1. TAYLOR ALISON SWIFT Music Presentation

2. Taylor Alison Swift

3. Taylor Alison Swift Before the Fame Born on December 13, 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. First introduced to music First Guitar Computer tech Begins learning guitar

4. Pursuing her dreams… Practice makes perfect. 12 years old and first song writting skills. Nashville, Tennessee. Development recording contract with RCA records.

5. Pursuing her dreams… No Deal with RCA, and decides to leave Sings at the famous ‘Bluebird Cafe’ Meets Scott Brochetta, founder of Big Machine Records. Becomes his first signed artist.

6. Introducing Taylor Swift… 2006, First song Tim Mcgraw, Top Ten Later that year, First Album Taylor Swift released 2.5 Million copies sold

7. First Album Success Hit Songs Our Song Tear drops on my guitar Picture to Burn Should’ve said no become number one hits in Country Music. First Awards CMA ‘Horizon Award’ Top New Female Vocalist

8. Fearless 2008, Second Album Fearless released 7 songs written by Swift Real life experiences into a song Love Story First Country artist to win an MTV Video Music Award Fearless Tour

9. Speak Now 2010, third album released Speak Now Twelve songs written by Swift One million records sold in the first week Speak Now Tour, $123 million Best Country Song, Best Country solo performance Hunger Games

10. Red Fourth album Red is released We are never ever, getting back together another hit song off her newest album Swift continues to make hits from her life experiences. Pinnacle award at the CMA’s

11. Music History Our Song Love Story Fifteen Red

12. Our Song Released First performed Meaning of song First number one hit Awards

13. Love Story First single off of Fearless album History behind the song Romeo and Juliet Number of songs sold Quintuple platinum Australia

14. Fifteen Nominated 2010 MTV music awards Life experience History behind the song

15. Red Release date Album History Performance

16. Listening Guide Our Song – Taylor Swift Intro: The Violin plays by itself. You immediately could tell this song is going to be upbeat. 2:08 Bridge Drums start to slow down, as well as electric and acoustic guitar. 2:31 all the instruments come in Introduction| Verse 1|Chorus|Bridge|Chorus+add on| Chorus + add on| Fade out

17. Listening Guide Love story- Taylor Swift Intro: The Banjo plays and every other beat you hear a knocking sound. 0:16 First Verse. The song begins and the Banjo continues to play the same notes it did in the introduction of the music. Intro| First Verse| Pre Chorus| Chorus| Second Verse| Chorus| Chorus +add on| Bridge| Chorus add on| third verse| fade out

18. Listening Guide Fifteen- Taylor Swift 0:01 Intro 0:05 Acoustic Guitar begins to play the main melody of the song. 0:16 First Verse begins. The tempo of the song begins at a slow tempo but the guitar plays faster than how she is actually singing the song. Intro| First Verse| Chorus| Second Verse| Chorus + add on| Third verse| Chorus + add on| Bridge| Fade out

19. Listening Guide Red – Taylor Swift 0:06 First Verse begins 0:38 Chorus begins 0:54 The background singers emphasize the word “red” by repeating the song. Intro| First verse| Chorus| Second verse| Chorus +add on| Bridge| chorus + add on| Bridge| fade out

20. Bibliography 1. Taylor Swift [Internet]. The Biography Channel website, 2013 [cited 2013 Sep 05] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/taylor- swift-369608 2.www.acechowbiz.com/celebrity/taylor_swift /biography.htmlwww.acechowbiz.com/celebrity/taylor_swift /biography.html 3.3.Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless, 2010