Positive Rap
.... female rap artists as Lil’ Kim, the self proclaimed “Queen Bitch” and DaBrat who refers to herself as the "baddest new bitch in hip hop" during her song entitled "Give It 2 You."
Many of the same people who view rap as offensive to women also say that it promotes violence. Many rappers do sing about violence, but not always to promote it. Those rappers who shun violence are not given the same amount of exposure in the media. Artists such as KRS-One have taken public stands against violence and works through various programs to try to eliminate it. He “has been actively involved with such organizations as Stop The Violence .....
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The Flute
.... A basic element common to all wind instruments is that of an empty space encompassed by a long or round object which can be held in the hand (Meylan, p. 13). The sound produced is a result of the resonance in the cavity by the motion of the airstream as it flows through the cavity.
There is not enough space to fully go into the scientifics of musical acoustics however, a brief description of the basics of how the instrument works is necessary. A second factor affecting the sound is the type of wood that it is made of. Many types of wood have been used to craft the flute from Chestnut to a variety of fruit and nut trees, as w .....
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Classical Genres
.... and a cello. A quartet does not have a conductor like the symphony does, but they didn't need one because they weren't intended to be played for many people. Mozart and Haydn were known for having "jam sessions" in Mozart's apartment. An rarely known fact is that Haydn is the creator of this genre, not Mozart.
Sonatas are multi-movement works that are for a solo instrument or an instrument with accompaniment that uses different forms of music. Many classical composers like Mozart and Haydn wrote many of these for the piano for their students to practice, needless to say, they were not intended for public performance. Beethov .....
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Behind The Doors
.... the desert at dawn. A truckload of Indians had either hit another car or something – there were Indians scattered all over the highway, bleeding to death. So we pulled the car up…I don’t remember ever seeing a movie, and suddenly, there were all these redskins, and they were lying all over the road bleeding to death. I was just a kid, so I had to stay in the car while my father and grandfather went back to check it out…I didn’t see nothing – all I saw was funny red paint and people lying around, but I knew something was happening, because I could dig the vibrations of the people around me ‘cause they’re my parents and all, a .....
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REM's Losing My Religion: An Analsysis
.... him/her. Coincedently values is the next concept to be explored in this essay. With every religion there is a set od values to be followes and respected or else he/she must face the consequences. The final concept is anomie for the simple fact that without religion some people would have no direction in life and therefore be in a state of anomie or confusion. On the other hand those who choose to sacrifice religious values for other values may also find themselve in a state of anomie.
Religious analysis is a vey complex topic that has been studied for centuries. In sociological terms religion is defined as a "set of beli .....
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Analysis Of Five Pieces Of Music
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Tricky's Pre-Millenium Tension
.... the specific genre of house music. Is any type of electronic music based on more than samples and beats? Well...thanks to one innovative performer, that answer may just be YES.
Tricky's Pre-Millenium Tension is a revolutionary album, defining the new boundaries of the trip-hop genre. With harder beats than Space Girl, breaks like DB, and enough perversion and ego to make Marilyn Manson look like Mr. Rogers, Tricky's album is a truly original aural experience. Instead of pasting and looping pre-made cuts, Tricky creates his own samples on a souped up QY20 sequencer.
Every decade one album is produced which rede .....
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Acculturation: The Beginning Of Music Education
.... stages is to know when the right time is to move them to the next stage. This often requires much patience. The reason that you need so much patience is because all children move through the different stages of preparatory audiation at different times. The times when children move are as different as their handwriting.
In the Absorption stage, children are “absorbing” music. But, not all music is appropriate. Most of the music that should be played is live music. It should also be played in different keyalities, tonalities, harmonies, meters, and tempos. When playing such diverse groups of music it is also important t .....
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Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
.... dues in a succession of after-hours bars, clip joints and five dollar-a-night speakeasies prevalent throughout the depression-era southwest until he was able to assemble his own 14-piece orchestra in June of 1941. A dominant characteristic of this relatively small Kenton Orchestra was the choppy, staccato manner of phrasing that was especially noticeable in the writing for the reed section. In retrospect this continues to emerge as one of the most readily identifiable of all the Kenton ensembles. His early piano voicings, slightly reminiscent of ones used by the great percussion pianist, Earl 'Fatha' Hines, gradually found their o .....
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The Existentialism Of Dave Matthews Band: Rhyme And Reason
.... In addition to showing that death is the ultimate end, this also shows that happiness only exists in the present. By needing “to kill his pain” Dave shows that he is unhappy and troubled at the present time and needs relief immediately. Since the song is mostly about dying and relieving pain there are many examples of the ultimate end and the pursuit to find happiness in the present. “In my grave lying wired and shut and quiet… leave it to me to waste here.”
Through reading the lyrics one can get a sense of self-condemnation to live in Matthews’ personal hell. In following with the existential idea of responsibility for .....
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Basquiat And Davis
.... outlines and sharply contrasting colors.
He later went on to pure abstract patterns, into which he often introduced lettering, suggestions of advertisements, and posters. The zest and dynamism of such works as Swing Landscape reflect his interest in jazz, which Davis considered to be the counterpart to abstract art. Davis is often considered to be the outstanding American artist to work in a cubism idiom. He made witty and original use of it and created a distinctive American style, for however abstract his works became he always claimed that every image he used had its source in observed reality. Davis once said “ I paint wha .....
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History Of Rock And Roll
.... of a punk band. They were discovered in an antifashion clothing store in London called Sex by Malcolm McLaren, the store’s owner. Johnny Rotten, the band’s lead singer, was found while singing along to the jukebox. Sid Vicious, bassist, never learned to play bass. Their sound was exactly what McLaren was looking for. They set the tone for punk music. They sang about living in the slums of London for their whole lives. Their guitar, bass and drums were distorted and the vocals were shouted. Although most of their songs were banned from British television and radio, they were still climbing the charts.
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