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The Leaflet 12.15.16 | Vol. 3 Issue 5

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Music issue Music unites everyone. No matter what language you speak, where you’re from, who you hang out with, or what you do with your free time; everyone likes music.

One of the reasons that everyone can unite around music is that there are so many different variations of music for people to listen to. Between classical, rock, country, alternative, and hiphop everyone can find music they connect to.

For this reason we decided

that our December issue would be on music. There are so many different aspects of music that deserve to be showcased. From the different genres of music, to how you listen to music, and what your music taste says about you, all of these things play a part in any music listener’s experience.

Music is a force in our world today. Artists have a bigger platform than ever to perform and connect with the individual music fan.

staff members

Hannah May Benjamin Ruskin Amy Deng Jenna Bao Taylor Close Sarah Horne Lauren Kurtzer Eshika Kohli David Wertheim Natalie Brinkman Adhiti Chundur Sydney Evans Sydney Weiss Caroline Bruns Harsimran Makkad Hannah Frey

Emily Chien Eshika Kohli Sydney Weiss Anne Marsh Yasmine Guedira Max Torem William Coleman Caroline Veraldo Allyson Bonhaus Taylor Close Alexander Karev Joshua Patterson Samuel Ruskin Meghan DiGiovanna Hannah Loftspring Abigail Bastin

Leaflet Editors-in-Chief Hannah Frey Executive Editor in Chief Hannah May, Benjamin Ruskin Managing Editor Amy Deng Print Co-Editors Natalie Brinkman, Adhiti Chundur,Sydney Evans Web Master Caroline Bruns

Mark Huffer Jessica Lu Lydia Masset Jason Merkel Jacob Wittenbaum Lexi Fritzhand Jacqueline Grega Abigail Lefton Sara Margolis Yvanna Reyes Maddie Saunders Jessica Schaad Madie Shewbridge David Sung Kirsten Thomas Edward Wade

Web Editor-in-Chief Harsimran Makkad Associate Editors Jenna Bao Business Managers David Wertheim, Eshika Kohli Social Media Director Sydney Weiss Creative Projects Director Jenna Bao, Taylor Close, Lauren Kurtzer,Sarah Horne

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This issue p2:rock and roll p4: pop music p6: hip hop p8: country music p10: alternative p4: Music awards p18: music and mood p22: MINIMALISTIC ALBUM COVERS The Leaflet, the official digital newsmagazine of Sycamore High School, serves as an educational tool in the training of student journalists. We provide information and editorial leadership concerning school, national and world issues. We also provide a public forum for the exchange of ideas and viewpoints and give coverage to newsworthy events directly related to our diverse school population. These viewpoints are purely from the staff of The Leaflet, and not the administration.

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TOP TEN BEST ARTISTS 1) The Beatles 2) Bob Dylan 3) Elvis Presley 4) The Rolling Stones 5) Chuck Berry 2

6) Jimi Hendrix 7) James Brown 8) Little Richard 9) Aretha Franklin 10) Ray Charles

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/the-beach-boys-20110420

BEST SONGS

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“Sweet Emotion” Aerosmith

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“Kashmir” Led Zeppelin

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“Gimme Shelter” The Rolling Stones “Back in Black” ACDC

PLACES TO GO Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Cleveland Graceland Memphis

“A Day in the Life” The Beatles 6) “Bohemian Rhapsody” Queen

Woodstock Bethel

7) “Comfortably Numb” Pink Floyd

Strawberry Fields New York City

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8) “Sweet Child O’ Mine” Guns and Roses 9)

“Born to Run” Bruce Springsteen

10) “Hotel California” the Eagles Design by Hannah Frey Information by Hannah Frey

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POP M Evolution of pop In 1951, the term “rock and roll” was coined. Elvis Presley became the first rock star soon after.

The Motown record company was founded in 1959.

Pop music originated in the West in the 1960s as a subtle alternative to rock.

The Woodstock music festival was held in 1969.

In 1977, the movie “Saturday Night Fever” popularized disco.

MTV debuts in 1981.

In the 80s, Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper come out with hits “Thriller” and “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” The Backstreet Boys and Celine Dion receive a lot of attention in the 90s.

50 Cent, Green Day, Eminem, and Kelly Clarkson all thrive in the 2000s.

Pop music starts to be in the style it is today.

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MUSIC Top pop of 2016 Artists

Justin Bieber Drake Kanye West Adele Twenty One Pilots Ariana Grande Rihanna Sia Meghan Trainor Chain Smokers Shawn Mendes Fifth Harmony

Songs

“7 Years” “Cheap Thrills” “This is What You Came For” “Love Yourself” “Stitches” “Sorry” “Work From Home” “Can’t Stop the Feeling” “Pillowtalk” “Cake by the Ocean” “Don’t Let me Down” “Stressed Out” “I Hate You I Love You”

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TOP TEN SONGS 2010’s 1)

“Nothin’ on you” B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars

2)

“Bedrock” Young Money featuring Lloyd

3)

“Over” Drake

4)

“Empire State of Mind” Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys

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“Say Something” Timberland featuring Drake

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“Love the way you lie” Eminem featuring Rihanna

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“Miss Me” Drake featuring Lil Wayne

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“Airplanes” B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams

“All I Do is win” 9) DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross 10) 6

“Right Above It” Lil Wayne featuring Drake http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-rap-songs http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-50-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-all-time-20121205

TOP TEN SONGS OF ALL TIME

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“The Message” Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

2)

“Rapper's Delight” Sugarhill Gang

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“Planet Rock” Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force

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“Sucker M.C.'s” Run-DMC

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7) 8) 9) 10)

“Mind Playing Tricks on Me” Geto Boys “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg “Fight the Power” Public Enemy “Juicy” Notorious B.I.G. “Straight Outta Compton” N.W.A. “Paid in Full” Eric B. and Rakim Design by Hannah Frey Information by Josh Patterson

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Top 10 country singers of all time: 1) Merle Haggard 2) Johnny Cash 3) Willie Nelson 4) Hank Williams 5) Dolly Parton 6) George Jones 7) Waylon Jennings 8) George Strait 9) Loretta Lynn 10) Garth Brooks

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http://www.billboard.com/photos/6721954/best-country-artists-of-all-time/1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music

COUNT Outlaw country A genre of country music that draws from an earlier raw honky-tonk style, largely as a response to the more clean-cut image of mainstream country music.

Willie Nelson Hank Williams, Jr.

Neotraditionalist country

A group of new artists began to emerge who rejected the more polished country-pop sound that had been prominent on radio and the charts, in favor of more, traditional, “back-tobasics� production.

Reba McEntire

TRY MUSIC Country pop

Country pop was created so that country music could reach a more mainstream audience. It got country music a wider audience without alienating their traditional audience.

Dolly Parton John Denver

Country rock

Country rock was created in the late 1960s and early 1970s and is a fusion of rock and country.

It was developed by rock musicians who were creating rock music with a country feel.

The Eagles The Allman Brothers

Bro country Genre noted primarily for its themes on drinking and partying, girls, and pickup trucks Luke Bryan Blake Shelton

Origin

1920s Southern United States

Instruments Acoustic guitar Drums Fiddle Bass guitar Mandolin Banjo Organ Harmonica Design by Hannah Frey Information by Caroline Veraldo

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ALTERNATIVE Top Artists

Alternative Music music that is produced by performers who are outside the musical mainstream, that is typically regarded as more eclectic, original, or challenging than most popular music (such as conventional rock, pop, or country), and that is often distributed by independent record labels

Nirvana Lincoln Park Green Day Radiohead Coldplay

Top Songs 1. Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

6. Evanescene- “Bring Me To Life”

2. Lincoln Park- “In The End”

7. Breaking Benjamin- “The Diary of Jane”

3. My Chemical Romance- “Welcome To The 8. Green Day- “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” Black Parade” 9. Blink-182- “I Miss You” 4. The Killers- “Mr. Brightside” 10. Lincoln Park- “Numb” 5. 30 Seconds to Mars- “The Kill” 10

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INDIE Top Artists

Independent Music music produced independently from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, a process that may include an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording and publishing.

Artic monkeys The Strokes The Killers Arcade fire Imagine Dragons

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Top Songs 1. The Killers- “Smell It Like You Mean It”

6. Modest Mouse- “Float On”

2. WEEZER- “Buddy Holly”

7. Franz Ferdinand- “Take Me Out”

3. Gorillaz- “Clint Eastwood”

8. Artic Monkeys- “Mardy Bum”

4. The White Stripes- “Seven Nation Army”

9. The Pixies- “Where Is My Mind?”

5. Beck- “Loser”

10. Strokes- “Barely Legal” Design by Taylor Close Information by Taylor Close

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DIFFERENT WAYS T Spotify

A popular website which allows users to create a free account to listen music online.

Spotify can be accessed through a browser, mobile device, or a desktop manager downloaded from Spotify. Once the account is created, users are able to listen to songs, create playlists, and share music with other users. If users would like to pay $9.99/month, they would be able to receive extra perks such as free listening without skip or shuffle restrictions.

Soundcloud Soundcloud is a online service where users

upload music and visitors can listen for free.

People can search for artists, songs, bands, tracks, podcasts, and explore more in the ‘what’s trending’. In addition, users are allowed to follow friends, or other users with similar taste in music, or create their own playlists. The Pro prices start at $7/month for other features for pinning tracks and music downloads/uploads.

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https://www.thebalance.com/top-places-to-listen-to-free-music-online-1356649

Pandora

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Vintage CDS

These disks were extremely popular during the 1990’s and early 2000’s. CDs are a modern take on the record player to allow for people to listen to music more efficiently at home or on the go.

Record player

Record players are devices on which sounds are placed on a recorddisc This record is then placed on a turntable where the sounds are produced with the friction between the needle on the turntable and the record.

Boom box

This hugely popular item was introduced in the late 1970s and became modernized smaller cheaper in the 1980s to find a larger audience. The boom box is used to amplify music. Nowadays, this technology has been worked on to create speakers which are louder and portable.

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MUSIC

2017

AWARDS

January 8 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

January 18 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS

February 12

Most Watched Award Shows of

GRAMMY AWARDS

2016

February 26 THE ACADEMY AWARDS

THE ACADEMY AWARDS

April 2 ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

GRAMMY AWARDS GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

May 14 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

EMMY AWARDS COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS

August 27 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS

ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

September 18

AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS

EMMY AWARDS VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS

November 19

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS

AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

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Number of millions of viewers

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COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS

Best Original Score Ennio Morricone for “The Hateful Eight”

The Academy Awards Winners

Best Original Song Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes for “Writing’s On The Wall”(Spectre)

Grammy Awards Winners Album Of The Year

Taylor Swift for “1989”

Song Of The Year

Ed Sheeran for “Thinking Out Loud”

Best New Artist

Meghan Trainor

Golden Globe Awards Winners

Best Original Song (Motion Picture)

Sam Smith for “Writings on

the Wall” (Specter) Best Original Score (Motion Picture)

Ennio Morricone for “The

Hateful Eight”

Outstanding original music and lyrics Diane Warren for ‘Til It Happens To You” (The Hunting Ground) Outsatnding music composition for a limited series, movie, or special

Victor Reyes for The Night Manager "Episode 2"

Country Music Association Awards Winners

Academy of Country Music Awards Winner

Album of the Year Eric Church for “Mr. Misunderstood” Song of the Year Lori McKenna for “Humble and Kind”

American Music Awards Winners

Emmy Awards Winners

Album of the Year

Chris Stapleton for “Traveller”

Song of the Year Chris Stapleton for “Nobody To Blame”

Artist Of The Year

Ariana Grande

New Artist Of The Year

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Top Soundtrack

“Purple Rain”

People’s Choice Awards Winners

Video Music Awards Winners

Favorite album

Video of the Year

Beyonce for Formation

Best New Artist

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Artist of the year Top new artist Top album

Adele Fetty Wap Adele for “25”

Meghan Trainor for “Title”

Favorite song Justin Bieber for “What Do You Mean?”

Favorite Male Artist

Ed Sheeran

Favorite Female Artist

Taylor Swift

Billboard Music Awards Winners

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STUDENTS’ OPIN “Music is a universal language that everyone enjoys and relates to. It expresses emotion and brings people together. No matter what mood you're in there is a 100% chance that the song you need to hear in that moment is out there.

Saying I love it is an understatement,” said Lexie Vanjohnson, 11 .

“I like listening to music while doing homework or playing video games. It helps me focus in on one thing instead of various other distractions,” said Diego Palacios, 12.

“I think it is cool how easily people can relate to music. Even when you listen to songs without words, you still understand the feeling it is trying to convey,” said Emma Stemen, 9.

“I mostly listen to K-pop, pop, and rhythm and blues. K-pop is South Korean pop music that is famous all over the world. I li to listen to music because it cheers me up, energizes me and simply just is fun to listen to. Usually I listen to music on the b in my free time and in class,” said Alia Diushebaeva, 10.

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NIONS ON MUSIC

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“Music is sort of like my safe place--away from everything and everyone. When you are listening to music you can just cancel everything out, whatever is going on and just let it be. I love music because it gives the freedom of expression, and it’s beautiful,” said Christine Zou, 10.

“I listen to all different kinds of music, it mainly depends on what I'm doing or who I'm with.

When I'm with my friends in the car we usually listen to some kind of rap or old music because it's easy to sing along to and gets everyone in an excited and fun mood. On the other hand, when I'm alone or doing homework or in the car in the morning on the way to school, I listen to more alternative music or slower music because it keeps me in a general good, calm mood,” said Makayla Stover, 11.

“Normally I listen to indie, alternative, and rap.

But recently I’ve been listening to just anything my friends recommend and I love it. I think that it is important to keep an open mind for all music and listen to what other people like,” said Brooke Baker,12.

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MUSIC AND MOOD PERCEIVED VS. FELT EMOTIONS There are two different kinds of emotions related to music: perceived emotions and felt emotions.

Perceived emotion is why we can understand music without feeling the emotion in the song.

Felt emotions are our actual emotions

People are more likely to interpret a neutral expression as happy or sad based off the music they are listening too.

Brain Food Creativity can be improved by playing music at a moderate noise level. It promotes the ability to process abstract information.

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https://blog.bufferapp.com/music-and-the-brain

In contrast‌. If the music's too loud creative thinking can be impaired due to the brain being overwhelmed.

WHAT YOUR MUSIC SAYS ABOUT YOU Blues

Pop

Jazz

Blues fans have high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing, gentle and at ease

Pop fans have high self-esteem, are hardworking, outgoing and gentle, but are not creative and not at ease

Jazz fans have high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing and at ease

Classical

Rap

Opera

Classical music fans have high self-esteem, are creative, introverted and at ease

Rap fans have high self-esteem and are outgoing

Country

Reggae

Country and western fans are hardworking and outgoing

Soul fans have high selfesteem, are creative, outgoing, gentle, and at ease

Indie

Rock and heavy metal

Indie fans have low selfesteem, are creative, hardworking, and not gentle

Rock/heavy metal fans have low self-esteem, are creative, not hard-working, not outgoing, gentle, and at ease

Opera fans have high selfesteem, are creative and gentle

Dance Dance fans are creative and outgoing but not gentle

Soul Reggae fans have high self-esteem, are creative, hardworking, outgoing, gentle and at ease

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Dark Side of the Moon, X, Blurryface, Led Zeppelin I, Doo - Wops & Hooligans, Coloring Book, Songs About Jane, Aladdin S

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ALBUM COVERS

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Yeezus, Hannah Montana, Folie à Deux, Abbey Road, Hamilton, American Idiot, AM, Born to Die, 1000 Forms of Fear, Anti

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