Advanced Essay Workshop/ENGL 2270
 

The Strike of Life: Central African Water Drumming

For those in the western world, native African music is particularly challenging to digest. Between mainstream radio stations perpetuating the popularity of western music, as well as the relationship between global musical dialects becoming progressively more complex (i.e. the increase in cross-genre blending and native music dilution), how we understand …

The Melodrama of Modern Music: A Dissection of the Recording Academy

What comes to mind when you think of the phrase “peak musical stardom”? Millions of fans? Radio hits? To the public eye, there is no greater display of musical success and status than the Grammys. As a musician and someone heavily involved in the ins and outs of the industry, …