I have decided to talk about Ed Sheeran who has moved me in music by his passion, talent, creativity and drive. These are reasons why he should be included in textbooks in the future and how those reasons him different from the rest.
Ed is a passionate singer and song writer born and raised in the United Kingdom, and started writing his own music in 2004.
His Music and Aura
In the following videos, you will be able to discover the type of style Ed Sheeran has with his music. You can hear the utter passion he has when he sings and performs. Each song he sings and writes is a poem that’s written with such beauty that the audience can hear and admire. His music is so appealing not only from his passionate lyrics, but also from his rhythm and tempos. He usually plays quite slowly within his songs, but once it becomes the bridge or the last chorus, he becomes more intense with his voice by adding crescendo to his pieces; this makes his music full of passion and intensity, even though he is quite subtle.
Most of Ed Sheeran’s songs are love songs. He writes such beautiful songs about love that make you want to be in love. Sometimes what we go through in love makes us feel so many things that we cannot put into words, but Ed Sheeran writes songs that describes exactly what we are feeling. 
His love songs consist of him being in love, and he sings about the joys, pains and scarifies that one goes through when they are in love. Where there is love, there can also be heartbreak, and Ed has written quite a few songs about heartbreak and how it makes him feel. Love is not just with a soulmate; Ed Sheeran also writes songs about his family and friends that he loves dearly as well.
In Concert
I had the privilege to see and listen to Ed Sheeran live in concert when I was seventeen years old. With years of listening to his music and developing many emotional bonds to his songs, I was utterly overjoyed. I have been to a large amount of concerts in my lifetime, and his performance was the one I will always remember. It is my core memory because Ed Sheeran performed with so much humbleness. 
He knows how empowering and impacting his music is, but he stays humble and does not let his fame take the best of him. He walked onto the stage with his acoustic guitar, a microphone, a loop pedal and minimal lights on the stage. It was the most simple yet powerful concert that I have attended. It was amazing to just listen to his wonderful music and his talent, without big flashing lights, dancers, and outrageous costumes. Most celebrities are stuck in their superficial ways, so Ed Sheeran stands out because of how down to earth he stays.
Career
Ed played music at a very young age and it became a passion at once. Once we was 14 he created a few songs and created a CD. As he grew older and his voice developed, he was performing at many venues. Although Ed Sheeran played in many venues in London, what really got his foot in the door was when he was 20 years old: “In April 2011, he made an appearance in the TV music show ‘Later… with Jools Holland’ to perform his debut single, ‘The A Team’ which was released later as a digital download. 
It became a huge hit, selling over 58,000 copies in the first week itself. It also became one of the top ten songs in several countries such as Australia, Japan, Norway and New Zealand.” (2018) One month later, his album “+” was released, and that has been one of his major works his entire career, which was a huge hit. This album brought him to international fame, and it stayed at the top in many countries. In six month’s time, it sold 1,021,072 in the United Kingdom alone. His second album released, “X” was another huge his, which really flooded to North America. His third and latest album released, “” was the biggest album of the year in 2017.
Favourite Songs
My favourite song in his album “+” is Give Me Love. It is a very passionate song that hooked me as soon as I heard it. It is a perfect example of the intensity that he brings to the table in a subtle way.
My favourite song from his album “X” is I’m A Mess. This song is one of his faster songs, with an edgy beat. I enjoy it because it is a little different from the rest, and as the chorus hits, the intensity really makes me feel the music.
My favourite song from his album “” is Happier because the lyrics spoke to me and I really connected with the song, and it also has a very beautiful melody.
Reflection
Ed Sheeran is worthy of being in textbooks in the future because of his given talent of song writing, singing, and playing the guitar; he is very creative with his songs by using his loop pedal, and he adds many different beats. Not only is he a phenomenal musician, but his attitude and personality is very inspiring. This makes him a good role model for many people, which is important for people to see and learn about, because humility is a precious quality to have as an artist, besides talent. 
These qualities make him different from the rest. His phenomenal talent of creativity, and his unique voice and music style has taken him into fame, but his trait of humility makes all of those other qualities more impressive. Ed Sheeran has inspired many artists to sing and perform in a humble manor, which is slowly increasing as the years go on. Many new artists are into slower and simpler songs with passionate meaning, and this is how he is changing the pop industry; he has inspired so many people and their music development.
Citations:
The Famous People, 2018. “Ed Sheeran Biography”The Famous People.com. Access August 2018. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ed-sheeran-29882.php
musical Shuffle Along. Her comedy skills that she incorporated in that musical helped her become popular with different crowds. She really wanted to make it big, so she moved to New York City and she soon performed in Chocolate Dandies, and she also performed in the floor show of the Plantation Club with Ethel Waters, and this performance made Josephine quite a crowd favourite. Josephine then travelled to Paris in 1925, to perform in La Revue Nègre. This performance made a very good impression on the audience. Josephine was soon very well known in a large portion of Europe.
Ultimate womaniser, Ernest Hemingway, called her ‘the most sensational woman anyone ever saw.’ Yet, despite her popularity and fame, Rosa Parks’ fight was hers too. When she arrived back in America in the 1950s she was refused reservations at 36 hotels. She took her battle to the cabaret clubs, refusing to perform to racially-segregated audiences (despite a $10,000 offer by a Miami club). Not even threatening calls from the Klu Klux Klan scared her. In 1963, she stood beside Martin Luther King at the March on Washington. She was the only official female speaker there.” (Marie, 2017) This describes how Josephine showed a very high stance in feminism and also, sexual empowerment for women. She had an immense amount of confidence and used her talents and her amazing skills to awe the crowd. Also, nothing scared her or made her feel less of herself. She was abundantly confident; her confidence helped her reach her goals and follow what she truly believed in without having to stand down.
East.” (2018) A very intense roll Josephine had was that she worked for the French Resistance, and her duty was to smuggle messages that would be hidden in her underwear or her sheet music. As a result by the end of the war, Josephine was awarded the Croix de Guerre award, and the Legion of Honour with the rosette of the Resistance. These two honors were two of France’s highest military honours.
musical recordings for Okeh withing the 1920’s. She did a tour with her band, “Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds” in the United States and in Europe. She developed a name called, “The Queen of the Blues”, with her utter most talent in the music Industry. 