Kiyanu Kim | A form of American music : Its Glories, Its Roots

Kiyanu Kim
Jul 21, 2017 · 4 min read
Kiyanu Kim

Kiyanu Kim is an award-Winning Songwriter and Producer at Sony/ATV. He is a driven music creator. Kiyanu Kim is building a name for himself as a writer, collaborator and musician, and gradually accruing a reputation for relaxed collaboration and a style of playing that is distinctive, but that lends itself to a variety of musical genres.

Hear in this blog Kiyanu Kim is describing the glorious history of American music, about its roots and evolution. Music here is one of its glories, it is as diverse and vital as the state and its people. Music that makes up the country’s identity is country, blues, jazz, spiritual, rock ’n’ roll, Tex- Mex and the music of other European immigrants.

This form of music not only coexisted in Texas but also developed gradually with its development. Music include country, blues, pop, big band, jazz and Latin rhymes that combine old Mexican music with polkas and other European forms. The state has nurtured many music forms such as Zydeco. Zydeco is a form of music of French speaking blacks that has increasingly developed elements of rhythm and blues.

Kiyanu Kim further describes that Steve Jordan is best known as Jimi Hendrix of the button accordion and you can catch a performance by him else you can visit honky honky–tonk where you can find a country singer providing country music for entertainment, wearing a cowboy hat.

COUNTRY MUSIC

Kiyanu Kim is a Korean born American songwriter, musician and producer. Having worked with luminaries like Gwen Stefani, Linda Perry, Lamont Dozier, Ben Jelen, Gala and others, Kiyanu Kim is gradually proving to be an extremely versatile musical accomplice, while sharpening his own songwriting potential. His most significant achievement in the industry thus far being the co-writing of Miley Cyrus’ hit, “Wrecking Ball.”

In the 1820s, many white Americans began to settle in Texas, bringing with them the music they heard at their native place. Music they listened to for entertainment was played on guitars, fiddle and banjo. Even in Texas music was hardly in a pure form. The banjo is of African origin, whereas fiddle is associated with black as well as white musicians. Fiddle was widely known as the devil’s instrument as it is hard to keep still when it is playing.

Fiddlers use a relatively slow tempo and long, single-note bow strokes that permits more variations on the melody. Guitarists in too developed their own style rather than get stuck in the traditional ones.

Earlier these white musicians used to play music at people’s homes especially for dancing. On weekends people use to clear their rooms removing the furniture for dancing on the beats of local musicians. Very often it used to be farmers who used to play music as a sideline for a modest sum. Sometimes musicians played in string bands using instruments such as mandolin and banjo. Texans were exposed to music particularly after civil war. They came in contact with variety of music through travelling, where they heard popular songs of the day and they heard the music of many African-American, who sometimes used to perform their masters or sometimes for themselves to pass time.

Beginning of recording of Country music

Kiyanu Kim says that first country musicians who recorded music were fiddlers Alexander “Eck” Robertson and Henry Gilliland. Both the musicians are legendary prize winning performers. They also played at a civil war veteran’s reunion in 1922. Later, they went to New York and performed at the victor recording company wearing a cowboy and a confederate uniform.

According to Kiyanu Kim, the birth of the country music industry can be traced to the June 1923 recording of another rural musician, Fiddlin’ John Carson of north Georgia

Blues and Jazz

Many people who are settled in Texas came from south and brought their slaves with them. Singing became an integral part of their life as they worked on farms for long hours in hot day and at night. After civil war musical and comedy shows became part of people’s life and sometimes black musicians used to play for whites.

Jazz in Texas

Kiyanu Kim is a well recognized music creator. Offstage,he has mixed and produced for a list of notable names and has brought music to over 30 several television programs. He’s appeared in the stages of venues like Madison Square Garden, and played large events which includes the Grammy Awards and the 2015 Sochi Olympics.

Texas developed the jazz and it was different from the early New Orleans jazz bands. Musicians played a vital role in the development of electric guitar says Kiyanu Kim. One of the renowned jazz figures were Henry “Bluster”, who became a part of Kansas City jazz scene of the 1930s along with other musicians.

Tex- Mex

By the mid 19th century, people used to dance primarily to music of Spain or Mexico. Music was played on violin and many other wind instruments, with guitar and drums. Other music forms started getting popularity during 1860s.

According to Kiyanu Kim has provided a strong ground to many music forms. Ranging from country music, blues, jazz to Tex Mex, America serves many other forms too. Kiyanu Kim says that today both old as well as new forms of music coexist in U.S. . New immigrants kept on adding new tastes to the original music and give it a new form.

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Kiyanu Kim is a well known songwriter and producer who has worked with a number of popular singers.

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