will be looking at reading based around the idea of progression within music. Comparisons between different pieces of text regarding the current position of music‚ and if possible‚ the future of music and how it can progress. The main books in discussion will consist of‚ “Simon Reynolds:Retromania”‚ “David Gauntlett:Making is Connecting”‚ Attali:The Political Economy of Music. A lot of the quotes that will be in discussion will revolve around the theme of “post repetition”
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Music and Personality What Does Your Taste In Music Reveal About Your Personality? Could the playlists lurking on your iPod really reveal information about your personality? Research conducted by psychologists Jason Rentfrow and Sam Gosling suggests that knowing the type of music you listen to can actually lead to surprisingly accurate predictions about your personality. For example‚ researchers found that people could make accurate judgments about an individual’s levels of extraversion
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Post Viewing Assignment - Sound of Music The Sound of Music was generally based on the first section of Maria’s book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (published in 1949)‚ there were many alterations and added details. A few of the details were‚ One‚ Maria came to the von Trapp family in 1926 as a tutor for one of the children‚ Maria‚ who was recovering from scarlet fever was not at all a governess to the children. Two‚ Maria and the Captain were married in 1927‚ 11 years before the
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Music is a wonderful thing. There are many different genres and types of music out there. Music helps people with different things. It can help them through the day. It could also help them through a struggle they are going through. Music can get you motivated to start the day. Music can get the blood flowing in the morning. I like all music‚ except for country music. There is something about country music that is annoying to me. I don’t know what it is‚ I just really despise country music. Music
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The 1960s was a decade of liberation for music‚ public opinion‚ dance invention‚ and The binds of racism(Blanton). In the 1960s the majority of the Vietnam war was fought‚ the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 also the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr in 1968. The Vietnam war‚ John F. Kennedy’s‚ and Martin Luther King Jr assassination affected music in the 1960s by causing nation protest such as Woodstock‚ causing social unrest and depression and pushing and enlarging the Black Power
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coverage. On the other side the world places like Germany and Japan required that everyone has insurance. In the videos‚ Sick Around the World and Sick Around America‚ Frontline examines the health care system in the United States and parts of the world such as‚ England‚ Japan‚ Germany‚ Taiwan‚ and Switzerland‚ for some responses about health care. In the video Sick Around the World‚ Frontline travel to Britain‚ Japan‚ Germany‚ Taiwan‚ and Switzerland to investigate their health care system. In
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Elizabeth Almonte HUM 104-Music Appreciation Professor: Barci Classical music in my opinion is very calm and soft‚ a type of music that to others can be very boring and would just put them to sleep. I believe that every piece of music composed and played on the radio has a message and in classical music as well‚ it just a bit more difficult to understand and listen to that message when we don’t have anyone signing it. Classical music gives us the open liberty to incorporate whatever we want
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CARIBBEAN MUSIC Introduction: Caribbean music originated from the Caribbean Islands‚ also known as the West Indies‚ and is a mixture of West African and European predominantly Spanish influences. The music has its origin when West African slaves were brought to Caribbean Island. They composed music with the help of percussion instruments like drums‚ bells and shakers. The music had unique musical style elements with special tempo-setting rhythms created by claves or bells‚ multi-layered and
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For this assignment‚ I am choosing to compare two different genres of music; Jam band music‚ and Rap. In my opinion‚ these two genre are on totally different ends of the musical spectrum. Bands like the Grateful Dead and Phish draw their inspirations from other genres like rock‚ folk‚ funk‚ jazz‚ and bluegrass and from the idea of improvising musically with each other on stage. On the other hand‚ most rap styles of music draws its message from popular culture‚ often drugs‚ and gang related activities
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The Music of Brazil Brazilian culture is a culture that is has a very diverse nature. An ethnic and cultural mixing occurred during the colonial period between with the Native Americans‚ Portuguese and Africans forming the bulk of Brazilian culture. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Italian‚ German‚ Spanish‚ Arab and Japanese immigrants settled in Brazil and played an important role in creating a multicultural country. “Although Brazil is considered the fifth largest country in the world
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