Whitney Houston Zaid Tabaza 8’5 Whitney Houston was born in August 9th, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. Whitney came from a long line of illustrious singers, for her mother, Cissy Houston, was an American gospel singer. As well cousin Dionne Warwick was also an American singer and TV-host. Finally, her godmother, Aretha Franklin, was a significant American singer and musician. Her mother was the Choir minister at “New Hope Baptist Church”. Her cousin, Dionne, is also a famous American singer, actress and TV personality, her best songs include “Walk on By” and “Heartbreaker”. Her father, John Russell Houston, was also an artist in a sense through his work as a professional theatrical manager, although he didn’t have a career in The verse ends with “And when the night falls, loneliness calls.”, which is shown in the time 0:57-1:02. Houston then continues the song with the first chorus, which is: “Oh! I wanna dance with somebody…with somebody who loves me”, which is shown specifically at the moment 1:07. The song continues with one more verse and one more chorus, and is then followed by a bridge, which starts with “Somebody who, somebody who”, which is shown specifically at the time 2:57. The bridge ends with “My lonely heart calls”, at the time 3:12. The song closes with an outro, which starts with “Dance”, at the time 3:57, and ends with “With somebody who loves me” at the time 4:32. The specific timing for each of the verses and choruses is shown in the table below. This song also embodies the characteristic of suitability for a broad audience, for the song is aimed at an audience of all people from various nationalities and cultures, as it is a song that everybody enjoys. In addition, the choruses in the song contrast with the verses, which is a significantly essential feature to have in a pop song. Verse, Chorus, Bridge or Outro Lyrics Timings Verse 1 Clock strikes upon the Throughout her recordings, the directors and editors had used multiple techniques of technology, such as image compositing. Image compositing is the process where computer applications and technology was used to digitally assemble several images in order to create a final image. An example on that is shown in the picture below. This image has been taken from a section in Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”. Moreover, the editors in the music videos used subtle lighting techniques, such as background lighting; this is where a light is situated behind a singer or actor to separate him or her from the background. In addition, with the rapidly paced development of cameras, the photographer Houston had worked with used high quality videotapes and portable cameras of significantly high definition in order to produce appealing videos. This was evident in an interview where Whitney had discussed the production process of her videos. She was quoted saying: “We got together in the studio and I used the technology that was available to me and took that technology to make something fresh and unique.” Usually, in her videos, the instruments used and played were the piano, the trombone, the trumpet, the violin, the cello, the viola and the bass. The piano is regarded as an instrument in the percussion family. Meanwhile, the bass,
Over the years, Bryan made and grew friendships that would be essential in his walk towards musical legendry. His childhood best friend, Blue Note Records recording artist and jazz pianist, Robert Glasper, broadened his musical horizons further; introducing him to legendary jazz acts such as Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett. In high school, he met Greg Curtis, a producer who would become his mentor and give him his introduction to music technology. In college, he moved to Atlanta, GA and attended Clark-Atlanta University where he was discovered by Chris Hicks, a record executive and partner at Noontime Records would become his manager. It is through Hicks that Bryan was given an internship at Noontime Records, where he would go on to nurture his musical talents and in 1999 at the age of 21, earn his first production credit with the song "Get Done" by Houston based band, Ideal. While interning at Noontime, Bryan met two more people who forever shape him in his musical journey; Jermaine Dupri and Sam Thomas.
It’s no question that Janet Jackson is one of the most iconic and influential artist of all time. She has sold over 100 million albums; her tours have had some the highest selling debuts of all time, not to mention the chart topping hits she has created over the past 30 years. Janet’s presence alone is iconic. She has left an unforgettable impression on the music industry as a whole. Her music has affected fans and music lovers all around the world. Her influence is simply not a question it is a salutation to a musical icon that has embedded her legacy into musical history.
Whitney Houston was born in August 9th, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. Whitney came from a long line of illustrious singers, for her mother, Cissy Houston, was an American gospel singer. Her mother was the Choir minister at “New Hope Baptist Church”. As well, her cousin Dionne Warwick was also an American singer and TV-host, her best songs include “Walk on By” and “Heartbreaker”. Finally, her godmother, Aretha Franklin, was an accomplished American singer and musician. Her father, John Russell Houston, was also an artist in a sense through his work as a professional theatrical manager, although he didn’t have a career in singing.
In mm. 47-50 another Mahlerian technique which is used throughout the movement can be seen. The clarinets in A and the violas play the 4-note motif. Mahler assigns different combinations of instruments to play simultaneously either the identical music (for example in mm. 58-61, the flutes and the violins) or the same rhythmic motif but with different notes.
This variation is to be set up around several different high traffic areas of the Paris Las Vegas, the first of which is the check-in and reception area of the hotel. Two dancing couples will be dressed in bellhop-themed costuming and will perform several dance numbers, including a scin...
Whitney Houston is considered as one of the greatest singers of our generation. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, she holds the record of being the most rewarded female artist of all time. I chose her as my topic, because she represents resiliency and tenacity, despite her troubled experiences with drugs and her personal life. Whitney Houston comes from a family with an amazing, musical pedigree; her mother, Cissy Houston, was a successful back-up singer for Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley. Dionne Warwick is her first cousin and Aretha Franklin is her godmother. In 1983, Houston was signed to Arista Records and music executive, Clive Davis, became her mentor and helped launch her successful career. Whitney Houston was known as the innocent, girl-next-door, who promoted positivity and love within her professional career. Houston's good-girl image was shattered, when she married R&B bad boy, Bobby Brown in 1992. Towards the late 90's, it was rumored that she was using drugs and she looked very thin. In 2006, Houston divorced Bobby Brown and entered into rehab, to end her addiction to cocaine and other drugs. The world was happy to see her healthy and singing again; everyone thought she had made a full recovery and was ready for her to appear back into the spotlight. Tragically, on February 11, 2012, Whitney Houston was found dead in her Beverly Hills hotel, she was 48 years old. Her mother, Cissy Houston, has written a book about her daughter's life, entitled: Remembering Whitney, which depicts the rise and fall of the tragic singer's life.
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Lena decided to head out to Hollywood and see what she could do out there. She began singing in the Trocadero Club where she met one of the most influential people in her life: Billy Strayhom. Billy Strayhom was the chief music-writer for Duke Ellington. Lena has always felt that she and he were soul mates, d...
Aretha was born into a family that attended a Baptist church, with her father named, C.L Franklin, who was a Baptist preacher and gospel singer. Her mother was also a gospel singer and somehow there came to be reports that her mother had abandoned Aretha and her siblings, but she claims it to be all a lie (“CNN”). She was the fourth of five children, and lost her mother in 1952, a few years after her parents had gotten divorced.
things that were going on in the world unlike rappers in this generation. He will forever be remembered. Whitney Houston was one of the biggest female pop stars of all time. She was born August 9, 1963 and she passed away February 11, 2012. Her most famous song is called “I Will Always Love You.” It’s also written on her grave. Her death was also tragic. She was...
The two songs which shall be scrutinized shall be Roxanne. Originally released in 1978, it was performed by ‘The Police’. The cover version El Tango de Roxanne was rearranged by Mariano Mores in Moulin Rouge, 2001.
“Who has the biggest dick in the music industry?” Andy Cohen asks Nicki Minaj during his show Watch What Happens Live. The question seems to catch her off-guard, but she keeps her poise and answers that she has not seen anyone’s penis in the music industry. She also notes that she has seen the same penis for ten years. Minaj says that is all she will reveal about the subject. From the outside, it seems like just a silly interview question that should not be taken seriously. However, when analyzing the fact that the American tv show host Andy Cohen is a white male and Nicki Minaj is a black female the vulgarity of the question starts to seem very intentional. The rapper Nicki Minaj is known in the music industry for having a very voluptuous
Dr. Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis Missouri. Angelou was raised in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. In Stamps she was faced with the brutality of racial discrimination, and a very traumatic incident where she, she was raped by her mother's boyfriend when she was eight, but because of this she also developed an unshakable faith and values of traditional African-American family. (Angelou)This shaped her poetry and her involvement in the arts. Where she began to sing and dance and planned to audition in professional theater but that didn’t work out well because she began working as a nightclub waitress, tangled with drugs and prostitution and danced in a strip club. In 1959, she moved to New York, became friends with prominent Harlem writers, and got involved with the civil rights movement. In 1961, she moved to Egypt with a boyfriend and edited for the Arab Observer. When she returned to the U.S., she began publishing her multivolume autobiography, starting with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as well as several books of poetry and the third being Still I Rise in published in 1978. (Maya Angelou is born) Because of this life of hardship shaped her to who she is and was the inspiration for a lot of her poetry.
At the beginning of the song, there was rhythmic breathing in the music, and a single spotlight in the left corner of the dark stage was placed on the group of dancers in a huddled pile on the floor. Before each before each breath exhaled in the song, all of the dancers moved around in a circular formation. Slowly, they formed the huddled pile on the group after they heard the breathing. As the dancers started to separated, a couple of people elegantly elongated parts of their body, such as gracefully kicking a leg in the air or reaching their arms to the ceiling. On each breath one dancer moved herself away from the group, and another girl strayed away as well until every dancer is spread out across the stage. The dancers continued to dance
...r very uncomfortable. Then someone else who died for the truth was placed in there with her. In the second stanza the man tells the woman that they are both the same. He tells her that they are family. In the last stanza, it says they met each other every night to talk and comforted each other. When Dickinson writes, “Until the moss had reached our lips, / And covered up our names” (11-12) it meant that they have come to terms with death and have passed on.