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The Life of Taylor swift
By Brian BolnickSlide2
Introduction
Music has existed for centuries. It comes in various shapes and sizes, varying from culture to culture in era and era.
Throughout time musicians have painted the musical canvas to bring us feelings of
happiness and joy, or sadness and sorrow.These musicians have made history and changed the way we listen to music today.Slide3
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. She was born to parents Scott and Andrea
Swift
From an early age Swift had a passion for musicShe performed for several concerts, karaoke bars, and other various eventsSlide4
Idols
Swift had many people to whom she looked up to as a child
The greatest influence to her was her mother Slide5
Heroes cont.
Taylor Swift had several major influences as a child
Faith Hill, Dolly Parton, Dixie Chicks,
Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, Pat Benetar, and Sarah McLachlan have all been listed as Swift’s idolsSlide6Slide7
Hitting it big
Swift performed in many venues across the country, but it wasn’t until a big performance at the Bluebird café in Nashville, Tennessee that she was noticed by
Big Machine Records
where she officially started her careerSlide8
Records released
Swift has since released several records which have all received outstanding reviews and awards
These include:
Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, and Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday CollectionSlide9Slide10
Touring
Swift has been very active on global tours since the start of her big career
This image is from her
Red Tour in Salt Lake City, UT 2013Slide11
Listening guide
Tim McGraw, Teardrops on My Guitar, Our Song, Love StorySlide12
Tim McGraw
Link to song
The song
Tim McGraw
was Swift’s first major hit. The song was written about a boy she had feelings for in High School, knowing their relationship would end at the end of the year as the boy moved on to college.
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Tim McGraw cont.…
Tim McGraw
Music VideoSlide14
Teardrops on my guitar
Link to song
Chart
Position
UK Singles Chart
51
Billboard Hot 100
13
Adult Contemporary
5
Country Songs
2
Pop Songs
7
Adult Pop Songs
6
Taylor Swift’s second hit single was
Teardrops on My Guitar
, released in February of 2007. This song was written about a boy she had feelings for, who appeared oblivious to her feelings for him. He continued to speak to Swift about his crushes and relationships and she would secretly be feeling for him. Slide15
Teardrops on my guitar cont.…
Music video for
Teardrops on My GuitarSlide16
Our song
Link to
Song
Our Song is another country-styled song written by swift about a High School relationship
for a boyfriend with whom she did not have “a song
.”
This song uses great implementation of
various instrumentsSlide17
Our song cont.…
Our song
performed liveSlide18
Love story
Link to
Song
Love Story is probably considered Taylor Swift’s most well-known and biggest hit. It tells the story of two people in a “Romeo and Juliet” style love tale
This song is a great example of the lyrical genius Swift is. She takes a famous story and tweaks the words to make it her own personal fairytale
Chart
Position
Australian Singles Chart
1
Austrian Singles Chart
40
Belgian Singles Chart
39
Canadian Adult Contemporary Singles
1
Canadian Hot 100
4
Czech Singles Chart
4
Danish Singles Chart
16
Dutch Singles Chart
13
French Singles Chart
14
German Singles Chart
22
Greek International Airplay Chart
14
Irish Singles Chart
3
Japan Hot 100 Chart
3
New Zealand Singles Chart
3
Norwegian Singles Chart
7
Spanish Singles Chart
47
Swedish Singles Chart
10
Swiss Singles Chart
50
UK Singles Chart
2
US Billboard Hot 100
4
US Billboard Hot Country Songs
1
US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)
1
Hit Chart from around the worldSlide19
Love Story Cont.… Slide20
Conclusion…
As I stated at the beginning of this
presentation,
through detailed analysis of various forms of music, I have truly come to appreciate all that goes in to its composition. Artists devote their lives to compiling a few minute form of entertainment. They fill those few minutes with much emotion and story. Incorporating different meters, timbre, and dynamics into each piece is truly a divine skill and talent. I believe Taylor Swift is a great exemplar of this talent as she composes her music based off of her lyrical poetry. My research on her and her music has taught me to appreciate the music I listen to, and has given me a stronger love for it. Slide21
Works Cited
http://www.biography.com/people/taylor-swift-369608
http://taylorswift.com/
http://www.taylorswiftweb.net/http://www.billboard.com/artist/371422/taylor-swift/biographyhttp://www.wetpaint.com/nashville/articles/tim-mcgraw-taylor-swift-is-changing-the-history-of-music
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=9860
http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/taylor-swift-our-song-rhapsody-originals
http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/taylor-swift