Rock and Roll on Drugs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Excelsior College Author Note This paper is being prepared for The History of Rock And Roll‚ MUS210‚ taught by Dr. Brack May. Abstract Throughout all of history people have been using and experimenting with drugs especially artists and musicians. Numerious musician have reluctantly admitted to or actually proclaimed their use of drugs. The general conscious of these “artists” is that their drug use has unlocked a higher level of creativity. As trendsetters
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Rock n’ Roll. Have you heard of it? Well‚ it came from the decade of the nine-teen fifties. That is not the only popular event in the decade. The nine-teen fifties had many other important and interesting events that occurred. That is why the nine-teen fifties are the greatest decade of the twentieth century. It is not just because the cool events occurred‚ but the affect it has on life today. The greatest decade of the twentieth century was the nine-teen fifties because it was the start of abolishing
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Question 1 (1 point) Brackett‚ Chapter 11: Independent (Indie) record labels are often able to take chances that major labels cannot. Why? Student response: Percent Value Student e Respons Answer Choices a. Low talent & recording costs for indie labels 0.0% b. Indie labels set up their distributio n carefully (identified their key demogra phic and distributio n areas and only sent material to those disc jockeys and radio stations) c. Major labels
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Jonathan Moak English Comp 1 First Essay Over my last 19 years of life‚ I have seen drastic changes of improvement in technology that has helped in different ways. Ever since I can remember‚ the beginning days of when I first started using the small electronic baby toys that taught me the alphabet‚ numbers‚ colors‚ and much more. Today‚ I have many young cousins that play with the same type of machines‚ and I can see the way young kids are learning so easily because they are having fun with
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What made rock‚ including Dylan different from rock and roll? Are there advantages or disadvantages to the shift? Usually most people comprehend rock and rock and roll to be the same thing; artist such as Chuck Berry‚ Elvis and Little Richard manufactured rock and roll and at the time the style of music was differing from modern music. In a historical aspect‚ Rock and roll emerged first followed by Rock evolving from rock and roll; to a certain degree the two genres of music are very closely related
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The immense recognition of rock and roll affected an exceptional level of social‚ political and cultural impact on Australian life in the post war period. Not just a musical style‚ rock and roll influenced lifestyles‚ fashion trends‚ dance moves‚ attitudes‚ haircuts‚ forms of language and political views. The influence of rock n roll‚ in the post war period of the 50s and 60s was indeed one of great significance to Americanised culture. Australia was also influenced by this seeing as Australia had
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Psychedelic rock is absolutely still rock ‘n’ roll because it encompasses the free-spirited ideals of early rock greats. While under the influence of psychedelic drugs‚ artists felt as if they had entered a higher sphere of awareness. Here‚ they felt free to break out of molds and precedents which is what rock ‘n’ roll was really all about. Artists also experimented with new recording techniques and effects‚ and incorporated non-Western sources such as the instruments of Indian music. A few things
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Rock’-n’-roll is always changing and evolving into specific sub-genres. Sub-genres break down a general genre of music into a more specific and sophisticated type of that category. For example‚ rock has many different branches‚ including soft rock‚ southern rock‚ and hard rock. Rock in general typically has a lead electric guitar with a vigorous 4/4 beat produced by the drums. Yet‚ in the sub-genre of southern rock‚ a southern country rhythm is combined with a touch of rock and roll. Hard rock separates
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The influences of rock and roll music has countless different impacts from the primary in the late forties and early fifties. The name rock and roll was first used be known as rhythm and blues starting out. That particular rock style soon transformed throughout the decades into something new and stimulating. Ragtime an African American style‚ included a pianist‚ banjos‚ or the band. Ragtime has a direct effect on the rock music from the start‚ because of the fun energy and vibe the style gave off
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“The Beginning of Rock ‘n’ Roll” During early January of 2000‚ Murray Horwitz‚ vice president for National Public Radio’s cultural programming‚ and producer Elizabeth Blair wanted to conduct a survey for their listeners. The NPR staff produced the works for the ballot and requested their listeners to cast a vote for “The 100 most important American works of the 20th century.” The audience was asked for suggestions of songs ranging from symphonies to pop melodies. The ballots started rolling in‚
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