Meghan Trainer

She's all about positivity! By: Grace

To get to know her, you should know...

Meghan Trainor is a pop sensation who makes sure all girls feel like they matter. With a flawless balance of sassy pop ballads and encouraging social posts, Meghan, whom I most likely will call “Meggy” somewhere in here, will probably end up saving girls all over with her Don’t-hate-yourself-okay? vibes, and I absolutely love her music, I’ve loved her music since before I was old enough to know what any of it meant.

In contrast, may I say that influencers tend to make girls feel horrible about themselves because all girls look at nowadays is people being little human stick bugs??? These influencers often promote unrealistic body standards that can lead to feelings of inadequacy and shame among young girls. Meghan Trainor's music offers a refreshing counter-narrative, encouraging girls to love their bodies just the way they are and reject these harmful ideals.

But moving on to little meggy!

Meghan started singing at a very young age, as she did not wish to have any formal music training, so she just winged it! She was in a cover band made up of her family members called Island Fusion, which, if you ask me, sounds more like a Pina Colada than a cover band, but whatever. Anyway, she did the whole Island Fusion thing until she was twelve when she started using GarageBand to make her compositions. She began writing songs for others to sing by eighteen. She didn’t like her figure and the fact that she was one of the girls who had a thicker body type (sorry if that’s offensive, Meggy) and she was discouraged by this, but that quickly changed and she said “Nah to the Ah to the No No No” to her self hatred (that was a quote from Meghan’s hit song “No”) and she absolutely dominated the stage after she got a record deal with Epic Records’ own L.A. Reid! After all that, you can thank her Mom for supporting her through all of it! She says in her song “Mom” that “You might have a mom, she might be the bomb but ain’t nobody got a mom like mine.”

Music Career

Meghan was, as I mentioned, in a cover band that consisted of some of her family members called Island Fusion (again, Pina Colada), and she had played Bob Marley and all sorts of other stuff, but more importantly, they played Meghan’s compositions, so the world got a taste of Meghan before she even started writing lyrics, which she began at eighteen, even though that wasn’t very successful, and she wrote her song “Give Me A Chance” to pass the time, which gave her the idea to go to a music conference. There she meets former NRBQ employee Al Anderson, and he liked her music and personality in general, so he referred her to his boss, Carla Wallace, and Carla pointed her in the vague direction of Epic Records, so Meggy tried to find someone to sing her song, “All About That Bass” for the chairmen, but no one could or would or wanted to, and so Meggy had to sing it herself over a recording from the studio. L.A. Reid, the chairman who was reviewing the recording, sent for Meggy the same day he heard her, and according to an interview, she had no cell phone in the waiting room to distract herself and was so nervous that she could’ve sworn she may have hurled on the floor at any given moment. L.A Reid gave Meghan a record label that proved she could do practically anything music related and also boosted her confidence.

Marriage and Motherhood

Meghan Married Daryl Sabara, who played Juni Cortez in his most famous act, “Spy Kids,” whom some of you may recognize him from. They then had two kids who were soon named Riley and Barry. So far, Riley is 4 and Barry is 1 and 8 months, and the parade won’t stop there since she’s planning to have four kids, at least! (so she says) Meghan has said Daryl has measured up to all of the things she said in “Dear Future Husband” Like you would expect, pregnancy wasn’t easy, but thanks to that we now have a book written by her, called Dear Future Mama, a guide to how to handle pregnancy and tiny children.

Outroduction

This go-getter gal is the queen of self-positivity, so it's best to take it all as a reminder that not only is everyone worthy of praise, but everyone can also get it thanks to us considerate kids. The future of us starts now, so we had all better get out there and let everyone know they’re all equally loved.

Good Luck Changing the World, my friends!


Sources:

Kiddle.com https://www.kiddle.co/s.php?q=Meghan+Trainor

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghan_Trainor

People //people.com

Dear Future Mama: A TMI Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and New Motherhood

The Amazing Life of Aretha Franklin

By: Katelyn/TATO!

I’m going to be talking about Aretha Franklin, otherwise called The Queen of Soul or “Ree” by her family members. Aretha was the daughter of a paster and help fight for civil rights. Aretha even sang with Elton John a week before she passed away! And now let’s start. Let’s start off with important information. Aretha was born on March 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1946 Aretha moves to Detroit Michigan. In 1952 her mother dies of a heart attack.1960-1980 Aretha moved to New York, then moves to California with Ken Cunningham (her boyfriend at the time) in 1975 and appears in “Blues Brothers” in 1980. In 2005 she was “Awarded the presidential medal of freedom.” -Nico Medina. On august 16th ,2018 in Detroit Michigan Aretha dies of pancreatic cancer. Next is her Singing Career. In 1956 she releases her first album “Songs of Faith”. In 1960-1987 she signs with Columbia and Atlantic records, recorded “I never loved a man” at Muscle Shoals, “Respect hits number one on the pop and R&B charts.”- Nico Medina, and she got in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. Aretha Franklin's bestselling album “Amazing Grace” is released in 1972. Ree was crowned the Queen of Soul in 1967. The Rolling Stones names Aretha the best singer of all time. In 2017 Ree declares that she will be retiring. Last but certainly not least, husbands and kids. Her first marriage to Ted White lasted from 1961-1965. Next, she marries Glynn Turman which lasted from 1978-1984. Aretha the has her first kid, Clarence. Clarence was born on January 28,1955. Her second son’s name is Edward. He was born on august 13 1957. Ted white jr. her third child and is born on February 1964. And her last kid’s name is Kecalf. And his birth date is April 1970.

My conclusion is that what I’ve learned from this wonderful and amazing woman was that you can be anything from the daughter of a paster to the Queen of Soul. And that is the Amazing Life of Aretha Franklin.

Sources: Wikipedia, Who was Aretha Franklin By: Nico Medina

Ariana Grande

By Imara

Hi, have you ever heard of the song thank u next or 7rings. Well, I am going to tell you about the girl behind these amazing songs and pretty face, Ariana Grande is not only a wonderful singer and pretty lady, but she is also a kind person and has an interesting life behind the scenes. I am going to tell you about her many accomplishments and struggles.

Ariana Grande Butera was born in Broca Florida on June 26, 1993, her mother is Joan Grande, and her father is Edward Butera, and her older half-brother is Frankie Grande. she is Italian American. Her mother was a businesswoman, and her father was a graphic designer. She grew up in Florida during her childhood she did many plays in her local theater one of the plays she starred in was Annie, in this play she got the part of Anie. At 8 years old she sang the spangled banner before a hockey game on tv. Ariana and her brother Frankie were very close with their maternal grandma and grandpa.

By age 14 she wanted to record an RNB album, but people said “who would want to buy a 14-year old's RNB album. So, Aat age 15 she started her career at nickelodeon she played a red headed, dimwitted girl named cat in two shows Sam and cat and victorious. After being in victorious Ariana got her own show with Jennette Mccurdy, Sam and cat, there are rumors that Ariana and Jennette did not get along and Jennette was jealous because Ariana got paid more and she stared spreading rumors about Ariana, but I do not know if it is true or not, {I found that info in a YouTube video so 🧐????}. during victorious and part of Sam and cat, Ariana had to dye her hair red with harsh her dye after a while it began to ruin her hair and some of her hair started to fall out, so she ended up wearing a wig for part of Sam and cat and that’s why she now wears her iconic ponytail.

After being on nickelodeon for 4 years Ariana recorded her first album years truly originally titled dreams it was an RNB album like she had always wanted. She has made many albums and been on many shows including carpool karaoke, the voice, the jimmy Falon show and many others. In her career she has won 16 awards inclouding 2 grammemes. She has done incredible things and has an incredible career but with all the great things she has had some struggles. She had a concert in London that got bombed and 22 peopled died. Her ex-boyfriend mac died of a drug overdose 4 months after they broke up. Her beloved grandpa died of cancer and she wrote a song about him the name of the song is my everything.

Sourses; Wikipedia, YouTube

Ludwig Van Beethoven

By Ella

This essay is on the musical genius Beethoven. He was forced to play piano by his father Johhan Van Beethoven. His Mother Maria Magdalena Beethoven her madden name Keverich died when he was a was 17 and his father died when he was 22.

Now to talk about his musical career, He wrote 9 symphonies, and one opera. He never married so he has no decandents. He was born in Bonn, Germany some day in December 1770 the day of his birth is not confirmed. He lived in Vienna, and Bonn, Germany. He was a musical genius and even better he was a deaf musical genius. and thanks to him we have all the new piano songs he wrote like the fur Elise. He is so awesome at his work.

George Harrison

 

By: Emory K.

George Harrison is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, who wrote one of my favorite songs but before we jump ahead, let us go back to George Harrison's past in the winding streets of Liverpool.

George Harrison was born on February 25th, 1943, on number 12 Arnold grove, in Liverpool, England. He was born to a working-class family and was fascinated with musicians such as Little Richard, and Buddy Holly. In the mid 1950s George Harrison met Paul McCartney, who then introduced him to John Lennon, they were both in John’s band, “The Quarrymen”. George wished to join John’s band, so he played one of John’s favorite rock songs. Soon after Ringo Starr joined the band, and they changed their name to The Beatles!

The Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me, was released in which George sang background vocals for most songs including Twist and Shout. In The Beatles’ second album, With the Beatles, George wrote his first song Don't Bother Me. But soon there was a problem for the band, they usually could not hear themselves play due to all the screaming fans in the audience.

Then in 1965, George heard about Ravi Shankar, a musician who specialized in Indian music, including the Sitar, a traditional Indian instrument. This was around the time that the band had stopped touring and, in the song, Norwegian Wood, George played the Sitar with John singing. After Norwegian Wood, George made many songs with the Sitar, and others including While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Then in 1969, George quit the Beatles, and even though he rejoined later, tensions were still high with the band.

In 1970 the band disbanded, and they all set off on solo careers. Later that year, George Harrison released All Things Must Pass, including his hit song My Sweet Lord. In November 2001, George Harrison died of lung cancer. I picked George Harrison because his music is singular, and there is nothing quite like it. His last words were, simply “Love one another.”

Sources
1.Wikipedia
2.Visualizing the Beatles, Jon Pring (2016)
3.The Beatles Anthology
4. BeatlesArchive.com

Also check out
Dreaming the Beatles, Rob Sheffield
The Beatles, Spotify
Get Back (Disney+)

All research was done By Emory, Photo credits by iMBD. Thank you for Listening/Reading

Lisa Hannigan

By - Zuriah 

Hello this is a report about Lisa Hannigan and her life. I will be covering lots of topics such as career, childhood, and facts. 

First, I will be talking about Lisa’s career. Lisa is a voice actress and musician. She is most known for voicing Blue diamond from Steven Universe. She also voices the narrator in dogs trust a movie. Lisa’s main job is an Irish musician she makes rock songs such as, Song of the sea, I don’t know, What will I do, Knots, Little bird, Flowers, and teeth, she also sings a bit in Adore you.  

Next is, Childhood. Lisa attended a primary elementary school when she was younger. But then attended a different school to study French art. She started reading the poetry of an Irish poet in English litterateur.  

Last, I will be telling you interesting facts about Lisa. Lisa’s Zodiac is an Aquarius, her birth stone is a Amethyst, her birth flower is a Prim rose, and Violet. She started her musical journey in a Damien rice band.  

This is my conclusion, this report is about Lisa Hannigan. But it is not just about her. It is about her job, her life, her past life, and her future. 

Harry Stiles

By Lily G.

Harry stiles was on the x factor. Harry stiles has tattoos.  Harry sties he has bblem. Harry stiles wite sones. 

Harry stiles ware jeans.  Harry stiles like candy. Harry stiles sing. Harry stiles is seegle. Harry stiles is a sinrer and he wornt water melon suger he wont kiwi. Harry stiles jond a band cold one drechoin. 

[Harry Stiles was on The X Factor.  Harry Stiles has tattoos.  Harry Stiles has no problems.  Harry Stiles writes songs.

Harry Stiles wears jeans.  Harry Stiles likes candy.  Harry Stiles sings.  Harry Stiles is single.  Harry Stiles is a singer and he wrote 'Water Melon Sugar' and 'Kiwi'.  Harry Stiles joined a band called One Direction.]