Tia+S+popular+music

=Popular Music Assessment =

Popular music is a common term for music of all ages that appeals to popular taste.


 * Artist**-Sam Smith
 * Song 1**-I'm not the only one
 * Song 2**-Like I Can
 * Performance**-Stay with me

**Bibliography:**
Sam Smith is an English singer and songwriter. He was born in London in May 19 1992. His family was raised in the town of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. His father was a stay at home dad and his mother, a banker. Sam Smith has obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he is third-cousin to singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen (Lilly Allen's brother). Sam Smith began his singing career in 2012.After being featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single “Latch" he instantly became famous. In December 2013, he was nominated for the 2014 BRIT Critics' Choice Award which he won, again in 2014 American Music Awards, he was named Favourite Pop/Rock Male Artist and then at 2015 Grammy's, he won Best New Artist and his single "Stay With Me" was named Song of the Year.

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 * Song 1**

**Analysis**:
__Song Structure__ Intro- 0.42 (Piano and drum kit) Verse 1- 1:07 (Piano, vocal, drum kit) Chorus- 1:52(Piano, vocal, drum kit and tambourine) Verse 2- 2:18(Piano, vocal, drum kit) Chorus- 2:38(Piano, vocal, drum kit and tambourine) Bridge- 3:00(Piano, vocal, drum kit and tambourine) C horus- 3:45(Piano, vocal, drum kit and tambourine) Outro- 4:34 (Piano and drum kit)

The instruments that are played in this piece are piano, vocal, tambourine and drum kit. The tempo of the piece is: Four (4), Four (4), the tempo stays the throughout the song, until it suddenly speeds up towards the end. The dynamics of this piece starts of soft and slowly speeds up and grows louder. The piece starts off with the piano, drums and vocal and after the chorus you can hear the guitar. Piano is the main instrument, it is louder than the others in the beginning. Sam Smith has a higher pitched voice for a male singer. Towards the end of the song we can hear back up vocal, but only in the last chorus. There are 4/4 beats per bar. The song is more of a minor sounding. When you look up "Im not the only one" on [|www.ultimate-guitar.com] and look at the chords they are a different chord pattern between the verse, the chorus and the bridge. The high point of this piece would be towards the last chorus, it starts to get louder and the instruments speed up a bit, we can also hear back up singers.

**Song 2:**
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**Analysis:**
__Song Structure__ Intro: 0:01 (Guitar and vocal) Verse 1: 0:20 (Guitar and vocal) Chorus: 0:39 (Guitar, drum kit and vocal) Verse 2: 1:00 (Guitar and vocal) Chorus: 1:24 (Guitar, drum kit and vocal) Bridge: 1:51 (Guitar and vocal) Chorus: 2:15 (Guitar, drum kit and vocal) Outro: 2.43 (Guitar and vocal)

The Instruments that are played in this Piece are vocal,guitar and drum kit**.** The tempo of the piece is 4/4 and is the same for BPB**,**the tempo doesn't change it stays the same throughout the song**.** The song starts soft at the beginning and gets louder and louder through out the song. The chorus gets the loudest and then suddenly goes quite again and this repeats throughout the song. Not all the instruments play the same when the chorus starts, it adds the drum kit and makes the guitar louder. The guitar has the most effects on this song. The singer, Sam Smith, has a fairly high voice for a male. He sings the whole song by himself there are no back up vocals in this song**.** The song is more of a major sound. When I looked on [|www.ultimate-guitar.com] the chord pattern between the verse and the chorus is all different. This song reaches its high point in each chorus.