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  • Musical World of Rajasthan

    Musical World of Rajasthan

    The Musical world of Rajasthan "Rajasthan exhibits the sole example in the history of mankind of a people withstanding every outrage barbarity can inflict or human nature sustain, and bent to the earth, yet rising buoyant from the pressure and making calamity a whetstone to courage" Of the immensely beautiful states of India, each unique in its ethnicity and traditions, Rajasthan is probably the most mystically intriguing of all. The dullness of the desert, in

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    Essay Length: 1,492 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • Music and Moods

    Music and Moods

    Tim Armstrong- Tim is the mastermind behind the powerful lyrics. He started his musical career in a band called Operation Ivy, but after three years of music, the band found it hard to continue. Tim was caught up in drinking and drug use and needed to get his life back together. Along with Matt, he formed Rancid, and many of his problems where solved. He has been put into the spotlight of the band, mainly

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    Essay Length: 315 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Ethical Issues in the Academic Environment

    Ethical Issues in the Academic Environment

    Running head: Affirmative Action and College Admission Affirmation Action and College Admission Is it Ethical? University of Phoenix April 17, 2008 Abstract Affirmative action deals with various segments of segregation and/or equal opportunity. This paper will with affirmative action in relation to higher education 's admissions and enrollment. In respect to this topic this paper will touch on where the line is to be drawn between affirmative action's being ethical in the academic environment. Affirmative

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    Essay Length: 1,500 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Edward
  • The 1980s Music Report

    The 1980s Music Report

    In 1981 MTV “Music Television” was introduced on cable television and revolutionized rock marketing. Just as FM radio had superseded the hit-oriented AM format, music videos, produced as mini-movie advertisements for songs, became essential to a performer's popularity. Early in the decade, the British group the Police was one of the first to combine a progressive sound with polished videos. The expense of producing videos and MTV's virtual monopoly made it difficult for experimental music

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    Essay Length: 513 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Music Business Journal Analysis

    Music Business Journal Analysis

    Music Business Journal Analysis The Music Business Journal is an online journal based in the United Kingdom. The two editors, JoJo Gould and Jonathan Little, are both lecturers, researchers, and writers in the music industry. When they saw that the music industry was underdeveloped in academic terms, the two founded the Music Business Journal to “facilitate the sharing of information and knowledge across a range of music industry activities.” Consultants for the journal come from

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    Essay Length: 1,273 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Victor
  • Chinese Classical Music

    Chinese Classical Music

    On Wednesday the 5th of October at the Kennedy Center, Chen Yu in “flutes,” Li Jia in “pipa”, Liu Yang in “hulusi”, Tian Chao in “yan qin”, Wang Xie in “zherg” and Zhou Wei in “erhu”, performed a piece that was an ensemble of melodies from China’s Jiangsu, Fujian and Hebei provinces. The work, “The Pretty and Graceful Jasmine Flowers”, was an ensemble to honor the jasmine, a Chinese classical flower. The length of the

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    Essay Length: 577 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Censorship in Music

    Censorship in Music

    Censorship In Music Censorship in music is a topic that has brought about much controversy in the past two decades. There have been many different arguments on the topic, however the question still remains as if it should be censored or it should not be censored. Before you can form an opinion on this, you must hear both sides of the argument on this much-debated topic. Some people believe that music should be censored so

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    Essay Length: 667 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Top
  • Discuss the Musical Construction of at Least one Character from Wagner’s Salome.Describe How the Composer(s) Use(s) Musical Techniques to Contribute to the Construction of Your Chosen Character(s).You Should Also Consider the Cultural, Historical and Mu

    Discuss the Musical Construction of at Least one Character from Wagner’s Salome.Describe How the Composer(s) Use(s) Musical Techniques to Contribute to the Construction of Your Chosen Character(s).You Should Also Consider the Cultural, Historical and Mu

    For the purposes of this essay, I have chosen to concentrate on the characters portrayed in Richard Strauss’ 1905 opera, Salome. The majority of the attention will be placed on Salome herself, but other characters will be referred to where applicable. Before the composition of Salome, Strauss had risen to prominence through his numerous tone poems, a form established by Franz Liszt in the mid 19th century, the most notable of which are Don Juan

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    Essay Length: 2,439 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Bred
  • Music for Love

    Music for Love

    Based on selective readings it appears there are many concerns within the African American community. Some of these concerns are the disregard for children and elders, lack of positive relationships between gender, black-on-black crime, and disunity. The African American community is well aware of these issues, however, when the worst of these are exposed; the Caucasian community uses this information to confirm their pre-conceived stereotypes. Many writers and comics completely avoid revealing such discussion to

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    Essay Length: 901 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Andrew
  • File Sharing: A Positive Affect on the Music Industry

    File Sharing: A Positive Affect on the Music Industry

    File Sharing: A Positive Affect on the Music Industry When Shawn Fanning sat down to begin a sixty-hour programming marathon back in the fall of 1999, he did not know what he was getting into. Shawn’s marathon was sparked by his struggles in downloading music on the internet via underground operations. His completed software, called Napster, allowed users to share and download music from each other’s computers therefore eliminating the need for expensive servers. After

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    Essay Length: 808 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Postitive Influence of Rock Music

    Postitive Influence of Rock Music

    Positive Influences of Rock Music Beneath misconceptions attached to rock music, lies the truth. In a recent unpublished survey, results showed that the majority of people, a mixture of different age groups and genre listeners, disagree that rock music has had any positive influences that outweigh the negative (Do). Through lack of analyzing, many judge rock music without ever knowing the truth about it. Those that do not understand the genre may blame it for

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    Essay Length: 2,731 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: David
  • The French Gov. Rejection of Popular American Music in the 2nd Half of the 20th Century

    The French Gov. Rejection of Popular American Music in the 2nd Half of the 20th Century

    Introduction The primary focus is the French governmental rejection of popular American music, as well as other components of American culture, in the second half of the twentieth century, derived from France's foreign policy with the USA, and it~ culture. What was interesting were the steps that the French took to protect their culture from what they saw, and continue to see, as the imminent destruction at the hands of popular American culture. Why does

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    Essay Length: 1,362 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • Women in Rap Music

    Women in Rap Music

    To what extent does your chosen subject either perpetuates oppressive gender attitudes/myths, or allows participants involved in it to transcend the limitations imposed by gender/gender myths? Gender Degradation of Rap and Hip-Hop Music Dating back to the eras of the Beatles and the Rollingstones, music has always had an affect on the ways that people act, dress, and live their lives. With the arrival of rap and hip-hop music in the mid 1980's, new lyrics

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Vika
  • Music Censorship

    Music Censorship

    Music Censorship Albums with explicit lyrics or content started having black and white parental advisories on them in 1994 (http://www.riaa.org/Parents-Advisory-4.cfm). Are these labels necessary? Is controversial music molding our society and causing teenagers to turn to drugs? Is censorship necessary to protect the youth of our nation. Generally, younger people are against censorship on this issue. Music is an outlet and even an anti-drug for many teens -- however, parents and society feel differently. Should

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    Essay Length: 1,882 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Janna
  • Music

    Music

    Music is part of everyday life and is heard by many listeners almost everywhere around the world. There are many different genres that classify the mechanics of music. Some of these genres can be identified as; easy listening, rap/hip-hop and classical. Onc type of genre that has many people jumping up and down for is rock. Rock has been known for head banging concerts, hardcore lyrics, and guitar solos. Two of the many genres that

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    Essay Length: 630 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • Therapy of Music

    Therapy of Music

    There is much more to music than just entertainment. Music Therapy looks deep into one particular function of music from a scientific point of view. A great amount of research has been completed on this practice and it is scientifically proven that our brains respond to music as if it were medicine. Recent studies have suggested that playing an instrument or listening to music can have a wide range of benefits. Music therapy is the

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    Essay Length: 1,248 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: David
  • Music into and out of the Baroque Era

    Music into and out of the Baroque Era

    Baroque style music has played a large role in the history of European and the rest of the world. Baroque music left an ever lasting impression on the world and we can still find it in today’s contemporary music. Before the Baroque era, Renaissance Sacred Music was composed. Baroque style music quickly followed into the 1600’s. New ideas and inventions came into light as the music of the age flourished. The Florentine Camarata led

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    Essay Length: 402 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Monika
  • Cause and Effect: Music and Media

    Cause and Effect: Music and Media

    Music & Our Culture Have you ever had such a terrible day you just want to completely forget it happened? You want to unwind by taking a late night cruise in your car and jam out to your favorite CD, or sitting on your couch watching music videos. I am a strong believer in the power of good music. The right song can set any desired mood and cause your thoughts to melt away.

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    Essay Length: 1,217 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Jon
  • Affect of Technology in Music Industry

    Affect of Technology in Music Industry

    The music industry has come a long way since those dreadful days of the mono recordings. Back then, artists, producers, and engineers didn’t have as much of a choice of what equipment that would use to get their recordings done. With the advancement in technology and new innovations constantly being created in the music industry, the opportunities are endless. If you look up the definition of technology you will see the words industry and commerce,

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    Essay Length: 1,702 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Bred
  • History of Rock and Roll Music Outline

    History of Rock and Roll Music Outline

    History of the rock music industry Introduction: I. How has an industry grown to become a 32 billion dollars a year machine? II. Ill tell ou how, by scouting new talents from each and every corner of the world to bring us the music that each of us desires. III. This is the recording industry which even though their sales have been steadily declining due to internet piracy it is still an industry which has

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    Essay Length: 326 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Victor
  • Music Article and Life Enrichment

    Music Article and Life Enrichment

    Articles Of Note | Music Article Whether you admit it or not, music imbeds our daily life, weaving its beauty and emotion through our thoughts, activities and memories. So if you're interested in music theory, music appreciation, Beethoven, Mozart, or other composers, artists and performers, we hope you'll spend some time with here and learn from these music articles of note for all ages and tastes. When I first started studying the history of music,

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Top
  • Loves Music Loves to Dance

    Loves Music Loves to Dance

    When a friend needs help collecting data for a TV programme she is planning on personal ad dating, Erin and Darcy are more than happy to help her out by answering ads and going out on a few dates with some of the guys. It's a bit of a laugh and gets them out socialising, not that either of the girls need to use the personal columns to get dates. Erin is a jewellery designer,

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    Essay Length: 299 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Downloading Music from the Internet

    Downloading Music from the Internet

    Downloading Music from the Web: We believe that even though downloading free music from the internet might not be right in the eyes of the artist that as a consumer we still find ways to support the artist. We pay for their shirts, hats and concert tickets. Plus there are still people out there who do buy their music. If music fans everywhere decided to start downloading from the internet I am sure that the

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    Essay Length: 263 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Jon
  • Music Downloading: Opposing Opinions

    Music Downloading: Opposing Opinions

    Music Downloading: Opposing Opinions Is music downloading right or wrong? It has been a debated subject for the past ten years. As a class assignment, we were asked to search for sources that supported our topic. Two articles with opposing viewpoints both supported their viewpoint. They were entitled, “The Government Should Explore Ways of Making File Sharing Legal” and “Introduction to Internet Piracy: At Issue. Both articles were written by James D. Torr. In his

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    Essay Length: 890 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Academic Summary and Plan

    Academic Summary and Plan

    AMERICAN MILITARY UNIVERSITY Academic Plan Summary (APS) for BA Degrees, AA Degrees and Certificates Total Required Semester Hours for a BA Degree = 120. AA Degree = 60. Certificates = See Course Catalog. Name: Matthew Mathews Student Number: 3051463 Major/Concentration: Criminal Justice/ Intelligence Methods Instructions: The AMU Program is divided into lower and upper divisions. Freshman and Sophomore years (100-200 level courses) comprise the lower division and the AA Degree. Junior and Senior years (300-400

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    Essay Length: 1,104 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Anna

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