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Amazing Grace Alternative Rock
1,258 words... ent melody. Its sounds like they are using the melody to the song House of the Rising Son, but with the lyrics of Amazing Grace. This helps to show how transferable this song is and its freedom. The hymn even appears in the realm of alternative rock (Selection 2), a style that is one of the most popular amongst the current generations. In this style, guitars mark the song again, but there is not the strict rock style. They are very free and upbeat with the rhythm. Also in the alternative sty...
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Lady Lay Your Body Lay Your Body Album
803 wordsCarl Thomas gained plenty of experience -- musical and otherwise -- over the course of his lifetime. A native of Chicago's projects, Carl credits three forces for steering him towards music: church, school, and avoiding gang activity. From a young age, he knew he'd make his mark in music. In addition to the R and B and hip-hop he grew up with, he also broadened his tastes to include such artists as Sting, Roberta Flack, and James Taylor. "It's all about choices, he says. Moreover, the use of sam...
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Beats Per Minute Peace Love Unity
1,487 wordsTrance is usually achieved at communal rituals, with plenty of loud music and dancing. The specifics the costumes, music, and dance vary from culture to culture, but the pattern underneath is identical: loud music and vigorous dancing lead to a state of over stimulation that can produce a form of egoless ness that is the ground for any sacred exploration. Mickey Hart (Hart, 119) Two types of music cultures today use community, music, and drugs to achieve a state of trance that aids them in spiri...
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Rock And Roll John Lennon
884 wordsThere has been more books published about one 20 th-century icon than any other, this band that is said to have broken down barriers in all ways, is the Beatles. Their music was said to have driven that younger generation mad. Perhaps it was because they were one of the first bands ever play real rock and roll music. Or maybe it was just because they were foreigners in the world of music, yet seemed to fit right in with the young people. Whatever reason was, the Beatles were a band that shaped a...
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Band The Juveniles Joyce Chan Mark
1,341 wordsMark detested himself for being so brainless at times, for the lack of ideas within his head when there was meant to be enough time to think. Our man reassured himself that he was not totally in blame. Song writing is a passion for him. The enjoyment of the gust and agony within the lyrics of songs by hard-rockers had served as a form of inspiration. He felt empathy, similarity to how the rockers feel about life. Marks collection of self-composed songs have hints of vulgarity every now and then,...
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Ol Man River Voices Of The Performers Show
672 wordsThis paper is a critique of a production of Show Boat, a musical classic with compositions by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, which was performed and produced by NETworks Presentations LLC at Even Auditorium on the 14 th of February 2001. Clayton Phillips, the director of the production, attempted to test the waters of racial discrimination by exploring controversial themes such as prejudice and interracial relationships. Show Boat takes an enlightened approach to ethnic controve...
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Concert Review Of Punk Band Nofx
830 wordsOn November 26 th I went to the Stone Pony in New York to see another of my favorite bands, NOFX. NOFX is a punk-ska band. Punk meaning fast paced drumbeats and quick singing and ska meaning a song played with trumpets. The band members are Fat Mike (vocals, bass), El Here (guitar, trumpet, vocals), Eric Melvin (guitar, vocals), and Erik Standing (drums). The one thing I found out there was that El Here sings a lot. I thought he only sings in a few songs but when I heard them play, I noticed tha...
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' Amp B B
811 wordsRiley King A. K. A. : B. B. King & # 9; Instruments: Electric Guitar, Vocals & # 9; Life span: 1925 -? ? ? ? & # 9; Style Synopsis: Style is the word that describes the way that B. B. He uses signature tremolo and 'T-Bone Walker' influenced jazzy sounding blues riffs. Also, in words of B. B. , 'I don't do no chords'. He can also tell when muted notes are more necessary than full notes. Biography & # 9; For as long as anyone can remember, B. B. King has reigned as the 'King Of Blu...
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Voice Important Element
1,068 wordsIt is apparent that female music in Canada is a growing industry, and plays a very controversial role in Canadian society. Canada is a land of many ethnic backgrounds and an extremely diverse culture, one of the best ways to express culture is through music. Sarah McLachlan has enjoyed worldwide success with the album Surfacing, and more recently Mirror ball. The album titled Surfacing was released in 1997 and features a song called Building a Mystery. Building a Mystery clearly exemplifies the ...
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Lead Singer Band Members
454 wordsPearl Jam, Everclear, and No Doubt Almost everyone has a favorite band. People buy CDs and tapes to not only listen to the music that they like, but to support that band. There are many, many different types of music, and usually a certain band will fit into a specific type of music. I listen mostly to alternative / grunge music. And by coincidence the three bands Im going to talk about are all from the west coast. I am going to talk a little bit about three of my favorite bands in that category...
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Heavy Metal Metal Band
580 wordsAnarchists of Good Taste What do you think of when I say this for a band name, Dog Fashion Disco? You never heard of them, have you? There a Five piece band from Washington DC, who are signed with Spitfire Records. Their lineup consists of Jeff Siegel / keyboards , Stephen Mears / bass , Tod Smith / vocals /guitar, John Ensminger / drums , and Greg Combs / guitar . Their new CD, Anarchist of Good Taste, was produced by Drew Manzurek and was released on March 6, 2001. Their type music is a genre ...
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Metal Songs End
362 wordsEnd It do not censored around. In just over a year of existence theyve recorded 10 original songs, 2 covers and put out an intense CD. They waste no time musically, either; the record is a 29 -minute ride through Hell. This is Metal without the pretense, without the pretty acoustic interludes, extended solos, and melodic vocals. Pure metallic aggression distilled into songs that never last longer than 3 and a half minutes. Theres not really much else to say. This is heavy, fast, mean and lean. I...
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Rolling Stone April 1999
598 wordsIt s the 90 s and music is at an ever changing pace. One band that contributes to that change goes by the name of Fuel. Fuel is a new band that focuses it s performance on a mix of alternative and hardrock. Headed by Brett Scallions (lead vocals &# 038; guitar) and Carl Bell (songwriter, guitar and vocals), Fuel blows the competition away its powerful smash songs. One of those songs, Bittersweet, hit the top of the charts not to long ago. This essay is based on the song Bittersweet and its perso...
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Louis Armstrong George Gershwin
788 wordsGeorge Gershwin's The ultimate collection George Gershwin's The ultimate collection, is a compilation of Gershwin's greatest hits. The compilation is made out of two CDs; the first cd is Gershwin's pieces sung by different jazz singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby and more The second cd, is Gershwins famous pieces taken from musical shows such as Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue, Cuban overture, Funny face and more. First Cd: The cd starts with the song Strike up the Ban...
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Dream Come True James Dean
1,137 wordsAs far James Dean Bio As far back as I can remember, the one constant in my life has been music, says Jessica Andrews. I was raised around it. My mom was in some bands, and her whole family had a talent for singing. Wed all get together and play music everyone would sing a cappella. Those sing-alongs were my favorite pastime. To be able to make a record and perform all over the country is just a dream come true! With her debut DreamWorks release, Heart Shaped World, Jessica Andrews is seeing the...
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19 Th Century Types Of Music
2,786 wordsJazz When it comes to music, most people dont say they like it. People say they like heavy metal, pop, rhythm and blues, or any other type of music, since they have their own preference to what type of music they like, not just enjoying the broad area of music. One of those types of music which many enjoy is jazz. Actually right now jazz is really big and popular in Europe, andis rising in its popularity in the USA through its many forms. Jazz does have many forms, so many that some people would...
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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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Hip Hop Mechanical Reproduction
3,531 wordsTechno Schmechno: A Postmodern Approach To Electronica Techno Schmechno: A Postmodern Approach To Electronica In searching for a properly post-modern style of music, it may be better to look at the electronic music scene, which began with house music in the early to middle 80 s, rather than at hip-hop. It is true that the hip-hop artist generally disappears into the narrative of the music to the extent that many of their lives are a direct reflection of what they sing about: gang violence, drugs...
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Beale Street Blues Boy Beale Street Blues King
795 wordsA. K. A. Riley King Riley King A. K. A. : B. B. King &# 9; Instruments: Electric Guitar, Vocals &# 9; Life span: 1925 -? ? ? ? &# 9; Style Synopsis: Style is the word that describes the way that B. B. He uses signature tremolo and T-Bone Walker influenced jazzy sounding blues riffs. Also, in words of B. B. , I dont do no chords. He can also tell when muted notes are more necessary than full notes. Biography &# 9; For as long as anyone can remember, B. B. King has reigned as the King Of Blues. Wi...
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Hip Hop Hard Times
684 wordsIt is not typical that hip hop music is viewed to be a form of art. It has received a great deal of negative publicity since becoming mainstream in the early to mid 1980 s. It is believed, by many, that the lyrical content of this type of music deals with only guns, alcohol, sex, violence, and crime. It is understandable for them to have these beliefs, because there was a period of time when that was true. Though there are still the artists whose lyrics say very little; recently, hip hop has bec...
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