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The most striking and surprising changes that I experienced in Sam Cooke’s transformation of “Mean Old World” The most striking and surprising changes that I experienced in Sam Cooke’s transformation of “Mean Old World” is how he effectively changes a jazz song to a pop song by simply adding more weight on the vocal expressions … Read more

What strikes you as the most unusual or surprising changes that you experience in Sam Cooke’s transformation of the song A little creative writing in this discussion. Start with some listening. Listen to the four covers of the Blues song Mean Old World, linked below. For the first three, listen carefully for the way each four-bar … Read more

Do a rhetorical analysis of either Childish Gambino’s “This is America” music video Instruction for final informal paper Please choose one of the title highlight below and watch from YouTube Do a rhetorical analysis of either Childish Gambino’s “This is America” music video or the new music video by Run the Jewels entitled “Ohh La La.” Your analysis … Read more

Why I chose Metal to be my least favorite can be drawn from my words above Based on most favorite being number 1 and least favorite being number 4. 1. Syrian pop (the sample piece is by Lena Chamamyan) 2. Pop (the sample piece is by Ed Sheeran) 3. Electro pop 4. Death Metal 2) … Read more

Trace the development of popular music from the 1920s until modern times The Roots of Pop Music Paper needs to be 6 pages double-spaced. The paper must be written completely in your own words with not quotes from the textbook or outside resources. The exception to this being a verse or lyric from the songs. … Read more