...Electric Zoo Response Paper Electric Zoo is a musical event that takes place once a year in New York. Arguably the biggest and best musical event in the country, over 100,00 people attended the event this year. This venue features the worlds Top DJs all in one arena performing one after the other. Featuring artists such as Tiesto, Skrillex, David Guetta, Steve Aoki and Sander Van Doorn, This event is mandatory to attend if you are a fan of EDM (electronic dance music). EDM has definitely grown popular in the past few years and provided the joy in life to millions of individuals worldwide. Electronic dance music was created in the 1980s in Detroit by a man called 'Frankie Knuckles”, who is also referred to as the 'Godfather of house'. He went to clubs and made and played music of his his mixer and technic turntables. He would reconstruct sounds by combining two tracks together and adjusting the tempo and layering percussive beats. This was the birth of house music. Still awaiting for the genre to rise, years after EDM was made popular in New York City & London. Before you know it there were many created sub-genres for EDM and were frequently played in night clubs and concerts. Many Djs arose to become the best in the EDM business such as Tiesto, who averages $250,000 a show performing worldwide. This generation, EDM has become a phenomenon and rising rapidly in the market. Many music festivals were created centered around Electronic Dance Music. Electric Daisy, Tommorowland...
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... The Slidebar’s purpose was and is to provide local college students that make up a big part of the area in downtown Fullerton with good music and a hyped, yet still relaxing environment. I feel that the Slidebar as well as the bands did a fine job bringing a good environment and in turn making the whole venue a big success. I believe the event was effective because of the bands that were chosen to play for the type of crowd that usually attends at this particular bar. This bar typically features rock and punk style bands...
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...I went to the SJSU Music Concert Hall on November 11,2015, and it costs 5 dollars for the ticket. When I arrived there, I saw that most of the audiences are SJSU students, and a few of them are professors. The audiences dressed casually, and I dressed casually as well because I think that I was a casual listener at the concert. When I was listening to different pieces, I felt amazing because I never heard this kind of music before. I enjoyed the slow tempo because it gives me the feeling of relax. The pieces that were performed are “ If You Walked A Mile”, “The Five”, “Variations for Abbey”, “Ion Trails”, “ A Different Drummer”, and “All Our Broken Instruments”. The musical style for “If you Walked A Mile” is classical and electric, for “The Five” is orchestra, and the rest of the pieces are classic and electric. There were drums, computer, marimba, gong, triangle, and timpani as instrumentation of the ensemble. There was no seating arrangement and there is only one performer....
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...sources of inspiration for 20th century music? (.7 point) Composers of the 20th century drew inspiration from an enormous variety of sources, including folk and popular music; music of Asia, Africa, and Latin America; and European art music from the Middle Ages through the 19th century. Many composers reacted to the influences of Post-Romantic and Impressionist styles and wrote works from it. 2. Name and describe the characteristics of twentieth-century music before 1945; for full credit include information on tone color, harmony, alternatives to the traditional tonal system, rhythm, and melody. (2 points) Tone color became a crucial element creating variety, continuity, and mood. New sounds on old instruments and uncommon playing techniques became the norm. Percussion instruments became prominent and numerous, reflecting the interest in unusual rhythms and tone colors. Harmony brought changes to in the way chords were treated. The traditional relationship between consonance and dissonance was challenged. New chord structures were created such as the polychord, the fourth chord, and the tone cluster. Alternatives to the traditional tonal system, known as tonality or key, governed the organization of pitch. Use of scales other than major and minor and chords other than triad were used as the central tone. Rhythm drew it new ideas from jazz, folk music from all over the world, and older European art music from the Middle Ages through the 19th century...
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...play music from one of the largest music schools Summary- This article intends to provide detailed information to the viewers’ about the services offered by Central Coast Conservatorium. What does the Guitar Lessons include at Central Coast Conservatorium? • The guitar classes include bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar and jazz guitar. • The music school has an excellent guitar teaching staff namely Ashley Turner, Steve Smillie and Guy Strazz. • They teach guitar in many styles including country, contemporary, rock, blues, classical, pop, and chording. • These teachers know how to teach the theory and technique to the students within a given set of time period. • At Central Coast Conservatorium, the lessons on guitar are enhanced by the chance of learning how to play along with other musicians in a rock band setting or how to perform solo. Moreover, Central Coast Conservatorium allows people of all ages to get enrolled. What other lessons does Central Coast Conservatorium offer? Central Coast Conservatorium offers lesson on • Brass • Percussion • Conducting • Keyboard • Piano • Singing • String • Woodwind • Jazz...
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...young, I have been drawn to music. When I was just four years old, I heard the sound of a guitar, and immediately wanted to learn how to play it. Since that moment, my passion has only progressed. The first time I performed, I stepped up on stage with my small guitar and managed to strum out the only 2 chords I know. A few years later I had the ability to get on stage and have the choice as to which instrument I want to play. Now, I am focused on turning my passion into a career and majoring in music business and production at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summer, I had the opportunity to go to Camp Electric for the third time. Camp Electric is located at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a worship and rock and roll music camp. The professional artists at camp teach individualized classes during the day based on your instrument track and then perform concerts at night. In the morning, the classes are larger and contain everyone in the same track, but in the afternoon the classes are split up based on skill level and future motives....
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...and encourage group participation? Music in sub-Saharan Africa reflects the collective community and encourages group participation because it is an important part of the culture. The music is linked to many traditions, celebrations, and rituals. There are three musical manifestations of a collective community in the Sub-Saharan African. They are dance, call and response and polyrhythm. The Call and response is very popular. The chorus repeats a fixed refrain in alternation with a lead singer, who then has more freedom to improvise. This makes the music conversational and encouraged group participation. 2. How is polyrhythmic music created in sub-Saharan Africa? Polyrhythmic music is created when two or more locally independent attack patterns are superimposed, is realized by handclaps, xylophones, rattles, and a variety of tuned and non tuned drum, by handclaps, xylophones, rattles, and a variety of tuned and non tuned drums. The African polyrhythm is the noticeable steadiness of the resultant rhythmic pattern. Pitch polyphony exists in the form of parallel intervals overlapping solo-choral response, and occasional simultaneous independent melodies. In addition to voice, many wind and string instruments perform melodic functions. 3. In what ways do Jùjú and other types of popular music in sub-Saharan Africa draw on traditional music for inspiration? After World War II, musician in Nigeria began incorporation electric instrument in their juju recording. The...
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...University of Phoenix Material Media Convergence Worksheet Write brief 250- to 300-word answers to each of the following: |Questions |Answers | |What is meant by the term media |Media Coverage compared to technology is defined as a process of combining together the | |convergence with regard to technology, |telecommunications and computers and turning them into one electric or digital form. This | |and how has it affected everyday life? |affects our everyday lives more than we know. Media coverage gives us the ability to watch| | |television, listen to music, and shop online. This also allows us to do such things as | | |email or video chat on the computer, this removes having to use the telephone almost | | |completely. Other things such as myspace, twitter, facebook, and Instagram also allows you| | |to keep up with your family and friends by using the internet. Media coverage has also | | |replaced such things as hard back books by introducing e-books that can be downloaded from| | |your computer. | |What is meant by the...
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...Music, an entity throughout mankind has evolved alongside us as modern society formed. Similar to entities such as transportation or agriculture, man has added new inventions and innovations onto music due to the new technologies of their current times. This paper will look at these pieces of technology throughout the 20th Century, leading towards the use of music . Furthermore, in terms of “digital technology” this paper will encapsulate pieces of technology that utilized one or more of the following: electronic instruments, digital instruments, computers, software, and digital audio equipment. Also, while looking at these inventions, the paper will dive into the ways the invention effected music at that time and how their effects are still...
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...I agree with Gregory Orr’s claim as I heavily rely on music to help regulate my mood on a daily basis. In fact, I listen to many genres of music and in different languages, including English, French, and Punjabi. Each genre of music brings its own sense of satisfaction. I listen to rap music by J. Cole or Drake when I am feeling tired because it cheers me up and the lyrics inspire me. In addition, I listen to Punjabi bhangra music when I have completed my daily activities or assignments because it gives me a chance to break down into a dance. Likewise, I took a french class last semester, which opened my eyes to French folk music. Consequently, I often listen to Felix Leclerc or Diane Dufresne on a cooler day when I wish to relax. As you can...
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...How Technology Changes Jazz Music Throughout history, jazz has been a crucial block in the establishment of music. Generations of artists found inspiration in each other’s work, and a variety of collection was thus created. Despite the varying styles in different artists’ work, the core of the music always belonged to the jazz genre. The genre of Jazz has evolved throughout the ages and a lot of that change wouldn’t be possible without the development and integration of new technology. Technological advances within Jazz music have allowed new instruments and computer equipment to emerge in Jazz music. This new knowledge has changed the genre in ways people never could have imagined. Things such as the radio and new recording methods were also apart of this new technology that allowed jazz music to change and improve. The phase of music that we are experiencing more of now is involving computers that allow the musicians to create synthesizers that weren’t possible before this new technology. “MARSALIS: Well, I'm not gonna put that on his head because he can do stuff Hendrix never thought of doing.” What Marsalis is talking about is the musical icon Prince and how you can’t compare him to Jimi Hendrix because technology was so different between their times. Jimi Hendrix came from a time where live music was the main way people could listen to their favorite artist. As the electric microphone made advances in its technology, it changed the development within the recording session...
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...Example of Concert Review Essay [This was a paper written by an actual student in the Popular Music in America class. It is not offered as an award-winning review nor is it compositionally error-free. It did, however, receive an A for this assignment and is an example of the level of writing and analysis that is required to receive an A. Please do not, however, begin your paper in exactly the same way or attempt to copy “buzz words” or phrases. Write your own paper!] On February 17, 2005, the Jazz Ensemble at Tarleton State University had their first concert of the spring semester with special guest trumpeter, Daryl White. The jazz ensembles collectively performed thirteen pieces during the concert. “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Waltz for Debby” and “Ancient Memories” were three stylistically different pieces that allowed the audience to experience the various sounds of jazz music. Jazz music, like all music, tells a story and here are the stories of “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Waltz for Debby” and “Ancient Memories”. “Fly Me to the Moon”, written by Bart Howard and arranged by Sammy Nestico, is an upbeat standard sung most famously by Frank Sinatra. In the instrumental version of this song, a Latin-inspired sounding consonance set the romantic mood at the beginning of this song. A piano and saxophone then alternated the melody of the song as though they were dancing like two lovers flying to the moon. As the passion of the song heated up, the texture changed within...
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...Example of Concert Review Essay [This was a paper written by an actual student in the Popular Music in America class. It is not offered as an award-winning review nor is it compositionally error-free. It did, however, receive an A for this assignment and is an example of the level of writing and analysis that is required to receive an A. Please do not, however, begin your paper in exactly the same way or attempt to copy “buzz words” or phrases. Write your own paper!] On February 17, 2005, the Jazz Ensemble at Tarleton State University had their first concert of the spring semester with special guest trumpeter, Daryl White. The jazz ensembles collectively performed thirteen pieces during the concert. “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Waltz for Debby” and “Ancient Memories” were three stylistically different pieces that allowed the audience to experience the various sounds of jazz music. Jazz music, like all music, tells a story and here are the stories of “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Waltz for Debby” and “Ancient Memories”. “Fly Me to the Moon”, written by Bart Howard and arranged by Sammy Nestico, is an upbeat standard sung most famously by Frank Sinatra. In the instrumental version of this song, a Latin-inspired sounding consonance set the romantic mood at the beginning of this song. A piano and saxophone then alternated the melody of the song as though they were dancing like two lovers flying to the moon. As the passion of the song heated up, the texture changed within...
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...in the desert around the southern city of Tamanrasset, where he got his first acoustic guitar from a local arab man. As he got older and started to travel he started meeting other musicians that, like him, enjoyed exploring radical protest music or moroccan groups, western pop, and western rock and roll. While the group was in its early stages of development, even though they did not have a name people from all over stater referring to them as “Kel Tinariwen” which is the Tamashek language translated as “The People of The Deserts” or “ The Desert Boys.” Even though they drew inspiration from alot of west european bands, their sound is alittle more Grass root, and has more of traditional sound. Their sound comes from West African music the “Great Bend” region along the nile river. The use of their old traditions have solidified their longevity through music. Along with the discovery of Tinariwen, I stumbled upon some similar artist such as Amadou & Mariam as well as some other african rooted bands. The many instruments the band Tinariwen used were endless, but most were traditional pieces such as the Guitar, One String Fiddle, Shepherd's Flute, or a Tinde Drum. The specific genre they are listed as is “Tichumaren” which is a style of music from...
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...to break the spell, but he falls in love with the wrong girl, and so she killed herself. In this movie every piece of music intensifies each of the 27 scenes, without the music the movie is not perceived the same way. Such as every time the daughter, Nina is in interaction with her mother there is the use of leitmotif, where the same music is played although it faster and slower at different times. And since she is in some sort of conflict with her mother throughout each of the scenes they are both present in the music is more of an intense beat that reflects the conflict(s) between the two. There are many people who took part in making this movie a success and a big part of that was the workers behind the music, such as: Clint Mansell – film score composer Brian Emrich and Craig Henighan – sound designers Nancy Allen – music editor Jim Black and Gabe Hilfer – music supervisors All of the music of Black Swan was scored by Clint Mansell in which they all ended up containing “Swan Lake” written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Apothesis: Danka Jane: Written and performed written by: Tom Rowlands By Pete Min performed by: The Chemical Brothers Outside the Lines: The White Easton: Written by: Praveen written by: Alec Storey Sharma & Travis Stewart performed by: Al Tourettes Performed by: Sepaicure Illicit Preaminy: Electric Hands: Written by: Jamie Kavanagh written by: Tom Rowlands Performed by: Kavsrave performed by: The Chemical Brothers ...
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