vol. 01 FEBRUAry

SKYLAR
T H E M U S I C I A N ' S B A T T L E
SMITH
Find out why the pop artist of the century went on
a hiatus for 5 long years.
A musician (or instrumentalist) is a person who plays a
musical instrument or is musically talented. Anyone
who composes and performs music may also be
referred to as a musician.
Musicians can specialize in any musical style, and
some musicians play in a variety of different styles.
Examples of a musician's possible skills include
performing, conducting, singing, composing,
arranging, and the orchestration of music.
The foundation of Romantic period music coincides
with what is often called the age of revolutions, an age
of upheavals in political, economic, social, and military
traditions. This age included the initial transformations
of the Industrial Revolution. A revolutionary energy
was also at the core of Romanticism.
The world transitioned from 19th-century
Romanticism to 20th century Modernism, bringing
major musical changes. In 20th-century music,
composers and musicians rejected the emotiondominated
Romantic period, and strove to represent
the world the way they perceived it. Musicians wrote
to be "...objective, while objects existed on their own
terms. While past eras concentrated on spirituality,
this new period placed emphasis on physicality and
things that were concrete."
The term popular music belongs to a number of
musical genres "having wide appeal" and typically
distributed to large audiences through the music
industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and
performed by people with little or no musical training.