The origins of Coachella date to 1993 with Pearl Jam performing at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Pearl Jam’s concert demonstrated and legitimized the potential for larger events to be held at that venue.Almost twenty years later and the Coachella Music Festival is still flourishing with ticket sales in 2015 alone generating $84 million. Since the inaugural Coachella, it has been held every year for two consecutive weekends except 2000. In 1999, around 25,000 fans attended the festival and since then, Coachella’s attendance has steadily increased from 25,000 fans in 1999 to 125,000 fans in 2017. The demographics of Coachella are diverse because the festival atmosphere and variety of music allows multiple demographics to overlap and co-exist. “Embracing diversity: Wide variety of genres and artists from Madonna to Paul McCartney, Hip Hop to Rock – There’s …show more content…
Without the development of certain genres of music such as EDM, Rock, and Hip-Hop Coachella might not be anywhere near as big as it is today. The current focus of the millennial generation and the Z generation is social media. Social media has become a large part of people’s lives and the impact that social media has had on Coachella is remarkable. If you google #coachella, the first search that comes up is the link to every instagram post relating to Coachella. In total there are 3.1 million posts alone on Instagram relating to Coachella. Social media has created this culture of FOMO, AKA: fear of missing out. The more posts people see on Instagram or Twitter of people at Coachella having “the best time ever” the more they want to share in the experience. No one likes checking Instagram and seeing a huge group photo of their friends without him or her in it. This social construct causes people to buy tickets to Coachella without even knowing the line-up solely because Coachella has created a social culture around the
In closing, the undoubtable influence of music, more specifically of Rock ‘n’ Roll on American society is responsible for a number of changes to the status quo. These range from sexual liberation and racial desegregation all culminating with other influences to create an intergenerational identity. Despite the desperate attempts of older generations to smother these influences, these changes ultimately shaped the years that followed, molding the country into what it is today. Along the way these changes as well as individual involvement in them has also eased the lives of many through empowerment and a feeling of community and purpose. Despite a lull and renewal Rock ‘n’ Roll continues to serve as an agent of influence and change in today’s youth culture and continues to burn in the heart of past generations of loyal fans.
...Maine. More than 80,000 fans show up to these events. These events are usually the cause of huge traffic jams and a three day party. People come from all over the world just to experience the sense of community, as well as the intriguing music.
William Mason Grosvenor believes that Reconstruction should be harsh. Grosvenor has two main arguments to support this belief, manifest destiny and the potential for the reoccurrence of a similar event to the war if Reconstruction was carried out in a lenient manner. Grosvenor argues that the country, pre-Civil War, was never truly a single unified country, but rather a group of peoples with vastly different values held together by a constitution which they had outgrown, saying, “[n]o chemical union had ever taken place; for that the white-hot crucible of civil war was found necessary.” Furthermore, Grosvenor believes that the succession of the South demonstrated this divide while simultaneously violating the doctrine of manifest destiny through
As soon as I walked in, I realized that it has totally different atmosphere from what my expectations were for the music concerts. Unlike all the other concerts I attended, this concert intended for small audience, probably around a hundred people. Also, this jazz concert seemed very relaxed and comfortable. Most of people were dressed very casual, wearing jeans and shirts. But the musicians were dressed in suit, which seemed quite awkward to me. There was a good diverse group of people, from young children to senior citizens. There was also a pretty even mix of different cultures, too.
The event I attended was “An Evening of Jazz” concert held at the Fine Arts Hall on November 17 at 7:30 p.m. The performing groups were The Santa Fe Rhythm and Blues Review, The Santa Fe Jazz Combo, and Santa Fe Big Band. The event was to for me to understand, experience Jazz music and know the instruments used.
Have you ever wondered about how did Woodstock change how we look at a concert?Well i am going to tell you a little about how it did. Drug usage at Woodstock changed how we look at concerts. First, “every concert that people go to some people try to sneak in drugs.”Therefore, People try to do drugs outside and inside the concert.. Also, when people here that there is a concert they always think that they are going to bring drugs there. “According to History.com people sold drugs and smoked drugs all the way throughout the concert.” To explain, the people at Woodstock basically got to do whatever they wanted there. The people were happy that they could get
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Some could say dance events are just as fun sober as they are on something. Some could say substances enhance an individual’s festival experience. Either of these opinions could be right, but what remains a fact is that substances are indeed, in one way or another, deeply involved with music. It is not because of the music itself, however influential it may seem, but rather the choice of fans that has caused this. Everyone wants to have a great experience at a music festival. If they are offered a greater experience, then of course they will be open-minded. Although substances may be an experience for some, they may be the divider between life and death for others. From alcohol poisoning at Toby Keith shows and meth use at Metallica concerts, substance abuse has proven to be something widespread and dangerous throughout music festivals (Baca, par. 8). Society can make substances a taboo, say ...
Jazz is a music genre that is very rich in culture which is why I decided to attend a Jazz concert. This was my first Jazz event I had ever been to. I went to see the band The Chairman and the Board. This was a blues swing band. Having been to other concerts, I was expecting something similar as far as atmosphere and crowd. I was proved very wrong as this concert defied all my expectations and was in a whole different field as far as life entertainment goes. The first thing I noticed right off the bat was the audience. The age range of this audience was mainly 40-70. I definitely felt like the odd man out when I was there. It did get me thinking though, why was this audience so much older? I looked into the era of when most of those people
Social Media influences what music we listen to. In the past people used to listen to songs that had meaning behind them, and it was because they personally enjoyed the music. For example “ Go back in time a few decades, to the 60s, 70s, and 80s… Many of the bands of the past wrote music that had real depth to it. Their lyrics were meaningful.”- states GiannaA. In today’s society
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The environment was quite welcoming, and people felt comfortable with each other. This allowed for the audience to fully enjoy the music without any disruptions. Another factor that made me enjoy the jazz festival was the feel-good music that was played at the festival which served to encourage the audience to get up and dance. Thus, diversification is a significant lesson to grasp when observing music because all music has different origin from another genre and acknowledging this gives the person to become more diverse as an individual.
First off, I must say that I completely agree with Charlie Albright and the opinions he stated in his article for CNN titled “Classical music is dying… and that’s the best thing for classical music”. The author makes the claim that these newly found rules of concert etiquette could be accredited to the downfall of classical music for today’s youth. As a frequent concertgoer, I can definitely relate to those thoughts. When I go to a concert I don’t want an imaginary set of rules to dictate how I enjoy the show that I paid for. Concerts are meant to showcase talents and to create a live music experience that allows you to escape the world for a while. You go to a concert to see talented musicians play their music and create a unique show
Social media avenues are a new, upcoming, and popular way to advertise for businesses and for people to connect to each other. Alexis Ohanian once said that "Being effective at social media, whether for business or personal use, means capturing people who have short attention spans. They 're only a click away from a picture of a funny cat, so you have to make your thing more compelling than that cat. And that can be a high bar." (Ohanian) Powerful usage of social media can have a big impact.
Social media is a controversy topic in today’s society. Some people think that social media destroys human interaction and real life human relationships. While others think that social media is a bless to humanity. Social media makes human interaction much more convenient and much faster than real life human interaction, it makes globalization a reality, it gives a chance for introverted people to express themselves, and it also benefit develop international relationships whether its business or social.