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Elvis Aaron Presley
<view this essay>.... label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor. By 1956, he was an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influences and blurred and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture.
He starred in 33 successful films, made history with his television appearances and specials, and knew great acclaim through his many, often record-breaking, live concert performances on tour and in Las Vegas. Globally, he has sold over one billion records, more than any other artist. His American sales have earned him gold, .....
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History Of Percussion Instruments
<view this essay>.... of fourth century B. C. to the giant cot rattles of the
fifteenth century, percussion instruments have had a unique history.
Percussion instruments have had an extensive background on many
factors of their sound, and playing style. All percussion instruments fall
into two main categories, idiophones and membranophones. Idiophones
produce their sound from vibrations without the use of a stretched membrane.
This could include castanets, rattles, and mallet instruments.
Membranophones are those that produce a sound from the vibrations of a
stretched membrane. These include any type of drum hit with a stick. Both
of these instruments are tunable in m .....
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Film Score Music
<view this essay>.... over us that film score composers take
advantage of when they are writing the music to accompany the movies. As
listeners we often do not appreciate that the music that is scored for films or
played in films is put there on purpose to create a certain feeling, emphasize a
point, give more life to a character or sometimes to simply add humour. What
the average moviegoer does not usually realize is that a great deal of time and
thought goes into writing the score for a film and choosing the background music
for a scene. None of the music is arbitrary; themes and sub themes have been
created with specific ideas in mind and have been put in place only to add to .....
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Analysis Of Five Pieces Of Music
<view this essay>.... is important because it sends the message that the person to know how Paul's life will turn out. It also can be used for Detering when he goes awaI and no one knows what really happened to him. The next song is called Try to Say Goodbye by Jory Eve . It can used when one of Paul's commardes dies like Kat or Behm. The is someone who loses a loved one. The final song is from the movie Braveheart This can be palyed when Paul dies because it is peaceful yet tranquil. All ouehudunc sakcnsknca cksanckasma casmcasm oadmcakjc kdancamcklA OSJMCLSa clsajCSALM LMNCASO AKLC C OAKCJL,SMCOAS LSAMNLSM LMMO LMCAOSD ALMCOSALSA,CLAS, ASLMCA.,C LSAMCALS MS KDQ CLAMCC LC ,Q .....
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Tricky's Pre-Millenium Tension
<view this essay>.... way to do it in a mega-club - find a space, make it your own, and let go...the emotions are on fire in my veins. But, why?
That sounds like a dumb question...but is it? Is the music itself really arousing such strong feelings in me, or is it merely the means to bring those emotions out of me? The beats don't have any sentience. It's driving, it's hard, and it sure as hell makes me want to get up and dance, but does house music have anything more than electronic beats at it's core? Coming from a HUGE househead, it's sad to admit....but the answer is definitively NO. Let's forget the specific genre of house music. Is any type of electronic music based .....
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Concert Report
<view this essay>.... two percussionists, six guitarists, and one bassist. In my opinion, most the musical pieces were symphonic. The tone quality of the music was rich and mellow. In addition to the percussionist he produced a specific pitch also the trumpet was adding a great bright tonality added much more melody to the event.
Consequently, one of the pieces was played the during the concert was a Persian classic piece a very emotional piece and it affected most of the audience who attended this concert. This piece was performed by one of the best clarinet players in LA who had played for many of the universal productions. The theme of the variation produced from the clar .....
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The Grateful Dead
<view this essay>.... Ron "The Pig Pen" McKerman,
who played harmonica, keyboard and was also a vocalist. Pig Pen was the janitor
at the music shop where Jerry gave banjo lessons. During the concert of that
night, they also met guitarist Bob Weir and together they formed a band called
Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. A few weeks later Bob Matthews,who later
became a part of the Grateful Dead electronics and recording family,joined the
group along with John "marmaduke" Dawson,who later joined the New Riders of the
Purple Sage. Work was scarce for the Jug Champions until Dana Morgan, owner at
the store where Jerry taught banjo and Pig Pen worked,provided the money and
equi .....
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Wind Chimes
<view this essay>.... and structure, and the speed and direction of the
wind (to name a few). Also affecting the loudness is the lack of resonating
chamber or hard connection between rods and frame. The chime would certainly be
louder, for instance, if the rods were built with the inclusion of small
chambers containing a volume of air whose fundamental harmonic was the same as
that of the rod-- when struck, the rod would transfer vibration to the enclosed
air as well as directly to the atmosphere, resulting in a louder tone. A hard
connection between rods and frame would also accomplish this result somewhat;
the vibrations of each seperate rod would be commuted to the others, res .....
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