Substance Abuse And Musicians
.... do rock star’s turn to drugs when
they already have all they need? What led Brad Nowell (or any musician) to
drugs? What are the fatalities of substance abuse in rock stars?
The reason I am interested in this topic is not only because it can
hold my interest, but I also want to see if I can analyze some reasons for
turning to drugs. I am planning on majoring in psychology and I think this
is part of the whole analysis that psychologists like to use. It can be
kind of a practice for me. So I believe .....
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WoodStock Music Festival
.... rented a field
from a local dairy farmer, Max Yasgur, who owned land about 48miles from
Woodstock, in the town of Bethel.
Early in the week before the festival, it became clear that the
event as going to draw a much larger audience than expected. By the day
before the official opening, traffic jams miles long blocked most roads
leading to the area. On Friday, August 15, when the festival began, its
management was unable to watch the estimated 400,000 or more people coming
into and out of the field and d .....
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Louis Armstrong
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(www.downbeatjazz.com)
Most recent research gives Armstrong's birth as Aug. 4, 1901. He
grew up in New Orleans and received his first music instruction in 1913 at
a children's home. By 1915 he was sitting in with local bands. "He came
north to Chicago to join King Oliver in 1922 and made his first records
with Oliver the following April". (www.chimesblues.com) "Though Chicago
would be his base for the next 12 years, he went to New York for the first
time in September 1924 to join Fletcher Hender .....
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Elvis Aaron Presley
.... 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, platinum or multi-platinum awards for 131 different albums and singles, far more than any other artist. Among his many awards and accolades were 14 Grammy nominations (3 wins) from the National Academy of Recording Arts .....
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Changing Faces's All Day / All Night
.... 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, Stroke you up.
On All Day/ All Night the songs are mainly about reflections of the title itself. The first side of the album, all day, are songs about falling in love and are in a major scale with a moderate beat. It gives you the fee .....
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The Blues
.... three main practices that all have origins in West African musical traditions. Cross-rhythms are multitudinously used in the Blues and are the foundation of West African drumming. The most common way of creating this beat was by separating the melodic line from the groundbeat, putting the two in rhythmic conflict. To do so, the musician would sing or play in a manner that emphasized the off beat. The second main innovation was the way musicians expressed rising emotions with falling pitch by bending or fl .....
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Motown’s Evolution And With Emphasis On Its Women
.... they did during the label’s heyday. The building was a combination office, residence for Gordy’s family, distribution center, A&R nexus, recording studio, mastering suite, electronics workshop and nursery.
Berry Gordy was a featherweight boxer the 1950’s. Who would imagine that there could be such a transition from boxer to record company owner. He wrote that it was in the boxing gym that he saw a poster advertising the-battle-of-the-bands: Duke Ellington vs. Stan Kenton. Next to this poster was an .....
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Jimi Hendrix And Jimmy Page
.... became popular overnight, and his shows became standing room only. His stage acts were so wild, Time magazine described it as: "He hopped, twisted and rolled over sideways without missing a twang or a moan. He slung the guitar low over swiveling hips, or raised it to pick the strings with his teeth; he thrust it between his legs and did a bump and grind, crooning: 'oh, baby, come on now, sock it to me.'...For a symbolic finish, he lifted the guitar and flung it against the amplifiers." Time (April 2 .....
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Coro Concert Experience
.... Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei.
My favorite piece was Gloria. It was louder and more powerful then the rest. The parts were sung by women then men in a beautiful combination. The music was soft and intimate then quickly getting louder and more powerful. “Gloria” was trying to make a point in a almost begging manner. My favorite was the Amen at the end, and how it was equally distributed between the female and male.
I also enjoyed Credo. It was sad and hurtful. The strings and oboe play .....
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Concert Report
.... 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 clarinet was balanced and effective on the audience. Also, the emotions and the visual scenes were influential and entertaining. It was full of great work by these great musicians who played other classical music by bet hoven and Mozart. I .....
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Jim Morrison: The Lizard King
.... 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. Jimmy, that’s what his parents called him while he was young; while traveling through New Mexico with his parents in late 1946, “…experienced what he would later dramatically describe as ‘The most important moment of my life”(6). Steve drove .....
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Music And Stress
.... spiritual, and relational aspects.
Physical symptoms I personally experienced were: headaches
(specifically tension headaches), nausea, dizziness, sleep difficulties, tight
neck and shoulders, racing heart, trembling hands, and restlessness.
Behavioral symptoms I felt were: a definite excess in smoking, bossiness
towards others, compulsive gum chewing, I became critical of others, grinding of
my teeth so hard that I am forced to wear a mouthpiece at night, and an
inability to finish what I start. So .....
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Eddie Vedder Is A Vampire
.... have been incredibly careful to conceal their presence from most people
(supposedly following a law known as the Masquerade), and very little is known
about them definitively. However, some basic facts are common to most sources.
These are: vampires drink blood, vampires live forever if not killed, and
vampires undergo grievous bodily harm if exposed to sunlight; this normally
kills them.
Many other things about vampires, such as their aversion to garlic,
their superhuman abilities, and their proh .....
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2Pac Shakur
.... of sexual
assault (“Death”).
In November 1994, Tupac himself was shot during an attempted robbery
outside a music studio in New York. Tupac did, however, mention this; “Thug life
to me is dead. If it's real, let somebody else represent it because I'm tired of
it.” Shakur told Vibe Magazine. “I represented it too much. I was Thug Life”(“
Associated”).
Tupac had a very promising career. His first album “2pacallyps Now” was
very successful. Not too late after that his movie “Juice” was relea .....
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A Brief History Of Ledd Zeppelin And Its Musical Impact
.... decades in question, it underwent a radical change like never before.
The New Yardbirds
In early 1968 the music group The Yardbirds was in shambles. Their last,
and half-put --together album "Little Games" was a total flop and the band had
to struggle to have the release of the album in the UK stopped. On March 30,
the group allowed a taping of their concert in Madison Square Garden to be
considered for a live album to be released later. They easily convinced their
record contractor, Epic Records, t .....
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