singles and 7 promotional ones and different guest vocal appearances. Her first entry in the Billboard chart was with the cover La Bamba, which peaked at number 19. The singles Baila esta Cumbia and Como la flor became popular on the Mexican radio and made her famous there, with Como la flor peaking at number 6 in the Hot Latin Songs. The song Bidi Bidi Bom Bom is considered a signature number of hers, symbolic to her career by dominating the charts. The song is...
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...Timothy McGraw Tim Mcgraw born Samuel Timothy McGraw on May 1, 1967 in Delhi, Louisiana is an influential, accomplished and successful country singer. Tim has had consecutive albums debut at Number one on the Billboard album charts which is a hard achievement to reach as an artist. He has won three Grammy’s, three People’s Choice awards, 10 American Music awards, 11 Country Music Association, and 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, now who as an artist let alone country artist would not want these type of accolades? I know I would, then to top that off his Soul2Soul II tour was and still is till this day is the highest grossing tour in country music history, and ranks in the top 5 spots for all genres of music. The song I chose from Tim McGraw’s collection of hits was “Live Like You Were Dying”, it was written by Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman in early 2004 but was performed by Tim Mcgraw. This song reached #1 on U.S. Billboard country music charts and continued to stay there for several weeks. Tim associated the song with his father who was hospitalized in 2003 but died 9 months later to cancer and he did everything he could to enjoy his last months despite doctors telling him that he has only 3 months live, from this tragic life event Tim learned that every day is not promised to us so we must live life to the fullest and live as if it was your last day hence the title of the song and numerous clichés on the saying itself. He did a lot of searching and finding out who he...
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...WALKING THROUGH A CROwD THE VILLAGe IS AGLOW KALEIDOSCOPE OF LOUD HEARTBEATS UNDER COATS EVERYbODY HERE WANTED SOMeTHING MORE SEARCHINg FOR A SOUND WE HADN’T HEARD BEFORE AND IT SAiD CHORUS: WELCOME TO nEW YoRK IT’S BEEN WAITING FOR YOu WELCOME TO NEW YOrK WELCOME TO NEW YORK WELCOME TO NEW YORK IT DRIVES YOU CRAZY BUT YOU kNOW YOU WOULDN’T CHANGE ANYTHING ANYTHING ANYTHING CHORUS © 2014 Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/ Taylor Swift Music (BMI), Write Me A Song Publishing (GMR) (Administered By Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Inc.) All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. // Produced by Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella & Taylor Swift / Recorded by Ryan Tedder & Smith Carlson at Conway Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Assisted by Eric Eylands, Matthew Tryba / Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach, VA); Engineered for mix by John Hanes / Mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) // Piano - Ryan Tedder / Juno - Ryan Tedder / Drum Programming – Noel Zancanella / Synthesizer – Noel Zancanella / Background Vocals – Ryan Tedder / Ryan Tedder appears courtesy of Mosley Music/ Interscope Records OR IT’S GONNA GO DOWN IN FlAMES YOU CAN TELL ME WHEN IT’S OVER IF THE HIGH WAS WORTH THE PAIN GOT A LONG LIST OF EX LOVERS THEY’LL TELL YOU I’M INSANE ‘CAUSE YOU kNOW I LOVE THE PLAYERS AnD YOU LoVE THE GAME ‘CAUSE wE’RE YOUNG AnD WE’RE RECKLESS, WE’LL TAKE THIS WAY TOO FAR IT’LL LEAVE YOU bREATHLESS OR WITH A NASTy SCAR GOT A...
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...world. While referring to several of the past and present faces of country music including George Strait and Johnny Cash, it is no wonder this song has soared up the music charts. Numerous covers of “This is Country Music” have been posted to YouTube at a high rate and their view count number is getting bigger by the hour. Paisley, who was is also the Country Music Award’s entertainer of the year, shows his heartfelt sincerity in this song by singing about country music and how so many songs can be related to everyday life. Not every song will relate to every listener, but there is sure to be a country song that relates to your life in one way or another. Whether it’s an upbeat song like “Country Boys Can Survive” or a slow song like Dolly Parton’s “Stand by Your Man,” Paisley covered the bases for everyone’s personal soundtrack. Approximately two minutes into the song there is a thirty second guitar solo before he discusses country music’s strong point of view on freedom in America. The melody coming from fiddles and banjos is reduced to showcase Paisley and his showy electric guitar solo. Although I was able to reveal several memorable parts of the song, I cannot do the same for the ending. With over one minute left in the song, Paisley begins rattling off numerous old country songs. Rather than making me realize what exactly country music is, the ending makes me question what one song has to do with another. I think this song would be more powerful and would reach a...
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...Carrie Underwood Interview What is country music to you? “To me it is the least tainted ,It isn’t about sex or how well you can dance….Its the most respectable kind of music. It’s honest. The people are genuinely talented. I don’t know one country artist who has ever been accused of lip singing. What was your childhood like? I was born `and raised on a farm “I had a very happy childhood full of the wonderful simple things that children love to do”, “Growing up in the country, I enjoyed things like playing on dirt roads,climbing trees, catching little woodland creatures and of course, singing” Did you graduate from college? “I graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern State Univeristy in Oklahoma with a bachelors in mass communications, American idol even helped me check off one course requirement , I’ve obviously done enough with television there was my internship right there !” weeks later she took home 4 academy country music awards, Including Top New female vocalist and single of the year, ”Jesus Take The Wheel” What are you best known for? “I don’t exactly know what people know me for but I would think most know me for my American Idol fourth season winning and going on to win multiple grammy and academy of country music awards.” What’s it like winning big at the CMA’s ? “God has blessed be with so many wonderful things in my life ,and I will spend my entire life trying to figure out why, if you had told me a few years ago I would have been nominated with...
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... As we all know that selection of the best musical album is not an easy job in any context. Like for instance, the best singer nomination of American Idol judges has never been easy. In most cases the nomination is made based on the collective effect of the fans and judges and the singer that comes out with the highest vote becomes the winner. Therefore, in that regard, I do strongly think that in the selection of the best CD from Kresge Library I would nominate Don William album “You Are My Best Friend “for my Oakland University, Kresge Library fans. Don William laid-back, straightforward vocal large imposing voice came to be known as the “Gentle Giant “. He got that nickname in the early 70s. He became playing guitar when he was a child, learning the instrument from his mother as a teenager, he played in different of country rockabilly, folk and rock and roll bands. After he graduated from high school, he formed his first band with a friend named Lofton Kline. And in 1966 his band signed a contract with Columbia Records. additionally, in the 70s, Williams became the most successful country artist in the world. His country, pop not only crossed over into the America pop mainstream, it also gained him a large following in England and Europe. In 1978, he won several country music awards, highlighted by the Country Music Association naming him Male Vocalist of the year. This award is given to individual artists and broadcasters to recognized outstanding achievement in the country...
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... Everyone has a favorite singer or maybe a favorite genre of music that they may listen to or be interested in. The many genres of music are R&B, classical, jazz, and also pop music. My favorite singer is named Jazmine Marie Sullivan. Jazmine Sullivan is a African-American R&B singer/songwriter. She liked to do a mixture of many kinds of music such as R&B, reggae, and pop. She has a total of 3 wonderful and overpowering albums titled as Fearless, Love Me Back and also Reality Show, all of these albums were nominated for awards. Her voice is so powerful and strong to bring you down to your knees that’s why she is my favorite singer. First of all, Jazmine Sullivan was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania she was born on April 9, 1987. She started singing and writing when she was 15, and she always sung in groups with many different people. As Jazmine Sullivan started focusing more into her music career she met music producers Missy Elliot and Salaam Remi. Her first hit single “Need U Bad” hit the charts in 2008 as number 1. Her second hit single Bust Yo Windows hit the pop charts as number 1 as well. Later that year Jazmine Sullivan released her first album titled “Fearless” on September 23, 2008. Secondly, as Jazmine Sullivan started to progress more into music she catches feelings for all of these type of guys, but then she gets cheated on. So then at that time Jazmine knew she had to be strong and focus on what was important to her. Some of the men she was with always...
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...Singer-songwriter and CoverGirl Taylor Swift is one of country music's top recording artists, and in the past couple years has crossed over into pop music. Taylor Alison Swift was born at Brampton Civic Hospital in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania on December 13, 1989 at 8:36 am on a Wednesday. At the age of 5 she started singing. Later at age 16, Taylor released her first album. The album included Taylors famous hits of "Love Story" and "You Belong With Me". These songs helped Taylor with the success of her other albums of Fearless, Speak Now, Red, and 1989. Swift has received 238 awards from 533 nominations. She is the winner of 19 Grammy Awards, 22 American Music Awards, 11 Billboard Music Awards, 8 Country Music Association Awards, 8 Academy...
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...Everyone has looked at a celebrity they look up to and wished they could be more like them. I myself, have done this on countless occasions with country music singer/songwriter Miranda Lambert. Although, just because she is famous that does not mean that Miranda Lambert is much different from myself. Miranda Lambert and I both love music. We both love country music and have a soft spot for old school country music, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, among many other legends. According to About Entertainment Miranda Lambert in addition to her father, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks, Loretta Lynn, Reba, and many others were her musical inspirations growing up. Although, as much as Miranda and I both love country music, we also enjoy other genres of music such as Rock ‘N Roll, R&B, and Alternative. Lambert and I both look up to strong female singers, for example, Reba and Loretta Lynn. Miranda stated in an interview with Taste Of Country that “she looks up to ‘Loretta Lynn, 100 percent. She’s a living legend. One of the reasons any female artist has a career today in country music is because of her, and she’s still making great records. I’m having a blast. But I want to be like her and make records 50 years from now.’” I enjoy singing my heart out in my car, where no one can hear me, for this everyone probably would thank me for (I am tone deaf). Unlike myself Miranda Lambert actually has musical talent, she can not only sing, but she can also...
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...Taylor Swift, a singer-songwriter, began her career as one of country music’s most recording artists. She has now bridged over to a pop artist. There are many positive aspects to Taylor Swift. She is nominated and wins many awards, she has good music, and she is a very down to earth person. Taylor Swift has not only been nominated for many awards, but she has also won many awards. A Grammy Award recognizes achievement in the music industry. Taylor has won seven Grammy Awards. A Billboard Music Award is given to the most popular artists in the music industry. Taylor has won twelve Billboard Awards. The annual American Music Award winners are determined by the public and fans. Taylor has also won fifteen American Music Awards and many...
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