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    Reggae and its influences One of the world’s iconic figures‚ Reggae musician Bob Marley(1945-1981) stated that‚ “People want to listen to a message‚ word from Jah(God). This could be passed through me or anybody‚ I am not a leader‚ messenger. The word of the songs‚ not the person‚ is what attracts people.” Reggae music is gifted to people in Jamaica as their own unique identity. Jamaican musicians are well-known for expressing their Rastafarian beliefs through the music‚ Reggae. Rastafarian

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    THE INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGY IN MUSIC BY Music technology might be defined as any form of technology‚ which helps a musician to make music. The impact of technology on music is overwhelming. Technological advancements in the last century have revolutionized the way we make‚ market and listen to music. To be specific‚ the invention and evolution of samplers‚ synthesizers and computer technology has changed the way music is now produced. Music Industry is an activity of companies and individuals that

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    Chinese music‚ generally speaking‚ is Chinese folk music. China is multi-ethnic and multi-cultural nation and music plays a significant role in the revolution of Chinese culture. The traditional music‚ passing through thousands of years of development‚ still maintains it’s unique characters and brought about a series of massive effects on contemporary music as well. In this day and age‚ music in China‚ mixed various elements which including classical and modern‚ from western and traditional music that

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    CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Music of any period reflects‚ in its own way‚ some of the same influences‚ tendencies‚ and generative impulses that are found in the other arts of that time (Donna‚ 2005). Thus the word "baroque‚" usually used despairingly by eighteenth-century art critics to describe the art and architecture of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries‚ came to be applied also to the music of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. After some years after the death of Johann

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    Blues Music | Influences on Civil Rights in the United States | Addy Phillips | Eddie James “Son” House‚ Jr.‚ an American blues singer and guitarist once stated‚ "People keep asking me where the blues started and all I can say is that when I was a boy we always was singing in the fields. Not real singing‚ you know‚ just hollerin’‚ but we made up our songs about things that was happening to us at the time‚ and I think that’s where the blues started (Cohn‚ 1993).” House‚ living through

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    In contemporary society‚ there is no longer a need for a physical retailer to purchase music. Companies that distribute music for consumer usage such as HMV‚ Walmart‚ etc.‚ within the past were the central core of supply for record allocation ; however‚ technological advances have altered consumer purchasing conventions. Recently‚ there has been a transition of music being purchased from the traditional hard copy format to purchasing music in a digital layout from the web. The outdated system

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    people think of the blues they usually don’t think of Africa or Africans but what might surprise you is that Blues music was developed by African Americans in the early 19th century and the early 20th century. Blues evolved from a genre of unaccompanied vocal music sung by destitute African-American workers. In America Blues music originated from “African spirituals‚ African chants‚ work songs‚ field hollers‚ rural fife and drum music‚ revivalist hymns‚ and country dance music.” Blues in America originated

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    Western Influence on Chinese Music China has long been the cultural hub of Asia‚ and has had the longest amount of contact of any Asian country with other Western countries. Ever since the Silk Road was established‚ China has been trading with other Western countries and exchanging aspects of their cultures with one another. One of these aspects is music. But how exactly has Western music influenced Chinese music? In order to understand this‚ we must look at the history of Western encounters

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    Music and books are active ingredients in our lives. They possess so much influential power which we use those influences everyday of our lives without even realizing it. We all have a favorite book that we read in elementary school or high school that taught us a lesson or that we related to. With that comes this influence that stays with us throughout our lives‚ we are able to take that influence and turn it into the reason we are the way we are or why we tend to make the decisions that we make

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    Music History And Its Influence On America Rodriguez Pg. 1 Seven o’ clock strikes on my alarm clock‚ causing it to ring its silver bells‚ rudely jolting me back to reality from another wonderful dream. Groggily‚ I manage to carry my body to the shower‚ still upset that i won’t be able to find out if I had kissed that cute girl or not‚ and still wondering who the man in the peacoat was that was following us around on our date. Thirty minutes later‚ I’ve gathered my books

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