...Taylor Swift In the history of the music industry, there have been very few artists like Taylor Swift. It is extremely rare to find someone with several musical talents as well as an exceptional songwriting gift. From growing up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania to becoming one of the world’s most famous country singers, Taylor Swift has impacted the lives of many different types of people around the globe. With her parents Scott and Andrea, as well as her younger brother Austin, Swift grew up in the small Pennsylvanian town of Wyomissing. Before her interest in country music, Swift participated in a few children’s musical theater productions (Danielsen 1). One of her mentors noticed her special talent and suggested that Swift should consider pursuing a music career. Swift took up the suggestion and started getting involved with local competitions and open-mike gigs. By the age of 12, Swift began to learn the guitar on her own as well as beginning to write some of her own songs. Swift’s parents recognized Taylor’s passion for country music and decided to bring their daughter to Nashville to perform at small gigs, hoping to attract someone’s attention. Fortunately record label holder Scott Borchetta was hooked when he saw Swift perform one night at the Bluebird Cafe. At the age of 15, Taylor Swift was signed to Borchetta’s Big Machine Records . This was just the beginning of her successful music career (“Taylor Swift” 1). In August 2006, Swift released her first official...
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...Informative Speech Outline Topic: Taylor Swift Albums General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To Inform about Taylor Swift’s Albums Attention Getter: clip Thesis Statement: The success Taylor Swift has gained and accomplished through out each album she has released Main Points: I. Taylor Swift • First album released on October 24th, 2006 • 39,000 copies sold its first week • Contains 11 songs • 5 singles released: Tim McGraw, Teardrops On My Guitar, Our Song, Picture To Burn, Should’ve Said No • Later released a deluxe edition that included 3 new songs II. Fearless • Second album released on November 8th, 2008 • Sold 592,000 copies its first week • According to a listening session held by the Nashville Chapters and The Producers & Engineers Wing, Taylor mentioned Fearless was her breakthrough album • 5 singles released: Love Story, White Horse, You Belong With Me, Fifteen, and Fearless • Love Story was her first number one single to go International • Contains 13 songs • Later re-released as Fearless Platinum Edition which included 6 new songs and a DVD with her recent music videos • 7 total Grammy nominations, won 4 III. Speak Now • Released on October 25th, 2010 • Her first album to sell one million copies its first week • Contains 14 songs, deluxe edition includes 3 new songs • 6 singles released: Mine, Back To December, Mean, The Story Of Us, Sparks Fly, and Ours • 3 Grammy Nominations – won 2 • Taylor stated in an interview that she...
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...Top 5 Taylor Swift songs A Perfectly Good Heart Love Story I'm Only Me When I'm With You Enchanted Sparks Fly All Taylor Swift lyrics 22 A A Perfectly Good Heart A Place in This World All Night Diner All Night Diner All Night Diner All Too Well lyrics Am I Ready For Love Americain Boy American Girl Angelina B Baby, Don't You Break My Heart Slow Beautiful Eyes. Begin Again Being With My Baby Better Than Revenge Breathe Brought Up That Way C Can I Go With You Change check out this view Cold As You Come Back.... Be Here Come In With The Rain Crazier D Dear John Diary Of Me Didn't They Drops of Jupiter E Enchanted everything has changed Eyes Open F Fearless Fifteen Forever And Always Girl At Home Gracie H Haunted Hey Stephen Holy Groud I I Almost Do Lyrics I Heart ? I Knew You Were Trouble I'd Lie I'm Alright I'm Only Me When I'm With You If This Was A Movie Innocent Invisible Jump Then Fall Knew you were trouble L Last Kiss Long Live Love Story Lucky You M Mary's Song (Oh My, My, My) Mean Mine N Never Grow Up Nevermind lyrics No One Our Song Ours P Permanent Marker Picture To Burn Place In This World R R-E-V-E-N-G-E Red red Ronan Run S Sad Beautiful Tragic Safe and Sound Same Girl Should've Said No Smokey Black Nights Songs About You mostly know as Writing songs about you South Of Knowing Why (Drive All Night) Sparks Fly speak now Starlight State of Grace Stay Beautiful Lyrics ...
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...Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed with the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. Her third single, "Our Song," made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Hot Country Songs chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008. Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me," Fearless became the best-selling album of 2009 in the United States. The album won four Grammy Awards, making Swift the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Swift's third and fourth albums, 2010's Speak Now and 2012's Red, both sold more than one million copies within the first week of their U.S release. Speak Now's "Mean" won two Grammy Awards, while Red's singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" were worldwide hits. Swift's fifth album, the pop-focused 1989, was released in 2014 and sold more copies in its opening week than any album in the previous 12 years, making Swift the first and only act to have three albums sell more than one...
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...Without music I would be a lot more stressed out that I am. It helps so that when I am working on homework, I can ease the stress with music, when I am working out music helps get me motivated, when warming up for wrestling it gets me pumped and ready to take down my opponent. The artist that motivates me the most and has had the most impact on my life would have to be Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift’s story begins on December 13th, 1989, in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Taylor began writing songs at the age of five and when she turned fifteen she released her first album. Her grandmother was a professional opera singer so Taylor began to follow in her footsteps. She sang the Star Spangled Banner at a 76ers when she was eleven years old. Then when she was twelve she began writing songs and learned to play the guitar. She traveled to Nashville, heart and city of music, frequently. Her and her family moved to Henderson, Tennessee, in hopes of empowering and improving her musical career. When she performed at the Bluebird Cafe, Taylor Swift landed herself a deal with a record company called Scott Borchetas Big Machine Records. Taylor...
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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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...**Once you have opened this document, please remember to FILE, SAVE AS GOOGLE DOC!** My Plate Web Quest Log onto www.choosemyplate.gov * Click on "Super Tracker and Other Tools" at the top of the page. * Click on "Daily Food Plan" * Click on "Super Tracker My Plan" at the center of the page. * Click on "Create a Profile" in the upper right of the page Type in a profile name (first name or last name) Write your profile name here_____________________________________________ * Type in your age * Select gender * Select activity level (best guess) * DO NOT enter your weight or height Scroll down to register. Type in a user name Write your user name here_______________________________________________ Type in a password Write your password here________________________________________________ * Complete your hint and security question * DO NOT enter an email address * Click submit GRAIN 1. How much grain should you eat everyday? 2. How much of your daily grain should be whole grain? 3. Give two (2) examples of a whole grain (click on see more) 4. Write down two (2) "tips" that is listed under the grain group 5. List two (2) examples of what would be one (1) serving from the grain group VEGETABLE 1. How much vegetables should you eat everydayccy? 2. Write down two (2) "tips" that is listed under the vegetable group 3. Click on "see more vegetable examples" 4. What is your...
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...Commercial Analysis Extra Gum Commercial: The Story of Sarah and Juan Extra Gum released a commercial to touch the hearts of potential gum costumers. It is set up in the style of a music video to a touching love song. The video starts in a High School where are girl and guy, Sarah and Juan; meet eyes for the first time. Then Sarah offers Juan some Extra gum. The video then fast-forwards to Sarah and Juan after a date in a car and they have their first kiss. This kiss is also followed with Sarah offering Juan some gum. Then the montage quickly shows Sarah and Juan together in fall, winter, and even at Prom, after each Sarah continues to offer some Extra gum to Juan. Then as Sarah and Juan age, Extra gum seems to be a part of their life. Sarah offers Juan gum after their first fight and as she leaves to move away from him. Then as the montage emphasizes their love story and the distance now between them, it shows us something new. Now we see that Juan is drawing or writing on the Extra gum wrappers that Sarah gives him. Then when Juan visits Sarah in the city, Sarah is going to meet him. Sarah walks into a art gallery to find dozens of gum wrappers with pictures of each of the big moments in their relationship drawn on them. It appears that each time she offered him some gum, like the way they met, Juan would draw that moment on the gum wrapper and keep it. As Sarah is getting touched by the sediment, she comes upon a drawing of Juan proposing to her. In her surprise she turns...
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... Figure 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMt6TFO0zn4 Figure 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMt6TFO0zn4 The advertisement starts out right away with the popular music artist Taylor Swift as the only person in the entire commercial. The company makes a big emphasis on this and even puts her name in the commercial underneath the company name, seen in Figure 1, as if to highlight the fact that she’s in the commercial and wearing their product, even though it’s very clear who it is to the majority of the population. Cover Girl chose Taylor Swift to be the star of their commercial for a few reasons. They are targeting teenage girls, and Taylor is in that age range herself. She’s also extremely successful in her career and is an attractive young woman that a lot of girls wish they could look like or just be. By using Taylor Swift when she has all these qualities, it sends out a message to the watchers that if you use their product, you’ll be able to be like Taylor Swift. Figure 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMt6TFO0zn4 Figure 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMt6TFO0zn4 Another way this commercial really targets women is not only by having a celebrity in it, but by having that celebrity dress in glamorous clothes. In Figure 2 and Figure 3 one can see the two outfits Taylor wore throughout the entire commercial. This is a make-up commercial, so it doesn’t...
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...oaoaooaoop0pdsvb asdgcv cfcvuyasvcuyCYTsbctybSCHSUHcbSCAkashi Seijuurou via Google+2 weeks ago something that I listen everyday! I love this song.. it's part of my DNA isn't it +Minato Namikaze ? XD Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble #songoftheday #taylorswift Reply · 66 View all 12 replies Alya Amany1 week ago Fl Reply · 1 Mario Jackl3 days ago hey guys! you should check out the song SHINE YOUR LIGHT by the band BROTHERS!! I think you'd like it :) #shineyourlightbrothers Reply · Jessica Costa1 month ago THIS VIDEO IS ABOUT HARRY STYLES. THE GUY HAS A SHIP TATTOO ON HIS ARM JUST LIKE HARRY. Reply · 205 View all 89 replies Nadine Misha1 day ago Yaaa . Reply · Rory G.6 hours ago YOU ERASE REPLIES, WHY ARE YOU SO SCARED OF HARRY BEING GAY I DON´T WIN ANYTHING BY SAYING THE TRUTH BUT THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH. HOMOPHOBIC RAT, DUMB SHIT. DIE Reply · 2 Natalie Ozuanu1 month ago Is this song about Harry styles Reply · 34 View all 30 replies Fuffi Ding3 days ago +narry -_- Just because the MUSIC VIDEO came out in December doesnt mean it was WRITTEN in December. RED came out in October, the song was written a year or so ago. Its about John Mayer, I know it because Im Swiftie since 2009... Reply · 4 narry3 days ago +Elisabeth Sandmoe did you even read what i wrote Reply · 2 Jessica Ortiz1 month ago Perfect Reply · 87 View all 8 replies RealSupaHotFireVEVO6...
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...------------------------------------------------- Top of Form March 02, 2013 Tim McGraw Sees 'Two Lanes of Freedom' by Mary Morningstar Country star Tim McGraw spent the past few years battling in court to end his career-long relationship with Curb Records. McGraw is finally on a new record label with a new CD. “Two Lanes of Freedom” is McGraw’s debut album for the Nashville independent label Big Machine Records. He shares the Big Machine roster with such superstars as Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts and Trisha Yearwood. McGraw was under contract with Curb Records for 20 years. Following the release of his final album for Curb, “Emotional Traffic,” he signed with Big Machine and soon found himself being sued by his old label for breach of contract. A Nashville judge ruled in McGraw’s favor in 2012. Curb sent the case to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Two weeks after the release of “Two Lanes of Freedom,” the court signed an order denying Curb’s appeal. McGraw took a new approach in the recording studio that allowed him to make what he describes as “a pivotal album” in his career. “What I wanted to do with the record is I wanted to go in, because I’d worked with every musician on this record individually and some together as a group, but as a whole these guys had never all worked together at one time," he said. "I thought that was interesting to start with. But, I also wanted to go in and do about two weeks straight and do 10 to 14 hours a day, start in the morning and...
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...Last year on my 22nd birthday I got the best surprise in one of my favorite cities San Francisco, California. It all started with waking up to Taylor Swift’s song “I’m feeling 22” and happily dancing and singing along to the music. The weekend was already special because my younger sister was visiting from the Bay area and my Grandmother and Grandfather were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. My sister Sarah, my longtime boyfriend TJ and I started off our Sunday adventure around 7 o’clock in the morning, right after we got Starbucks of course. We were making our way from Antelope, which is in the Greater Sacramento area, to San Francisco to enjoy a day of adventuring. The journey there was full of laughter and music, along with site seeing all the beautiful scenery around. I am a frequent visitor to the City so we decided to go to the beach where we always do, right off of Ocean Beach by the Cliff House restaurant. Like we had done many times before we hiked down the cliff and walked around the old building foundations. The old structure filled with water so we walk on the cement beams around and across careful not to fall in the water with all the seagulls and seaweed. So that part is always fun and almost dangerous at the same time! We finally make our way across after helping one another on the more difficult spots but still having a great time. The next part of our journey was to a cave that ended at the ocean with rocks and waves. In the middle of the cave there...
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...unfortunately, the bias in the news often goes undetected. Good morning/afternoon Mrs Van Wyk and fellow students. I'm sure most people in this room would have some knowledge of the feud between Taylor Swift and Kanye West after the latter released his new single Famous, which included lyrics that were seen as offensive to the former. Today, I will be analysing two online news articles on this topic, both from the Sydney Morning Herald, to prove that the media's portrayal of people and issues are not necessarily balanced or accurate. The first of the two supports Kanye West, while the second...
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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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...Amanda Medina AMST101 QUIZ #1 : Popular Music “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift I choose this song because firstly, this song is one of the most popular song lately in America since the day it was released it was the #1 hit song on Billboard. For me personally, this song has a very catchy melody, where at first the band started of with an up-beat drum which could create a feelings of excitement. There are also a couple of repetition on the hook, 'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off So I think these repetition makes it easier for listeners to remember the song words, also the melody. Additionally, this song talks about a girl who’s brave, confident, happy and she doesn’t care about what people thinks on her. If we see from the lyrics, Taylor uses a different kinds of words in every new chorus which makes the song interesting and not boring. In some part of the song, she sings the melody into a slower and softer sound to show the feelings where she’s chill and just go with the flow of music she listens to, But I keep cruising.. Can't stop, won't stop moving.. It's like I got this music… In my mind, saying, "It's gonna be alright...
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