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- 10691: The Music of Generation X
- ... way the song tells us to lead our lives. First it says that everyone still has fun in times of trouble, "the moneys all gone, but I got a dalmation and I can still get high, I can play the guitar like mofo riot." The song then leads into companionship to not caring about values/norms that society has set like, drugs, alcohol, and money problems. The last song was just ...
- 10692: The Beatles
- ... bizarre and drug ridden life secluded in his apartment with his wife Yoko Ono and his son. Both he and his wife were reported to have serious heroin addictions and were often said to be high in the presence of visitors. After the breakup, McCartney launched a moderately successful solo career. He has released many recordings both in the United States and abroad. His most recent accomplishment was the "Liverpool Oratorio ...
- 10693: Review of Gyorgi Ligeti's Danse Macarbei
- ... other musical styles: a sort of modern-art approach to music. The violins tuning without a care in the first few moments, the slow mock continuo of the highly dissonant bassoon counterpoint, and the later high pitch of a clarinet all seem to be broad, bold strokes on a canvas of sound. Ideas come floating to the front of the imaginary "stage", and drop back behind newer themes. The percussion also ...
- 10694: Neil Young in Halifax
- Neil Young in Halifax I was getting ready for school one morning when my father said that my cousin Jennifer was on the phone and she wanted to know if I wanted a ticket to the Neil Young concert coming up in Halifax. I said ...
- 10695: Music Censorship
- ... up" and finally taking a stance against it. The KACE- FM radio station out of Los Angeles has banned all songs degrading women or promoting drugs or violence (Leland 64).The Reverend Calvin Butts, a high profile minister of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, has mounted a crusade against "offending" (rap) music (Leland 64). Last summer he held a rally where he ran over tapes and compact discs of " offending ...
- 10696: Instrumental History of the Drums
- ... petal,that when pressed down, makes a drum stick strike the drum. I feel that all of the drums have evolved. They are also played in a variety of places weather it is in a school marching band or a punk rock band. I think that in this class I will learn a lot more about the instrumental history of the drum, than I have while writing this paper. THE END
- 10697: Can Manufactured Bands Ever be Classified as 'Good' Art? The Effect of the Market on the Construction of Music
- ... that no one element is too strong for people's musical tastebuds. What the band have also been led to believe is that they possess a lot of talent, and have accordingly acquired quite a high opinion of themselves and what they are doing: "I think that masterminded bands are much better - it means that the best talent, from a large area, is brought together and concentrated,"(!): The performers themselves were ...
- 10698: Early History of the Pipe Organ
- ... the precursors to the influential Baroque organs of J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Scheidemann and others; these organs also influenced builders in northern Holland. (Randel 585-586) While initially Flemish in design and influence, a new school of organ design and playing began to develop in France during the sixteenth century. While these organs usually were not as grand in scale compared with the north German organs, they are known particularly for ...
- 10699: Death of the Superstars
- ... it would be like to listen to some of the greatest music stars of our time. I'm talking about the stars that never made it to full prominence. The list of players is alarmingly high and sad. The potential of these performers never met. It would be something to see what the music of today would be like. I was reading a book awhile back. Don't laugh, I read ...
- 10700: Appalachian Musicians And Singers and The Songs They Write
- ... popular with the churches, but they were with the Appalachian workers in the city bars that couldn't be down home with there loved ones. Hank Williams, although not mentioned in our text had a high pitched pining sound that was common among Appalachian singers. Blue grass instruments carried over into this style of Appalachian music. Hillbilly as it is referred to in slang terms also known as country and western ...
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