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Marching Band First Place
675 words
Sweat 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 words
Three 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 words
Korn: 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 words
It 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 words
Dave 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 words
The 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 words
Sublime 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 words
Grateful 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 words
On 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 words
Drugs 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 words
This 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 words
Zeitgeist: 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 words
New 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 words
Music 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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