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York Pantheon Books Eric Clapton
1,500 words... ninety, feelings borne from a life of oppression and hardship, to fuel some of the most moving, emotion filled music ever heard. "His guitar seemed to talk- repeat and say words like no one else in the world could, " recalls one of Roberts former friends. "This sound affected most women in a way I could never understand. One time in St. Louis me and Johnson were playing a party. When we had quit, I noticed no one was saying anything. Then I realized they were crying both women and men" (Finn...
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1,235 words... Beatles embarked on their final U. S. tour, playing their last live show at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on August 29 th. From then on, the band announced, they were going to keep away from live performances to concentrate on more elaborate studio productions. Rumors were spread in the media as the band disappeared from the public. The Beatles spent much of early 1967 in the studio, recording their amazing, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. This groundbreaking concept album complete...
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Recorded Using Analog Benefit Of Compact Discs Vinyl
935 wordsAt the beginning of the last decade of the Twentieth century a new media for the storage and playback of music came into the picture. The compact disc was a phenomenon of sorts, causing people to completely rebuild record collections that had taken years to build. It was a situation of, "out with the old in with the new. " There seemed to be no place for the vinyl records that had been so true to so many for so long. Compact discs do have several benefits over the vinyl records of the past, but ...
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Hall Of Fame Bessie Smith
983 wordsKnown as the Empress Of Blues, Bessie Smith was said to have revolutionized the vocal end of Blues Music. She showed a lot of pride as an independent African-American woman. Her style in performance and lyrics often reflected her lifestyle. Bessie Smith was one of the first female jazz artists, and she paved the way for many musicians who followed. Bessie was born April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to a part time Baptist preacher, William Smith, and his wife Laura. The family was large and...
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50th Anniversary Of Rock 'n' Roll
453 words1954 has been, quite arbitrarily, chosen as the year Rock 'n' Roll found it's most important voice. Therefore, taking a pragmatic view, 2004 is the 50 th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll! And the singer chosen to epitomizes the event is the one and only, Elvis Presley 1935 - 1977. Arguably the most versatile vocalist ever to enter a recording studio. His amazing versions of "That's All right Mama", and, "Blue Moon of Kentucky" on the Sun label, is the seminal single, which launched a career so meteo...
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Garden Of Eden End Of The Play
1,110 wordsRenaissance and Restoration Literature A critical analysis of a passage of Shakespeare's The Tempest Act I scene ii lines 320 - 365 The Tempest can be seen as a colonial text, containing New World ideas. Shakespeare was most probably influenced by recordings of an expedition to Virginia that took place in 1610. One of the ships carrying an admiral and a governor, was separated from the rest of the fleet by a tempest, and ran aground on an island. This island proved to be a haven where they were ...
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George Harrison Rolling Stone
1,616 words... Dark Horse, Harrison insisted that the Ravi Shankar Orchestra play a long opening set and then lashed out at bored audiences and weak notices. Before one of the concerts, Shapiro writes, Harrison ranted, You know, I didnt force... anybody at gunpoint to come and see me... And I dont care if nobody comes to see me. I dont give a shit. There would be later musical successes, most notably 1987 s Cloud Nine. But by then, Harrison's output had been indifferent and erratic for long enough that he ...
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Han Zheng Music Music Of China Chinese
1,123 wordsMusic of China The music of China enriches the listeners life both immediately and over the long time. It gives the basis for creativity and the opportunity of self-expression. The music of Chiba transmits cultural values and contributes to intellectual and moral development of the people who listen to this music. Its gentle sounds extracts the deep feelings, at the same time, making a listener relax and enjoy its calm and peaceful atmosphere. More than that, listening to music of China has shor...
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Listeners Ears Master Tape Recording
771 wordsMusic Assignment Music is art and it takes a wave of inspiration to overtake an artist for the new peace of music to be created. It takes much more efforts, however, to deliver it to the listeners ears. Sometimes, song creators need help to start recording and promoting their song. This process might take a great amount of time and energy the result is worth it, though: the author becomes popular and the listeners get a hit. Many young musicians wander whether they should record anything at all....
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Piano Concertos Chamber Music
1,058 wordsWeber, Carl Maria von (1786 1826) Carl Maria von Weber, a cousin of Mozart's wife Constant, was trained as a musician from his childhood, the son of a versatile musician who had founded his own travelling theatre company. He made a favourable impression as a pianist and then as a music director, notably in the opera-houses of Prague and Dresden. Here he introduced various reforms and was a pioneer of the craft of conducting without the use of violin or keyboard instrument. As a composer he won a...
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Compact Disc Digital Audio
1,384 wordsAudio Format Wars By: Sheldon Khan Before buying a new car, getting married, or adopting a new audio format it is wise to ask a few questions, peer under the hood, and ask the advice of someone you trust. Will the new format satisfy your needs not only now but, also in the future? Will it look (and sound) as good on all the mornings after you first met? The analogue cassette is an old and trusted versatile friend that went with you on those morning jogs and cruised in the car with you on Friday ...
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Brown Car Accident
602 wordsClifford Clifford Brown Clifford Brown Clifford Brown was born in Wilmington, Delaware on the 30 th of October 1930. Brown began playing a trumpet his father gave him in early high school, and by his late teens was playing in collage and other youth bands. Throughout high school he studied jazz harmony and theory, trumpet, vibes, piano, and bass with Robert Lowery. At this time he was attracting the attention of many lead players such as Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. Brown had h...
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Contributing Factor Direct Correlation
1,218 wordsDoes Listening To Rap Music Encourage Teenagers Does Listening To Rap Music Encourage Teenagers To Act Violently? Chris Forrester English 102 9 - 03 - 00 Lyrical Violence Music is a prominent force in adolescent lives; according to the American Medical Association, American adolescents spend a total of four and a half hours a day listening to music and watching music videos. Parents are increasingly weary of suggestive, violent, lyrical content in popular music. A University of California study ...
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723 wordsTroyalGarth Brooks Garth Brooks Total Garth Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma of February 7, 1962. He was raised in Yukon about one hundred miles away from Tulsa. Ray, his father, worked as a draughtsman for an oil company while his mother Colleen was a country singer in the 1950 s and appeared on radio and television show, as well as recording various recordings for Capital Records. Country music played a role in the Brooks household, but not a dominant one. But, by the time Garth was born, hi...
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J Edgar Hoover Martin Luther King
1,521 wordsJohn Edgar Hoovers Abuse of Power John Edgar Hoover, an American criminologist and government official, directed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for 48 years. Hoover was born on January 1, 1895 in Washington, D. C. After standing out among his peers, Hoover went on to study law at George Washington University. After receiving a law degree from George Washington in 1917, Hoover joined the staff of the U. S. Department of Justice where he earned $ 1200 a year. Two years later, Hoover was...
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Electric Guitar Young Age
784 wordsWho could imagine that an 81 -year-old man could have changed rock music when he was younger? Well its true, and Les Paul did it. This musician and inventor has sold hundreds of thousands, if not millions of albums. He has also created something that has changed rock and pop history, the solid-body electric guitar. Music and inventing all started before he became famous, when Les Paul was very young. Les Paul was born on June 9, 1915 in Wankesha, Wisconsin. At a very young age, Paul developed a ...
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Collection Of Home Recordings Collection Of Home Barlow
482 wordsArguably the most productive songwriter of his generation, Lou Barlow is also the one of the most influential; thanks to his low-fidelity legacy, any geek with a guitar, a four-track machine and an unrequited crush on a girl could become an underground pop star. Although born in Dayton, Ohio on July 17, 1966, Barlow was raised primarily in Amherst, Massachusetts, where during high school he joined forces with fellow introverted outsider J Mascis in the hardcore band Deep Wound. After the groups ...
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Recording Industry Association Mp 3 Player
1,051 wordsAre MP 3? s a breakthrough in technology or are they just another bomb waiting to explode on us? Many people say they are good, while others say they are not just bad, but horrifying to musicians that want to make it to the top. MP 3? s are widely used by teenagers on their computers usually illegally, and their distributors are constantly being threatened by the producers of the music. Millions of dollars are being lost due to the Internet craze of the MP 3 technology. This is mainly because fe...
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