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“Science has shown that when children learn to play music, their brains begin to hear and process sounds that they couldn’t otherwise hear. ”(Locker ) This statement by Melissa Locker is continuously backed up by multiple reliable sources from various scientific journals throughout the internet. Even though violent music can cause people to have violent … Read more
Throughout the semester we have been reading, observing and listening to music and music analysis’s. Articles gave examples and broke down how to really look over music and multimedia to get the answers we were looking for. Then in class we would attempt to do the same things the author of the articles did. Those … Read more
Music is certainly a part of us. In such a way, as the examples of the patients who suffered brain injuries show, that it seems to be a part of our very biology from birth and is honed more so over time. This, in some way, must have an impact on our very being, our … Read more
The scope of this report is to analyze the control and use of music by the Nazi party from 1933 to 1945. The first point to be considered is the motive and logic behind the control of music in the Third Reich. The second subject to be discussed is the various ways in which the … Read more
James Genn once said, “Drumming is like film directing. You build a framework for everyone to create something together. ” This perfectly describes Native American music, for the drums are the sole basis of the beat and keep the rhythm going. Once the beat gets going, everyone can jump in, dance, chant, and create more … Read more
Ever been through a traumatic situation, that you can’t seem to get over? Or there was always something there that reminded you of it? You’re not the only one. The romantic Blanche DuBois is a traumatized protagonist who encounters many crises throughout the play. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams utilizes the “Varsouiviana” (Polka) … Read more
“Sometimes quiet is violent,” those words ring into the teeming stadium as thousands of zealous fans sing along. One of those fans happen to be myself, standing in the middle of the pit of people. Two shadowy silhouettes exist on stage; one on the piano and the other on the drums. Then suddenly the lights … Read more
Joan Sebastian, a Mexican singer, has been an influential figure in the music world with his passionate ranchera songs. His CD, Joan Sebastian con Mariachi, features various songs that deal with the theme of lost and unrequited love. In Peter Manuel’s Popular Music of the Non-Western World. he observes that a large number of Mexican … Read more
How Can Music help the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement considering its influences in The Civil Rights Movement? The ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement is a descendant of the Civil Rights Movement. Although several decades apart, both demand the social equality of African Americans. The Civil Rights Movement succeeded in some aspects, but there is obvious room … Read more
“Afro-American Music, without Apology”: The Motown Sound and the Politics of Black Culture Chapter 4 in the book Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit by Suzanne E. Smith focuses primarily on Motown’s popularity and “the question of the relationship of the negro artist and his or her art to black … Read more
“Hold the door, say “please”, say “thank you”/ Don’t steal, don’t cheat/ and don’t lie” (McGraw). These words come from a line in Tim McGraw’s song Humble and Kind written by Lori McKenna. It’s obvious that these are good values to live by, but do people in the world really live it? Is the world … Read more
The 1960’s decade has often been recalled as a cultural decade due to the emergence of the counterculture and civil right movement against the social norms. Changes in clothing, drugs usage, sexuality, formalities, schooling, flamboyance, and civil disobedience all took place in these controversial years of the Swinging Sixties. The social norm was no longer … Read more
Being shielded by Hollywood, society views band members as the weird geeks in school. What most do not think about, are the benefits that band members gain from being in such a tight social group. Famous movies, like American Pie, make it hard for band members to express to the world all of the great … Read more
Imagine an athlete getting ready to step out on the court or track without getting in the zone using music. It’s hard right? As music becomes easier to access and download, it becomes more evident in everyday life and becomes more than just a background noise. Current studies by sport psychologists show that music is … Read more
The Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed around 2002 in Sheffield. Their music has impacted the way we listen to rock in past couple of years by creating and adding new sound never imagined in indie rock. Currently there are about 4 members in the band. Alex turner (lead vocalist) and Jamie Cook … Read more
A full audience bustles into Mallory Hall on a rainy December afternoon with anticipation for the thrilling sounds of Nicholas Pappone (violin), Grace Mei-En Ho (cello), and Candace Chien (piano); all of whom are seasoned veterans of The Mallory Concert Series at Rutgers University: Camden. The expectation is obvious with the lack of seats available … Read more
The music video for “Lay Me Down” by Sam Smith shows how everyone will be stricken with grief after losing a loved one sometime in their life. The video starts out at a funeral and no music is playing. Smith is pictured in front of a casket at the front of a church standing completely … Read more
When thinking of orchestral performances, one possibly thinks of stiff, formal environments that have a dress requirement of dresses and tuxedos. Visions of aloof, almost militant conductors with long tails on their suits also come to mind. However, after attending the Louisville Orchestra’s pops season event “The Music of Led Zeppelin”, it became very obvious … Read more
If someone asked a stranger on the street to name their all-time favorite Christmas movie, there are many that would come to mind. The list would possibly include “Frosty the Snowman”, “The Grinch”, “Rudolph”, and more than likely “White Christmas”. Although it is actually considered a musical because of the songs and dance that help … Read more
Beyonce is recognized as an icon of women empowerment. She is one of the most influential celebrities in the world. In Beyonce’s music video, “Pretty Hurts,” femininity is shown through the struggles and pressures women go through to meet the unrealistic standards of beauty. Compared to the topic of femininity, the representation of masculinity is … Read more
What is the first thing listeners pay attention to when listening to a good song? The instrumental and how it shows the rhythm and base of the composition’s flow? The voice and how it shows the feeling and how it captivates people with the harmony? The lyrics and how it carries the melody while painting … Read more
The power of music can connect and represent the words that cannot be spoken. Music unites people, nature, or even beliefs. Don’t you desire to reach people using the universal language – music? Film music is without a doubt about touching audience’s minds and evoke people in a certain way. It certainly isn’t around the … Read more
There are wires growing out of everyone’s ears. That is, to listen to music. Music is an infinite source, whether that source is for lifting up spirits, expressing underlying pain and anger, or just merely a distraction. Music from well-developed Broadway musicals to a series of beats at a party, it is something we all … Read more
Is music really just a “distraction” or is there more to this lifelong custom that has only grown and developed through the centuries? Music has been around for centuries and has been used for several purposes, including religion, battle songs, and poetic justice. Music has been known for the entertaining concerts and its uses for … Read more
Music Response Models: How do people move to music? This is basic level research of all the processes from music perception and recognition to the effects of rhythm on the way that people dance or move their bodies to music. After sound reaches the eardrum, it sets into motion of a complex combination of mechanical, … Read more
UK rock 1960s: The Beatles from Merseybeat onwards. The essay will describe the key musical and stylistic features of the Rock genre during the 1960s with the ‘Merseybeat’ genre as the foundation of 60s rock. The essay will set out why the Beatles and the social phenomenon of the “British invasion” are crucial to development … Read more
In mid-1999, 19 year old Northeastern University student Shawn Fanning designed a computer program that allowed one to log on to a central server, and be able to download mp3 music files from another computer at lightning speed, with great ease. He called this program Napster, after his old high school nickname. Since it’s inception, … Read more
Napster is an on-line Internet site, which holds account for the swapping of music files from one user to another. A person downloads music onto his or her computer and whoever enters the Napster website can copy the music onto a disk for their own listening enjoyment. This sounds quite simple, doesn’t it? Well, according … Read more
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in 1685 in the town of Thuringia, Germany where he was raised and spent most of his life. Due to a shortage of expenses, he was confined to a very limited geographical space, as was his career. This greatly affected his, in that his music was not as widley known … Read more
The middle ages, (450- 1450), after the Roman empire fell this was a time of great change through chaos. The later part of the middle ages brought a period of growth with religious structures and universities. Most of society in the beginning of this era was influenced by the Roman Catholic church. During the middle … Read more
By 1945, nearly everyone in the African American community had heard gospel music (2). At this time, gospel music was a sacred folk music with origins in field hollers, work songs, slave songs, Baptist lining hymns, and Negro spirituals. These songs that influenced gospel music were adapted and reworked into expressions of praise and thanks … Read more
An idea or way of life that we live by, thats culture, and culture affects us all no matter where we live or what we do. We often live and work in these different cultures and we dont even realize it. Music is a huge factor in the way we are affected by our culture. … Read more
Throughout the history of this country, the music of African-Americans has remained a strong influence upon our society and culture. Beginning with the music carried over from Africa with the slaves, up until now, with the new styles created by urban youth today, African-Americans have retained certain elements within their music which makes it unique … Read more
The French named mariachi, but the Coca Indians gave the original name in 1500’s referring to any musician. Mariachi sound is impacted by African influence known as SON. Rhythmic pattern altering between 3/4 and 6/8. In a complete Mariachi group today there are as many as 6 to 8 violins, 2 trumpets, and a guitar, … Read more
Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high fidelity music player for Windows 95/98/NT. Winamp supports MP3, MP2, CD, MOD, WAV and other audio formats. Winamp also supports custom interfaces called skins, audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. Nullsoft also provides a high quality website at http://www.winamp.com. The Winamp homepage provides support, information, software downloads, and … Read more
In every way Baroque music is like a teen-ager. Ok, maybe not in the pimply-faced-criticize-everything-even-though-you-don’t-pay-for-it kind of way we have come to expect from our modern teen-agers. But what is a teen-ager anyway? Simply put; a teen-ager is no longer a child and not yet an adult. It is that awkward in-between stage when all … Read more
We all listen to music wether we want to or not. Its in our homes, watching TV, driving in our car, going to the store, its unavoidable. Then why is the recording Industry trying to make people feel guilty about burning illegal CDs, when we can go to the mall and hear as much music … Read more
Jimi Hendrix, the greatest guitarist in rock history, revolutionized the sound of rock. In 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience rocked the nation with their first album, Are You Experienced? Hendrix’s life was cut short by the tragedy of drugs in 1970, when he was only twenty seven years old. In these three years the sound … Read more
Most of the early music that we have today still in print is primarily sacred music. This music, for the most part, is in the form of sections of the Mass, such as the Gloria, Kyrie and Agnus Dei. Most people of the Middle Ages were poor peasants who worked all day for meager wages … Read more
If you want to know where a Silicon Valley-ite stands in the ongoing war for the soul of the Internet, just ask him or her what the buzzword is these days. Many will tell you it is “B2B,” a backslapping shorthand for e-schemes directed to the “business to business” market. But those who still believe … Read more
The classical period produced more instrumental than vocal music, a wealth of serious and comic operas as well as vocal religious music also appeared during this time(Ferris, 231). One of the best composer of this time was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In this paper I will go through his childhood, his friends and family, and of … Read more
Music Television, a basic cable service known by its acronym MTV, remains the dominant music video outlet utilizing effective marketing and competitive business practices throughout its nineteen year history. The creation of the “I Want My MTV” marketing campaign and use of the campaign throughout the 1980’s helped the cable outlet secure a substantial subscriber … Read more
Throughout the history of music, many great composers, theorists, and instrumentalists have left indelible marks and influences that people today look back on to admire and aspire to. No exception to this idiom is Johann Sebastian Bach, whose impact on music was unforgettable to say the least. People today look back to his writings and … Read more
What I call the “Napster dilemma” is a problem that involves new technological concepts and redefinitions of old ideas. This is the case for many legal and moral conflicts that are arising with the outcome of new possibilities and options made accessible by informatics and telecommunications. The importance of these problems has caught so much … Read more
After Beethoven, composers turned their attention to the expression of intense feelings in their music. This expression of emotion was the focus of all the arts of the “Romantic” movement. For inspiration, many Romantic composers turned to the visual arts, to poetry, drama and literature, and to nature itself. Using the classical forms of Sonata … Read more
At one point in the study of the Romantic period of music, we come upon the first of several apparently opposing conditions that plague all attempts to grasp the meaning of Romantic as applied to the music of the 19th century. This opposition involved the relation between music and words. If instrumental music is the … Read more
For my research paper, I chose to write about Marshall Mathers. I chose to write about him because he is the best young rapper, and I like how he doesnt care what happens, he just goes with it. He isnt a very good role model, but he is funny, and couldnt care less what anybody … Read more
When it comes to music, most people don’t say they like it. People say they like heavy metal, pop, rhythm and blues, or any other type of music, since they have their own preference to what type of music they like, not just enjoying the broad area of music. One of those types of music … Read more
Ask anyone what was the defining moment in the rock history of the 1960s was and all you will get is a one word answer: Woodstock. The three day rock festival that defined an era was only one of many music festivals of the 60s. But Woodstock has come to symbolize, “an era of peaceful, … Read more
The English ROCK MUSIC group The Beatles gave the 1960s its characteristic musical flavor and had a profound influence on the course of popular music, equaled by few performers. The guitarists John Winston Lennon, b. Oct. 9, 1940; James Paul McCartney, b. June 18, 1942; and George Harrison, b. Feb. 25, 1943; and the drummer … Read more