Woodstock was a music festival thrown during a hard time in the development of the modern worlds history. Women, blacks and hippies were fighting for their right to be heard and music was one of the ways these people made that happen. All sexes, races and cultures got together at Woodstock to peacefully celebrate the music that helped shaped the world as it is today. Most people thought it would just be a bunch of hippies getting together doing drugs and causing trouble but it turned it turned out to be a vital moment in history that would never be forgotten. Barriers were broken, people were brought together and prejudices were forgotten at this event that would soon be talked about worldwide as that music festival that changed the world for the better.
To achieve this, the author expounds the purpose with various elements of ethos. First of all, when talking about the donation, the author refers to some famous people, like Bill Gates, who also has donated his money. This fact can offer the audience a strong sense of credibility and persuade them to donate, by utilizing the large Gates' influence to the American people. Secondly, the author also tries to make the facts more reliable with ethos, which can gain more confidence from the audience. When discussing the situation in Africa, he cites statistics like "transmission of the disease would be reduced by 60%
Running Head: Music of Different Cultures Music of Different Cultures Alicia Watts Grand Canyon University MUS 252 Music Appreciations September 1, 2008 Music provides the soundtrack of our lives. We listen to music to pass time, to relax, and to set a mood. However, as important as music is to our lives, we seldom treat it as a window into history. In fact, American popular music provides an index into certain fundamental historical experiences, such as slavery and immigration. Every group of Americans had its own distinctive musical traditions.
Kanye West: Rhetorical Analysis In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Kanye West appeared on a NBC telethon to raise money for the American Red Cross to help the victims of New Orleans. During the telethon, West departs from the scripted comments and gives his own opinions. The goal of his argument was to inform America of the ineffective response of government aid to help the poor black people of New Orleans. But as he goes on, it becomes more and more evident that he is trying to convince his audience of several different ideas. Although West’s emotional and passionate speech appeals to the audience’s sympathy, he makes several claims with hidden premises that make his argument seem unclear and somewhat insidious.
After performing Hajj, which all able-bodied Muslim must do, Malcolm X took a tour of Africa for a few weeks before coming back to America. Everywhere he went people loved him because he fighting for Black rights. That or they liked him because they thought he was Muhammad Ali when he was actually trying to explain that he was Muhammad Ali’s friend (Muhammad Ali was a celebrity of the Muslim
Global Organization ETH/316 October 15, 20 Global Organization In this essay the light will shine on the CARE organization and their way of improving poverty throughout the world. Poverty plays a significant role in many individuals life globally. The CARE organization tries to ease some of the poverty in countries that many are afraid to enter and countries that have faced natural disasters. “CARE is one of the world's largest private humanitarian organizations. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we're part of an international confederation of 12 member organizations committed to helping communities in the developing world achieve lasting victories over poverty (CARE, 2006, para.
That same year, he performed at President Barack Obama's inaugural celebration. At the age of 91, Seeger released the album Tomorrow's Children (2010), which he recorded with a group of students and dedicated to environmental awareness. For the album, Seeger won his third Grammy Award (for best musical album for children). In May 2012, Seeger celebrated his 93rd birthday. He continues to work as an activist, supporting such causes as international disarmament, civil rights and environmental awareness.
I noticed that it a pattern seemed to appear. I saw s folk style music be adopted by a british artist Lonnie Donegan which he turned into his own genre called skiffle. Skiffile became very popular in europe and his music swept the nation in the late 1950s. This music was the inspiration to an up and coming band which became known as the world famous Beatles. They took skiffle and turned it into rock and roll.
Kenny, a skinny quite type who was into reading and music and me somewhere in between both socially and physically. Here we were high school buddies in our mid twenties heading down to the everglades to camp out and listen to this band Phish. Phish was tapping a nerve in America at the time. It was the same nerve the grateful dead found, but with a different generation. It was the adventure that each Phish show promised that lead us and 75,000 others down to the everglades to camp
The late 1940’s had a powerful influence on the development of rock music and the vast changes in the American society. One major change in society was the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. This movement not only impacted American society but as well the reason for the division of musical taste. The impact the 40s had on rock music included instrumental, vocal, and dance styles that were popular during that time era. There were various roots in styles of music that had not been recognized by the American society.