The Influence of Beck
One of the most eccentric and talented performed of my time is definitely Beck. I have followed Beck since my young teen years and have found that his music has followed me in every aspect of my life. This soundtrack of my being has become so influential that I look forward to every album as a step in the next direction of my days.
Bek David Campbell was born July 8, 1970, in Los Angeles, and came from an exceptionally sturdy music background. His father David Campbell, was a conductor and string arranger giving Beck his strong musical background. His mother, Bibbe Hansen, was an actress who went as far as to work with such artists as Andy Warhol. Also, his grandfather, Al Hansen, was involved with the Fluxus art movement and was best known for launching the career of Yoko Ono.
Beck grew up mostly in Los Angeles, also spending some time in Europe and in the Kansas City area with both of his sets of grandparents. A seemingly bad decision to drop out of school in tenth grade led to Beck’s early career as a street performer playing acoustic blues and folk music, as well as trying his hand in the poetry. In 1988, he produced a cassette of home recordings called The Banjo Story, which led to his move to New York in 1989. He soon returned to L.A. to find his calling at rock clubs by playing a few songs in between the regular sets.
In 1991, Bong Load Records discovered Beck. The label gave him the idea to mix his eccentric style with hip-hop beats creating the infamous Loser single. This was my first encounter with Beck’s music. I was a young teen that was into the grunge movement by the likes of Kurt Cobain and found the tunes on Mellow Gold, the CD that contain the “Loser” single, to be amazing. I soon found myself buying a yard sale guitar and teaching myself how to play and mimic Beck’s every move on the folk axe.
While I was busy enjoying these sweet sounds, Beck's major-label debut, Mellow Gold, was becoming the “anthem for the so-called slacker generation”. It quickly climbed into the Top 20 and eventually went platinum. He quickly signed to DGC, the David Geffin Recording Company, and put out two more independent albums Stereopathetic Soul Manure, which consisted of lo-fi noise rock and One Foot in the Grave, material from Beck's 1992 session for K Records.
Born on December 1, 1977 in Miami, FL, Bryan's first musical influence was his mother, Pamela Cox, an instrumentalist who played the flute. It was her love and passion for the art that gave him his first taste of the music scene. "My mother would buy music instead of food when I was little. We would spend her entire paycheck at the record store." (Cox, 2008) At the age of seven, Bryan unveiled to his mother his musical aspirations and she began to prepare him for an eventual life and career in the field of music. She later moved the two of them to Houston, TX where she enrolled Bryan into the High School for the Performing Arts. While in his senior year, Bryan met then Freshman, Beyoncé Knowles, and young and talented girl who would later grow up to be worldwide megastar. It is with Beyoncé that Bryan created his first demo tape and with a budding nod of approval from Beyoncé's father, Matthew Knowles, Bryan set out on his musical path.
There are certain musicians that come along that shift a culture, attitude, or future musicians. Another musician that went on influence future generations and considered one of the greatest guitar players in the world is Eddie Van Halen.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven are very famous past composers that have created many pieces that have influenced not just people of their time, but people in modern times as well.
Billy Joel was born on May 9, 1949 in Bronx, New York. He moved at the age of four to a small town on Long Island. This is where at the ripe age of four he discovered the art of music. Originally a classical music fan, Billy Joel honed his skills with classical piano training. This undoubtedly has had a major influence on his life and certainly his music. Growing up Joel was a big fan of such greats as Ray Charles, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Otis Reading. He was greatly persuaded into a career of music when he saw the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show. Amusingly Joel's first band was inspired by the uncanny opportunity to meet girls. The band was called The Echoes, but this was not the best of times for Joel because his parents were involved in a messy divorce, which included serious financial shortcomings. Joel even began working professional music gigs at night to help support his mother. Joel's schoolwork suffered a little and he began missing school way too often. He was subsequently not allowed to graduate with his high school class due to the number of absences. After high school Joel immediately joined a very popular band called The Hassels for which he recorded two albums with. Within two years Joel was on to a new band which he named Attila, and featured heavy metal drummer Jon Small who he played with during his time with The Hassels. Despite the previous release of two albums Joel still needed to bring in more money so he worked many music related jobs and gigs. He even wrote a rock and roll criticism piece in a weekly column for a magazine.
My favorite musician is Donald Glover because he is a very good artist and is very influential when he sings/raps. We will go through his background before he became a widely known artist, his influences on the world through his music, how he perceived in the public today and interesting facts about him and his career.
Classical music can be best summed by Mr. Dan Romano who said, “Music is the hardest kind of art. It doesn't hang up on a wall and wait to be stared at and enjoyed by passersby. It's communication. Its hours and hours being put into a work of art that may only last, in reality, for a few moments...but if done well and truly appreciated, it lasts in our hearts forever. That's art, speaking with your heart to the hearts of others.” Starting at a young age Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven have done just that with their musical compositions. Both musical composers changed the world of music and captivated the hearts of many. Their love of composing shared many similar traits, though their musical styles were much different.
“Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong. Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. This morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island.” (Roosevelt 1). The attack on Pearl Harbor marked the United States’s entry into World War II. World War II is remembered for the devastation of millions of people’s lives; concentration camps, mistreatment, and Adolf Hitler come to mind. But rarely talked about is the effects on Japanese American lives. We condemn the Nazi Third Reich for their attempts to exterminate the Jewish population, but we fail to account for the fact that here in the United States we similarly rounded up an entire ethnic population and herded them into camps like animals. The reality is, the fear of Japanese Americans was probably more race related than founded in any credible fear. Directly after the attack of Pearl Harbor things changed immediately for everyone, especially Japanese Americans. Gradually Japanese Americans on the West coast
As many people know, Kurt Cobain was lead singer and guitar player for the grunge band, Nirvana (Russomanno, Tony). There is truth behind the lyrics and tone of Cobain’s music. It takes people into the depths of what was really occurring behind closed doors. Cobain struggled with many adversities such as heroin, chronic stomach pains, drinking, and pills (Cobain, Kurt). Cobain, however; he did not deal with his adversities well. He was actually unable to ever overcome them.
During World War II, Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor resulting in much destruction and casualties. This event occurred on December 7, 1941. Out of safety for the country and racial discrimination, the US government had sent Japanese people (who lived in the US) to internment camps. Even before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the US still were wary about Japanese people in America because of the country’s involvement in the war on the side of the Axis Powers. It is stated in the Munson Report delivered in November 7, 1941 that “There will undoubtedly be some sabotage financed by Japan…” The reason of wanting to be safe from danger is credible because this was a month before Pearl Harbor, before Americans were filled with emotions from the deaths that have occurred. Their thoughts before the attack is more rational and reliable. By putting people of Japanese descent in internment camps, it was thought by the US that the country would be protected from danger. “But when under conditions of modern warfare, our shores are threatened by hostile forces, the power to protect must be commensurate with threatened danger…” This statement was said by the court in the Korematsu Supreme Court Ruling in 1944 with the purpose to justify internment with the state of America in the war. It was explained that internment was necessary in times of war, that the restriction of Americans rights is needed to keep America safe. National security was a priority over the
The self titled Foo Fighters album released July 4, 1995, acts as a continuation and evolution of the grunge rock atmosphere in which it was released. Written and performed almost entirely by Dave Grohl, with one guest performance by Greg Dulli on “X-Static”, the album acts as a response and homage to the death of Grohl’s former band mate Kurt Cobain (Keyes). With many of the songs written while in Nirvana, Foo Fighters shares many attributes with the songs of Grohl’s former band (Erlewine). The album was recorded by Grohl in one week and subsequently circulated on a mere cassette tapes for feedback (Erlewine). It was only when these tapes began drawing attention from record labels that Grohl signed with Capitol Records and solidified the
Some elements of the film are exciting as it includes never seen intimate footage along with unreleased work which includes a 12 minute acoustic track. The most striking part of this film, is whereby Brett Morgen uses audio recordings that Kurt Cobain made himself to coincide with an animation story taking us through Kurt’s early life and transition to fame. Brett Morgen was granted a wide variety of material to use for this film and it could not have been depicted better.
David Leavitt was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 23, 1961, the son of Harold Jack Leavitt and Gloria Rosenthal Leavitt. David was raised in Palo Alto, California after his family moved there. David also had 2 other siblings, a brother, John, and a sister, Emily. (David Leavitt Biography, 2015) The early years of his life were a bit nomadic. The family had to move frequently, following the course of his father’s career. His father, Harold, taught at Rensselear, then at the University of Chicago. It was in Chicago that his brother and sister were born. Afterwards the family then moved to Pittsburgh so his father could teach at Carnegie-Mellon. David was born here in 1961. When David was a toddler about 4 or 5 years old, his father Harold, then took a position at the Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. (Leavitt, n.d.) It was in Palo Alto where David spent most of his childhood.
Video games contain information that would help educate students, as well as providing a relief and also the changes involving games help students. There are people who simply think games are a distraction and others that may think that video games are poisoning the minds of children. But the field of video games is an evolving field, and we can utilize it to better equip students with skills like problem-solving and priority management. These skills are integral to a student’s success in the future, and we can help them learn them through something they love doing:
In my home of Colorado Springs where we receive over 300 days of sunlight a year, this region is a prime candidate for implementing solar energy. Switching to solar energy can also be regulated by the state, bringing job opportunities to the region and revitalizing our local economy. With solar energy we will be able to improve the productivity of our community while conserving the environment. Many residents in my community support renewable energy and I believe that this would be a great region to begin a change in energy supply.
Initial studies have found that video games hold the potential for teachers and trainers to reach out to their students and provide a better understanding of the coursework (Anyaegbu, Wei, & Yi, 2012). This study’s rational examines how this could be used to benefit learning environments and the barriers toward their implementation. These questions arise because there is a need to understand the reasons for the hesitation of the implementation of video games in an educational system and to examine the benefits of this type of