Notes on the Listening Examples for Chapters 1-2 1. Backbeat Examples (discussed on the bottom of page 8) If you count out loud “1-2-3-4” over and over and clap when you say “2” and “4” you are clapping the backbeat. The backbeat is the single most important characteristic of ALL popular music. 2. Riff Examples (page 10) Almost all rock‚ pop‚ R&B‚ Hip-Hop‚ etc. is based on riffs. 3. Example of Call and Response between lead singer and chorus (background singers) (page 19) “Unchain My Heart”
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10/12/11 October Sky Essay The story in the movie October Sky has many similarities to the situation of starting a company as an entrepreneur. The trial and error process is a main theme as Homer‚ the founder of the Big Creek Missile Agency‚ begins to launch rockets into the sky. This is the main correlation between October Sky and the process of becoming an entrepreneur. The Big Creek Missile Agency’s first rocket could be considered a success or failure depending on how you view their accomplishment
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Twelve spacecrafts drop in twelve parts of the Earth. Colonel Weber‚ who is a U.S. Army officer‚ recruits Louise Banks who is a linguistic expert and physicist Ian Donnelly to discover why they have landed on Earth. He takes them to a camp near one of the spacecrafts. Louise and Ian start discovering their purpose of coming on Earth by understanding their written language. As Louise is communicating with them through their language‚ she starts to have flashbacks of her unborn daughter Hannah. Finally
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The song “I was only nineteen” was written by the lead singer of Redgum‚ John Schumann. He talks about all the negative aspect of war like the killing and nightmares. The song was written about the Vietnam War and the main point for this song to be produced was to help the public to understand what was happening in Vietnam. The song was sung first at a concert which was performed after the Australian Vietnam Veterans’ "Welcome Home Parade" which was held in Sydney on 3 October 1987. The song was
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One Giant Leap -A hero we shall always remember-Neil Armstrong “One small step for a man‚ one giant leap for mankind”. These were the exact words of Neil A. Armstrong as he took mankind’s first step on another planet. Thousands of years have passed ever since man appeared on the face of planet earth‚ men have evolved‚ and with every evolution‚ men have grown smarter‚ men have created something useful and also achieved higher goals than their ancestors. Many have dreamed of setting foot on another
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Inspirational people/ good role model For the next 3 or so minutes I am going to be giving a speech about inspirational people. I suppose everyone is an inspirational person in their own way but these people are a few who I think stand out‚ The first person I am going to talk about is a woman called Martine Wiltshire‚ I don’t think many people know who she is but more should. She was sadly travelling on the London underground on the 7th of September 2005 when four bombs where set off on the
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Alien Invasion Prologue He didn’t think the reports were real‚ just made up nonsense from crazy scientists who didn’t get enough sun. Geoff Sanders was one of those guys who didn’t care about important issues such as the presidential election or a cure for cancer. All Geoff cared about was his income and when he was going to have enough money to buy that new BMW he had been dreaming about. Well‚ that wasn’t going to happen now. He was on his way home from work when he saw some men in grey morph
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What would it be like to be stranded on Mars? In this novel written by Andy Weir‚ the main character - astronaut Mark Watney - is left behind on Mars and is forced to survive with limited resources. Thankfully‚ Mark has the help of many people at NASA‚ such as Venkat Cooper‚ director of Mars operations‚ Teddy Sanders‚ and others. Mark only has resources for a thirty day mission to Mars‚ but to get off the planet‚ he’ll have to survive for four years. Meanwhile‚ it seems that Mars keeps trying
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On July 20‚ 1969‚ the first astronauts set foot on the surface of the moon. In the short period of time they spent exploring the surface of the moon they conducted many experiments on the texture‚ the atmosphere‚ and even if there was any sign of life. They recorded their observations and when they landed back on Earth‚ NASA took over and examined the samples even further. But even till this day 46 years later‚ scientists around the world are trying to piece together the clues to help them prove
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Cover Letter Fitness and Nutrition are to factors by which drive my ambition to this day. Without them‚ I wouldn’t be where I am today. Today I am more physically and mentally stabilized‚ with a better self-esteem‚ optimistic‚ with the right state of mind and well-disciplined all thanks to P90X and INSANITY. Before my transformation with these programs‚ I had always been a depressed guy‚ self-conscious about my looks. But the day came when it all changed. I wrote about these two fitness programs
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