The Recording Studio as a Creative Tool This essay will investigate the creative methods behind the ‘Thriller’ album. The main practitioner of this essay will be the engineer behind the ‘Thriller’ album Bruce Swedien‚ whom will sometimes be referred to as ‘Swedien’. His methods and theories will be the main focal point. Bruce Swedien has engineered for several of Michael Jackson’s albums including ‘Bad’ this essay will therefore also seek to make reference to some of the creative methods he implored
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has an amazing guitar solo and just about at the very end a drum solo‚ while around the same time length for Wonder’s song‚ he stuck with vocals till almost the end of the song. Next‚ it isn’t very hard to notice that both Beck and Wonder have very different singing voices and singing styles between them. After all‚ Wonder is known for his incredible R&B vocals while Beck is best known to be one of the more influential guitarists in the history of rock music. Wonder’s singing voice and style is very
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street This musical is based on a 1973 play by Christopher Bond before becoming a 1979 musical with the music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Today’s musical was directed by Sasha Gerritson‚ orchestra constructed by R. Shayne Cofer‚ and choreographed by Andrew Waters. The musical tells a story of Sweeney Todd‚ aka Benjamin Barker‚ who returns to 19th century London after 15 years’ transportation on made up charges. He seeks revenge on the
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This term we were taught some of the practical applications of theories by Rudolf Laban‚ Frederick Matthias Alexander and Arthur Lessac. Each of these practitioners formed certain theories and created certain exercises that can better one’s performance of physical theatre. In this essay I will be explaining how some of these theories and exercises improve your practical abilities and performances. Laban’s movement analysis is about understanding effort and body attitudes. Your effort is the amount
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Once the proper vocal category is selected‚ the next issue to ad- dress is the kind of voice necessary. It must be a large voice. A castrato cannot be replaced with a small-voiced soprano or mezzo-soprano. Here‚ given the central role of Handel in this article‚ and the central role of Senesino in Handel’s operas‚ we face an irony. It appears to be easier to find large-voiced sopranos who sing fioritura adequately than mezzo- sopranos. Onstage are women whose voices are not large even by mezzo-
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Patricia Hickey. She has had more number one singles then Elvis and some people say she is the best singer ever. At the age of three she started singing by learning and copying her mother‚ who was an opera singer. Mariah’s mother began giving her vocal training‚ and singing quickly became the center of young Mariah. “I can remember when I told myself for the first time: I’m going to be rich and famous. I was about 5 or 6 and in my mother’s car‚ an old green dirty car. My sister was there too. She
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software that is added to industry leading recording programs such as Protools‚ Logic and Cubase. “When used properly it corrects the intonation of pitches without altering any other aspects of sound. Pitch correction is mostly used in studios to adjust vocal lines. In rare cases it is used to correct a note played on an instrument or for live performance (Daley‚ 2003).” It arrived on the scene in 1997 and was first strongly noticed in the 1998 song “Believe” by Cher. “Auto-Tune was initially created by
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When it comes to favorites‚ in my opinion‚ it usually involves an event or a story that is hard to forget‚ and leaves an impression on you. My favorite song is no exception. Since I have decided to study abroad‚ I have been faced a lot of problems in my life that make me stumble sometimes. “Through the Rain”‚ sung by Mariah Carey‚ has lyrics that sometimes touch my heart‚ so it easily became my favorite song. It became one of my favorite songs because of its inspirational lyrics and the powerful
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We all have people who have come into our lives and influenced us greatly. Those people either stay or they go their separate ways. Either way‚ people are put into our lives to help us learn. I have been lucky enough to have met some wonderful people over the years that have been a major part of my life. There are two very important women that come to my mind when I think about someone influencing me for the better. One is still in my life‚ while the other has moved on to a new place. Janis Knight
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are quite controversial and darkly humored. James Maynard Keenan of the band Tool‚ has more of a cult following. His voice is more of a tenor‚ and in my opinion‚ one of the most gorgeous voices I have ever heard. He only sings in English. His vocal range is quite impressive‚ singing low to high and in between. His voice evokes emotion in the listener and commands power. Tool would best be described as progressive metal‚ with many of their songs written in odd meter and with demanding instrumentals
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