What got me into music? What caused me to have a passion for the guitar? Why do I act so much differently from everyone else? From deaths in the family to injuries many things shape how a person acts. Many of these things I have experienced but this is the only one that positively affected me. All of this started when I listened to one band’s song. One band changed my life. It began on a Monday in mid-December during my freshman year. (I had a dreadful cold from the week before‚ and I was still getting
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groups of black Americans. "Why I like Country Music" portrays a loving married couple sparring about the legitimacy of square dancing as a valid art form‚ using it as a symbol for radically differing worldviews coming from upbringings in the North and South. The husband tells about a fourth grade crush that results in him besting the class know-it-all to square-dance with the girl on May Day‚ and to this day‚ the scent of lemon and the sound of country music remind him of those heady days. But Gweneth
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war had ended in 1975‚ popular music had been changed forever. Over the course of the war‚ things had changed. Simple‚ optimistic pop songs that had previously topped the charts had turned into social critiques of the American lifestyle‚ and sophisticated statements made through the whole running time of an LP. The American consciousness started to become painfully aware of the reality of the situation during the mid-60ʼs‚ and this is where the shift in music becomes obvious. Instead of the
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Date: 2/22/2013 10:12 PM 1. Describe some of the influence of Latin music in the US in the early part of the twentieth century. It started a new type of music‚ Jazz ‚ Afro-Cuban Jazz. 2. What was the significance of “Machito and His Afro-Cubans”? They Created Afro-Cuban Jazz. They were kind of like the bridge between worlds finding success with white people also. 3. How did Dizzy Gillespie incorporate Latin music into his music? He invited a player named Chano who was from Cuba and they worked
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1.1Summarise the development of the UK popular music recording industry from the 1950’s to the present day. 50’s The 1950’s represent the beginning of the development of the music industry‚ as it is known today. It is from here on that the genre of ‘popular music’ existed and began to dominate the charts. Of course‚ there were acts that existed before the 50’s‚ and made a good name for them selves‚ acts like Bing Crosby‚ but it was in the 50’s that certain artists became household names‚ and
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"Crazy Face" The song I chose to review is “Crazy Face” by Van Morrison on the album “His Band and the Street Choir”. The tone color of this song is upbeat and jazzy‚ not so much inspirational‚ but laid back and pleasant. The tempo is based around an 8th note signature‚ mostly displayed by the Hi-hat in what I would classify as allegretto. The instruments involved in this song are; a piano‚ a standard drum set most likely a five piece with a standard 2 toms maybe 3‚ bass drum‚ snare‚ ride symbol
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Altschuler’s All Shook Up: How Rock ‘N’ Roll Changed America By Stacey Peterik Music has been a huge part of history since it began back in prehistoric times. As the decades have passed‚ music has gradually changed to include a variety of different styles; each being influenced in some way by the early blues and rhythm and blues of the 1940’s and 1950’s. As it does currently‚ in that time period‚ music created many conflicts between generations. Also in those decades though‚ music created conflict between racial and gender classes
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What kind of music do you find appealing? Give reasons and examples of your choice. “Music is universal” I do not know who said that but he or she put it out very well. Music transcends all known barriers of race or nationality and hits you right where it should with its rhythm‚ instruments‚ vocals and if the language is known to you the lyrics – right to your innermost sanctum of mood and feelings. So of course our taste depends on how the music makes us feel and I’m no different to that.
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DYNAMICS The first two notes are mp The first verse if mf The pre-chorus/transition is f‚ as is the chorus The dynamics repeat similarly throughout The ending is a decrescendo EFFECTS Distortion‚ delay and flanging on the guitar Voice distortion near the end of the song Synth Strings playing the background chords (also towards the end) Ghosting to create odd sounds in the background FORCES Bass guitar Drums (repetitive‚ syncopated patterns‚ drum rolls on the snare‚ regular use of the
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"Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is first and foremost the album that gave rise to ’hopes of progress in pop music" (The Times‚ 29 May 1967) Did the impact of the Beatles Sgt Pepper album help redefine popular music as a culturally significant art form? Summary of Assignment Choose an artist from the period 1900-1970 and to examine their relationship to the cultural and social framework of their era with reference to an important or influential album. Introduction In this essay I
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