Music Essays

Arguments Against Censorship in Music
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2017
Introduction: Have you ever wondered why radios have to bleep everything? Or why some CDs can’t be sold in stores? Or why there’s a little “Parental Advisory” sticker on some albums? If you answered “yes...

How Music Can Portray Emotions
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Torey A. Brooks  Abstract Music listeners of all ages have seen many studies questioning whether music can consistently express emotions. Far less attention has been devoted to the actual content o...

An Overview of Antonal Music
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Kenneth Laino I. What is Atonality? Unfamiliarity is the basis of atonal music; a musical genre whose foundation deprives the wired human mind’s desire of a tonal resolution. In a sense the wh...

History of the Piano
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Blake Stutts The piano is a string percussion instrument which makes sound with vibrations. The cause of vibrations are the hammers inside the piano which strike the strings, and then the vibration ...

Reflective Essay on Music Education
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Andrew Nguyen My name is Andrew Nguyen, and I’m a sophomore at Golden West College. I’m 19 years old, and my major is business administration. For my online class experience, this is my ...

Impact of the Internet on Live Music
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Antéa H. E. L. GEORGHIOU  “The Internet has killed live music and caused financial problems for musicians”. Discuss. Society is confronted to a fast changing technological environment...

The Sound of Movies: Building a Storyline Using Notes
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Hillary Boothman The thing that makes musicals so different amongst other films is that it builds a story from works of original music. I admire the ability to write a piece of music, but I admir...

Thomas Moore's Music: Nationalism and Identity
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Sep 2017
Introduction: Nationalism and Identity in Irish music has become a topic of great discovery for many scholars. The aim of this essay is to illustrate how the compositions of Thomas Moore, airs taken from Edward B...

Effects of Streaming on the Music Industry
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Sep 2017
Introduction: In the past couple of years, streaming has become one of the main ways to listen to music. With streaming is it having an Effect on the music industry that we have come to know of. This point has ma...

Shostakovich's Chamber Music and Musical Tradition
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Sep 2017
Introduction: To what extent does Shostakovich draw on musical tradition in his chamber music? Your answer must be supported by a discussion of two or three appropriate pieces of chamber music by Shostakovich tha...

Processes and Components of a Studio Recording
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Sep 2017
Introduction: Introduction In order to create to record any form of music, it is important to understand step by step how to get from the planning, and playing of a track, to the end result of a completed recordi...

Straight Outta Compton Song Impact
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Sep 2017
Introduction: People are usually get entertained by listening to music. These songs were either pop, rock, classical or Jazz. Listeners often select the kind of music depending on their preferences. Sometimes, the...

The Life of Elvis Presley
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Sep 2017
Introduction: Elvis Aaron Presley, a actor and musician was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi. From a very undistinguished beginning, Elvis Presley grew up to become one of the biggest names in musi...

Lifestyles of K-Pop Authors
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2017
Introduction: Kpop or Prison? South Korea is a sovereign state in East Asia, with many rules of etiquette and customs based on traditional Chinese ways, but moulded into a unique culture through industrialization...

History and Features of Baroque Music
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Aug 2017
Introduction: The main characteristics of Renaissance music (1450-1600) is music based on modes, but gradually more accidentals creep in, richer texture in four or more parts, blending rather than contrasting str...

Architecture of a Digital Audio Workstation
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Aug 2017
Introduction: Introduction A digital audio workstation (DAW) is an electronic tool, or program/software designed around the production of audio – recording, editing post-production etc – and often eve...

Lyrics in Rap Music
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jul 2017
Introduction: In this essay I am going to discuss and take an in-depth look at the topic of the role and importance of the lyrics in rap music, which are often violent, sexually explicit and sexist in content. In o...

History Of Reggae Music
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Jul 2017
Introduction: Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music the term reggae more properly denotes a particula...

Sony Music Entertainment SWOT Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jun 2017
Introduction: Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment, also known as Sony Music is controlled by Sony Corporation of America. Sony Music is one of the biggest four record companies, ranked as the second b...

History Of Music - An Overview
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jun 2017
Introduction: The definition of music is defined in many ways; Webster’s definition is as follows “an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of ...

The Music Era Of Baroque
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2017
Introduction: In Western music, the period that extends from 1600 to 1750 is known as the Baroque era. Characteristics of Baroque music are complexity, emotional, overly ornamented and embellished. Usually Baroqu...

Dufays Nuper Rosarum Flores Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2017
Introduction: Guillaum Dufay [Dufay] is described in Guillaume Dufay and the early Renaissance-Howard Mayer Brown as the greatest of the early 15th-century Burgundian composers and one of the great figures in the h...

Led Zeppelin: History and Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: Led Zeppelin was one of the most popular mainstream rock bands from 1968 to 1980. Consisting of Robert Plant on vocals, Jimmy Page on guitar, John Paul Jones on bass guitar, and John Bonham on the dru...

A history of drumming
Example essay. Last modified: 19th May 2017
Introduction: Drumming is a great way to express emotions in a musical form. Over the years drumming has changed a lot, from using just a log to using a full drum set full of different types. Many forms have come i...

Recording technology in music
Example essay. Last modified: 19th May 2017
Introduction: There have been dramatic advances in music technology; this has led to the use of technology in music being far greater and wider spread. There has been a dramatic impact on musicianship. The musi...