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Music celebrities in the growing entertainment industry.
Big, Beautiful, and Sexy
Black women have been making music from the beginning of time. Traditional songs and rhythms passed down from grandmothers and aunts and mothers to the next generation of women. The first recording by an Australian black woman though appears to be a wax cylinder recording of Aboriginal songs in an indigenous Tasmanian language, by Fanny Cochrane Smith in the late 1890s and 1903. Since then, the music of the Australian First People has metamorphosed over time to the songs we are familiar with from the 20th and 21st centuries. There is not a large number of native Australian female musicians, but among the pioneering Aboriginal women musicians to become known in the music industry were Georgia Lee and Wilma Reading who paved the way for Auriel Andrew, Ruby Hunter, and more recently Deborah Cheetham, Christine Anu, Jessica Mauboy, and Casey Donovan.
By Gillian Kirkbride5 years ago in Beat
BLEXCELLENCE IN MUSIC
Black women in music have created entire cultural movements, trends, and fashion statements that have transformed society time and time again. Our impact and outreach extends beyond the hypnotic rhythms and beautiful melodies we share with the world. The music we as Black women put into the world is imbued with a cosmic, divine, spiritual essence that radiates into the ether, transforming and inspiring our listeners, and often giving those who may otherwise been oblivious, a peek into our mind, world, and perspective.
By Princess Tay-Arjana5 years ago in Beat
Black Emits Light
I was all alone walking through a tunnel, pitch black. I wasn’t scared, not even a tiny bit. Droplets of water delicately slipping* from the ceiling sounded like high sharp notes as they merged with the narrow spotted stream on the ground. It was the perfect melody for the entrance of a magic choir; perfect song that endlessly sang about the beauty of its beginnings. The humidity hanging in the air was filling my lungs, lavishing them with Gospel and Soul. I was neither cold nor hot – just perfect temperature; throaty, vulnerable, rough and conversational. When I entered here, I was willing to pay the price for everything. I said: “God you may create with my life the piece of art that fits your needs.” I promised myself that I was willing to suffer anything for I knew he would even subprime loans for my life if he was to send me overboard. It felt strange in here, like if the outside world was transforming the laws of nature for my sake. Something’s Got a Hold on Me: “I get a feeling that I never, never, never, never had before.” After a long while of walking itsy steps with the exact same movie unfolding before my eyes, it seemed like the world would never see in colors again; stuck in a black and white filter. I felt like a stranger to this world. All I wished for was to tell my story with no filter, in my own deeply emotional way. Thus, filled with the spirit of courage, I sharpened my machete and stood ready to lead the way. I said: “Oh Almighty show me the way to enter the world for I now have a voice!” The world was out and at last, about to hear me sing my song. Was it just my imagination? Were my eyes ever going to see the light? I waited. How come there was still no light? I was tired of waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel when suddenly Something Got a Hold on Me again: “My heart feels heavy, my feet feel light, I shake all over…” and out of the Blues I finally lit that light up myself.
By Alice K.S.5 years ago in Beat
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys is a multiple Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter whose debut album, 'Songs in A Minor,' went platinum five times over. I have chosen Alicia Keys, a multiple Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter whose song Fallin' "made her a powerhouse writer, producer, songwriter, entrepreneur, philanthropist, wife, and mother. She inspired me to be a stronger woman through her music. I learned to become a woman who wanted to talk about truth, empowerment, and strength when listening to her music.
By Melinda Smith5 years ago in Beat
Underrated Female Artists In The Music Industry
It fascinates me how there are so many artists in the music industry. How many genres there are and how there is something for everybody. These are a couple of my favorite underrated artists and one not so underrated artists. If you are into R&B and Soul then these are the artists for you. If you don’t have these artists in your playlist, all I’m going to ask you is, why? These artists are some of the most talented and underrated artists. I’m here today to put you onto some very talented women in the music industry.
By Jordan Barrera5 years ago in Beat
Superwoman
A Woman’s Worth Commencement of the twenty first century. Alicia was sitting by her Baldwin piano – inherited after her classical background – and pounding on the keys from A minor scale. All crucial instruments and equipment were already assembled at the avenue and halt in handy help to support the artist. But the artist, even though seemed so sincere, young, and unexperienced, possessed superpowers. After rejection of her lyrics and music for her debut album and unmoral propositions from the major Columbia Records, she strongly stated that she has to do it on her own. Ah, not quite alone. With the help of the Brothers. That was the reason of all those unfamiliar to her equipment, apart from the piano, gathered in a small apartment and in waiting to contribute one-of-a-kind part to her first release to the world.
By Moon Desert5 years ago in Beat
