Musical Magazine Essays and Term Papers
451 Essays on Musical Magazine. Documents 301 - 325
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Berry Gordy and Motown Music
Berry Gordy Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 28, 1929. He was the seventh born out of eight siblings. His parents migrated to Detroit from Georgia during 1922. They were part of a mass exodus of African Americans who left the South in the 20's and traveled to northern cities in search of better economic futures. During that time jobs were plentiful in the factories, mainly the big four automotive plants like, Chrysler,
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Music in Russia
Music Therapy Using music to improve lives The ability to express ourselves through music and sound is an innate capacity which does not depend on musical skills or verbal language. Maria Radoje, Music Therapist For both children and adults, music therapy can help in a variety of situations, including disability, serious illness, depression, bereavement, behavioural problems, communications disorders and autism. What is music therapy, how could it benefit my child, and how do I find
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Music Censorship
Things are heating up in America. People are protesting outside of the movie theaters, concerts, and book and record stores of this great nation everywhere. What is all the fuss about? Censorship, Government officials, and raving mad protesters alike have been trying to stop the expressive creativity in everything from rap music to Mark Twain. Censorship in music is a topic that has brought about much controversy in the past two decades. There have been
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Exploring Popular Music
Exploring Popular Music What is popular music? Popular music is defined as “any genre of music having wide appeal but usually only for a short time.”(Popular music) My definition of popular music is music mostly by one hit wonders or well established artists appealing widely for a short time. Popular music differs from other genres of music because with other genres of music they are constrained to that genre meaning that have to fit that
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Music Appreciation radio Report
Music Appreciation Radio Report Instead of attending a concert and writing a concert report, I decided to do the radio report. On April 24, 2007, I listened to the station WWOZ 90.7 FM from seven to eight p.m. It was hosted by Jivin Jean and Neal. The theme of that session was the 50’s Rhythm and Blues. Because the Jazz Fest is approaching, they decided to feature some of the artists that would be
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To Steal Music or Not to Steal Music
To Steal Music or Not to Steal Music The music industry is a very cutthroat business. Within the past few months a great deal of controversy has arisen. This controversy is based around whether copying music and sending them to friends is illegal or not. There are many different views on this but recently record companies have taken legal action against file sharers and these people who have been convicted have been given penalties
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Latin American Music
Latin American Music The Caribbean region was the first area of the Americans to be populated by African immigratnts. A strong African influence pervades music, dance, the arts, literature, speech, and religious pratices. Other immigrants that were bought to the new world have adopted their culture. They had left some of their culture, modified others, and create new forms. This adaptation to local american conditions is called creolization. Latin American music has always been deeply
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Baroque Mexican Music Concert Report
The concert I attended was a recital of Mexican baroque choral music. There were 5 main pieces played, each one having its own unique style and function. The recital was held at University of South Carolina School of Music recital hall room 201 on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 6:00pm. The group that sang was the graduate vocal ensemble and was conducted by Daniel S. Clark. The group of singers did an excellent job
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Traditional Music Vs International Music
Music is one thing , in this world , which nobody hates. A person may not like to hear music always, but he will definitely not hate music. This is the reason, there are many different types of music in the world today. Music can be played in many ways, one can play with strings, sticks, or just a humming. In olden days music has a very good medicinal importance. A pregnant woman , who
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Music and Violence
“I felt the blood pumping through my veins and my eyes are popping out of my head. I feel the instant urge to kidnap my neighbor’s kitten and put it in a mixer. Instead, I bang my head on the office desk until blood is running down the side of it. I have to kill. I have to hurt people.” According to the Blunt Magazine of the UK, edited by Liz Hufton, these are the
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Classical Music Instruments
Woodwinds: 1. Flute: The flute is made in the form of an open cylindrical air column about 66 cm long. Its fundamental pitch is middle C (C4) and it has a range of about three octaves to C7. Sound is produced from a flute by blowing onto a sharp edge, causing air enclosed in a tube to vibrate. The modern flute was developed by Theobald Boehm who experimented with it from 1832 to 1847, desiring
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What Is House Music?
So many people have asked me this from all over the world that I thought that its time to write something about it, and help people understand what it's all about. I thought I would try and put something positive together to help you certain people out there. But this is my outlook on what House is, and how it came about. It is not definitive angle on how House music got started. It is
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Magazines/television and the Identity Crisis
12/04/06 Mrs. Ramachandran MCMA 204 SEC 001 Final paper Magazines/Television and the identity crisis In America the only thing that can give us a clue on what to wear and how to act is watching television or looking in a magazine. America is so blind to the fact that we as Americans are an image-based culture. We see things or products as keys to help us live better and be better. We look at clothes
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College Essay - Musical Experience
When marching band season rolls around, the taste of competition and the smell of hard work are always nearby. Entering my junior year of high school, I remember very clearly how excited I was for a new year of marching band. I had played percussion in the pit, which includes the mallets, timpani, and other non-marching percussion toys and instruments in the front of the field, for my entire high school career. Since then, I
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Music Censorship
Music today comes in more forms and is used more frequently then anytime in our history. As in many years past it is available on the radio, tape, compact disk and is digitally encoded on microchips. One particularly strong use of music is used in advertising and movies. Therefore, it is obvious that music can convey extremely strong messages in a subliminal way. For this reason, the question must be asked, what impact does it
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Analization of a Magazine Ad
“The Dow of Wow,” Casey concluded his motivational speech on the cold March Saturday morning at a quarterly new menu rollout meeting at the Cheesecake Factory. Casey was a man in his late twenties, shaggy hair, rode a cheap motorcycle, never cut his fingernails, and had a hot wife. Hearing the speech that day made every one of the fifteen people present wince; it was full of clichйs and bad analogies. He talked about
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Blasphemy in Music
Music is the oldest form of art and communication known to mankind, its use has varied drastically along the evolution of societies and cultures. Music was used by the early tribe-men as a tool of communication with their various gods and powers of nature; we’ve witnessed this art form among the native Indians of North America in their infamous rain dance, this particular dance was a tribute to the Rain-god. And with the progressive evolution
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A Discussion of the Concept of the ‘whole Child’ in Context and the Relevance of Music Education in Its Development
M.A HASSAN A DISCUSSION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE ‘WHOLE CHILD’ IN CONTEXT AND THE RELEVANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION IN ITS DEVELOPMENT The General concept of the whole child has been a topic of debate for far longer than the existences of a national curriculum. Some of the earliest examination into the concept of the best overall approaches to the education of the whole child stem from the work of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746 -
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Behind the Music
BEHIND THE MUSIC Kenny Rogers and Lionel Richie are two well know musical artists from two totally different genres. Kenny Rogers has been in country music every since the 1960’s and is still going strong. Lionel Richie is also an artist that has been well-known since the 1980’s and has many hit albums and singles in R&B. Rogers and Richie seem to have nothing in common except they are both successful music artist, but Kenny
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A New Age of Music Piracy
Andrew Vaccarezza Dr. Keith Bohm Music 129, section 2 12 July 2007 A New Age of Music Piracy A thief can be defined in many different ways. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language states a thief is one whom commits theft. So one might ask, what exactly is theft? Theft is defined as �the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it (The American Heritage
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Music Makes the World Go Round
Dan Jones Professor Ott Paper 1 9/13/07 Music makes the world go round Music besides money is another thing that makes the world go round. Music is many different things; music can be just one man singing or a complete choir. Also there are many different genres of music. These genres a broken up into four main categories. These categories consist of Classic, Rock, Rap, and also country. Music also has many different affects of
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Elements of Music Report
Elements of Music Report Rhythm As I meditated on which element of music to choose from, I told myself that how can anyone enjoy any genre of music if it has no rhythm at all? Is that possible? Because of this I decided to go online and search the true meaning of rhythm and how it affects the sound of music. Rhythm isn’t just the pattern of beats that are repeated during a song.
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Where Extreme Sports and Music Collide!!
Rip Roarrr… 2006 “Where Extreme Sports and Music Collide!!” BUSINESS PLAN April 2006 DS Management Dsmanagement@comcast.net David Scott: 484-880-8066 Nathan A. Hayes: 484-340-0444 Rip Roarrr… 2006 RipRoarrr@gmail.com www.myspace.com/riproarrr The information contained in this Business Plan is confidential and proprietary to DS Management (the “Organization”) and is intended only for the persons to whom it is transmitted by the Organization or its representatives. Any reproduction of this document, in whole or in part, or the
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The Furture of Music Business
Like so many times in the past, the music industry is at a crossroads. With the rapid growth of technology, the music business is being forced to evolve at an equally rapid pace. Depending upon which side of the industry fence one is standing, there are different opinions about whether these changes are advantageous or detrimental. The artist or the singer-songwriter most often views these changes to be very encouraging and beneficial, while the major
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Women, Magazines, and the Creation of Reality
Question 1 Theme #1: The Still Photograph Constructs Meaning Women and Magazines Some women feel that beauty and fashion magazines are the devil. They fill peoples minds with a false reality. Though they claim to be helping women by being what Blyth refers to as “aspirational dream books”, they do quite the opposite (301). This essay will discuss the false ideals that magazine ads create and women’s need to pursue them. The creators of the
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