8/13/2019 History 1st

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Villanueva, Joshua Elbert E.

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HISTORY

Relevance of HISTORY to my Course

In my course, Music Production, Music is made and remade. From the sweet melodies

of a singer to the strong backbeats of the drummer, music is made and remade. Every single

song today is inspired by something musical or historical in their lives and/or in world.

Musicians like me have idols in the past that we now try to emulate; for example, there would

be no John Mayer without Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn and there would be Adele

without Amy Winehouse or Michael Buble without Frank Sinatra. In other words, learning

HISTORY of Music is a way to grow more as a musician.

Music evolved by history. Musicians study their idols and came up with their own way

and style of making music. Even Musician’s idols have their own idols and so on and so forth.When a musician studies classical music whilst studying current form of music, a musician’s

depth of understanding becomes larger. It’s by understanding the past that we understand the

present and the future.

Songs are not only inspired by past musicians’ works, but a lot of songs have historical

backgrounds, especially the classic pop music. The band Bread, for example, used the line “If a

face could launch a thousand ships, then where am I to go?” (Gates, 1971) refers to Helen of

Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships”.

Music has many uses like rhymes, songs, movie themes, and catchy singles for

politicians running for government position. Rhymes contain very historical informationespecially the nursery rhymes; for example, “Ring around a Rosey” is about the Bubonic Plague.

Songs, as I’ve mentioned, evolved because of past “masters” and “idols” of current musicians;

for example, Mayer Hawthorne, a Motown artist, would not be famous without the Motown

greats such as Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and many more. On the other hand,

we remember some movies because of their famous theme songs such as “I Don’t Wanna Miss

a Thing” by Aerosmith which was used in the 1998 film “Armageddon”. Catchy election singles

are very useful for politicians running for position especially here in the Philippines because we

Filipinos love a catchy tune; up until recently that fame, fortune, and good-looks are set aside.

Music has a lot of History and History has a lot of Music. There is a lot to be learned in

Music about History and History about Music; I’m being redundant, but I think that that’s why Ifell in love with Music because of its rich History. I wouldn’t be here in Music Production

without being inspired by one of the greats.