Behind the Curtain: Music in Gus' Life

The Music: Party in The U.S.A , By Miley Cyrus - Released August 4th 2009 - Written by Jessie J, Luke, and Claude Kelly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11SvDtPBhA Wrecking Ball , By Miley Cyrus - Released August 25th 2013 - Written by Mozella, Stephan Moccio, amd Sacha Skarbek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8 Miley Cyrus Overview: Miley is born into a line of performers, following in the footsteps of her father and country music star Billy Ray Cyrus. She started her career like many young celebrities did in the mid 2000s... did as a Disney brat. She starred as the main character in her show Hannah Montana. Later she segwayed into pop country music, before changing up her whole style in 2013 with the release of her album “Bangerz”. The purpose of this blog post was to outline an esteemed performer… not necessarily someone who writes their own songs. Miley’s songs are written by a variety of songwriters, ranging from artists like Jessie J to strict songwriters like Stephan M...

For this post, I chose to research calypso music!     The music:   Jump In The Line  By Harry Belfonte, released 1961… originally written by Lord Burgess.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMXBJW1PuU8   Jean and Dinah  by Mighty Sparrow, released 1956 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ2_3hqFZvk   Calypso Music Overview:   This genre discerns itself from other more westernized works by the incorporation of traditional instruments and African inspired elements. Reggae, soca, and raspo are inspired by this music. This genre was born through the creation of a creole culture in the Caribbean. This was via Europeans bringing hundreds of African ethnic groups together on island plantations in the early 1500s. The birth of Trinidad and Toboggan culture was that of a dark one of slavery and suppression. Many of these people could not communicate with each other through spoken language due to slave owners’ rules and language barriers between cultures....