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Jazz

... of jazz. Jazz has survived longer than many types of music, and it has always influenced the ways people involved in jazz compose or perform. It has also brought out many famous people. Although jazz is not the most influencing music currently in the nation, its history proves that it is a great form of music with many origins, a multigenerational life span, numerous styles, many legendary musicians, and its own creative, independent interpretation. Jazz is over 100 years old, probably making it one of the longest, lasting fo ...

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Music In Video Games

... technology which is used to produce video game music. These improvements in technology include the increase of the number of bits of a Sound Central Processing, the increase of Audio Random-Access-Memory, the switch from the use of frequency modulation to digital sampling, and the use of compact discs for playing music during a game. By closely examining the contribution of the preceding technological advancements, one can see that technology has indeed caused great improvements for music in the video game industry. The first technolog ...

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Great Rock Musicians: Their Achievements And Effect On Rock And Roll

... and patterns. The chord progression pattern is four measures of tonic chords followed by two measures of sub- dominate chords, two more measures of tonic chords, one measure of dominate chords, one measure of sub dominate chords, and finally two measures of tonic chords. Blues performers would travel around the south singing about their loss of love and family, and the pains they were forced to endure. The music became popular because nearly every one who heard it could identify with its message. This type of Blues later became known as ...

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Substance Abuse And Musicians

... the lives’ of rock stars. Fatal consequences due to drug abuse of rock stars, and Heroin: the most commonly abused controlled substance by rock stars. Or, I can focus on one particular rock star: the events in the life of Brad Nowell, lead singer of Sublime, up to his eventual death due to an overdose on drugs. Or, the events of the life of Steven Tyler, of Aerosmith, throughout his years as a drug user. Research questions may be: why do rock star’s turn to drugs when they already have all they need? What led Brad Nowell (or a ...

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Rock Music

... p.1). The nearest definition suggests a kind of music that represents and speaks for the teenage society. This music is characterized by using a heavy beat. In this essay, I'm going to divide Rock music into four sections: Rock of the 50's, of the 60's, of the 70's and of the 80's. Within these sections I'm also going to discuss several sub-topics such as famous composers and groups, and characteristics of the music. The first section of this essay is Rock n' Roll of the 1950's, when Rock n' Roll was born. It emerged from rhythm and blues ...

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The Beatles And The Sex Pistols: A Study

... into both groups will determine if that is indeed true. The music of the Beatles is considered by many to be the best in the history of rock 'n' roll. They began as a group who would play in pubs and try their best to entertain the crowd. They made it to America in 1964 and swept the world off its feet with Beatlemania. Their musical style changed throughout the years as much as their physical appearance did. A whole generation looked up to them and their cultural impact can still be felt today. The Sex Pistols are the most not ...

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Phish

... was taught by an instructor. Both began to play in the dorm lounges for other students and they realized they had complementary musical styles and tastes, so they decided to form a band. Trey’s high school band experiences made him realize they would need a group of committed players who would be willing to practice intensely and extensively in order to master the complicated music and the improvisational style that they sought to achieve. The first person they recruited was a freshman drummer named Jon “Fish” Fishman. One day, Tre ...

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

... prodigy who ever lived. He began composing minuets at the age of 5 and symphonies at 9. His father took him on a series of concert tours together with his sister, Maria Anna, born four and one-half years before Wolfgang; she, too, was a child prodigy. Both played the keyboard, but Wolfgang became a violin virtuoso as well. In 1762 the Mozart children played at court in Vienna; the Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, received the Mozarts cordially. During a large European concert tour (1763- 66) the Mozart children d ...

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Elvis Aaron Presley

... his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor. By 1956, he was an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influences and blurred and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture. He starred in 33 successful films, made history with his television appearances and specials, and knew great acclaim through his many, often record-breakin ...

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The Blues

... Boogie-Woogie and Blues Shout in the twenties and thirties in Chicago. There are also rarer forms of Blues such as sixteen-bar forms with four lines of verse, eight bar forms with two lines of verse, and other variations. Which form is the earlier, more basic one remains unknown but the Fast and Slow Blues are probable because of their African origins. To add to the musical form used to create , musicians innovated three main practices that all have origins in West African musical traditions. Cross-rhythms are multitudinously used in and ar ...

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The Beatles

... and Ringo on drums. George and Ringo also assisted on backing vocals. When they first began playing, the main influence inside the band was John Lennon, who had an uncanny ability to compose songs at a moments notice with an inspiration that others missed. He pushed the members of the band during their touring years and was able to achieve the best possible results from the group. The band began playing in a Music Hall style that is very effective for the audiences but was lacking on their albums. Together with Paul, John began t ...

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Best Of Van Halen: Volume I

... frontman) and Sammy Hagar, that were off and on over the years. Now with both of those guys gone, Gary Cherone now leads Van Halen. Their album, VAN HALEN BEST OF: VOLUME I is a compilation of tracks from Van Halen’s career. With 11 albums under their belts, it’s about time they made a best of album. The album cover is simple and to the point. It consists of Van Halen’s signature logo; the VH connected to the circular swooping lines, in the middle. The black background sports the words VAN HALEN BEST OF on the top and VOLUME ...

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