By Jesus Figueroa Life, love, and rhythm play a big part in Taylor Swift’s newest album “Red,” which was released in stores and iTunes on Oct. 22. The 22-year-old country pop star continues to impress her loyal fans with an upbeat album, which brings out another side of Swift. The album starts off with pop heavy “State of Grace,” which flatters Swift’s voice. The beat is fast and had strong…
By Eduardo Preciado The East Los Angeles College Symphonic Band Concert, held last Friday at the S2 Recital Hall, recognized classic music pieces and provided the listener with familiar images. Despite the performance being delayed by half an hour and no guest performers, the concert still had a great turnout. The last piece of music that the band played was one that most “V for Vendetta” fans would recognize,…
By Michael Price While many people are downloading their music off their computer or buying songs or albums on iTunes, other folks are turning to vinyl records to get their music. Whether they are purchased as a collector’s item, to mix on a turn table, or simply just to listen to, vinyl is becoming popular. Now I know what people are thinking “vinyl records? That’s dinosaur technology.” But, they offer an…
By Ariana Renteria The East Los Angeles Jazz band ends their last jazz concert for the spring semester with great potential. The band waited on stage as the lights faded down, the blue mood lights faded up and Director Bob Dawson walked on stage sporting a black suit and a yellow tie. The band came together last Friday. Dawson began tapping his foot and the band began their first piece very…