Malcolm john rebennack known as Dr John was born november 21 1940 in the 3rd ward of new orleans. After growing up in the music city of new orleans Dr John started playing guitar in the 1950’s for Professor Longhair, Art Neville, Joe Tex, Frankie Ford and Allen Toussaint. Headed into the 60’s Dr John had his left ring finger shot off in a bar brawl but still successfully able to play piano featured his talents with Sonny and Cher, Van Morrison, Aretha Franklin and The Rolling Stones. 8 years later
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When I look at the sculptural work of art “Doryphoros” also known as “Spear Bearer”, I see detailed and complex art elements. These art elements consist of lines, shapes, texture, values, and color. Firstly, the lines of the sculpture consist of thickly curved, swirled, diagonal, horizontal, and smooth lines. The lines add definition and dimension to the body of the sculpture. For example, the thick curved lines bring out the masculinity of the man that is observed on his chest, arms, glutes, back
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Music 360 Research Paper: Ancient Greek Instruments and Performance Practice The ancient Greeks have always been knows from their innovations. They revolutionized agriculture, architecture, education, and music (to name just a few of the advances they made). The philosophers and educators made music one of the main focuses in education, and with this focus came progress. The musical instruments that were made were both unique and new to the world. From new stringed instruments to winds to instruments
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How to Write a Song With our analytical minds, we tend to over obsess and exaggerate.Whether it’s a game of chess, a foreign film, or a piece of artwork, there’s usually a mental barrier that prevents us from fully comprehending and mastering something when we’re first exposed to it. Songwriting is no exception. The majority’s minds tend to shut off when trying to comprehend something so complicated when in actuality, it can be accomplished easily if simplified into three manageable components
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Music, know one really knows how it affects us in life. It affected me since the first time I ever touched a key on a piano, moved a slide on a trombone, strummed a string on a guitar and heard the sound of a drum after a quick hit. Last year in October The University of Memphis held a march with the mighty sound of the south and invited high schoolers to go play and march with them on the field. The morning I had to wake up super early which was kinda different from my normal Saturdays of sleeping
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Plato once said, "I would teach children music, physics and philosophy: but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning." Frequency, note progression in a scale, rhythms and beats, vibrations, composition, timing, expression, harmonies, tone, orchestration and melody all trigger different learning experiences within the brain. Clinical music therapy can be used as a vital tool, for improving the quality of life in individual's suffering from deficiencies
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People often referred to his mother as a warm, caring person. Beethoven called her his “best friend.” Of the seven children making up the Beethoven family, only three survived. While Ludwig was still young, he took an interest in music. His father taught him music day and night, envisioning his son as the new mozart. On March 26th, 1778, Beethoven gave his first performance. Although he was 7 ½ years old, his father announced to the crowd that he was only 6. This caused Beethoven to think for
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"Music Box Dancer" is an instrumental piece by Canadian musician Frank Mills that was an international hit in the late 1970s. It features a piano, which is supposed to resemble a music box. Neither the date nor the circumstances of this composition are known (suggested dates range from 1680 to 1706), and the oldest surviving manuscript copy of the piece dates from the 19th century. Pachelbel's Canon, like his other works, although popular during his lifetime, soon went out of style, and remained
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As we begin this project we start with simply placing the four pedals in the correct order onto the pedal board. The placements of these pedals are critical. If we place them in the wrong spot the pedals will not have their full sound potential. The first pedal that must be placed is the Noise Reduction pedal. This pedal muffles unwanted feedback and humming that would initially come from our amp when we have the sound cranked up for live performances. The pedal placement for this pedal is very important
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4) Filimon, R. C. (2010, June). Beneficial subliminal music: binaural beats, hemi-sync and metamusic. In Proceedings of the 11th WSEAS international conference on Acoustics & music: theory & applications. This study described the use of music and binaural beats effects on the human mind and body. The body gets influenced by vibrations and sounds which in then causes our body to respond to the sounds in a positive way. The brain will begin to synchronize itself to the sound or impulse which will cause
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