These are my rough unedited class notes representing general ideas and concepts for class lectures. Please ignore the many sentence fragments. The African-American culture of the southern plantation influenced the birth of the blues through the adaptation of their African musical heritage. Based upon a call and response structure‚ one slave worker would call or play a lead and the fellow workers would respond with the same phrase or an embellishment of that phrase. The music involved predictable
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eyes and take a moment to breathe in the greatness that will be this rock concert. As the stench of burnt out cigarettes and stale spilt beer entangle in my nostrils they mix with the unmistakable reek of fresh vomit from the guy in front of me. I look down to him from my perch and see he has curled himself into the fetal position‚ looking like a tiny helpless child‚ dressed in stained black jeans two sizes to tight. He slowly rocks himself back and forth trying to forget his pre-concert binge. His
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Schoolhouse Rock Live was a delightful play performed by the TCC Theatre group. This play was about a school teacher getting ready to go to the first day of school when he is visited by figments of his imagination to remind him learning should be entertaining. This musical featured music from the classic Schoolhouse Rock videos‚ people used to watch in elementary and middle school. Though this musical had numerous lessons‚ the most important message was that learning new things should always be
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The influences of rock and roll music has countless different impacts from the primary in the late forties and early fifties. The name rock and roll was first used be known as rhythm and blues starting out. That particular rock style soon transformed throughout the decades into something new and stimulating. Ragtime an African American style‚ included a pianist‚ banjos‚ or the band. Ragtime has a direct effect on the rock music from the start‚ because of the fun energy and vibe the style gave off
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British Music The evolution of rock music 1920s - Young people listened to ragtime and jazz. 1930s - Swing became popular. Benny Goodman and his Orchestra were the ’King of the Swing’‚ as were Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw. The music was fast and frantically paced and led to dances being banned from dance halls‚ as the young women being flung into the air by their partners showed their stocking tops and underwear. Jazz continued to be popular. 1940s - The Second World War brought fast‚ frantic
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Rock music is a group of related music styles that have dominated popular music in the West since about 1955. Rock music began in the United States‚ but it has influenced on a broad field of cultures and musical traditions‚ including gospel music‚ the blues‚ country music‚ classical music‚ folk music‚ electronic music‚ etc. Thus‚ rock music is now felt worldwide. Actually‚ Rock Music is not only a kind of entertainment or music style. There are many meaningful values which lie hidden beneath
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Alternative rock is exactly what is sounds like; rock music that deviates from the standard‚ mainstream rock. It’s actually an umbrella term for a whole slew of sub genres that don’t quite fall under the other genres of rock or pop. Because alternative rock is an umbrella term‚ the list of sub genres that fall under alternative rock is a little long‚ and therefore‚ this essay will only cover four of them. Each has notable distinctions from the other genres. Despite the “neo” in the name neo-psychedelia
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Punk Rock: Through History Michael Carlton Abalon MMA-1‚ ENG012‚ A52 Prof. Jhona Niem November 24‚ 2010 “Punk is always something that`s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point”. -Billie Joe Armstrong‚ Green Day Punk Rock: Through History 1 “This could be the day that I’ve died‚ this could be the day that I’ve died...” The lyrics from Don McLean’s song (1971) “American Pie” which was best known for its lyrics about the February 3
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to why MTV was so important to how rock music changed during the 1980s. The first reason being the fact that MTV provided a change in “the way that the industry operated.” (Schloss‚ et al.‚ 250) MTV allowed for artists to promote themselves and their work on television‚ which allowed them to reach a more widespread audience. In addition‚ at this time the Baby Boomers were now older‚ around their thirties‚ and thus it was easier for them to sit at home watching rock music on television‚ instead of going
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Hard rock Knight’s creation of Hard Rock as a Black legendary hero is quite successful. Hard Rock has come to symbolize the Black man inside and outside prison walls who has been eventually broken by the overpowering forces in an oppressive society. To the poet‚ Hard Rock had been the epitome of what the Black man views as his freedom—being his own man: "[Hard Rock] is known not to take no shit/from Nobody‚" and "he had the scars to prove it." Now‚ the prisoners hear that he had changed; the prison
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