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Born On December Jim Morrisons
663 wordsHis image as a poet is forever overshadowed by his title as a musician and his strong legend. What singer song writer was born on December 8, 1943 in the town of Melbourne, FL? Who became known for an outrageous performing style, and a hard hitting, highly amplified sound? Who was the lead singer of the well known 60 s and 70 s rock band The Doors. James Douglas Morrison was one of the most outrageous but ingenious rock stars of his On December 8, 1943 in a town by the name of Melbourne, FL a yo...
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Rock And Roll Elvis Presley
1,465 wordsElvis Aaron Presley was born into a poverty stricken family on January 8, 1935. He and his twin brother (Jessie Garon who died at birth) were the sons of Vernon Elvis Presley and Gladys Love Smith Presley. Gladys Smith gave birth in two-room house built by her husband and her brother - in -law. His way of life was rough in Tupelo, Mississippi where he was born. He was born during the Great Depression. Elvis and his parents attended the Assembly of God Church; the music and preaching registered v...
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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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Wal Mart Death Row
1,078 words... pro-homosexual lyrics. Other states including Virginia have followed suit by passing the same law. This means that millions of dollars in stock could potentially be removed from companies such as Time Warner if the state decides it doesn't approve of any one album produced by that company. This gives the government a huge amount of power and control over the artistic content of a company's label. Local governments practice censorship even more often than the federal government. In Detroit, M...
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20 Th Century Carnegie Hall
1,701 wordsBillie Holiday was one of the most famous jazz singers of the 20 th century. Billie Holidays innovative phrasing about her life experiences in her music makes her one of the most influential jazz lyricists of the 20 th century. The emotional intensity that she brought into the words she sang was always very memorable and sometimes almost scary; she often lived the words she sang. Billie Holiday was born Eleanor Harris in Baltimore, Maryland on April 7, 1915. She did not have a stable life. Her f...
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Band Jazz People
306 wordsThere is definitely a difference between seeing a live performance and listening to it on the radio or on a compact disc. Listening to live music is definitely a wonderful way to spend a Saturday night. I went to a jazz concert at the Bluebird. It was a beautiful experience. I thought it was a throw back to the days where television was in black and white. It was a very intimate setting between the band and the audience. The band was very small in size and was very good. The woman who I believe ...
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Hip Hop Four Stages
556 wordsLast weekend, a couple friends and I took a road trip to Cincinnati. Here we saw many of our favorite bands perform during the evening on Main Street. Having never seen any of the artists play live before, we were all very thrilled to be in Cincinnati on that night. Not only was the music enough, but the atmosphere of a big city and the smell of funnel cakes made it that much better. The people, as well as the weather, couldnt have been any nicer. Putting all of this together, you couldnt have h...
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Critical Analysis Of Lady With The Pet Dog
1,074 wordsThe University of Victorias Hypertext Writers Guide defines the term point of view as, "the perspective from which a narrative is presented" (Keller 1). Another definition is, "point of view refers to who tells us the story and how it is told" (Meyer 174). There are two main perspectives an author can use (TO DO WHAT). The first is called a first person narrative. In this perspective the narrator, or "the character who is telling the story" (Keller 1), uses the word I (ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO U...
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Leonard Bernstein Albert Einstein
1,384 wordsLeonard Bernstein was born in Lawrenceville, Massachusetts on August 25, 1918. He was the first born child of Samuel and Jennie Bernstein, who lived in Boston, but had gone to Lawrenceville to visit some relatives. Bernstein's parents had little knowledge of, or interest in classical music. The only records Leonard remembers hearing on his family phonograph when he was a child were the popular hit songs of the day, such as " Barney Google" and "Oh by Jingo. " For the most part, Leonard Bernstein...
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Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia
2,015 wordsGrateful Dead I wanna tell you how it's gonna be, you " re gonna give your love to me, I wanna love you night and day, you know my love not fade away. You know my love not fade away, not fade away! -- Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead (Skull-Fuck and Roses), 1971 In the summer of 1995, following the death of Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead stopped touring. For thirty years, their concerts served as a gathering place for a diverse group of followers, nicknamed Deadheads. Coming from all walks of life,...
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Queen Elizabeth Concert Hall
1,285 wordsPiano Competitions Piano competitions have given the world the names of the most talented young musicians. Many successful careers in music started after winning or even participating in piano competitions. Such piano-playing legends as Alfred Brendel, whose scholarly approach aroused some aesthetic controversy; the Canadian Glenn Gould, whose recordings of Bach won great acclaim, the Americans Van Cliburn, Andre Watts, and Murray Perahia, and the Russian-born Vladimir Ashkenazy, later a citizen...
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Rap Musics Negative Influence On Children Today
2,189 wordsRap Musics Negative Influence on Children Today Rap music influences children in several different ways these days. Many people feel it can persuade people to do violent acts or sets a bad example. The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) says that, listening to rap music leads to antisocial behavior like juvenile delinquency, breakup of the family, rise in satanic cults, and teen suicide. (PMRC# 3) Many suicides and cases of adolescent depression are blamed on a certain bands songs and or image...
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Concerto In F Minor Concerto In F Chopin
1,216 wordsFrederic Francois Chopin, one of the greatest composers of all time, was born in Zelazowa Will, near Warsaw on February 22, 1810. His father was a Frenchman who had lived in Poland for many years and his mother was Polish and of noble birth. He loved to play music, even as a small child. Before he even knew how to write down his ideas, he started to compose music. He took piano lessons when he was 6 years old from a Czech teacher named Wojceich Zywny, who used to base his teaching on Bach and Mo...
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Civil Rights Movement Civil Rights Leader
1,664 wordsThe Thoughts, Ideas, And Motivations Of Jackie The Thoughts, Ideas, And Motivations Of Jackie Robinson During The Civil Rights Movement JACKIE ROBINSON To the average person, in the average American community, Jackie Robinson was just what the sports pages said he was, no more, no less. He was the first Negro to play baseball in the major leagues. Everybody knew that, but to see the real Jackie Robinson, you must de-emphasize him as a ball player and emphasize him as a civil rights leader. That ...
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Rolling Stone Quot O
2,255 wordsOverview Laurie Anderson earned an international reputation as a high-tech magician of multi-media performance art. Her legendary shows, combining computer synthesized music, videos, slides, and provocative monologues, have challenged and delighted audiences for over twenty years. A self-described " story-teller, " Andersons art stems from a deeply personal vision. Once the lenfant terrible of New Yorks avante-garde, Anderson has evolved into a kind of electronic folk artist; an urbane...
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Johnny Got His Gun Heavy Metal
1,789 wordsIf you came here to see spandex and big hair, this ain t your band, Metallica s war cry throughout the early eighties. While the rest of the hard rock bands wanted to get rich and a lot of women, Metallica, as in the words of former lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, Our hole existence pretty much was guitar, dominating the world and getting liquored up. During the late 1970 s and early 1980 s, there was a new wave a British Heavy Metal entering the cassette and 8 -track decks of people everywhere. O...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Leopold Mozart
2,537 wordsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Early Years European Tours (1756 176 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as he is generally known, was baptized in a Salzburg Cathedral on the day after his birth as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgang Theophilus. The first and last given names come from his godfather Joannes Theophilus Pergmayr, although Mozart preferred the Latin form of this last name, Amadeus, more often And, or the Italiano Amadeo, and occasionally the Deutsch Gottlieb. Whatever the case may be, he rarely if ever us...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's
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Stomp Stomp Talented People
335 wordsStomp is a Stomp Stomp Stomp is a wonderful array of percussion and rhythmically talented people. A Stomp group usually consists of approximately 15 people. At a Stomp concert, you might see a matchbox symphony, a pot and pan orchestra, or maybe even a broomstick band. Whatever it is you desire in percussion, Stomp probably has it. Stomp comes right out of New York and has been touring the country for about 12 years. Anytime they have a concert, the auditorium is packed full of people all wantin...
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Threedays Not Hours Threedays Not Hours Of Music Woodstock
431 wordsThe largest rock concert ever was coming to town. Threedays not hours of music. Threedays not hours of music. Camping out under the stas. This was going to be a serious party. Woodstock was the greatest rock concert ever to take place in the United States. Four very different very young people sponsored Woodstock. The youngest was only twenty-six. Micheal Lang, Artie Kornfield, John Roberts, and Joel Roman. The original idea was to promote a recording studio. To promote the idea they would have ...
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