reality, this was one of the most fun nights of my life. The night was filled with a bunch of new experiences and memorable ones as well. I was 16 years old, was always into punk rock and the related genres, slowly transitioning into hardcore rock and metal. At the time I was not aware of the huge differences of the variety of music scenes, I was used to going to a very small local punk rock show; an environment where I knew almost everyone at the show, and more than likely the band playing as well. Well
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Blues Essay I chose to do my essay on Tracy Chapman’s 1996 release of “Give Me One Reason,” which can be found at the following link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2kEx5BLoC4. Chapman begins this duple meter song with an electric guitar solo playing the melody of the tune for one measure when her vocals join singing one complete chorus. The dynamic range of the song is minimal throughout but after the introduction of the duo guitar and vocal solo all the other instruments join in intensifying
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2006). Further, angioplasty was causing restenosis in almost one-third of all patients (Cohen, 2006). Bare metal stents were developed in the mid 1980s out of a need to prevent or lower the incidences of restenosis due to angioplasty. While bare metal stents solved the problem of artery closure during the hospital stay, restenosis continued to occur in patients who received bare metal stents. In one-fourth of all cases, the stent experienced reblocking at around six months and had to be reimplanted
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784 Word Count April 1st, 2012 The artist that I chose to critique was Joe Bonamassa (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar), and the album I chose to work with was his album “Had to cry today”. The genre of the album is Rock/Blues with a release date of August 24th, 2004. In this album were a few other artists that joined him such as Jon Paris (harmonica), Benny Harrison (hammond b-3 organ), Eric Czar (Bass guitar), and Kenny Kramme (drums, percussions). Joe was raised in New York where his
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them to live also. That is why photosynthesis is very important to plants. But this process of photosynthesis can be disturbed when a pollutant is involved and when plants are exposed to them. A example of a pollutant that occurs very often is Heavy Metal pollution. “How plants make
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Rhythm Killers is the second studio album by Jamaican musical duo Sly and Robbie, released in May 1987 on Island Records. After their prolific output in reggae, the duo experimented with electronic sounds and contemporary recording technology, while branching out into international, cross-genre endeavors during the 1980s. For the album, they enlisted record producer and mentor Bill Laswell and recorded with an ensemble of musicians at Quad Recording in New York City. Along with their live
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I remember it vividly. I was surfing the internet for profound and motivational quotes worthy enough to be posted on my sacred Facebook wall. While I searched, I could hear my mom vacuuming downstairs while my sister blasted her Finnish, heavy metal music as if she was challenging my mom in a battle over who could make the most noise. As this battle raged on my last nerve, I came across a website with nothing but quotes from a man named Mahatma Gandhi. I was somewhat familiar with Gandhi at the
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cartons that rolled down a metal track and stacked them onto wooden skids in a tractor-trailer. Each carton contained twelve heavy cans or bottles of apple juice. A carton shot down the track about every fifteen seconds. I once figured out that I was lifting an average of twelve tons of apple juice every night. When a truck was almost filled, I or my partner had to drag fourteen bulky wooden skids into the empty trailer nearby and then set up added sections of the heavy metal track so that we could start
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The smell of rosin drifted through my nose. I could hear the screeches of violins, violas, cellos, and basses. I looked around me at the huge school “Wow! This is gonna be scary.” I whispered. Kids drifted in and out of passages and doorways without a care in the world. I cared. I cared. This was my first concert and I wanted to hide under a rock and scream. I had no clue where to go and what to do. I awkwardly stumbled through crowds of kids, while trying not to break my viola. West Middle School
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Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy was a biographical account chronicling the life and times of James Marshall Hendrix. Hendrix is widely regarded as the greatest guitarist in history, and his influence on modern acts cannot be understated; Hendrix has gone on to influence musicians such as Prince and Lenny kravitz. On stage Jimi Hendrix was easily discernable from other acts, he was known for eccentric and unorthodox presence. A left-handed guitarist who played a right handed guitar upside down, and who
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