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Marching Band First Place
675 wordsSweat dripping down my face and butterflies fluttering around my stomach as if it was the Garden of Eden, I took in a deep breathe and asked myself: "Why am I so nervous? After all, it is just the most exciting day of my life. " When the judges announced for the Parsippany Hills High School Marching Band to commence its show, my mind blanked out and I was on the verge of losing sanity. Giants Stadium engulfed me, and as I pointed my instrument up to the judges stand, I gathered my thoughts and p...
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Jimi Hendrix Experience Bob Dylan
1,704 words... he commercial appeal, but plus the real Hendrix that gave him his true appeal. The next album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience was titled Electric Ladyland, which Hendrix said was a reference to... groupies, but I prefer the term Electric Ladies. My whole Electric Ladyland album is about them (Fairchild, Electric Ladyland 5). Some of the songs on Electric Ladyland, such as Crosstown Traffic and the cover of Bob Dylan's song All Along the Watchtower, mark a departure from the Jimi Hendrix estab...
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Junior High School High School Dropouts
1,609 wordsThree of the four highest rated possible reasons for student dropout essentially support findings of previous research; "loss of interest, "scheduling conflicts, " and "lack of parental support" apparently are perceived as continuing problems with respect to loss of students in instrumental music programs. However, the reason perceived by directors as the major contributor to student dropout, student "lack of commitment to work, " had not emerged in previous research. Apparently this psychologic...
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Billboard Charts Sheriffs Department
1,789 wordsKorn: a word familiar to most youth for their hard edged, honest sound. This California based band has made a huge impact on the music scene The popularity of Korn is the result of their ability to express to their fans devotion to music through relentless touring and their way to convey messages and feelings about issues of abuse and coming of age in todays The members of Korn; Jon Davis (vocals), Brian Head Welch (guitar), James Munky Schaffer (guitar), Reginald Fieldy Arvizu (bass), and David...
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Jimi Hendrix Experience Rock And Roll
2,010 words... ms with the authorities and the media. The first real bad thing they did was probably the worst. They were really getting hot across the country and they were invited to the Ed Sullivan Show. They were to play Light My Fire. The network executives wanted them to not use their own lyrics because they were too sexual. Little did they know that Morrison would not only say, Light My Fire but turn to the camera and yell it. They were basically finished on TV after this stunt. Other than that, the...
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Jimi Hendrix Rock 'n' Roll Legend
1,220 words... second album, Axis: Bold As Love, came a year later in December 1967 after much hard work. The original album recording was lost, and deadlines caused the band to have to remix it in its entirety in just under eleven hours ("Jimi", Rolling 45). It was certified platinum, and Hendrix gained even more loyal supporters. He was completely dedicated to his music and not only slept with his guitar but also spent his every waking moment playing it (Wolters, "Discography"). He had already begun work...
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Rock And Roll Order To Create
1,856 wordsIt is now 6: 30 A. M. Beatle time. The left London 30 minutes ago. Theyre out over the Atlantic Ocean heading for New York. The temperature is 32 Beatle Degrees (Szatmary 113). The transistor radio reported every few minutes on the morning of Friday, February 7, 1964. It was a day that would mark a musical milestone sending shockwaves through the United States. The plane landed, the Beatles stepped out, and for the first time Americans caught a glimpse of these young men with their long hair and...
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Catch A Fire Bob Marley
2,039 words... contract with CBS which was also, of course, Nash's company. By the spring of 1972 the entire Wailers were in London, ostensibly promoting their CBS single "Reggae on Broadway." Instead they found themselves stranded in Britain. As a last throw of the dice Bob Marley walked into the Basing Street Studios of Island Records and asked to see its founder Chris Blackwell. The company, of course, had been one of the prime movers behind the rise of Jamaican music in Britain; indeed Blackwell had la...
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Ozzy Osbourne Super Bowl
1,746 words... joined Ozzy's band in time for the North American tour. They toured across North America from May through September of 1981 playing songs from "Blizzard of Ozzy" as well as "Diary of a Madman", with a few Black Sabbath songs thrown in to close their shows. Choosing to headline their tour instead of going on a bigger tour as a support act paid off as "Blizzard of Ozzy" went gold in 100 days, though in some of the smaller cities in the United States, their shows were threatened to be cancelled...
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The Story Of Bob Marley And Wailers
1,246 words... ler quit the band to pursue solo careers. This caused the band to change their name again and this time to Bob Marley and the Wailers. The departure of the two members created a hole in the backing vocal section, this hole was filled and then some by the I-Threes (Rita Marley, Judy Mowatts and Marcia Griffiths) (The Story). That summer the band started a new European tour. Two of those shows were at the Lyceum Ballroom, both shows were considered among the top of the decade. Both shows were ...
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Music And History Of Dave Matthews
1,338 wordsDave Matthews, aided by his incredibly talented band-mates, created music that filled a spiritual void in his fans lives, replacing separatism with multicultural tolerance not usually advocated in todays society, using grass roots touring and advertising methods. Dave Matthews culturally diverse background helped him to develop a culturally tolerant mentality. Most of Dave Matthews tolerant outlook on society can be traced back to his exposure at a young age to various cultures and societies, wh...
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Number One Hit Rock And Roll
1,275 wordsThe beginning of Rock and roll started with The Twist. by Chubby Checker This song changed our dancing moves. Other dance songs that helped this period of rock and roll along include: The Mash Potato, The Monster Mash, the Pony, The Swim, The Jerk, The Monkey, and The Hill Gully. The first New York white rock star was Dion. He was the lead singer of the band the Belmont's. He was one of the the few rockers in his generation to evidence serious artistic growth (Unterberger). He moved into Country...
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Rock Star Long Beach
870 wordsSublime was a band of the 90 's who played their first gig back in the summer of l 988. This performance that started the famous Peninsula Riot of Long Beach, CA during the 4 th of July. This band was once the average garage band that every kid wants to be in. But they changed from backyard beer buddies, into a great musicians. Sublime began recording in early 1992 when they joined up with Long Beach's local studio Skunk Records where they recorded they incredible CD, 40 oz to Freedom. The CD ha...
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Mind Altering Drugs Grateful Dead
1,154 wordsGrateful Dead The Grateful Dead, the most popular so called underground band of all time. This band has underwent many changes, some good and others bad throughout their thirty or so years of performing. I plan to prove that a band that has remained together for thirty plus years isnt as easy as many would assume. In fact I would have to say the down times in the band almost equal the outrageously great time they had. Despite all the down times the amazing music of the Grateful Dead always made ...
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Wasn T Couldn T
1,296 wordsOn October 21, 1917, John Birks Gillespie was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. He was the youngest of 14 children. His father was a poor farmer and a skilled amateur musician. He played bass in his own band and owned all the instruments because most of the other players were so poor that they would sell the instruments for money to buy food if they had them. The town of Cheraw was primarily black town and was very poor. By the time John was 7, he was beginning to learn that noone would take care ...
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Sixties And Seventies Rock And Roll
2,633 wordsDrugs in the Music Industry In the fifties, sixties and seventies there was a lot of musicians that were under the influence of drugs. They used drugs as their inspiration. Many songs had themes related to being? high? or? stoned? . A drug that was frequently found in songs of the sixties was? marijuana? . The culture of most rock and roll bands was to drink a lot of alcohol and smoke a lot of marijuana. Many bands got their start because of the use of drugs, and drugs became more popular becaus...
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People Who Live Woody Guthrie
3,047 wordsThis Land is My Land: An Analysis of How Songwriters and Musicians are Affected by Location This land is your land, this land is my land From California To the New York Island From the Redwood forest To the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me. -Woody Guthrie Although the above lines, from Woody Guthrie's geographical classic This Land is Your Land, are deep-rooted in American Soil they still work as an excellent indicator of how a songwriters location can reflect the ideas and m...
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Marine Corps Gilded Age
1,008 wordsZeitgeist: John Philip Sousa Artists do not create in a vacuum. They reflect their times or at the very least are affected by the lives they lead which are also influenced by the public sphere. The term for this reflection is? Zeitgeist. ? It literally means? spirit of the times. ? John Philip Sousa and his works can be classified under this term of? Zeitgeist. ? Most of Sousa? s music was composed during a period known as the gilded age. This period is known for its gross materialism and blatan...
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R 038 B North Carolina
1,176 wordsNew Orleans Jazz Band: Dag They have a word down South to describe the way you feel when your packed into a crowded dive at 1: 00 AM, where the cigarette smoke is so thick it makes its own weather; and the waitress is slinging bourbon and Fritos while some bad-ass Jazz Funk band rocks the house as hard as Blue Ridge granite, and the sweat flows down from the stage like the cloudy waters of Pamlico Sound. Theres a word for how you feel when you hear live Jazzy-funk music so sweet and hot, you jus...
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Repeated Three Times Previously Mentioned
1,813 wordsMusic 265 -Phish Meghan Conley Music 265 - Rock Music Phish (featuring Trey Anastasio on guitar and vocals, John Fishman on drums and vocals, Jeff Holdsworth on guitar, and Page McConnell on keyboards and vocals), has often been referred to as the Grateful Dead of the 90 s and their fans have often been called the new generation of hippies. The band however, sees things differently. While the Dead's music has been known to fit easily into the Rock-n-Roll category of Rock music, its not that cut ...
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