Creativity is what stands out most of all in our human existence on this planet .
It is a positive progression and one that encourages us to achieve .
Writers of poetry and makers of music have been reflecting the thoughts of cultures and communities around the world .
Movies , documentarries , short films , and photographic images have captured moments in time since the turn of the 20th Century .
From the early years of the twentieth century singers , songwriters , and musicians played all the way through Tin pan alley to make their fortune and fame on stage and screen .
Music Halls and Broadway .
During two world wars music and song kept the soldiers dancing and gave hope to all their loved ones at home that war would come to an end .
Music lifted us above hardship and songwriters had ability to speak words many people wanted to say .
After the war people wanted to dance and The Big Band sound brought a new swing to the world .
The emergence of black gospel choirs began to awaken the world with music born from suffering , slavery , and oppression .
Noticeably this year an evidence of American roots produced itself in the winning combination ,
having a deep essence of soul and blues, steeped in the roots of black gospel and the soul
of America reached out and touched again many people who felt oppressed and in chains by sorrow and fear . Jumping back into the mists of another time when Johnny B Good and Chuck Berry where crusing their way through . Something gripped the world so tightly that it almost suffocated sobriety of that time . A great influencing factor over the years began with rock & roll music .
Not forgetting another sparkling era which brought us the musicals on the big screen . This was a time where the flavour of Hollywood threw big casts on big technicolour screens .
The technical ability to make good stereo recordings music found its way into studios all over the world producing instant stardom and fortune for those gifted artists .
Radio was another vehicle that propelled the record industry into top gear with millions of people having a radio at home or in the car . Music lovers had whatever taste they desired at the turn of a knob .
With TV broadcasts of live concerts popular music went from the concert hall into an armchair at home and a new concept came in the form of video clips and satellite transmission .
During the latter years of the twentieth century music and song had come a long way and it had matured to the point where it was able to change its direction quicker than before .
New progress was made with music when a new sound evolved like Motown , Disco , Underground . When the challenge came to established styles of music like Folk Music , Pop ,Rock , Contemporary , Country , or Blues music provided an answer and began to fuse and become diverse with new directions like Punk , New Age , Heavy Metal , Rap . Hip Hop , Technic , and then eventually World Music made its mark .
Grammy awards have echo the same thanks to God by gifted artists who have made their mark on the world stage with their music . Some notable achievements music has made already this century have been with its direction , quality , and originality .
Music has brought into the world a message of hope , happiness and a freedom to express emotions and talent in a fusion never before attempted .
Films of course have grown up along with the music industry . Looking back through time at
1927 when the success of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Joson heralded a change from “silent” to “talkies” in the same year The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts, and Sciences, was born Originally a body of people met in an effort to promote and improve artistic movement and encourage new progress with sound quality and production of movies .
Then two years later in 1929 a new breeze wafted through the halls of fame when the very first academy award trophy was sketched and designed on a tablecloth at a banquet in Hollywoods Biltmore Hotel by Cedric Gibbons an art director with the Academy .
The Statuette as it was then known, was first presented in 1929 and it became an annual event after that .
It became known as The Oscar in 1931 , due to a comment that was made by Margaret Herrick who was the librarian at the academy . Looking at The Statuette one day she said how the Statuette beared a resemblance to her dear Uncle Oscar .
That day the word spread and Oscars name
in the end dubbed the award we have today .
I suppose 20th Century Fox had to have an end to an era , but now 21st Fox and the other movie makers I’m sure will have many surprises in store .
It is always a good measuring stick for actors , actresses , directors , scriptwriters , Composers .
Just about everybody wants an Oscar on the mantelpiece , and it is a fight for the right to get nominated .
So as competition is good for business , Oscar will continue to challenge the aspirations of many
to shine for the academy . In this world of ours that has seen so much growth in the fields of arts and entertainment , the industry is still overflowing with achievements .
Let us not sink in the gloom and the doom but ride through the darkness on a sunbeam of hope , that we can achieve a lot .
THE END
By Doctor Write
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