Beyond the Beat: The Vision and Future of the Hip Hop Museum

The Hip Hop Museum was founded in 2015. The mission behind the museum is for hip hop to live on forever. The global influence of hip hop has shaped music, style, fashion, art, dance, education, and more. To this day, hip hop continues to be a phenomenon that impacts the lives of old and new […]

Guitar Heroes: CSSJ Students Find Their Beat

The guitar class at Community School for Social Justice helps students earn art credit and expand creativity. Students are learning the basics in how to play guitar like strumming a chord by brushing the strings with their fingers, finger positioning, barre chords, and basic chord shapes. Students use two types of guitar, electric guitar and […]

Beyond Emo and Metal: The Diversity of Gothic Music

There are many popular Television shows that contain Gothic elements, a recent example of this is American Horror Story. In the fifth season of this TV show, the soundtrack is littered with gothic music and the scenery is filled with gothic imagery that many people who have seen the show will not have known. A […]