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Nigerian Female Artist: Ndidi Emefiele
Ndidi Emefiele is a young painter who is subverting Western expectations of African arts. She is among the leading voices in contemporary Nigerian art. Her images show women with wide eyes protected by colorful glasses and dressed in rich fabric scraps. The work of Emefiele raises questions about gender, culture, and style.
By Nancy Baker4 years ago in Beat
Music In Films
Music is a fundamental piece of any film. The craftsmanship advanced from the piano backup of silent movies to gigantic instrumental soundtracks, which become as notable as their motion pictures. Music in an advanced film can have numerous components and fill multiple needs to help producers recount the story. Music and authors are perceived and granted similarly with the entertainers and chiefs as an essential piece of cinema. Components of music from different arrangers and soundtracks are examined for comprehending their significant effect on the film.
By Anshgptx4 years ago in Beat
Every Breath You Take
Was chatting with someone and afterwards was thinking about certain songs that on the surface are often taken as love songs, and sound like love songs but are actually very dark.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
Shirotenshi
Love is illusive and confusing. Love is so vast that it can look completely different from two separate perspectives. That was the inspiration behind this project. 16 tracks of my deepest thoughts and meditations on love, what it means, and how twisted it’s image can be, Shirotenshi.
By Kuro Seijaku 4 years ago in Beat
Moroccan Hollywood Awaits Biggest Production Yet with Filming of the Musical Jason and the Arganauts Set to Begin Soon
The city of Ouarzazate or Warzazat, nicknamed The door of the desert, is abuzz with activity as filming of the Moroccan movie musical Jason and the Arganauts will begin any day now. Warzazat is no stranger to Hollywood style productions as the Ouarzazate area is a noted film-making location with Morocco’s biggest studios inviting many international companies to work here. Films such as Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), The Mummy (1999), Gladiator (2000), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Hanna (2011), were all shot on location in Warzazat, as was part of the TV series Game of Thrones.
By Everyday Junglist4 years ago in Beat
Does Language Of Music Matter?
We may not be able to understand exactly what people are saying across different languages, humans have evolved to share and express the same basic emotions in similar ways. This allows us to understand each other's facial expressions even if we don't share the same spoken language. So one does not “necessarily have to speak the language to enjoy the music”. For example, KPOP to Americans is considered weird. At first, for me, it was a little bit weird, but then I tried listening to the music. Music is a language that no other language control. Some people may dislike, for example, k-pop because…
By _kayla_iz_here_4 years ago in Beat
The Legend of 'Xanadu'
“In Xanadu did Kubla Khan, a stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph the sacred river ran, through caverns measureless to man, down to a sunless sea.” - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
By Eric Allen4 years ago in Beat
Stevie's Song
I am someone who has always lived at the speed of corporate life. I could never find the time to simply live without worry. I rarely took the time to notice the small yet wonderful things that surrounded me. Like taking time to smell the roses or watching a bird in flight. I stopped looking at shapes in the clouds and never noticed the whisper in the winds. Life was just passing me by. I was living in the fast lane with no speed limits. I took my family and friends for granted because I was more concerned with success and money, so my time was given to strangers.
By Grace Kopesky4 years ago in Beat
MTV and the Big 4-0
The road from Video Killed the Radio Star and Love Plus One to The Real World and Jersey Shore was a long for MTV. After the channel's first decade on the air, it stopped being an especially scenic one. Nevertheless, on the occasion of its 40th birthday, I'd rather praise MTV for what was so right about the early years than bury them for (and with) the nonsense that came later.
By Don Klees4 years ago in Beat
LostBoyClay Has Been Building A Solid Portfolio of Music During 2021
LostBoyClay is a 17 year old hip hop artist based from Biddeford, Maine. As a kid he remembers getting a guitar one Christmas which started his passion for music. Then on his next birthday he got an ipod with a bunch of Eminem songs on it. Him being in a school band has pushed his expectations of just listening from the outside in from being a voice his audience wants to hear on the mic. In his youth he grew up listening to Eminem and 50 Cent and now idolizes the Juice WRLD, Drake and Yung Pinch.
By Stephanie Lee4 years ago in Beat
Essential Rock Stories: Journey's Search for a Name
As the iconic rock band Journey approaches its 50 year anniversary, it's inevitable that many fans and critics will turn their eyes (and ears) to the group's origins five decades ago. The group has seen many changes since its formation in 1973, most notably the departure of lead singer and powerhouse vocalist Steve Perry in 1998. Perry provided vocals during the group's peak of fame in the early to mid 80's, when hits such as the anthem "Don't Stop Believin,'" romantic ballad "Open Arms," and infectious "Any Way You Want It" were dominating the airways and popular culture.
By Sierra Richardson4 years ago in Beat
Lil Nas X, the 22 year old American rapper,twerks naked in his latest video.
Lil Nas X, the groundbreaking homosexual recording artist, has done it again. With his controversial new video, the musician pushes fresh, new limits, depicting him having a ball – no pun intended – while imprisoned at Montero State Prison.
By Chaitanya 4 years ago in Beat