... that we hear, but we each hear it in different ways. In "The Voice-, a chapter from the book Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music, Frith discusses the voice as: a musical instrument, a body, a person, and a character. Frith discusses these ideas through the words "Gestures- and " ... is difficult to understand the meaning Frith places on the terms "gestures- and "utterances-. Though, he states both are ways of making meaning in music: what is the relationship between the voice as a carrier of sounds, the singing voice, making "gestures,"" and the voice as a carrier of ... wor...

• Word Count: 1880
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... course, the more provocative and revealing her on-stage wardrobe became, the less reasonable that claim seemed to be. At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, the crowd went wild as the gorgeous blonde onstage strips off her tuxedo suit piece to reveal the nude body stocking underneath, all the ... 4 U,"" in which she sings about not being able to control herself around someone she meets at a club. Although Spears claims the song is about being a slave to music, critics have a hard time believing that. A few weeks ago, Kendel Ehrlich (Maryland's First Lady) said, "If I had an opportunity to s...

• Word Count: 1531
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School