Classical music or Rock. Music takes a huge part in our lives. There are lots of different kinds of music and people listen it all the time. However people listen not every kind of music, for example, some prefer classical music, another rock music. Two different kinds of music, which ...

I would just like to comment on a poll I recently saw on CNN SHOWBIZ tonight. The question asked, \"Which musical genre was the dominate genre of the decade?\" I believe that there were three prominent music genres of the \'90s. Alternative Rock became a way to release anger. Hip Hop music came int...

Music plays an important role in today's culture. Whether you're driving in your car, watching a movie, or are at a sporting event, music is all around you. It pleases your emotions, soothes your soul and takes away all the worries in the world. But it's not just one type of music ...

Popular Music Popular music is music that is enjoyed by the largest possible audience. It includes country music, folk music, rhythm and blues, musical comedy, jazz, marches, rock n' roll, and ragtime. Young people primarily listen to popular music. The popular music industry is based largely on...

Major Music Types in America Through the past two decades in American history music has led the way in its influence of pop culture. The major types that have paved the way for other forms of music have been Rap or Hip-Hop, Rock, as well as Pop. These three have certainly left their mark on today...

The music industry today is growing bigger every minute here in America. However, how did we arrive to the music status that we have today? In this paper, I will provide a brief history of music, and how they link together to form what we have today. The very beginning of music started not with mu...

Can You Feel The Beat Thrashing Punk, smooth Reggae, thumping Hip Hop and peaceful Classical music each involve different styles and beats that make each sound unique. Music can either sooth my soul or give me an adrenalin rush that stimulates my body and mind. The beat ...

The most popular and influential form of African-American pop music of the 1980's and 1990's, rap is also one of the most controversial styles of the rock era. And not just among the guardians of cultural taste and purity that have always been counted among rock 'n' roll's chief enemies--Black, Whit...

Music. How has music shaped my identity? To begin with, music plays an important role in shaping one's identity. Without it, one would not be a whole person. Music has helped several people shape their personality and has made them take control of the person they want to become. In the presen...

FROCK ROCK is a Melbourne-based jazz ensemble focusing on original compositions and improvisation.The group promotes a high standard of performance and professionalism gained through the years of experience and learning of its individual members. All of its members have studied music and improvisati...

Music plays a significant role in the production and outcome of a film. It can be used to set the stage, bring about the climax, or even take the viewer on a roller coaster ride. But, what does music tell its audience about a culture? Most music is culture-specific giving its listener a front seat v...

Jazz at Home in America Jazz is a mixture of culture, rhythm, and blues. It is a melting of many different people and there heritage. This American musical form often-improvisational development by African Americans, and influence by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms. Du...

If not for the amazing reign of Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock might qualify as jazz's most well-known, popular performer since the '60s. Hancock had 11 albums chart during the '70s and 17 between 1973 and 1984, including three in 1974, figures that puts him well ahead of any other jazz musici...

Have you ever turned on the radio and thought to yourself where did this all start? In fact the root of R&B run deep. Rhythm and Blue is a commonly used term to describe the sophisticated urban music, which started back as far back as the 1920's. Over the decades, thanks to different artist...

Classical Music and its effects on the NeonateIn Today's society music is very diverse. It produces feelings and emotions sensed by all walks of life. Different styles of music tend to give different ideas and impressions to people. It affects everyone it comes in contact with, and it is more pow...

Miles Davis was born on May 25, 1926 in Alton, Illinois. He grew up in East St. Louis. Miles collected records as a kid and for his 13th birthday received his first trumpet. By age 16, Miles was playing professionally and received his first real taste of what playing jazz was really ...

When we read these stories by Hughes, and Baldwin, we're reading into a mood caused by some situation the character experiences. As the reader we're sucked into the dimness of the characters soul and the manner in which they use the blues not to necessarily overcome but to cope with their ...

African American History Month My African American is Ray Charles, Ray Charles is one of the greatest R&B singers in the world, even though being blind, he still made some of the best and most listened to tunes of today, I think he made a huge impact on the US cause of his will to succeed and ...

The only child of Charles and Addie Parker, Charlie Parker was one of the most important and influential saxophonists and jazz players of the 1940\'s. Charlie Parker, also named \"Bird\", was born on August 29, 1920 in Kansas City, Kansas. He was one of the major forces in the creation of modern jaz...

Gordon Goodwin and Count Basie are two jazz artists who incorporated a lot of variety into their musical sound and ultimately played more than one genre of music. They played classic jazz, latin jazz,and blues, to list a few. Goodwin is known worldwide as a great composer, pianist, arranger, and sax...

There are vast amounts of electronic resources available on Bob Dylan. Most internet resources deal with current tour dates, set listings, available lyrics, and general reasons why the web designer has a Bob Dylan page and why he or she likes Dylan. These are of little use for someone attempting ...

Latin Jazz Ensemble What do you know about Latin jazz? Latin jazz is the general term given to music that combines rhythms from African and Latin American countries with jazz harmonies from the United States. The two main categories of Latin Jazz are Brazilian, which included bossa nova and samb...

I remember it like it was yesterday, the day that I rose from the ashes at the Newport Jazz Festival of 1956. Our orchestra was just there to represent the older type of big jazz band, but we represented much more that night. It was a cold, moonless evening and everyone was there; everyone from reco...

I find it remarkable that Norah Jones, a piano-playing, female, jazz musician, with soft, romantic, feel-good lyrics, could, in this day and age, rack up 5 Grammys, including best album of the year, record of the year and song of the year. No one thought that sweet Norah would be able to compete wit...

Miles Davis and John ColetraneMiles, The AutobiographyThis book, written by Miles Davis, is the autobiography tht he wrote a few years before he died. In this book I found how he first became interested in jazz. It also explains how he became one of the best jazz players of all time.Miles was born i...