Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction.[1] Nine Inch Nails' music straddles a wide range of genres, while retaining a characteristic sound using electronic instruments and processing. After recording a new album, Reznor usually assembles a live band to perform with him. The touring band features a revolving lineup that often rearranges songs to fit a live setting. On stage, Nine Inch Nails often employs visual elements to accompany performances, which frequently include light shows.[2]…
With the feeling of excited and curious, I decided to enjoy the perfect play performed by The New York Youth Symphony. And the music director in this concert is Joshua Gersen. This is my first life experience to attend to a music hall and listen to the classical music concert.…
The music in the 60’s was influenced by feminism and Black Power. The sixties were full of dancing, boom boxes, and discos! The music back then was a mix of jazz and pop. It was a time of funky hairstyles, short skirts and energetic dancing! The most popular style of music in the 60’s was ‘roots rock’. Roots rock combined elements of folk music, blues, country and rock 'n' roll. There were many popular artists like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Who, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.…
Elementary schools and high schools across the U.S. have lately suffered from financial strain. Because of this, budget cuts have to be made and music programs often suffer before sports and academics. Although some people believe that music is not a key component in preparing for employment and higher education, yet several others express otherwise, who say music has been shown to stimulate other parts of a student’s mind that can help them excel. Statistics have shown that the correlation between music class and other academia is not only positive for students, but also can improve future scholastic abilities, and thus should not be cut from schools. Through the evaluation of various sources it becomes clear that students will suffer consequences such as losing the opportunity to learn how to play an instrument, a tool that can be used to boost grades in classes and improve every-day reasoning.…
A barbershop quartet came into our classroom to perform for us, and it was honestly one of the best things I’ve ever experienced. I was surprised when they walked through the door because I was not expecting to see anything like that in MU 100. I could tell by their matching horse vests that it was going to be a fun and exciting hour. When they began to sing, I was beyond impressed and intrigued by how well they sounded and how they were able to blend their voices so well.…
Music is everywhere in our life. It's an important part of our culture. So why are music programs being cut from school? Music education may seem unimportant, but that is far from the truth. Music is important because the music taught in schools whether they are classical or fairly recent, help in learning as well! Music affects the brain to somehow learn faster and more efficiently. This has actually been done by physicist Dr. Harvey Bird from Fairleigh Dickinson University and neurobiologist Dr. Gervasia Schreckenberg from Georgian Court College in Lakewood. They used mice and a maze. They would have three sets of mice. One had to listen to voodoo music, the second had to listen to classical music, and the last did not have…
Rock and Roll: How did Canada's rock and roll scene reflect Canada's changing in societal values from the 1950's through to the 1970's?…
Black artists indeed were “robbed” black of their music, credit for their contributions made, and their just due. The main problem was shown through their recordings made by other artists who ended up profiting tremendously. All in all, African Americans contribute a huge influence on rock and roll. One of the greatest contributions that came from the African Americans had to be the blues. It doesn't matter what instrument, from basses to percussions, this music took America by storm. During the 1920s while blue recordings were being made, the “Boogie-woogie”, a piano style of blues formed.…
Despite its popularity, the flapper lifestyle and look could not survive the Wall Street Crash and the following Great END OF Depression. The high-spirited attitude and hedonism simply could not find a place amid the economic hardships of the…
On Sunday April 7 , 2013 I attended the Junior Recital for Michelle Ellison (soprano) and Rachel Stanton (piano) at Oberlin College & Conservatory. Coming to my second show at Oberlin College I really didn’t know what to expect this time around. On this nice day at Oberlin College I observed many students outside playing their instruments and various groups outside singing in circles enjoying the weather. I could tell that these students were very passionate about music. Inside of the conservatory building the recital was held inside of the Kulas Recital Hall. This was my first time entering a room that was made specifically for musical recitals. The hall wasn’t too big but it was large enough to fit a nice sized crowd in a narrow room.…
Schools across the nation are tightening their school budgets, making them cut certain programs. However, when these budget cuts come along, one of the first things that is cut is the music program to enable the school district to make room for "necessary" classes. But why cut the music program when it has been shown that music helps develop better social skills, leadership qualities, and improve academics?…
Music education is important, and provides many benefits, but many schools cannot afford or do not support the importance of music education. Music education is crucial for a better world because it helps making humans more intelligent. We should strive hard to push for music education in our schools and find innovative ways to support such…
Black music has changed so much throughout the years. Music is used all over the world by millions of people to physically and mentally heal them. It is used to express emotion, give messages, and to tell stories. Music has a way of bringing people together and communicating with beats and lyrics. Different articles talked about how slaves even used to use it as an escape route. Anything from rap, jazz, R&B, gospel, and etc. already had the rode made out for future music because back in the day artist used music for what we used it for today.…
How have you been? Hope everything is will with you and your family. You and I haven’t had much time to speak these past few weeks, so I decided to write you this letter in order to update you on the current events that have occurred in my life recently. Two days ago, I attended a baroque sinfonia at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, directed by Adam Gilbert, director of the early music program. The program consisted of selections from The Fairy Queen, originally composed by Henry Purcell. The overall performing environment was quite outstanding. It was great that the performers were on an elevated stage, making it much easier to see and hear them. It’s always crucial to be able to make eye contact with the performers in order to establish a personal connection with them. The event was very well attended. All the seats were practically filled causing some of the audience to stand up because there was no room. Overall, the audience seemed to be educated and had a great deal of knowledge on the music that was being performed. Also, the musical program was well organized, being consisted of five acts. The program passed out to the audience consisted a libretto, a text of all the words and stage directions of a piece, which made it much more easier to understand what was occurring on stage at the moment. The instruments I encountered at this concert were the violin, viola, cello, violone, harpsichord, lute, theorbo, guitar, oboe, bassoon, trumpet and recorder. Fortunately, I had learned about most of these instruments and what they sound like in my music class, so I was able to identify which instrument was being played at a certain time.…
Ever since I was little I loved singing whether it was in the car to the radio or in a choir class. Whenever I step foot in a choir room that’s when I can just feel like I’m at home, it’s almost like choir room is my second home. No matter how much people could try to hold me back nothing can keep me from my love of music.…