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    Heavy Metal in the 1980's

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    image‚ and theatrics took a step forward. Heavy metal had a huge impact in the 1980’s and there were many successful bands. Van Halen took heavy metal to new heights. After more than two decades of playing sold-out concert halls‚ selling millions of albums and enduring various lineup changes and solo projects‚ Van Halen is recognized as one of the most resilient and successful rock bands to emerge from the 1970s and continue into the 1980’s. Eddie and Alex Van Halen were raised in Pasadena‚ the children

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    written by a Brazilian - American heavy metal band named Angra. The song “Inner Vision” is written by an Armenian - American heavy metal band name System of a Down. In this musical investigation‚ I will compare and contrast these songs‚ as well as the bands themselves. I will compare and contrast the song’s musical elements‚ as well as the storyline and the way the songs are set up. System of a Down‚ also known as SOAD‚ is an Armenian-American rock band from Glendale‚ California. The group formed

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    numerous bands‚ changed the scene of Rock n’ Roll music forever. The birth of Punk music started with the start of Grohl’s career. From expressing his talents in his garage‚ to moving crowds of thousands

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    The band that performed for us was UIC’s very talented Mariachi band‚ Mariachi Fuego. Mariachi Fuego consists of gifted musician students from the University of Illinois at Chicago. They are directed by Michael Spinoza. The instruments that the band used were really similar to other mariachi bands. For example‚ I think the students used the jarana‚ cello‚ vihuela which is a small guitar with 5 frets‚ guitar and violin‚ trumpet as instruments for the songs they performed. The first song that the

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    Jazz Concert Report

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    When Joseph joined the band on the first day of school‚ he was excited to learn to play the trumpet. During the summer‚ his father had shown him some videos of a jazz trumpeter playing a complicated solo with her band and Joseph decided he wanted to be just like her someday. Learning the trumpet took a substantial amount of time‚ so Joseph practiced every day after school for at least an hour. Joseph’s rapid progress and enthusiastic dedication impressed his band teacher‚ Ms. Watson. One day in

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    Concert Critique

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    Description: In the beginning of the concert before the band started to play‚ two musicians appeared on stage. They started to tune and warm up their instruments; a woman playing an oboe and a man playing a saxophone. When the concert was about to start the rest of the band came on stage and everyone took their places. The members of the Navy Band were dressed with their white uniforms. Some members wore the officer dress uniform which consisted of white clothes and turtle neck with a white cover

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    and the most recognized parents are our band parents. They all come out to watch the game and cheer on the boys‚ but the real show they come to watch is the marching band. We play three great songs and put so many movements into out routine. We work hours on end during the summer to get our show ready to perform at the first game and every other game after that. The band parents help out a lot when it comes to the football games and getting all of the band kids fed and pumped up ready to go when

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    Jazz Concert Reflection

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    place. The musicians included Sam Hart who played the saxophone‚ Aidan Lombard who played the trumpet‚ Quinn Sengupta who was on the piano‚ Bob Bruya who played the bass and finally Marcelo Perez who was proficient at the drums. They played 4 records‚ the first of which was ‘Played Twice’ by Thelonious Monk‚ from our classes I was aware that Thelonious monk was a piano player who was really influential in creating the Be Bop era of jazz‚ he was a band leader at Minton’s playhouse in Harlem‚ so

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    On Monday April 2nd the Boone county band came and performed 3 songs:willow grove‚ Kentucky 1800‚ and among the clouds‚ but overall I believe that the whole band deserved a distinguished rating overall. I think this is way because two out of the three songs did very well even though it had its issues.the first song willow grove had many issues at the beginning with tempo but was eventually fixed at the cota of the song so I gave it a apprentice rating.in the second piece Kentucky 1800 had some minor

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    Swearingen and Pierre La Plante are both american composer who have both earned their Master’s Degree in Music Education. James Swearingen. James Swearingen wrote pieces mostly for high school bands. Prospect composed by Pierre La Plante and Invicta by James Swearingen are both pieces played in high school bands. James Swearingen was born September 26‚ 1947 in Ohio. He has been a performer‚ composer‚ arranger and educator. He went to Bowling Green State University and Ohio University and studied hard

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