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The Beatles
<view this essay>.... 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 to evolve the band. As the years began to pass, the band was
obviously beginning to grow musically. They had moved from simple lyrics
like "Love me Do" to harshly aware re .....
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John Rzeznik's Iris
<view this essay>.... sensations is through his use of imagery. For instance: “touch you,” “feel me,” “breathe is your life,” “taste is this moment,” and “see me,” are examples of imagery. He uses the imaginative sense not the physical sense of these words. The song contains other literary devices, for example: “When everything feels like the movies,” exemplifies a simile. This shows how the writer can not connect with his lover, because he can not sense reality within her. The writer uses another literary technique, the repetitive use of the word “And.” Rzeznik uses “And” at the beginning of every verse. This shows a way of continuing his thoughts to stress a point and k .....
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Changing Faces's All Day / All Night
<view this essay>.... and studied criminal law. They met again while touring with Sade. Cassandra was a backup singer for Sade and Charise was performing a duet with R. Kelly in one of the opening acts. The two had started to talk while on tour after realizing that they could make a living performing, they decided to begin the group Changing Faces.
On this album, they work with several other artists. Artists such as rapper Jay Z, who is featured in the song “All of my days”. Another performer, R & B singer R. Kelly, produced most of the songs on this album as well as being featured in some of the songs. R. Kelly also produced most of the songs on their previous album, .....
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Jim Morrison: The Lizard King
<view this essay>.... journey but in order to do this we need to first understand what happened to Jimmy as a young man.
He grew up with a sister, Anne, who was three years younger than he and a younger brother, Andy, who was six years younger. Morrison’s father, Steve, was “…stationed at nearby Kirtland Air Base where he was the executive officer and number two man at what was called the Naval Air Special Weapons Facility”(Hopkins, 3). His job had something to do with atomic energy but, of course, it was top secret since it was with the Navy and all. Jim’s mother, Clara, met Steve at a Navy dance that was held when she went to visit her younger sister in Hawaii. Jimm .....
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The Flute
<view this essay>.... These are some of the question I will answer and I’m sure it will provide you with the same enjoyment that I have found.
Woodwind instruments and specifically are just that. An instrument that relies solely on the exhaled breathe for the function. In this particular part of my paper I will be discussing woodwind exclusively. The woodwind flute can be traced back to many era’s in our history and for the most part it’s design has been constant. There are three major things that affect the sound of . The first is construction type. A basic element common to all wind instruments is that of an empty space encompassed by a long or round object which can be hel .....
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Censorship...Who Gives A F**k!!!
<view this essay>.... are not American? I also was not allowed to watch the news.
My parents felt it was "real violence", and not appropriate for me, that was
parental censorship. When I was old enough to go out with my friends I became
confused when my parents said I could see an "PG-13" rated movie but the
theater wouldn't let me in. When I argued that "my parents said I could go see
it!!", the theater management always said things like I need to be 13 or must be
accompanied by a parent and so on. I then proposed this question, my parents
said I could see it, now why can't I see it? The answer to that question is the
government doesn't think I am old enough. My mom said live wi .....
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Coparison Between Two Guitars: Ibanez 453 RVC And The Gibson Les Paul
<view this essay>.... further up the guitar, you have what are called the pickups. A
pickup is a really sensative box that is attached to the body in between the
bottom of the neck and the bottom of the bridge. The purpose of a pickup is to
"pick up" the sounds of the notes or chords that are being strummed. There are
many different types of pickups; for instance, the Gibson Les Paul has pickups
that are called Humbuckers, which are much higher and of a better quality than
the pickups on an Ibanez. The Ibanez comes with regular music store pickups
that are not bad but do not have the quality of the Humbuckers. So having
better quality means that the pickups are more s .....
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