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Dorothy Parker Vicious Circle
1,984 wordsBorn in Chicago and raised in Woodbury, New Jersey, just across the state line from Philadelphia, Patti's mother, Beverly, was a jazz singer cum waitress. Her father, Grant, worked at the Honeywell plant; she was the oldest of four siblings: her sisters Linda and Kimberly (the latter plays mandolin on Gone Again's "Ravens, "), and brother Todd. Unable to find her place in high school society, she took refuge in the images of Rimbaud, Bob Dylan, James Brown, and the Rolling Stones. Dropping out o...
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Brightest Star Divine Love
849 wordsSince the establishment of life on earth, human beings have sought various ways to express themselves. One of these include the mixing of various sounds to create one that pleases them, and most importantly expresses the language of their heart. It is an articulation of ones feelings through instrumental and vocal sounds. Music gives one a mean to express themselves in a language, that is felt by everyone and understood without having words to it. It represents ones culture, feelings, and even p...
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Number One Hit Truth Or Dare
1,251 words... new what he was thinking. I said: whatever youre thinking Ill say yes to. That was his chance, so he popped it. " On the 16 th August 1985 they married in a Malibu media circus, 13 helicopters with paparazzi photographers were soaring in circles during the wedding ceremony. The groom Sean Penn tried to beat some paparazzi photographers, who were spying there in the bushes. The Bride Madonna was wearing a beautiful and traditional wedding dress. Madonna remembers: "I didnt think I was going t...
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Order To Make Record Companies
1,076 wordsIn the music industry various artists work hard in order to make music that many people enjoy listening to. They then sell their music to record companies such as Arista, RCA, Warner Brothers, and Jive, just to name a few. These record companies make multi million-dollar deals with these artists with the intentions that once they distribute the artists music to the record stores they will be selling a favorable amount of albums. In todays ever advancing technology, music is basically being stole...
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Mickey Hart Music Basic
395 wordsThe most basic form of art is music. Before man learned to use berries to paint on walls, he probably learned to make noises on the various objects around him. The instinct to make pleasurable noises is evidenced today by children, worldwide, banging away on various objects. Surely some prehistoric person noticed the various timbre of each object and began to strike them in a fashion which elicited some sort of emotion, whatever he was experiencing at the time. The same basic structures in that ...
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Cuban Jam Session Tenor Sax Cachao
1,370 wordsHis name is Israel Lopez, but he is known as Cachao. His real name is music though. Born into a family who were all bass crazy, at least thirty five members of the Cachao clan have played the double bass at one time or another, either with the Havana Filarmonica, or in popular combos. Some of them, like his older brother the late Orestes played with the Filarmonica under the baton of Eric Kleiber, formerly the conductor of the Berlin Opera Orchestra. Cachao was so young then that they had to bui...
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Recording Industry Association Industry Association Of America
1,045 wordsShawn Fanning, a freshman in college, launched Napster in the beginning of 1999. Napster allows Internet users to share and download MP 3 (music) files directly from any computer connected to the Napster network, which could be hundreds of thousands of people. You can use Napster by downloading the software from the Internet site, and then connecting to the network using this software, which allows the sharing of all your MP 3 files with anyone else on the network. Unlike many other file sharing...
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Nine Inch Nails One Of The Most Popular
1,141 words... Maiden was one of the first heavy metal bands to come to the U. S. They formed in London England, in 1976. They named their band after a medieval torture device. Their first album, Iron Maiden, made it to fourth on the charts in Britain. One of their later albums, Piece Of Mind (early 1980 's), was very popular in the U. S. It hit number fourteen on the charts. After their tour of FEAR OF THE DARK, they became # 1 on the charts in the UK... Iron Maiden is one of the most popular metal bands....
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Jimi Hendrix Rock 'n' Roll Legend
1,190 wordsThe extraordinary performances, recording, and lyrics of James Marshall Hendrix have made him impossible to forget. This American rock music guitarist made a legendary mark not only in the history of rock 'n' roll but also on the pop culture as a whole (Ross 32). With unique techniques never seen before and blatant sex-related performances on stage, he became one of the most influential music figures of the 60 s (Kamin). Hendrix was not born into stardom nor was it given to him by any means. He ...
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Mp 3 Files Dave Matthews
1,684 wordsIn 1998, a computer science major at Northeastern University, sat in front of his computer and started to create a program that would help the common man, spark controversy, and change and revolutionize the music industry. His name is Shawn Fanning, and his creation is Napster. Napster would forever change the way people would listen, share and acquire music, and the music industry would never again be the same. Napster, launched early in 1999, allows Internet users to share and download MP 3 fi...
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Kurt Cobain Courtney Love
1,237 wordsOn April 5, 1994, the lead singer and songwriter of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, silently placed the end barrell of a shotgun into his mouth and pulled the trigger. And so ended the life of so much promise. But why did it have to come to this? Perhaps the reasons will never be known, but there were a few things that haunted Cobain throughout his life that he just couldn't seem to get away from. Cobain's parents were seperated when he was nine years old, and according to friends and family, the divorce ...
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The History Of Censorship In Literature And Music
1,950 wordsWhat is censorship? An encyclopedia defines censorship as "the control of what people may say or hear, write or read, or see or do 1. " There are many reasons why people censor entertainment such as literature and music. Many governments or groups try to preserve their standards of morality by preventing people from learning about or following other standards 2, commonly found in the two previously mentioned mediums. There are different ways to censor things. It can be on a local level, such as ...
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Bob Marley Rock Steady
1,426 wordsBob Marley: Persuasion of the people with music Clemson University There are hundreds of thousands of people screaming for you on stage. The Prime Minister and leader of the opposition sit in the arena. Many thought this was a sight that would never be seen, but it was just the sight Bob Marley had in front of him at the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston Jamaica (April, 1978). This was his first appearance back in Jamaica in 14 years, an amazing show culminating with Bob joining the hands of op...
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Ice Cube Los Angeles
392 wordsOther Jackson, also know as Ice Cube was born in 1969. He was growing up in South Central Los Angeles. Ice Cubes interest for Rap started showing in high school. Ice Cube went away to Phoenix Arizona to study architecture. When He returned he began his raping career. In return to Los Angeles in 1987 He released a few 12 inches with My Posse. He worked with his crew C. I. A, World Class Wrecking Crew and then the contentious N. W. A. This crew know as N. W. A was The first group to bring gangster...
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Recording Industry Association Legally Obscene
956 wordsAlbums with explicit lyrics or content started having black and white parental advisories on them in 1994 (web). Are these labels necessary? Is controversial music molding our society and causing teenagers to turn to drugs? Is censorship necessary to protect the youth of our nation. Generally, younger people are against censorship on this issue. Music is an outlet and even an anti-drug for many teens; however, parents and society feel differently. Should parents censor their children or society,...
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Gangsta Rappers Ice Cube
2,192 wordsNWA was a gangsta rap crew who told stories of the hustler lifestyle where life aint nothin but bitches and money. As such, they relied heavily on being as offensive as possible. The cover of their 1988 album, Straight Outta Compton, features a power-emphasising low-angle shot of the band members looking down into the camera, which places the audience in the position of the defeated enemy. A gun is pointing straight at us. Each man is wearing street clothes, and one has a chunky gold necklace sh...
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Sense Of Reality Band Members
1,034 wordsEveryone has a different concept of what reality is. It would seem on the surface that this should not be the case since, by definition, reality would be an absolute constant in any situation. Good on paper but not in fact. As always, the truth is never so simple. Everyone has their own take on what is real and what is not. Those who have a sense of reality most similar to our own are those we eventually think of as friends or compatriots. We tend to avoid those who disagree with us, while anyon...
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Mp 3 Files Breaking The Law
1,268 wordsEnglish 001 Section Napster Ryan Jacobson English 001 Section 1017 The Argument With Napster The Napster software (web), launched early in 1999, allows internet users to share and download MP 3 files directly from any computer connected to the Napster network. The software is used by downloading a program from the Napster site and then connecting to the network through this software, which allows sharing (uploading and downloading) of MP 3 files between all users connected to the network. While ...
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Greenwich Village Warner Brothers
773 wordsThe group Peter, Paul and Mary Have been one of my favorites since I was about age 5. Their original ballad Puff the Magic Dragon I would listen to over and over again. Other pieces such as Blowing in the Wind, and If I Had a Hammer were also very familiar to me as a child. With her long flowing blonde hair and crystal clear soprano vocals, Mary Travers was a major influence on the folk music of the 60 s and 70 s. (AMG web) Mary Travers, a founding member of Peter, Paul and Mary, not only became...
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George Harrison Paul Mccartney
743 wordsThe Beatles were, and are without a doubt the most famous band in the history of music. The group was started up in 1957 by two upper-class young men by the names of Paul McCartney, and John Lennon. In 1958 the duo had an audition for a 3 rd member. George Harrison came along, and was of course brought into the group. George Harrison, unlike his two other members had come from a poor family, he was the only child to make it through into college from his family. George had started to get into mus...
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