... during the concert as the artists performing interacted quite a bit with the audience, telling stories, jokes, or getting the audience to join in with the song. Each artist took a different approach in the way they interacted with the audience. Ian Tamblyn chose to sit while performing; making it seem like it ... The two together created a sense that he cared deeply about the work he has done, as he seemed to be completed absorbed in each song. Critical analysis It is difficult to begin to understand traditional Canadian folk music such as preformed by both Ian Tamblyn and Ron Hynes, a...

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... and be a popular performer would have excited Armstrong greatly. For example the popular music artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis created a song about an extremely polarizing issue, gay marriage named "Same Love." This song offended some people, yet that did not stop this song from being played on YouTube 95 million times (Snell). The only way Armstrong was allowed to put his emotions on ... ...

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... be dated back to the sixteenth century it was not until the ninetieth century that concert music emerged. In those days there were songs for everyone young or old and a song in any style could be a hit. The music had mass appeal and time and again the concert audience spontaneously joined in to sing the songs they knew and loved. Some ... traits of concert music are that song is a symbol of the imagination; it is poetic thought encapsulated in music. It is born of the combination of those thoughts in spoken rhythms, framed with melodies and harmonies. The ... ...

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... with familiar music. Slavery generated many types of musical styles, among them are: Field Hollers, Ring Shouts and the most popular Spirituals. Field Hollers - Were a type of call and response song where in, there might be a group of slaves in the field, and a lead slave might start up a call and the remaining slaves would say a response. It was used for sending ... spin and run around as if possessed and this continues until the "spirit" leaves them. This originates from a complicated and sacred West African ritual. Spirituals - Were a genre of religious folk song founded in American ...

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... rock and roll, other performers began to learn and copy something from him. Joe McDonald was just a good example to show how Elvis influence other musicians when Joe played the song "Rocking Around the World" on Woodstock Festival. All the styles in dressing and music were similar to Elvis". By the time Elvis Presley recorded "Heartbreak Hotel" in 1956, there was ... 1957, "Jailhouse Rock" which was Elvis" third motion picture premiered in Memphis, opening nationally in November and quickly going to the top five at the box office and the title song was a smash hit. Years later, this fil...

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... is not accustomed to listening to something, which requires and demands the listener's full attention. Enthusiastic fans of mainstream modern pop music often notice that when they listen to a new song in, for example, the top 40, they may need to listen to it a few times before judging whether they like it or not. This type of music is, on the ... ...

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