... it's here that they start to see themselves becoming recognizably careless and socially free. "Americans were speeding up, moving out, buying more, having fun, and dreaming bigger" (Miller). The Cotton Club was an integral part of the Twenties and personified what this period of time stood for. It became a place for gangsters to sell their bootlegged beer during prohibition, a home for ... "coolest" environment, best cuisine, and many up and coming jazz musicians. "Only the wealthiest, most influential, famous and notorious people went there, or were allowed in" (Cotton). Being that the...

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... overpriced drinks. The bars were filled with mirrors making the lighting actually improve. There was also a red lights in the bar seeming as almost flames are rising of the back club showing almost devilish like intent. Six lighted pillars glow like dim flames with an open ceiling overseeing other people socializing on the second floor when starting to walk from the ... the song. The crowd seem like it was diversified. Meaning not by color but it was beyond that. Almost certain "classes" of people hang out in certain areas of the club. Upstairs dressed up people mingle and sit down for ...

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... It seems odd that anyone pays ten dollars to sweat it out in this cramped, crowded building for a couple of hours. But these people do it with joy. They see it as a wonderful investment in their musical subculture; a mindless, feeling adventure that will carry them through the week, until the next event. Security ... long, dimly lit hallway, intoxicated voices chant with the music. Some yell the artists name while others are screaming or singing along with the music. The club has a primal atmosphere of uninhibited freedom. The floor appears and feels as if it has not been finished. It i...

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... , all the music books disappeared, and all the music related items just vanished. The world would be completely different from what it's like now. Everyone's life would be missing the joy, dance, and many other things that music brings to the world; and yet, schools are teaching less and less music every year. Students are suffering from the loss of music ... them raise and keep up their grades. The time management students learn from music helps them to balance school and projects as well as other extracurricular activities like debate club or anime club. They learn how to balance a bus...

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... the centerpiece of New York's entertainment business. It was the springboard to fame for many singer, dancers, and performers and was indeed the board Ellington jumped from. The club management decided what audiences wanted to see in their clubs. As a result of the Harlem Renaissance and the growing interest in black entertainment, audiences enjoyed watching the many talented black ... to the new style of music while others had a taste for the old, more familiar styles. Ned Williams, who became Ellington's publicist, commented on Ellington's first performance at the Cotton Club, "I can...

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... business. It was the springboard to fame for many singers, dancers, and performers and was indeed the board Ellington jumped from. The club management decided what audiences wanted to see in their clubs. As a result of the Harlem Renaissance and the growing interest in black entertainment ... others had a taste for the old, more familiar styles. Ned Williams, who became Ellington's publicist, commented on Ellington's first performance at the Cotton Club, "I can't say I was too much impressed with the Ellington crew on that visit. It definitely didn't have the form and polish it acquired...

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... positive, the narrator is left outside of the "dance". While "you" (The youth of America) were dancing in the gym with "him" (The teen idols) "...I knew that I was out of luck...", because the love that he wanted from "you" was given to "him" (Jordan). Another line in this verse is important. "Can you teach me how to dance real slow..." Slow ... happened (Jordan). The "half time air" was probably referring to the heavy drug use of the mid- 60s (half-time). The "sergeants" are either the Beatle's "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" or the Army playing marching music because of the dr...

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... project their political views to the world. There was also motown and rock and roll. Motown was mainly a black genre that spoke for equality and rock was making some political commentary but largely sex and drug based. In the 90's grunge and hip hop were the two biggest movements. Both were outlets for anger but in different styles. The grunge movement ... the biggest of the 60's and had the biggest influence because the lyrics were new fresh and thoughtful and the band members were not just musicians but speakers of political commentary and current events. The genres of the 90's were g...

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... best represent the Austin music scene. The five performances I chose were: John Abercrombie at The Elephant Room, W.C. Clark at The Saxon Pub, Redd Volkaert at the Continental Club, The Joe Richardson Express at Joe's Generic Bar, and Gary Clark Jr. at Friend's Bar, respectively. While at the shows I was able to conduct interviews with ... . The people at the show seemed to be more tourists, than locals as three out of the five people I interviewed were from out of town, and the club is known to be a tourist hot spot. April, a white 29 year old from Iowa, when I asked her what attracted ...

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... best represent the Austin music scene. The five performances I chose were: John Abercrombie at The Elephant Room, W.C. Clark at The Saxon Pub, Redd Volkaert at the Continental Club, The Joe Richardson Express at Joe's Generic Bar, and Gary Clark Jr. at Friend's Bar, respectively. While at the shows I was able to conduct interviews with ... . The people at the show seemed to be more tourists, than locals as three out of the five people I interviewed were from out of town, and the club is known to be a tourist hot spot. April, a white 29 year old from Iowa, when I asked her what attracted ...

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... state of mind is indicated because she is totally focused on finding a phone and has forgotten she must pay to get in the club. She then walks cautiously through the club, searching and controlled as she presses through the dancing crowd, unlike Sarah, the dancers are as oblivious as she was to the drama going on ... in their midst. The camera angle pans quickly round to reveal the phone. This shot makes the scene run more smoothly. The noise of club is loud and Sarah has to shout as she phones the police. At the point there is a cut to a police car ironically shown driving off as ... ...

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... other and as a forcible form of expression. The deep, soulful, and powerful mix of chanting, hollering, shouting and crooning that defined this "field music" was filled with every emotion from joy to sorrow; pleasure to pain; and hope to despair. Emerging simultaneously at this time was Gospel music. It was very uncommon for slaves to have actual churches to attend because ... first style, discussed by Zondra Hughes, was the jump bands which played in dance-halls and were a spin-off from swing bands. The second was a smooth style known as the club-combo style which featured groups, almo...

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... that managed to get some attention. They were singing all about "California dreaming" and the girls of the same American state. They were easy to listen and they brought some joy to the ones listening. French and Italian songs were also big hits but I will not get into this because I am only supposed to talk about international acts. By the end ... need that feeling. The 1980's have been described in a very precise way in Roy Shuker's book "Understanding popular music" where he quotes from a book called: "Like punk never happened: Cultural club and the new pop" by Rimmer D. He described...

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... had his first recording that year. Duke who had renamed his band the Washingtonians and began playing at the most prestigious venues, places like the Exclusive Club, the Hollywood Club, and the Cotton Club. It was the cotton Club in particular that really rose him to stardom though as he was broadcast across the nation on the Clubs radio program "live from the Cotton ... Club". It was in 1928 that Duke met up with Irving Mills who he signed an agreement with that made Mills the producer and publisher of Dukes music. This brought about ... ...

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... was expressed and manifested through the protest songs the artists, and their lifestyles. The music reflected the generation by, being heard rather than just listened to, and lyrics contained social commentary that was profoundly relevant. The 1960's was home to the Sexual Revolution, Woodstock, the Civil Rights Movement, the British Invasion and the Summer of Love. A large percentage of the music ... in many of the songs contained hopes and dreams for individual freedom. They challenged people to go deeper into who they were and taught them to choose their battles. Social commentary is...

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... make them into the best Pop Rock group ever. Bob Wooler was a nice man who promoted the Beatles Music. He also introduced them to the Cavern Club they played in almost every night. He also helped by getting Horst Fisher, which was a retired German boxer. Horst sat at the Cavern ... Club while the Beatles would play acting like he was their bodyguard (DeWitt 4-5). Another man that helped out the Beatles was Tony Sheridan. He was the first ... (DeWitt 3). Allan Williams was the name of the Beatles first manager. He owned many clubs and never had a problem getting the Beatles to play. He ...

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... 81). Duke's first attempt at jazz was imitation. J.P. Johnson, a ragtime pianist, had recorded "Carolina Shout-. Duke studied Johnson, imitating everything, from notes to even the smallest wrist movements. Once, at a club, Duke was called up to perform for Johnson. The final result was "Kid, you do it better than me."" (J.P. Johnson) (Turkell 83). After this show, Duke began taking lessons from ... owner to hire them (Turkell 88). They became an immediate success. Duke was beginning to find the "color and shading- he strived for in his music. His music was what club goers called "conver...

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... about every major city in the United States especially in California, New York, and Florida, as well as Canada, UK, and Japan. Raves are usually held in an abandoned warehouse, a club, a beach, a field, an aircraft hangar or a sports arena. Pretty much anywhere you could fit a massive sound system and a lot of people. Climate varies in all of these locations because they ... be accepted. Values, attitudes: Ravers value the drugs, music, and the visuals. Many feel that the rave scene would not be where it was today without drugs. The so-called "club drug- most commonly associated with ra...

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... . The trip to Hamburg did much to toughen them. They were no longer in safe Liverpool, instead exposed to the cruel reality of being a struggling band in a foreign country. The club manager in particular gave them a hard time, always insisting that they improve their showmanship in live shows. This showmanship was part of what later prompted Beatle-mania. They improved immensely ... , and philosophy had changed with "Revolver", and they were turned up another notch with the release of their next album "Sergeant Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band". If "Revolver" stretched the rules of pop musi...

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... street. Although John did not express his feelings towards this, he felt a connection with Paul, whose mother had also died. In 1960, the renamed Beatles were hired to play for a club in Hamburg, Germany. Here is where The Beatles got their first taste of drugs, using to stay awake during their grueling schedule of 8 hours a night, six days a week. The Beatles ... and not just the music. The Beatles additionally used repetition in their music, in not only the lyrics but also the music. The Beatle's 1966 album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- is still considered one of the greate...

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... others. The Beatles first music was four/four tempo, later an album with a different style came out that would shock America. In 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band. The album was known for being a concept album. A concept album is created when all the songs on an album contribute to a single effect or unified story (http://www.wikipedia ... .org/wiki/Concept_album). The Beatles were known for having the first concept album (Lonely Hearts Club Band), however after the second song in the album, the tracks were not contributing to the one unified story. Particula...

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... impact on our lives. There's no doubt it has the power to orchestrate our emotional tone. Music can trigger just about any emotion - it can bring joy to our hearts or sadness in anticipation of pain, loss, or separation. Music sends our boys to war and announces their return in parades and funerals. ... impact on our lives. There's no doubt it has the power to orchestrate our emotional tone. Music can trigger just about any emotion - it can bring joy to our hearts or sadness in anticipation of pain, loss, or separation. Music sends our boys to war and announces their return in parades and...

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... by the likes of young jazz players like Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong and other emerging musicians. In 1935, Morton moved to Washington, D.C., working in a small club in the black planet. He was the manager of this jazz club and he played intermittently. Three years later a folklorist Alan Lomax, recorded Morton as part of a series of musical interviews for the Library of Congress in ... ...

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... one of the most famous Disk Jockey's of all time. He has created a whole new genre of music, combining house music and melodic trance. He was born in Berlin, where club culture was not such a big thing. When it did become more popular, he felt that the music had no meaning, and so he started DJ"ing, he didn't make just ... number one music maker (1999) ahead of DJ"ing legends Fat Boy Slim and Paul Oakenfold. He performed a six-hour set at Gate Crasher which was rated the second-best club night of all time. He has also been voted by many others as the best DJ and music man of the year. I...

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Imagine walking into a dance club and feeling like you are floating through the door and hovering over the crowd. As you enter the dance floor the music and the lights slam your senses and send ... . Ecstasy has changed the way we look at drugs. Its not physically addictive and for the most part it is only used when people go out, to a party or a dance club. This drug is very popular and it has many people worried. No one really knows what it does to the body yet, and there are always rumors of death from ... ...

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