Category Archives: Fall Semester

So this week I’ve decided to talk about the genre of heavy metal. Heavy metal can trace its roots to some of the original hard rock artists of the 1960s, such as Led Zeppelin or Jimi Hendrix, just to name a … Continue reading →

About a year ago I was flipping through radio channels in my car (sorry, no aux cord) when I stumbled upon “Praise 104.1, Philly’s inspiration station,” and whereupon I immediately changed stations. The fact that I now knew which radio station … Continue reading →

This week I’m going to talk about a genre of music that is probably among the least popular out there and that is “classical” music. I write “classical” in this way because it is a misnomer of sorts. Classical implies that … Continue reading →

This week we’re going to return to rock one last time to talk about one of the most powerful forms of any music ever: rock ballads. For those of you who know rock ballads, even casually, the image you associate with … Continue reading →

The next genre I’m going to talk about R&B, more specifically as it relates to Motown. Motown is a record company that was founded in the late 1950s in Detroit. They are known for having signed an amazing number of famous artists … Continue reading →

This week we are returning to the realm of rock, but with a different twist. Because rock is so broad there are many subdivisions within it that can have as much depth as some other complete genres. I am speaking, of … Continue reading →

(Thank you to the Cha Cha Slide for bringing us this week’s title)   You’re going to want to do yourself a favor and turn up the bass for the duration of this post.   Funk. It’s probably hard to put … Continue reading →

This week I’m going to talk about jazz. Now, a lot of people inherently dislike jazz at the mere mention of it, and why is this? I think it could be one a few reasons. They think its old and boring … Continue reading →

Where to begin? As much as I enjoy music and am excited to blog about it, I found it tough to select a place to begin. Should I go chronologically? Probably not, this isn’t really a music history blog. Least … Continue reading →

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