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Here Comes The Story Of The Hurricane
Number of Words: 442 / Number of Pages: 2
... went to visit Carter in prison. Dylan took notes while interviewing Carter and was inspired to write the song “Hurricane.” The song went into every detail about the murders and Dylan says, “ Rubin Carter was falsely tried.” Dylan continues his story and adds his own commentary. He felt like the trial was a “pig circus” and “he never had a chance.” He also adds the newspaper was in it for the story. Dylan being very outspoken was way ahead of his time as shown in his songs.
In 1997, Bob Dylan was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Award. He was the first rock and roll singer to ever receive this a ...
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Audio Format Wars
Number of Words: 1326 / Number of Pages: 5
... circuitry samples the
signal and then reproduces what it has seen. The quality of the recording
depends on the sampling rate of the machine. The sampled signal is then encoded
to the tape or disc in 1's and 0's, just like a computer disk drive would encode
information. However, the biggest advantage of digital recording is the fact
that it eliminates tape "hiss" that is usually found present in analogue
recordings.
In the Eighties, a Philips invention captured the limelight. The
Compact Disc introduced us to a new era of digital sound, or "perfect sound."
In the nineties another Philips inve ...
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Count Basie
Number of Words: 427 / Number of Pages: 2
... musical tastes sent most of the big bands into commercial decline. Eventually, the changed economic realities of touring with a band affected Basie, and in 1950 he was forced to dissolve his large ensemble. For a time he toured with a small group of six to nine players, but by 1952, he had reassembled his big band. This time, written arrangements were normal, and the band had a different sound and style than it had in the 1930s and 1940s.
In the 1950s the band featured new soloists. Where as the earlier band emphasized the sound of the soloists over that of the ensemble, the later band favored the ...
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"On Experiencing Verdi's Aida"
Number of Words: 288 / Number of Pages: 2
... if
I saw it live, it was a great first impression.
I thought that all of the characters were very well casted. I did think
that even though they were all very talented singers, they could have used more
facial expressions and gestures to play out their emotions to match the scenes
and the music.
Out of all the characters, I liked Aida the most. I thought that she
carried herself very well and gave a fantastic performance. She also had great
chemistry with Radames. Radames too, showed little or no change in his voice or
actions to display the full range of emotions that he experienced. One ...
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Adam De La Halle And Ars Antiqua Time Period
Number of Words: 554 / Number of Pages: 3
... by add extra voices or instruments.
Polyphonic is the type of music we hear today. Polyphonic is when there is a
melody line accompanied by harmony. A considerable amount of Adam de la Halle's
polyphonic work was designed for plays. One of Adam's manuscripts contains the
oldest known existence of the sharp sign. In 1872 his music was officially
published.
Ars Antiqua Time Period
Ars Antiqua is Medieval Latin for "ancient art". Ars Antiqua was the period of
musical activity in 13th century France. The music was characterized by the
increasing sophistication of counterpoint (the art of combining ...
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Jimi Hendrix
Number of Words: 873 / Number of Pages: 4
... known artists in the field, such as B.B. King, Ike and Tina Turner,
Solomon Burke, Jackie Wilson, Littler Richard, Wilson Pickett, and King
Curtis (Clifford, pg. 181). Using the name Jimmy James, he toured with a
bunch of R & B shows, including six months as a member of James Brown's
Famous Flames (Stambler, pg. 290). At the Cafe Wha! in New York, in 1966,
Hendrix decided to try singing. Jimi lucked out when a man by the name of
Charles "Chas" Chandler from Eric Burdon's Animals heard him at the club
and thought he was sensational. When Chas heard him again later that year,
he talked Jimi into m ...
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Phish
Number of Words: 1787 / Number of Pages: 7
... room while he was practicing, and asked him to join the band. He agreed but he also played in another band at the time. Fish taught himself how to play the drums by locking himself in his room and trying to copy the sound of bands such as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. When he moved to college, he started to move toward jazz and hardcore. Now, all they needed was a bass player. The three placed flyers all over campus and the first replay was Mike Gordon which joined the band soon after. Unlike Fish, Mike received formal training from a bass instructor. On the other hand, he did lock himse ...
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Nirvana
Number of Words: 291 / Number of Pages: 2
... Novoselic and Dave Grohl. They were very successful
in music. They played alternative music.
Their first album was Bleach. It was releases on June 1989. It was a
big hit. From the success of the album the went on tour in England. Then
the released another album called Nevermind. It was released in 1991. The
album just went platinum. For the album they went on tour to Europe.
Nevermind album hits the number 1 charts for the second time. Then one
day Kurt Cobain meets a girl in another band called Hole. Her name is
Courtney Love. The ended up getting married in Hawaii in February 24, 1992. ...
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Nirvana
Number of Words: 291 / Number of Pages: 2
... Novoselic and Dave Grohl. They were very successful in music. They
played alternative music.
Their first album was Bleach. It was releases on June 1989. It was a
big hit. From the success of the album the went on tour in England. Then the
released another album called Nevermind. It was released in 1991. The album
just went platinum. For the album they went on tour to Europe.
Nevermind album hits the number 1 charts for the second time. Then one
day Kurt Cobain meets a girl in another band called Hole. Her name is Courtney
Love. The ended up getting married in Hawaii in February 24, ...
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The History Of Greek Music
Number of Words: 1150 / Number of Pages: 5
... private lives of the Greeks. They believed it could deeply affect human behavior. Greek music was built up of a series of distinct modes, each with it's own name. According to the doctrine of ethos, each mode was so powerful that it gave music the ability to influence human actions in a precise way. The Phrygian mode expressed passionate and intimate emotions, where as the Dorian mode produced forceful, rigid feelings.
In later Greek history the doctrine of ethos was widely argued by the most philosophical of men. Plato and Aristotle both had broadly different views on the power and importance of musi ...
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