Essays on Dance Music

Analysis of Sustainability of Tomorrowland Event

Analysis of Sustainability of Tomorrowland Event

Introduction and Context

The focus of this report is about sustainable event management. It aims to look at a major event and the sustainability policy of that event. The report briefly analyses the policy versus its actual implementation in real-life. The report reviews the earlier literature about sustainable event management. It examines the various theories related to corporate social responsibility and ISO 20121, which is the international standard for sustainable event management. The report then relates the findings at the present event to the sustainability theory. The report then presents the conclusions.

Tomorrowland is an electronic ...

The Greek philosopher Aristotle first led the discussions on the concept of genre in order to create a distinction between multiple works of text based upon their common characteristics. The word itself is a Latin derivative of genus. It implies a sense of definition that can be stated in common English as ‘the like of’. The word genre has went on to include a vast number of different types of text, music and visual medium since the ancient Greek empire. Specific words such as drama, essay, commentary, news etc. are now used to identify the specific nature of a ...

Electronic Dance Music festivals did not start off as it looks and feels today. Electronic Dance Music first began as an underground rave movement and were mostly small private affairs. The locations were often kept secret and were held in large, abandoned warehouses or any large, free and open space. What was underground in the 1980’s soon became a legitimate and huge music scene in the late 1990’s and 2000’s. This was a result of the change in nature of the genre as well as the possible revenues it could generate when legitimized. These new festivals ...

[Dissertation: Music]

Chapter 1: Introduction: Advances in technological innovation and affordability has revolutionised many aspects of modern society. Perhaps nowhere is this more observable within the entertainment industry than for electronic music. The later part of the 1980s witnessed a boom in the creation of a vast array of original sub-genres; where many pioneers developed and honed new techniques, making extensive usage of new technologies and affordable studio equipment on offer (source?). In the United Kingdom (UK) two such genres that were initially developed during this period were ‘Drum and Bass’ and ‘Jungle’. For these styles of music, an ...

Known as the ‘Sun King’ due to his performance in Le Ballet de la Nuit or ‘The Ballet of the Night,’ he also established the first ballet school in the world. Academie Royale de Danse, or ‘Royal Academy of Dance’, was founded in 1661. The school is acclaimed for the development of the five basic foot positions of the ballet which was formed by Pierre Beauchamps, one of the teachers in the school. Jean-Baptiste Lully, an Italian-born opera composer, ‘transformed opera into a French art under the royal patronage of Louis XIV.’Lully integrated Italian styles into French opera ...

Music is a reflection of the soul. When we are sad, we turn on some ballad and it seems that music empathizes and supports us, makes it possible to throw out all our emotions and make the right decision. Music relieves loneliness and adds confidence. It fills us with energy and sets the rhythm of life. Music is always with us. Each event is reflected in the music: with music, people confess their love and celebrate holidays. Heartfelt music is folk. It transmits all joy and tears of people. We understand everything it wants to tell us, regardless of age ...

It was my first night in Ireland. Surrounded by trees of green and some of the friendliest people I have ever encountered, I had been told I needed to hear the most traditional Irish music. Passing through the busy streets of Dublin, I was anxiously excited to see one of the most famous shows - “Celtic Nights” held at one of the most popular pubs. Tickets to the show included a traditional Irish dinner as well, which included a pint of Guinness, beef tips in Guinness gravy, garlic mashed potatoes with onion straws, and then a sample dessert platter. Although the dinner ...

Introduction

Electronic dance music also known as dance music, EDM, or club music refers to a series of percussive electronic genres of music produced specifically for environment centered for entertainment purposes. The environments include the nightclubs and dance halls. The electronic dance music employs the use of disc jockeys produces with the core intention of being continuously heard in the natural context of a DJ set. The DJ mixes progressively one record to another using a synchronized mix/segue. Electronic dance music is classifiable under different genres that include techno, UK garage, dubstep, and electro house among other genres. These genes have played a great ...

There were no popular song musicians before the Pittsburg’s Stephen Foster revolution in 1848 when his song "Oh! Susanna" gained exceptional popularity. The songs sung by Foster and his peers were the sentinel parlor songs. These songs were performed in the musical shows, and entailed theatre productions that involved singing coupled with comic performance and dancing. Such type of songs attracted popular audiences. Tin Pan Alley songs emerged during the mid-1980s. Besides the youth, these musical compositions targeted the middle-aged and the old. Alley songs were therefore adult-oriented providing guidance to the young and reassuring the middle-aged ...

The Girl’s Generation are a group of nine Korean idols who are currently shaking the pop industry through their album. The most reverberating and entertaining hit is the song “I Got a Boy.” It shall be the subject of this paper. Indeed, one may rightly posit that the popularity of the song is only second to “Gangnam Style” which is not surprisingly also Korean in origin. It is the paper’s contention that the multi genre approach and the inclusion of fashion in the presentation is responsible for its international acclaim and perhaps specifically in America. The release of the ...

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House and techno music has inspired a new culture and set of traditions and beliefs for the young people of today; similar to the way traditional religions such as Judaism, Islam and Christianity have for the lives of many individuals. So what is it that constitutes these traditional religions as ‘formal’ religions and not electronic music? One continually asks oneself this question accordingly and the answer is perhaps not as clear as one would think.

Through personal experience, song lyrics and the works of several scholars, The Religious Dynamics of Electronic Music” will analyze and evaluate electronic music and how ...