... the same pattern. In the refrain, the band makes the music sound as if someone is in a dungeon of some sort. The way they create this effect is by Salminen creating dark odd sounds from his keyboard while there is a drum beat in the background and Linde creating feedback from his guitar. In ... then introduced to the verse. "One Last Time" is about someone wanting to give a relationship, and love one last chance. The song begins with a monophonic sound that sounds like feedback from a bass for three measures and a melody from the bass that lasts for about eight measures. Then the whole b...

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... focused hip-hop does. It needed the lyric of the poet. Also, they still relied on their jagged edges being intact and still used the talking drum of instrumentation to present day. It captures the black position of struggle, resistance, righteousness, and exploitation in Black America. Hip-hop fused these two forms ... exactly. Flash did not simply "mix" the record, he "scratched" them. That is, he used the needle into the groove to make the grating, rhythmical sound for which rap has become known. Flash gave hip-hop its face-the smooth and creative DJ. (Henderson, Errol A., 2) The face o...

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... made young rappers that were hungry for fame and fortune take on the look of being thugs themselves. The move of raps' homeland, New York, to the West Coast caused a dramatic change to the sound. People tend to miss the true skill rather that all the violence and how many people that get killed. Rap's image is being tainted by all the scandals ... only so much that parents can do to keep their children out of harm. Violence is a reality, but should it be preached about like it is okay and make it sound like fun and games. The answer is no and something should be done about it....

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... sounds are what give our day-to-day experiences with sounds variations. Depending on how smoothly a noise sounds to us dictates on how much or how little we enjoy that sound. It's apparent in every part of life that the harmony in sounds is important. Along with the harmony of sounds it can also be seen that in, "in every ... of songs can also be recognized in the differences between genres. The relaxing soft melodies of some songs can be interpreted as slow and steady. While the jolting bass and drum of an song that's electronica is meant to be such a fast paced rush that gives the lis...

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... such as "Teen Angel." The public swooned for such songs. They were happy, the talked of all things good and lacked the sinful sounds of a howling electric guitar and bounding drum riffs. In January 1962 Chubby Checker introduced the world to The Twist. Out of the darkness of the night then came, The Stomp, The Hucklebuck, The Watusi, The Fly, The ... taking matters into their own hands. Protest is an art form. If done in properly can be the catalyst for change. However, if it is done improperly, the protesters just sound as though they are whining. In the 60's and 70's the Generals in V...

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... , Acid House was born. The early overall term of Techno, used for the harder, faster style, splintered into a myriad different offspring, each with a slightly different rhythm and tempo. Trance, Hardcore, Drum and Bass amongst others still persist and are still splintering to keep their freshness and variety. What was originally a few thousand people travelling to parties has become a major part of ... as Sister Bliss a well-known DJ saw Ecstasy as enhancing the enjoyment gained from the music. As she said: "If the music sounds great to me and I'm straight, it must sound amazing if you'r...

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... of national landscape painting in the U.S., the Hudson River School. Cole was the first boy wonder of American painting to prove himself entirely on native ground. Earlier prodigies, like Benjamin West, had had to do so in Europe. Cole had no formal training. He learned about landscape painting from theoretical tracts and the early-19th century equivalent of how-to manuals ... . "That which does not kill us makes us stronger,"" said Nietzsche. I feel it is important to emphasize why I believe a book like 120 Days has a positive value. I know that it may sound odd for some, but DeSade mak...

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... of national landscape painting in the U.S., the Hudson River School. Cole was the first boy wonder of American painting to prove himself entirely on native ground. Earlier prodigies, like Benjamin West, had had to do so in Europe. Cole had no formal training. He learned about landscape painting from theoretical tracts and the early-19th century equivalent of how-to manuals ... . That which does not kill us makes us stronger,? said Nietzsche. I feel it is important to emphasize why I believe a book like 120 Days has a positive value. I know that it may sound odd for some, but DeSade makes...

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... same motion each time the actor shoots a scene. Motion control is used together with timecode to achieve the effects specifically in synchronization to sound. Triggering to audio or video timecode allows the normal uses of motion control to be incorporated into music promo productions. This makes it simple ... scenes. All the design elements of color contrast, texture and clarity has been used in production of the music video of 'speed of sound'. They work together to achieve a better music video. Assessment Task Four Creating music requires standards and conventions to be met. This...

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... -the-job performance " (Anonymous, n.d.). Don Campbell took Dr. Tomatis's finding and turned them into an advertised science. Don Campbell is accredited with generating a commercialized response to sound healing mainly through his book published in 1946 titled The Mozart Effect. His definition of the Mozart Effect is, "In plain English, it can improve your concentration, enhance your ... is one of many researchers that seeks affirmations with the Tomatis Method. Objections Don Campbell's Theories Don Campbell commercialized Dr. Alfred Tomatis's theory "That hypothesized the lack of soun...

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... these days evolve around performing with a laptop computer: We see laptops only or laptops used in conjunction with extended instruments. This can be a classical instrument (strings, brass, voice) which sound gets modified in real-time with Digital Signal Processing Software (DSP) like Max/MSP . It also means to add sensors to the traditional instrument that can be used to control ... electronics expert, improvised endlessly with his studio equipment. " A quote from a giant of dub music, Lee "scratch" Perry shows the creative thought that these engineers added to the idea of sound mixin...

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... the recorded music industry being CDs and cassettes. These are mostly Pop music from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the quantities can be matched by that from the English-speaking West. While people recognise that Chinese music CDs are from Hong Kong or Taiwan, most of the pop music in fact is in the style of Japanese Pop music with Chinese ... in romantic or rock or jazz types of pieces. For the performer, it is almost impossible to hold your body still when you are semi- or totally enveloped in this sound-world, often very loud. The organ is flexible in the sense that there are many sounds...

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... bands were also getting into the act. According to Ringo Starr, "The Beatles were the influence on other bands in the sixties We heard that producers were telling everyone to sound like The Beatles."" ABC-TV Prime came out with the television show, The Monkees, and marketed them as the American version of The Beatles'. The show featured music similar to ... his blood, he was pronounced dead on arrival. "Within an hour after the news of Lennon's death was broadcast, hundreds of mourners descended on East 72nd Street and Central Park West, lighting candles singing Lennon's songs and trans...

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... , Rhythm and Blues music, throughout the 1950's and 1970's, was seized by the white-dominated music industry, stripped of its original values and sound, and distributed to popular mainstream artists of the times. The music was, in turn, altered to fit each particular artists" style, which has ... and sexual. In his article on Aretha Franklin, Al Young argues "Soul church music, its harmonies, rhythms, and urgent fervency of the black sanctified sound recharged pop music so powerfully during the 1960's that [in the 1970's] Rhythm and Blues, the very designation, disappeared" (Young 18). R...

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... within the novel "Beloved" presses upon the reader's own emotional boundaries by presenting to us the treatment of slaves through an entirely different medium; not only through language but through sound; through the "soul" of those who give their voice melody. It further accumulates within Toni Morrison's poetical style, symbolising the repression of slaves, but paradoxically, symbolising their own livelihood ... own bondage of "Beloved", effectively considered to be a repression similar to the slave master: "The bigger Beloved got, the smaller Sethe became." (p. 159). Morrison conveys...

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... marketable combination of records using ballads and novelties. Country was also influenced by this wave of new rock musicians and created the Nashville sound. Some rockabilly musicians include Johnny Cash, who was more influential in folk music as he developed his style, Buddy Holly, who could ... middle beatles,1965-1966, and late beatles 1967-1969. The early beatles had the following characteristics: Simple lyrics, Simple background accompaniment, Rock sound from the 1950's, Simple drumbeat and rhythmic patters, Simple bass lines, and domination by lead singer or unison singing. In thei...

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... -determination and autonomy for the individual-player. However, Barthes (mistakenly?) believed that practical music was on the wane. "This type of music has disappeared...To find practical music in the West, one has now to look to another public, another repertoire, another instrument (the young generation, vocal music, the guitar)."" At this juncture, I feel it imperative to pose a few questions: What ... the local releases/products by most of us over here. The conditions of economic lack are therefore translated into a feeling of general scene inferiority, when compared to those of the...

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... and spreading of Blues. One school was called the Midwestern Territory because its encompassed Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. This territory is where the sound known as boogie-woogie originated. Boogie-woogie can be defined as a "kind of rolling or romping rubato bass line " which was developed from a ... fingers was very symbolic of the struggle of the slaves. The coastal states, such as Georgia and Florida, had a very different sound to the others. This school is known as the Southeastern Seaboard. This is where sea shanties originated. The slaves played with soun...

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... they need to begin to teach themselves. In recent decades, an enormous amount of research has been conducted on the specific ways in which sound, rhythm, and music can improve our lives. The results of the research using Mozart's music have been especially stunning and have given rise ... womb and throughout early childhood. It can positively affect his emotional perceptions and attitudes from the womb onward. Music can provide patterns of sound on which he can build his understanding of the physical world. By listening to music while the baby is in the womb can ... family and profound...

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... the late 1880's, with the invention of the first movie camera. These "moving pictures" were initially exhibited as a type of carnival novelty with no sound and run-times under 30 minutes. When mass audiences in theaters saw the first moving pictures, they were known as silent films, although they were not ... often a serious or dramatic scene would be occurring on the screen wile the musician played something comical or something that belonged to a scene with a car chase. Sound-effects men were soon added to the sounds behind a film. This would be a man that created noises, e.g. train wh...

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... of prime works of "Isabella", "Hear My Train A -Comin',"" and the proclaimed new American anthem of "Voodoo Chile- (Wadleigh 60). Plagued by a bad sound system, due to rain and electrical storms, a sunken stage, and adverse weather conditions, Hendrix could not quite win the crowd over. That was until he stepped ... amp.... He would play in the hallway of our house while we were in the dining room. With his back to us, no amplifier, the sound and the feeling emanating from his was quite something. Seeing him that way, through the eyes of a child, came through clean and clear and pristi...

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... of prime works of "Isabella", "Hear My Train A -Comin',"" and the proclaimed new American anthem of "Voodoo Chile- (Wadleigh 60). Plagued by a bad sound system, due to rain and electrical storms, a sunken stage, and adverse weather conditions, Hendrix could not quite win the crowd over. That was until he stepped ... amp.... He would play in the hallway of our house while we were in the dining room. With his back to us, no amplifier, the sound and the feeling emanating from his was quite something. Seeing him that way, through the eyes of a child, came through clean and clear and pristi...

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... cross roads and it's direction is uncertain. The origins of music are extremely difficult to pinpoint. It's problematic because every single sound in nature can contribute to the making of tones, chords, keys, etc. which come together in a melodic way. One dictionary definition of ... to every form of music. The first technological advancement in music, however, was the phonograph. It was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877 and allowed sound to travel and eventually be recorded. The phonograph was continually improved upon and led to several other advancements in the way people listened to ...

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... history as they rebelled against the strict apartheid government by becoming the first mixed-race band to play together on stage. Juluka's sound mixed the predominant Zulu sound with the Clegg's Celtic background. Their song "Scatterling of Africa" was released as a single and had some worldwide limited success ... the band angered the then apartheid government, Mchunu retreated to his farm in 1986 and Clegg went on to form a more westernized pop sound with the group Savuka. Hugh Masekela was also a renowned South African musician and anti-apartheid songwriter. Masekela was born near Jo...

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... three senses, hearing is the primary sense. Humans rely heavily on hearing for communication. As a result, it is one of the easier senses to pleasure. Music is the art of sound that pleasures hearing and it has been in existence since humans have aurally communicated with each other. Music is one of the defining aspects of a culture because it is a direct ... black music( )" (Botelho) because of the influence, it had on older styles of music. During the 1960s, three major style of Soul developed: Chicago Soul (Gospel based), Motown Sound (straight vocals) and Southern Sound (Spiritual b...

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