Essays on Sounding

The piece of music we were supposed to listen to is “Youth without youth” by a Great Argentinean composer Osvaldo Golijov written for a beautiful and insightful movie with the same name (Dhaine and Soriano 109-121). As far as the style of the music is concerned, I may suppose that this one resembles classical symphonic music with some inclusions of Latin American instrumentals. The music itself is the sheer expression of romantic. However, it is not about that frivolous and easy-going love. It implies tough and troubled matter of romantic relationships between a man and a woman. That is ...

1 - Steve Eckels This music makes me feel relaxed and calm, as the melody is the embodiment of patience. It is very monotonous and tranquil, but there is not a feeling of being bored while listening to the music. The man uses rapid musical transitions changing the tempo, which makes the music colorful and bright. 2 - New Big Sky Singers It is so dynamic that I cannot sit in one place. The rhythm is mixed, so the sounding is very unusual. The music makes me feel so vital, as if I am full of unquenchable energy. 3 ...

Producer, rapper, musician, designer – all these are different shades of one person, whose name is Kanye West. We believe that the contribution of Mr. West to the African American Renaissance culture cannot be overestimated as he completely changed the approach to making the hip-hop music and made the audience of people, who listen to hip-hop, far wider thanks to the diversity of the sounding in his songs. Also, he looked at the new role of African Americans in society and their image, showing that African American rappers are not gangsters from the hood with the Uzi in their bosom ...