humanity
Humanity topics include pieces on the real lives of music professionals, amateurs, inspiring students, celebrities, lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories in the music sphere.
The Effect of Music On A Woman's Worth
The song, “Hit Me Baby” by Britney Spears marked the encouragement of stereotypically sexualized personas among young girls and women. Apuke, Jigem, and Lingbuin (2019), stated that research has shown a significant rise and development of music videos due to its enormous appeal to express a variety of emotions, ideas, and feelings. Meanwhile, there is an increasing concern about the negative impact of music on the perception of women in society including its misogynistic connotation of women. Sexuality in music videos has become more intense and more frequent and women face a constant reminder of images informing them who they should be, what they need to resemble, and how they are expected to act.
By Cozy Queen A’da6 years ago in Beat
Legendary Poetry
The DJ A tribute to KCLB DJ “TK” I remember my first radio and the stations that I used to listen to on the AM band. My favorite station was a station called KLOS in Los Angeles. I was only 14 at the time but it was a magical time of rock music with bands that would transform rock and roll music forever. Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, Queen, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Jethro Tull, the Allman Brother’s band, the Ramones, The Clash, The Doors, Creedence Clearwater, ZZ Top, Yes, KISS, Rush (my personal favorite in this era), Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Journey, Thin Lizzy, King Crimson, The Kinks, Styx, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Doobie Brothers, Foreigner, The Moody Blues, Bad Company, Electric Light Orchestra, Steve Miller Band, T. Rex, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, Steely Dan, Mott the Hoople, The Talking Heads, The Byrds, Boston, Cheap Trick, and many other bands and one hit wonders that went by the wayside.
By Legend Gilchrist6 years ago in Beat
My Song Bird History
I remember as a little girl singing with my family. I remember the sounds of the piano, the hard boom from the bass and the sweet melodies from the guitar as I and my sisters sung back up to my mother. We were and we are still a happy family yet as a kid I endured so much pain and heartache. Music for me was like falling in love everyday, since none of the relationships I involved myself in were healthy or secure. As I grew older music for me was a release from my addiction that burden me.
By Jontal Malone6 years ago in Beat
Music is The Magic
In the short time I've been on this planet I have listened to and absorbed over 500,000 songs by Artists from 4 decades of Pop Culture. I've made some headway in my quest to improve on guitar and completed enough music to consider myself active as a music maker. There is no trophy, no grammy, no oscar or other award on my mantel over the fireplace or next to the flat panel screen or iMac. There is just great memories.
By James Walsh: Guitar@Bristol Kids Band6 years ago in Beat
ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS
Where do I begin?I would say when rock and roll first came into my life...circa 1955, I was 9 years old...until then I listened to mum and dad's collection of LP's which I sorta liked a bit...They liked Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby etc and while I didn't mind a few the rest I found uninteresting.....Then it happened, I was listening to our big valve radio in our lounge room waiting for the serials to start, when I heard "ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK" ....Wow, I thought that is fantastic..To me it sounded like Benny Goodman on steroids. I lived in Brisbane and I suppose we were the last major city to 'get with it'...I can't remember which radio station was first to play rock, but I thought blow my serials as I hunted the dial for more of the same...
By Thor Eriksen6 years ago in Beat
FLETCHER, “Forever”
Friday the 13th, March 2020 - which just so happens to be the day after my birthday - FLETCHER released a new single and music video. Now, I love FLETCHER’s music; I got hooked the first time I heard “Undrunk” on the radio, but there is something particularly special about this song.
By Alandra Barker6 years ago in Beat
Shelter In Place
The Soulful Vocals There are hundreds of singers out there, but what makes Tamara stand out are her soulful vocals. Her voice is like music to the ears. Her tunes catch every beat of the heart, and her songs simply make you feel that they were written for you only.
By Tamara L. Wilson6 years ago in Beat
James Brown: Bach of the 20th century
What happens when a musical genius is not nurtured, neglected a classical education, raised in abject poverty by someone other than his biological parents, criminally inclined, chemically altered, and battered by tragic circumstance? You get a man whose music was able to nurture not one genre but four, feed the creativity of four generations of musicians, provide a comfortable life for himself and his family, politically charge a nation, and rise out of bleak obscurity to become known as The Godfather of Soul. James Brown lived a full and tumultuous life, one that mirrors his era, and reflects the struggle of the African-American male in the twentieth century. Brown’s songs examine the pain and realism found in living as a black man in the United States during a time when the status quo of segregation was being challenged. His songs “It’s A Man’s World”, “Say It Loud”, and “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” became the anthems of the poor man, the black man, the lover and the fighter.
By Antonio Jacobs6 years ago in Beat
How has music helped me?
Since I was a little girl, I always have been attracted to music. When I'm sad, angry, happy, or need time to think, I listen to music. I was born in Puerto Rico, which, of course, means I'm Hispanic. Proud to be Hispanic, by the way. It all started when I was around five or six years old, and my mother used to collect CDs and cassettes—what a memory. Mother was born and raised in New York, so she is very fluent in English, not like me that struggles sometimes. She used to collect CDs of Mariah Carey, Shakira, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, and others. One day I went to my parent's room, and I found a CD; it looked brand new. Probably she hid it from me since I always would make her play the ones that were in the living room. Bingo! It was Celine Dion, mind you that I didn't know any English or I was aware of what kind of music I was hearing. All I knew was that I enjoyed it, and had a lot of fun.
By Brendaliz Colon6 years ago in Beat
