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Papers on Music and Musicians
A Brief History Of Ledd Zeppelin And Its Musical Impact
Number of words: 1203 | Number of pages: 5.... Their last,
and half-put --together album "Little Games" was a total flop and the band had
to struggle to have the release of the album in the UK stopped. On March 30,
the group allowed a taping of their concert in Madison Square Garden to be
considered for a live album to be released later. They easily convinced their
record contractor, Epic Records, to ditch the project. The lead guitarist of
The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, had suffered from a mental breakdown a few years
earlier and could no longer handle the pressure of touring. The band members,
Keith Relf, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, and Jimmy Page decided to throw in the
towel .....
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Neil Young In Halifax
Number of words: 1257 | Number of pages: 5.... Inverness staying there as well.
My uncle, Edward and I left for the concert at around quarter to seven. We
kind of got lost. We got to the show at around seven thirty. While we were in
line waiting to get in I could here the band that was performing. It was then
that I realized what I was about to experience. I stumbled to my seat, half
looking a my feet, half looking at the band on stage. I can't remember their
name but they were good. As soon as we sat down the band ended their set and
the lights came on. Then we just sat their for a while and I saw a lot of
people that I knew from Mabou.
The lights went out an .....
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The Drums
Number of words: 1691 | Number of pages: 7.... of the drum it is called a resonator
head. Lets start with the bass drum.
THE BASS DRUM
The bass drum is obviously the bass or low pitch drum in the set. The bass
drum is set on the floor with the batter of the drum facing vertically so
that a foot pedal may be used to hit the drum. The standard depth of a bass
drum shell is 14" and standard shell diameters range anywhere from 18"-26".
During the history of the drumset various bass sizes have been used for
certain types of music. The most common size bass drums used now are either
16" x 22" or 14" x 22". Smaller bass drums are often used by jazz drummers
to get a more soft and m .....
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Nirvana
Number of words: 291 | Number of pages: 2.... alternative music.
Their first album was Bleach. It was releases on June 1989. It was a
big hit. From the success of the album the went on tour in England. Then
the released another album called Nevermind. It was released in 1991. The
album just went platinum. For the album they went on tour to Europe.
Nevermind album hits the number 1 charts for the second time. Then one
day Kurt Cobain meets a girl in another band called Hole. Her name is
Courtney Love. The ended up getting married in Hawaii in February 24, 1992.
Then in August 18, 1992 they have a kid and name it Frances Bean Cobain.
There next album Incestici .....
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Pearl Jam, Everclear, And No Doubt
Number of words: 450 | Number of pages: 2.... (lead vocals, and guitar) Greg Eklund, (drums and vocals) and
Craig Montoya, (bass, and vocals). Their album together is Sparkle and Fade, and
it is one of the best albums I've ever heard. Among the may popular songs are
Heroin Girl, Sparkle and Fade, and Santa Monica. All of the lyrics are good, but
there is a lot of profanity on this album.
No Doubt is the last band, but is not the least. No Doubt has had a
number one album, Tragic Kingdom, and it is VERY popular. This band is out of
California. The band members are: Gwen Stefani, (lead vocals) Tom Dumont,
(guitar) Tony Kanal, (bass) Adrian Young, (drums and percussion) and .....
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Dave Matthews' "Dancing Nancies"
Number of words: 972 | Number of pages: 4.... “Dancing Nancies” encompasses life in its theme by raising an important question about it, “Could I have been anyone other then me?” Some people would read this question and see nothing more then a simple sentence. Perhaps focusing on the media exposure, they are often the ones who fail to grasp true understanding of the music. Others, however, read this same simple sentence, but dig deeper into the meaning of the question. These individuals search for an understanding greater than the interpretations fed to them by pop culture. In doing so they discover parallels to their everyday lives and feelings hidden in the mu .....
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Great Rock Musicians: Their Achievements And Effect On Rock And Roll
Number of words: 2108 | Number of pages: 8.... The Blues became more main stream and popular in the 1920's
because of the recording industry coming into existence. More instruments were
added such as pianos, organs, and wind instruments.
Big Band and Rhythm and Blues stemmed from City Blues.
Rock and Roll then stemmed from Rhythm and Blues, in fact, many of the
first recorded "Rock" songs where simply white musicians re-recording Rhythm
and Blues songs originally written by black artists.
It took Bob Dylan 23 years to realize that he wanted to become a rock
musician. Bob Dylan, whose birth name was Robert Allen Zimmerman, had a
relatively uneventful childh .....
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Ist't It Ironic: An Imaginative Response To The Song "Ironic" By Alanis Morisette
Number of words: 601 | Number of pages: 3.... that he needed to get his lottery
ticket, he asked his daughter to get it for him. They joked about it being a
waste of money and even if they tried they would not be able to spend that much
money. She left James talking to John as she went off to buy the ticket. John
told James about the time he used to be a pilot in the RAF James was fascinated
by these stories, He wanted to be a pilot too someday. A short while later,
John's grand daughter arrived with his lottery ticket. She told him that she had
recived a call on her mobile phone and she was needed at work. They told him
that they would see him soon and they were sor .....
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Coparison Between Two Guitars: Ibanez 453 RVC And The Gibson Les Paul
Number of words: 930 | Number of pages: 4.... are not bad but do not have the quality of the Humbuckers. So having
better quality means that the pickups are more sensative; being more sensative
means that the guitar can put out clearer and higher quality sound.Moving to the
lower part of the guitar, both guitars have knobs. The purpose of these knobs
are to control the different types of sounds that you want to produce. The
Gibson has four controls, but the Ibanez only has two; having only two knobs
instead of four means that the Ibanenz has less of a selection or variety on the
sound that you want opposed to the Gibson having more control over the sound
that you like and t .....
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RIP Tupac Amaur Shakur (1971-1996)
Number of words: 243 | Number of pages: 1.... (1971-1996)
His name was Tupac Amaru Shakur he was born on June 16, 1971 he was
twenty-five years old when he was killed In las Vegas ,Nevada On 10 13,
1996 He measured 5' 7" tall and weighed 165 lbs. He was a rapper/actor. He
was talented when he put his mind to something.Some would say like to dance
with death. 2Pac was a rapper/actor who recorded numerous records a played
head roles in a few movies. He sold more then ten million records and made
millions from his movies this is a man that was born into violence and went
the opposite direction by doing everything everything his parents didn't do.
2Pac attended art schoo .....
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