Taylor Swift By Julienne Jensen Biography Born December

Taylor Swift By Julienne Jensen

Biography � Born December 13, 1989 � Grew up on family Christmas Tree farm � Started performing at age 5 � Grandmother professional Opera Singer � Started learning Guitar and composing music at age 12

Nashville Tennessee � At age 11 started performing in Nashville to pursue a career in country music. � Moved to Hendersonville Tennessee � Started Contract with Big Machine Records � Released First Single “Tim Mcgraw”

Taylor Swift �Debut Album – released October 2006 at age 16 �Sold 39, 000 copies during first week �Favorite Songs ◦ Teardrops on My Guitar ◦ Tim Mc. Graw ◦ Our Song

Fearless �Second Album – released November 2008 �Album of the year: Top of Country and Pop Charts �Helped Swift to become Highest-Selling country artist of 2008 �White Horse – named best country song �Favorite Songs ◦ Love Story ◦ White Horse ◦ You Belong with Me

Speak Now �Swift’s third Album – released October 2010 �Sold over 5. 7 million copies worldwide �Favorite Songs ◦ Mine ◦ Enchanted ◦ Back to December

Red � Forth Album – released October 2012 � Sold over 1 million copies in first week. � We are Never Getting Back Together – #1 on US Billboard Hot 100 Chart � Favorite Songs ◦ We are Never Getting Back Together ◦ I knew You Were Trouble ◦ The Last Time

Music Awards �Horizon Award from Country Music Association �Top New Female Vocalist (Academy of Country Music) � 2008 Grammy Award – Best New Artist �Female Vocalist of the Year (American Music Association)

Swift 2012 to Present �In 2012 Swift funded the 4 million dollar Taylor Swift Education Center in Nashville �Swift is working on her 5 th Album to be released 4 th quarter 2014 �Wants to evolve this album with new sound

Composition History: Love Story �Released in September 2008 with album “Fearless” �The Song started Taylor’s fame and got her career to pick up �Lyrics similar to the story “Romeo and Juliet” �Song about a guy Swift was dating who wasn’t a popular choice

Composition History: “We are Never Getting Back Together” �Released as lead single to album Red on August 13, 2012 �Written by Swift and produced by Max Martin and Shellback �Lyrics describe Swift’s frustrations at an ex-lover who wants to re-kindle their relationship

Composition History: “I knew You Were Trouble” �Released 27 November, 2012 as the third single from the album Red �Co-written and produced by Max Martin and Shellback �Lyrics about being frustrated with yourself because you are heart broken after seeing all these red flags from the beginning

Composition History: “You Belong with Me” �Released April 18, 2009 by Big Machine Records as the third single from “Fearless” �Co-written by Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman with Swift’s aid �Inspired to write song after overhearing a male friend of hers arguing with his girlfriend through a phone call

Listening Guides: “Love Story” � 0: 00 the song begins in major mode and the melody played by the acoustic guitar � 0: 30 the drums start playing on certain beats of the song and cymbals are heard very faintly � 1: 03 the chorus: the resolution occurs, chorus is in the major mode, and drums in triple meter � 1: 24 verse 2: the tempo is back to the original speed and the original melody is being played � 2: 14 chorus-add on: the music stays the same, with extra lyrics added in � 2: 43 verse 3: the tempo has slowed, the dynamics of each instrument becoming softer � 3: 17 chorus 3 begins: the resolution has now occurred, and the original melody is now being played where the timbre of the violin is heard more. � 3: 56 the song ends

Listening Guides: “We are Never Getting Back Together” � � � � � 0: 00 the intro starts out with an acoustic guitar playing catchy notes 0: 07 the vocalist comes in and the drummer comes in 0: 30 the pace of the drums starts to pick up a little bit 0: 45 the drummer and guitar comes in with faster and louder beats 1: 05 the song goes back to the pace from the beginning with just the guitar playing 1: 28 the song starts to speed up 1: 30 then the drummer and guitar pick up the pace and beat once again 2: 04 the guitar stops and its just the drummer drumming a slow soft pace 2: 26 everyone comes in again at once at a fast upbeat pace 3: 12 the song ends

Listening Guides: “I knew You Were Trouble” � � � � � 0: 00 the intro starts with just a guitar playing a couple of cords in a fast tempo 0: 05 the vocalist comes in at a medium tempo 0: 42 the drums stop and pace slows down 1: 07 the drums come in hard and loud as does the vocalist to speed up the pace 1: 18 the pace slows down with the guitar playing, the drums and vocalist both come in 1: 50 the instruments start to fade 1: 55 all the instruments come in hard again as the pace of the song picks up again 2: 35 the pace slows down once again as only the guitar is playing just a couple of cords 2: 48 the drums come in with a hard loud beat as the song begins to pick up its pace 3: 40 song ends

Listening Guides: “You Belong With Me” � 0: 00 the intro begins with the guitar, bass and drums � 0: 37 the chorus begins, the dynamics increase, there’s a banjo, piano and violin included with the � guitar, bass, drums and vocals � 1: 35 the chorus ends, the dynamics decrease and then begin increasing towards the beginning of � the chorus � 2: 30 there’s no singing just instruments playing � 2: 56 the dynamics slow and the singing gets softer � 3: 42 song ends

Works Cited �Ferrin, Craig E. Listen to the Music. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2009. �Taylor Alison Swift. (2014). The Biography. com website. Retrieved 09: 49, May 03, 2014, from http: //www. biography. com/people/taylor-swift 369608. � �Song Facts, List of Songs by Taylor Swift. www. songfacts. com/artist-taylor_swift. php � �Taylor Swift, 2014 Taylor Swift. http: //taylorswift. com/about