Music Essay

Choose one of the pairs of songs below and write a 3-4 page paper in which you analyze how the artists create musical meaning within their songs. You should use the musical vocabulary that we have developed in class to accurately and precisely describe the musical features in each song. You should then compare how the two different versions of the “same song” have different meanings, and how these differences in meaning are created. Song Choices: Rhapsody playlist: [login to view URL] “...Baby One More Time,” by Britney Spears and Fountains of Wayne. or “Hurt,” by Nine Inch Nails and Johnny Cash. Discussion of original song Discussion of cover Discussion of musical differences Discussion of lyrical differences Discussion of overall differences in meaning Clarity, conciseness of writing If you can finish in 4 or 5 hours, please bid it. Thanks.