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2009-09-18T20:23:00.000-07:00

Visit the newly redesigned iTunes Store, where it’s even more fun to browse music, movies, TV shows, apps, podcasts, and more — anytime, day or night. You can shop at home on your Mac or PC, and iTunes automatically transfers your purchases to your iPod. Or you can shop the iTunes Store directly from your iPhone, iPod touch, or television via Apple TV. Any way you play it, entertainment goes wherever you go.

movies music

2009-09-18T20:09:00.000-07:00

The music you love (and the music you have yet to discover) is just a click away. You’ll find millions of high-quality, DRM-free songs on the iTunes Store all for just 69¢, 99¢, or $1.29. Browse around. Have a listen. See what’s new, what’s hot, and what other fans are listening to. iTunes recommends music based on what you already like, so you can always find something new to enjoy. When you download select albums, you’ll experience iTunes LP — a beautifully designed, interactive world right in your iTunes library. Many are created by the artists. While you listen to your favorite songs on your Mac or PC, dive into the lyrics and liner notes, view photos, watch videos, and enjoy other bonus materials.

music bodye

2009-09-16T23:08:00.000-07:00

Prepare to bliss out. Today's song, from the album "The Cloud of Unknowing" by the hugely talented English acoustic guitarist James Blackshaw, combines pastoral psychedelia, placid folk and Eastern influences into one epic-length acoustic guitar journey. Fans of finger-picking legends like John Fahey, Robbie Basho and Leo Kottke will find plenty to like here, as the crystalline cascades of notes Blackshaw plucks from his 12-string resonate with spiritual intensity and melodic ingenuity.

music mudium

2009-09-16T23:02:00.000-07:00

Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike), "(art) of the Muses".
The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within "the arts", music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art.
To many people in many cultures music is an important part of their way of life. Greek philosophers and ancient Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. Common sayings such as "the harmony of the spheres" and "it is music to my ears" point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound."[2] According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez, "the border between music and noise is always culturally defined—which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always pass through the same place; in short, there is rarely a consensus.... By all accounts there is no single and intercultural universal concept defining what music might be, except that it is 'sound through time'.

music articls

2009-09-10T18:51:00.000-07:00

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Written by JPP Music Staff
Friday, 04 September 2009
Welcome to another edition of CD Impressions, the bi-weekly feature at JPP that allows the music writers to offer brief opinions and critiques on recent albums. This time, we present another good, bad and ugly selection of releases, including the latest LPs from Eyes Set to Kill, the Fruit Bats, Endless Hallway, Third Eye Blind and Tartufi.

Written by Matt Medlock
Friday, 04 September 2009
The cover art of Foo's ESP&G reminds one of their 1995 self-titled debut: muted background, centered layout, a weapon overwhelming the space. But if you go in hoping for some of the old Foo magic, you'll be

classical music

2009-09-04T00:45:00.000-07:00

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Classical Music Feature Writer: Sarah Canice Funke

"Classical" refers specifically to the music of the late 18th and early 19th centuries but more broadly to music that has endured the test of time and some sort of artistic standard (it's a fuzzy boundary). Whether you enjoy Shostakovitch's fugues or Cage's aleatoric music, here you will find a focus on 20th century composers, album reviews, and historical/biographical information about the musicians and symphonies that have left a recorded legacy.
From Wagner to Berlioz, Brahms to Beethoven, Mozart to Handel, Bach to Stravinsky, we'll review the recordings essential to your library. We'll also feature modern interpretations of the art from Philip Glass to John Adams, John Cage to Steve Reich.
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music medium

2009-09-04T00:30:00.000-07:00

Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike), "(art) of the Muses"
The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within "the arts", music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art.
To many people in many cultures music is an important part of their way of life. Greek philosophers and ancient Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. Common sayings such as "the harmony of the spheres" and "it is music to my ears" point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound."[2] According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez, "the border between music and noise is always culturally defined—which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always pass through the same place; in short, there is rarely a consensus.... By all accounts there is no single and intercultural universal concept defining what music might be, except that it is 'sound through time'

ramkrishna dhakal music

2009-09-03T22:22:00.000-07:00

Ramkrishna Dhakal

is a very famous young musical artist or more specifically a singer (of modern-flavored songs) from Nepal. He started his musical carrier since his early childhood by singing famous songs by Narayan Gopal - also known as Swor-samrat (= Emperor of Voice). During his early period he struggled by singing amongst his group but after he got a break he established himself as one of the best Nepali singers. He rose to fame with his song "Orali lageko harin ko chhal bho". As a small kid, he used to sing at social functions and events. People were impressed by his singing ability and voice (although not mature). He modelled his singing style after Narayan Gopal; Dhakal acknowledges that he is a big fan of the late maestro. It would be fair to say that he benefitted from the void left by Narayan Gopal's death. People were looking for some one to fill the void. In fact, they were looking for the next Narayan Gopal. And the next Narayan Gopal was Ram Krishna Dhakal. But he was able to make his album and be a popular singer because of his god father (Gopal Karmacharya)
He has released several very popular albums of modern songs/ghazals (adhunik geet). All his album names so far have started with the letter "A". Aashish, Aashirbad, Asha, Aroha, Aashraye, Adhar, and Aagraha. Among them, Aasha is the most popular album.
Apart from adhunik geet, he has also sung bhajans and patriotic songs (rastriya geet) and many film songs. RamKrishna Dhakal also acted in (a lead role) in a Nepali film, Aashirbad. The story was based or inspired by his own personal story of struggle and his rise to fame helped by his god-father Gopal Karmacharya. It was a successful film, partly aided by good music.(Music is composed by Sambhujit Banskota). His most recent song Bihani Pakha Surya Le Bhanchha Sagarmatha Lai... has been a great hit all over the world, especially in Nepalese community worldwide. The music is given by Nhyoo Bajracharya and Lyrics by Prem Guragain, Itahara, Morang, Nepal. He is one of the most popular singer in Nepal.

MUSIC PROFIL

2009-08-30T21:49:00.000-07:00

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Gallery exudes a gorgeous tragedy and lush noir within the countless facets and folds of its music. It is a sound that skirts both the sacred and secular, the cinematic and sensational. You'll find yourself washed in it and moved by it....

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ingersongwriter Sam Ventura reckons he's written more than 1,000 tunes. And while many remain in larval form in his noggin, others will take up permanent residence in your head. You might want to make room. "I've got so many songs people will...

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Michael MacLeod wishes you would stop watching TV, get off your butt (as he puts it), and go see the opera. The blunt, engaging artistic director of Glimmerglass Opera is passionate about the art form he considers the most immersive and...

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Could jam-band music be the official rock music of this millennium? Rochester's Jae Mood seems to think so. Yeah, it's got its tie-dyed hippy roots, and bands that play marathon solos in marathon songs in marathon shows. But jam has open arms...

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o fully appreciate Blondie you have to look beyond the band's punk roots. Sure it was there for the punk scene's big bang in the Big Apple, but Blondie was never a punk band. Blondie was, and is, full-blown transistor radio snap, crackle, and...

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ersey's God Forbid occupies the very cracks it puts in metal's strata. Clearly weaned on classic metal, God Forbid's heavy thrash and hardcore exhibits a seasoned control and power. It never

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2009-08-30T03:50:00.000-07:00

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Dad was right all along – rock music really is getting louder and now recording experts have warned that the sound of chart-topping albums is making listeners feel sick.
That distortion effect running through your Oasis album is not entirely the Gallagher brothers’ invention. Record companies are using digital technology to turn the volume on CDs up to “11”.
Artists and record bosses believe that the best album is the loudest one. Sound levels are being artificially enhanced so that the music punches through when it competes against background noise in pubs or cars.
Britain’s leading studio engineers are starting a campaign against a widespread technique that removes the dynamic range of a recording, making everything sound “loud”.
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“Peak limiting” squeezes the sound range to one level, removing the peaks and troughs that would normally separate a quieter verse from a pumping chorus.
The process takes place at mastering, the final stage before a track is prepared for release. In the days of vinyl, the needle would jump out of the groove if a track was too loud.
But today musical details, including vocals and snare drums, are lost in the blare and many CD players respond to the frequency challenge by adding a buzzing, distorted sound to tracks.
Oasis started the loudness war and recent albums by Arctic Monkeys and Lily Allen have pushed the loudness needle further into the red.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Californication, branded “unlistenable” by studio experts, is the subject of an online petition calling for it to be “remastered” without its harsh, compressed sound.
Peter Mew, senior mastering engineer at Abbey Road studios, said: “Record companies are competing in an arms race to make their album sound the ‘loudest’. The quieter parts are becoming louder and the loudest parts are just becoming a buzz.”
Mr Mew, who joined Abbey Road in 1965 and mastered David Bowie’s classic 1970s albums, warned that modern albums now induced nausea.
He said: “The brain is not geared to accept buzzing. The CDs induce a sense of fatigue in the listeners. It becomes psychologically tiring and almost impossible to listen to. This could be the reason why CD sales are in a slump.”
Geoff Emerick, engineer on the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper album, said: “A lot of what is released today is basically a scrunched-up mess. Whole layers of sound are missing. It is because record companies don’t trust the listener to decide themselves if they want to turn the volume up.”
Downloading has exacerbated the effect. Songs are compressed once again into digital files before being sold on iTunes and similar sites. The reduction in quality is so marked that EMI has introduced higher-quality digital tracks, albeit at a premium price, in response to consumer demand.
Domino, Arctic Monkeys’ record company, defended its band’s use of compression on their chart-topping albums, as a way of making their music sound “impactful”.
Angelo Montrone, an executive at One Haven, a Sony Music company, said the technique was “causing our listeners fatigue and even pain while trying to enjoy their favourite music”.
In an open letter to the music industry, he asked: “Have you ever heard one of those test tones on TV when the station is off the air? Notice how it becomes painfully annoying in a very short time? That’s essentially what you do to a song when you super-compress it. You eliminate all dynamics.”
Mr Montrone released a compression-free album by Texan roots rock group Los Lonely Boys which sold 2.5 million copies.
Val Weedon, of the UK Noise Association, called for a ceasefire in the “loudness war”. She said: “Bass-heavy music is already one of the biggest concerns for suffering neighbours. It is one thing for music to be loud but to make it deliberately noisy seems pointless.”
Mr Emerick, who has rerecorded Sgt. Pepper on the original studio equipment with contemporary artists, admitted that bands have always had to fight to get their artistic vision across.
He said: “The Beatles didn’t want any nuance altered on Sgt. Pepper. I had a stand-up row with the mastering engineer because I insisted on sitting in on the final transfer.”
The Beatles lobbied Parlophone, their record company, to get their records pressed on thicker vinyl so they could achieve a bigger bass sound.
Bob Dylan has joined the campaign for a return to musical dynamics. He told Rolling Stone magazine: “You listen to these modern records, they’re atrocious, they have sound all over them. There’s no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like – static.”
Studio sound
The human ear responds to the average sound across a piece of music rather than peaks and crescendos. Quiet and loud sounds are squashed together, decreasing the dynamic range, raising the average loudness saturation level for a sound signal is digital full scale, or 0dB. In the 1980s, the average sound level of a track was -18dB. The arrival of digital technology allowed engineers to push finished tracks closer to the loudest possible, 0dB
The curves of a sound wave, which represent a wide dynamic range, become clipped and flattened to create “square waves” which generate a buzzing effect and digital distortion on CD players

2009-08-30T02:00:00.000-07:00

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nepal music

2009-08-28T04:21:00.000-07:00

Nepal Music

The rhythm, beats, bounce of Nepali traditional folk and is spiritual enough to sooth you and entertaining enough to cheer you. Music is associated with every event in Nepal, then be it birth, marriage, festivals or National events.Various songs, musical instruments and dances are connected with various religious, social and cultural life of the Nepalese. Music is the heartbeat of Nepal. Music is associated to every event of life, then be it festivals, feasts, marriage, birth ceremonies or funeral processions. The main genres of Nepali music are pop, rock, folk, and classical. There are a number of other genres that are yet to be cataloged.

nepal music

2009-08-28T04:16:00.000-07:00

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is the vision which is the cooperation program between Music Nepal and Rikskonsertene (Norwegian Concert Institute). Nepal Music Center, NMC in short, is a non profit entity established by Music Nepal for carrying out its non-commercial activities in the field of music and culture. Music Nepal, its shareholders and their family members

music nepal

2009-08-28T04:13:00.000-07:00

Nepal Music
The rhythm, beats, bounce of Nepali traditional folk and
is spiritual enough to sooth you and entertaining enough to cheer you. Music is associated with every event in Nepal, then be it birth, marriage, festivals or National events.Various songs, musical instruments and dances are connected with various religious, social and cultural life of the Nepalese. Music is the heartbeat of Nepal. Music is associated to every event of life, then be it festivals, feasts, marriage, birth ceremonies or funeral processions. The main genres of Nepali music are pop, rock, folk, and classical. There are a number of other genres that are yet to be cataloged.

music history

2009-08-28T04:05:00.001-07:00

For the academic study of history of music,
Music is found in every, past and present, varying wildly between times and places. Around 50,000 years ago, early modern humans began to disperse from Africa, reaching all the habitable continents. Since all people of the world, including the most isolated tribal groups, have a form of music, scientists conclude that music must have been present in the ancestral population prior to the dispersal of humans around the world. Consequently music must have been in existence for at least 50,000 years and the first music must have been invented in Africa and then evolved to become a fundamental constituent of human life
culture's music is influenced by all other aspects of that culture, including social and economic organization and experience, climate, and access to technology. The emotions and ideas that music expresses, the situations in which music is played and listened to, and the attitudes toward music players and composers all vary between regions and periods. "Music history" is the distinct subfield of musicology and history which studies music (particularly from a chronological perspective.

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2009-08-28T04:05:00.000-07:00

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For the academic study of history of music, see Music history.
is found in every known past and present, varying wildly between times and places. Around 50,000 years ago, early modern humans began to disperse from Africa, reaching all the habitable continents. Since all people of the world, including the most isolated tribal groups, have a form of music, scientists conclude that music must have been present in the ancestral population prior to the dispersal of humans around the world.Consequently music must have been in existence for at least 50,000 years and the first music must have been invented in Africa and then evolved to become a fundamental constituent of human life
A culture's music is influenced by all other aspects of that culture, including social and economic organization and experience, climate, and access to technology. The emotions and ideas that music expresses, the situations in which music is played and listened to, and the attitudes toward music players and composers all vary between regions and periods. "Music history" is the distinct subfield of musicology and history which studies music (particularly from a chronological perspective.

music history

2009-08-28T04:00:00.000-07:00

Music history
Need to know more about Music History? Here you will find the history of music from the Medieval times to the 20th Century. Test your knowledge with a music history game.

2009-08-28T03:55:00.000-07:00

Chant Resources for Parishes

“Good music helps to promote prayer, to raise the minds of people to God and to give people a taste of the goodness of God.... Gregorian Chant is marked by a moving meditative cadence. It touches the depths of the soul. It shows joy, sorrow, repentance, petition, hope, praise or thanksgiving, as the particular feast, part of the Mass or other prayer may indicate. It makes the Psalms come alive. It has a universal appeal which makes it suitable for all cultures and peoples.”
— Cardinal Arinzefrom Language in the Roman Rite Liturgy: Latin and VernacularKeynote address to Gateway Liturgical Conference, November 2006(see
For those interested in exploring the use of chants, here are some useful resources:
The Adoremus Hymnal — contains five Latin chant Masses, and five English settings, a core collection of hymns in both English and Latin. A set of 4 CDs with recordings of all Masses and one verse of each hymn is available. Hymnal info
“Jubilate Deo” — provided by the Vatican as a “minimum repertoire” of Gregorian chant for every parish, includes Mass chants and selected hymns. See new section on Adoremus web site (www.adoremus.org) for printable music (from The Adoremus Hymnal) plus mp3 files. (Booklet format of Jubilate Deo is available online from St. Cecelia Schola Cantorum .
Graduale Romanum (The Roman Gradual) — the complete set of Gregorian Mass chants in Latin, in square notation. Published by the Abbey of Solesmes, the book may be ordered from CanticaNova
Graduale Simplex (The Simple Gradual) — a collection of simpler Mass Chants in Latin, in square notation (neumes). This collection is an official alternative for smaller parishes, published by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana, and is also available from CanticaNova.
English Chant Project — a work in progress by Father Samuel Weber, OSB, in anticipation of new English texts for Mass. Permission to use copyrighted musical settings and texts are granted to participants in this project on a “for educational purposes only, not for profit or resale” basis. (Permission to use copyrighted texts of the current Sacramentary and Lectionary must be obtained by individuals from the copyright holders). Participants receive copies of this work, and agree to provide feedback that will aid in producing a full version when new translations are approved. (See samples on facing page.)
To participate in this project, contact:The Rev. Samuel F. Weber, OSB,Wake Forest University Divinity School, Box 7719 - Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7719. Ph: 336-758-4289; E-mail
Mundelein Psalter — the first complete one-volume edition containing the approved English-language texts of the Liturgy of the Hours with Psalms that are pointed for the chanting of the Divine Office. The music consists of simple yet beautiful Gregorian-based modes composed for this Psalter. Developed at the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary and edited by Father Douglas Martis, the new Psalter is being published by Liturgy Training Publications (available April 2007).
Communio Project — The Church Music Association of America (CMAA) has made Communion chants for Sundays and Holy Days available on its website, Musica Sacra. To view this and other chant resources,
Letter to Editor!
About the Pueri Cantores - Young Singers
In “Language in the Roman Rite Liturgy: Latin and Vernacular”, Cardinal Arinze’s keynote address to the Gateway Liturgical Conference (published in Adoremus Bulletin December 2006-January 2007), he made reference to Pueri Cantores and Pope Benedict’s endorsement of its work.
This wonderful organization encourages young Catholics to sing the great liturgical music of the Church. Young choristers singing in parish and school choirs are invited to become members to encourage one another and participate in local, national and international Choir Festivals. At the Gateway Liturgical Conference 750 choristers sang at a Festival Mass celebrated in the Cathedral of St. Louis. I doubt that most of those young people will forget that experience! Pueri Cantores offers a alternative to the “hot dog and hamburger” music that we have been feeding our younger generation of Catholics.
As the Episcopal Moderator of the American Federation Pueri Cantores, Cardinal George of Chicago, has said, “Though many years have passed, I remember singing in the Paulist Choir in Chicago as a boy. Worshipping God in song gave me a great joy and satisfaction. It can give the same to singers and their supporters, as well as their listeners.”
For information about the American Federation Pueri Cantores please contact the national

communication manager

2009-08-28T03:49:00.000-07:00

How to BeginBeginning the public celebration of the Liturgy of Hours need not be a complicated project. Many parishes have started very simply. A pastor might celebrate one or more hours with parishioners before or after the daily Mass. Pastoral Council meetings might begin with the communal recitation or singing of all or part of the office. A parish staff might adopt the structure given by the Divine Office to provide rhythm to its daily work. Choirs might begin their rehearsals with this form of prayer, as a reminder of the ministry of sacred music and its relation to the Paschal Mystery.
Families, too, might find a center and source of stability in praying the Divine Office daily, paying particular attention to the rhythm of the liturgical year, the celebration of saints’ days, and night prayer.
The Office for the Dead can provide an important structure for families in grief or can be used as a regular reminder of deceased relatives. Even two people, praying together publicly in church, can be an important witness of Christian fidelity and offer an invitation to others to join.
The prayer of the Divine Office requires no particular expertise, and its fundamental principles can easily be learned, understood and gradually adopted.
The Office begins with the sign of the cross and the Opening Verse, God, come to my assistance”. Not only in private prayer, but in communal celebration, the word “my” is used instead of “our”. This signals that each person assembled joins together as the Body of Christ, praying in Him — through Him praising the Father — as members of one body already seeking unity and wholeness.
The hymn is an integral part of the celebration of the office, as made evident by the care with which the Church has developed proper texts especially for the feasts of the saints and the seasons of the year.
Then follow the reading or chanting of the Psalms, Antiphons, Canticles, Intercessions, and closing prayer.
The General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours provides a rich theological and liturgical introduction to the Church’s public prayer and more ample instruction on the implementation of the Divine Office.
Prayer of this kind requires patience, practice, humility and charity. The richness of the liturgy is revealed gradually. It is over the course of the liturgical year, the week and the hours of the day that we attend the mystery of our faith.
And, as the General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours observes:
In this way the wish of the Apostle is fulfilled: “Let the message of Christ, in all its richness, find a home with you. Teach each other, and advise each other, in all wisdom. With gratitude in your hearts, sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs to God”.
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adoremus bulletion on music

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Adoremus Bulletin on Music

Adoremus's commitment to the improvement of music for Catholic worship is singularly evident in its production of the Adoremus Hymnal, published by Ignatius Press, now in its second printing. But in addition to providing a worthy alternative, as the Hymnal does, it is worthwhile to focus on the strengths (and weaknesses) of what most of us encounter in our parishes. Articles are listed from most recently published and are posted backwards. (See Church Documents page and Actions of the Holy See on Liturgy and Music - 1903-1974 for liturgical documents on music.)
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multimedia

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The photo above was taken by Analogik crew on 28 August 07 in Brisbane, Australia during the full moon eclipse. We are now looking for all electronic music written on the theme of astronomy or inspired by astronomical events.

The Drake Equation
The Drake Equation was devised by Dr Frank Drake in 1960, in an attempt to estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy that we are likely to come in contact with. The equation should allow scientists to quantify the uncertainty of the factors which determine the number of potential extraterrestrial civilizations.

ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Science Behind Electronic Music - Electronic music can be divided into two broad technical categories: analogue and digital. Yes, we’ve heard of these terms many times but what is the difference between the two?
German Techno - Who is Marusha? Avoiding Cliché Themes in Electronic Music An ever changing and evolving entity of sound What went wrong with the techno culture?How to write good electronic music How not to write music The One Thing That Can Set You Out From the Rest to Make Better Techno!Tips on how to design a good techno album cover Inspiration for techno cover article The Future of Electronic Music - Futurism Techno Art - Tips on how to design a good techno album coverTechno Art 2 - Inspiration and subliminal influences What is techno? (part 1) - Article by Dejan PetrovicWhat is techno? (part 3) - Article by Dejan Petrovic What is techno? (part 4) - Article by PaperduckAbout Trance - Article by Abhay Gupta Analogik European Tour - Live performance experience in Europe Pulse 6: Crystal by Blue Planet Cooperation - Multimedia track reviewAbout Techno - G. Deleuze & F. Guattari TR-909 - by Jason BakerTR 808 - by Michael FischerBe Heard - Test Press is FREE and Open to the Public
ARTISTS, ALBUMS & RELEASES
Album Review: Musetta Flow Dynamics - Australian FunkReinterpretations - Music CD infoWorld Traveller Adventures - A fascinating video about ravers on a mission.Kevens - Radical jungle drum & bass Bexta - Australian Techno Diva Darude - More about DarudeMarcos Romero - Southamerican musician and producerRabitza - Union of 2 independent creative personalities Arcade 64 Artists - Who played? Freaks Rock!Noone Grenadine Cosmos 70
SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE
We Love Technology Polivoks - Russian vintage synth Audio Gear Upgrade Tips - Studio equipment upgrade problems Sound Forge - Recording synthesizer samples Prophet 64 - Software synthesizer for Commodore 64Commercial C64 - C64 used for commercial purposesPropellerhead Reason - Reason TipsAMD Athlon - Heat and noise level issues with computers XBOX Mods - XBOX modifications and XMBC
EVENTS
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Music Article marketing is one of the best ways to drive targeted traffic to your site, and the best thing is that it is free. It does require a bit of effort, however the rewards can be enormous. Most of the people make big money online are using this as part of their arsenal of techniques for driving lots of traffic to their websites... If they can do it why in God's name you shouldn't? You don't need to be an expert or even become one to implement this fantastic techniques in your niche marketing which is music...You can increase your exposure by having your music article content reproduced around the Internet. This is a short but excellent guide documenting the progress of an music article marketing campaign, and also includes some very important tips on how to write articles, and how to make the most out of your music article marketing campaigns.How to Building Traffic With Music Article Marketing,How You Make Music Article Marketing Work for You,How to Construct Music Article Titles not in Use,How Does Article Marketing Work,How to Write a Good Music Articles,The Importance of Writing Multiple Articles,What do you Want to Know To Write About,What to Outline in Mind how The Article Will Be Structured,How to Write Some Introductory Stuff About The Topic, How to Make readers Immediately Put Your Article in Good Use,and much more...Donate to download the PDF book online and apply this marketing technique into your music business

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2009-08-28T03:27:00.002-07:00

Learn about record labels, the music business, career planning, shopping for a record deal, what A&R reps do, copyright basics, tax tips and more.
This topical index is sorted into the following categories. Band/Artist Entry-Level Issues Product Development Career Development, Building a Fan Base and Networking Distribution (Retail and Digital)Radio Promotion, Podcasting Record Labels and Contract Issues The Corporate Music Industry Music Law, Copyright and Licensing Promotion Publicity Songwriting and Publishing Gigging and Performance
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Band/Artist Entry-Level IssuesThe "Secret" to Selling Lots of Music March 2009 by David NevueMaking a Living From Just Your Music August 2008 by David NevueAn Introduction to the FourFront Music Marketing Concept Updated February 2008 by Chris KnabAnd the Winner Is: Will Awards and Contests Lead to Bigger Things? February 2008 by Sheena MetalI Get So Many Clueless Letters! Updated January 2008 by Chris KnabArtist / Band Interview Questions Updated January 2008 by Chris Knab7 Steps to a Successful Audition August 2007 Article by Marco KaselSet Goals: Your Rockstardom Wasn't Built in a Day June 2007 Article by Shena MetalYour First Recording Session May 2007 by Jeff Wheaton Coping with Stage Fright February 2007 by Jan SmithBand Tries to Make it Big Without Going Broke January 2007 Offsite Article by Chris ArnoldStop Burnin g Bridges... or Your Career Might Go Up in Flames December 2006 Article by Shena MetalTake Control of Your Career Now November 2006 by Chris StandringHow to Help the Music Industry Take You Seriously September 2006 by Chris StandringGoing Postal on the Music Industry May 2006 by Bob BakerTaking the Sting Out of Taxes April 2006 by Mike GrebbYour Music: A Business or Hobby? July 2005 by Mark FoxRe-Thinking Your Image: Creating a Signature Style July 2005 by John BattagliaYour Speaking Skills Can Make You a Better Performer July 2005 by Marc GunnSo You Want to Quit Your Day Job? May 2005 by MaraHow to Earn $30,000 With Your Music by Year's End March 2005 by Kenny LoveThe X Fac tor: What is it and do YOU have "IT"? September 2004 by Gian M. Fiero Questions to Ask Yourself February 2004 by Chris KnabA Better, Braver World for Independent Musicians July 2003 by David NevueMaximizing Your Music Income Potential April 2003 by Kenny Love35 Tips for Self-Management as a Musician May 2003 by Chris KnabSending CDs Across the Border March 2003 by Kenny LoveA Question of Song Ownership - Falling Out with Old Band Mates February 2003 by Kenny Love"DIY Makin You Cry?" December 2002 by Kenny LoveQ&A: "We Simply Can't Survive as an Indie Band" November 2002 by Kenny LovePlanning Your Music Career: One Step at a Time October 2002 by David NevueAre You Ready? Are You *Really* Ready? September 2002 by Kenny LoveD-I-Y: Blessings

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When David Sylvian finished work on his new album Manafon he wanted to document the individual philosophies of the various musicians who contributed to the project, to ask what had driven them throughout a lifetime of experimentation and inquiry. The list of players includes Christian Fennesz, Toshimaru Nakamura, Evan Parker, Eddie Prévost, Keith Rowe, John Tilbury and Otomo Yoshihide, among others. Amplified Gesture, directed by Phil Hopkins and produced by David Sylvian, is the result.The film bears witness as the musicians discuss their work, influences, the evolution of ideas, their personal philosophies – in essence, how they came to find themselves on the particular paths they've taken. The original intention was to give context to Manafon, but the film grew in scale to become an intimate portrait of musicians pursuing a line of inquiry in their life and work to create innovative, free spirited music of uncompromising integrity.The film premieres at London's ICA on 14 September (the same day that Manafon is released). The evening will include a Q&A session between director Phil Hopkins and the film's interviewer Nick Luscombe, along with an introductory talk and an exclusive preview of material from Manafon. The Wire Sound System will be DJing in the ICA bar throughout the evening.We have two pairs of tickets to the premiere to be won. To win one of the pairs, just answer this question:
What is the name of the poet that lived in Manafon?R.S. ThomasDylan ThomasThomas Wyattyour name: your email: Please be assured your details won't be passed onto any third party. Competition closes on Friday 28 August(Please note that David Sylvian does not appear in the film and will not be present at the event)
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Research has shown that music has a profound effect on your body and psyche. In fact, there’s a growing field of health care known as Music Therapy, which uses music to heal. Those who practice music therapy are finding a benefit in using music to help cancer patients, children with ADD, and others, and even hospitals are beginning to use music and music therapy to help with pain management, to help ward off depression, to promote movement, to calm patients, to ease muscle tension, and for many other benefits that music and music therapy can bring. This is not surprising, as music affects the body and mind in many powerful ways. The following are some of effects of music, which help to explain the effectiveness of music therapy:
Brain Waves: Research has shown that music with a strong beat can stimulate brainwaves to resonate in sync with the beat, with faster beats bringing sharper concentration and more alert thinking, and a slower tempo promoting a calm, meditative state. Also, research has found that the change in brainwave activity levels that music can bring can also enable the brain to shift speeds more easily on its own as needed, which means that music can bring lasting benefits to your state of mind, even after you’ve stopped listening.
Breathing and Heart Rate: With alterations in brainwaves comes changes in other bodily functions. Those governed by the autonomic nervous system, such as breathing and heart rate can also be altered by the changes music can bring. This can mean slower breathing, slower heart rate, and an activation of the relaxation response, among other things. This is why music and music therapy can help counteract or prevent the damaging effects of chronic stress, greatly promoting not only relaxation, but health.
State of Mind: Music can also be used to bring a more positive state of mind, helping to keep depression and anxiety at bay. This can help prevent the stres s response from wreaking havoc on the body, and can help keep creativity and optimism levels higher, bringing many other benefits.
Other Benefits: Music has also been found to bring many other benefits, such as lowering blood pressure (which can also reduce the risk of stroke and other health problems over time), boost immunity, ease muscle tension, and more. With so many benefits and such profound physical effects, it’s no surprise that so many are seeing music as an important tool to help the body in staying (or becoming) healthy.Using Music Therapy:With all these benefits that music can carry, it's no surprise that music therapy is growing in popularity. For more information on music therapy, visit the American Music Therapy Association's website.
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Nepalisongs is proud to have gathered some of the rare melodies of golden days contributed by our dear friends from Terai plains to Mountain tips. We bring you songs from early 60s gramaphone records till late 80s. You can listen and download songs from the musical gems like Naray an Gopal, Tara Devi, Prem Dhoj Pradha, Arun Thapa, Aruna Lama, etc. Most of the singers of early 70s were mainly modern singers which fusion of classical folk beat into modern sentimental feelings. There were also some singers like Kumar Basnet, Ram Thapa who focussed mainly on Flok songs, collecting songs and music wandering remote villages and tribunal areas. Musicians like Master Ratna Das, Nati Kaji and Amber Gurung gave some of unforgettable beats in those days. In mid 80s it was upon new breed of singers to keep up with the legends. Prakash Shrestha, Udit Narayan Jha, Gyanu Rana, Meera Rana, etc gave their best to contiue the modern songs but got lost in the playback singing after commercial cinema took over the music market.
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narayan gopal

2009-08-28T02:01:00.000-07:00

Nepali: नारायण गोपाल गुरुवाचार्य) is by far the most prominent and popular singer in nepali music. When people think or talk about Nepali music, the name most associated is that of Narayan Gopal. For most people, he is the singer. He was also an accomplished music composer in his own right. Not only was he gifted with a great voice, he was very versatile. His voice range allowed him to sing songs of every genre. His songs are often richly orchestrated with the sitar, harmonium and the flute. Some of his most popular songs include "Euta Manche Ko Maya le Kati)"(trans. For the Love of One Person), "Jhareko Paat Jhai"(Like a Fallen Leaf), "Yo Samjhine Man Cha"(This Heart remembers) and "Saawan ko jhari bani"(Like the Autumn Rain), "Manche ko Maya"(Love of person). Narayan Gopal has been accorded with title "Swar Samrat" (literally, King of Voice) which affirms his position as the supreme virtuoso of Nepali music. His death was due to organ failures, said to have been caused by his notorious drinking. The cassettes and CDs of his music still make significant sales in Nepal.
He has sung over 500 songs, including in films, ballets and drama. Most of his songs are melodies. It is said that he was very selective about which songs he sang. Although 500 songs is not a lot for some of his caliber, they are outstanding in some ways—be it the lyrical depth or superb rendition. In recognition of his contribution in the field of Nepali music, he has received several national honors and awards, Trishakti Patta, Chinnalata Puraskar to name a few.
Continued sales of his albums attest to his immense popularity. Even more than a decade after his death, his songs are equally liked, loved and sung.His legacy lives on. Current sensation, Ram Krishna Dhakal, a very popular singer, sang Narayan Gopal's songs and modelled his singing style after him when starting his career. Ram Krishna Dhakal's recent Nepali Swadesh Geet Bihani Pakha Surya Le Bhanchha Sagarmatha Lai has been a great hit all over the world and is heard by Nepalese worldwide. The music is by Nhyoo Bajracharya and Lyrics by Prem Guragain, Itahara, Morang.
In a brief introduction of Narayan Gopal on an album cover, Music Nepal, the largest music company in Nepal, writes:
"The late Narayan Gopal (1996-2046 BS) is regarded as the most popular in the entire domain of modern Nepali music. A still more appropriate introduction of the music maestro would be to call him the King of Vocals or Swar Samrat of contemporary Nepali music. Narayan Gopal, who has enchanted millions of listeners by his immortal melodies has been awarded several national honors among which, Indra Rajya Laxmi Award, Chhinalata Award for vocals, Jagadamba Shree, Trishakti Patta third (awarded post humously) Urvashi Rang and several other honors and decorations bear testimony to his widespread popularity and the eminence he has achieved as a favorite singer of millions.
During his career, Narayan Gopal rendered his voice to over 550 compositions including modern songs, ballets, dance dramas, movies and patriotic songs. These songs have contributed in enriching the store of Nepali Music and popularizing Nepali music even beyond political frontiers."
Credit: Music Nepal

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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, I did not realize what I was getting into. I had thought that music history was somewhat of a trivial pursuit. In fact, I only took my history of classical music class because I needed the credits. I did not realize how completely fascinating music history is. You see, in our culture many of us do not really learn to understand music. For much of the world, music is a language, but for us it is something that we consumed passively. When I began to learn about the history of Western music, however, it changed all that for me. I have had some experience playing musical instruments, but I have never mastered one enough to really understand what music is all about. This class showed me.When most of us think about the history of music, we think of the history of rock music. We assume that the history is simple because the music is simple. In fact, neither is the case. The history of music, whether you're talking about classical music, rock music, jazz music, or any other kind, is always complicated. New chord structures are introduced bringing with them new ways of understanding the world. New rhythmic patterns are introduced, bringing with them new ways of understanding time. And music reflects all of it.Even when the class was over, I could not stop learning about the history of music. It had whetted my appetite, and I wanted more. I got all the music history books that I could find. I even began to research forms of music that had not interested me before in the hopes of enhancing my musical knowledge further. Although I was in school studying toward something very different – a degree in engineering – I had thought about giving it up and going back to get a degree in musicology. That is how much I am fascinated by the subject.If you have never taken a course in the history of music, you don't know what you are missing out on. The radio will never sound the same to you again. Everything will seem much more rich, much more luminous, and much more important. A new song can reflect a new way of being, and a new way of imagining life in the world. This is what learning about the history of music means to many of us.

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Since the beginning of 2000, SAWF has nurtured a repository of articles on Indian Classical Music that have now come to be recognised as the finest expositions on the subject. Our features on the ragas of Hindustani music are written by Rajan P. Parrikar. They contain his insightful analysis and commentary, fortified by around 2000 carefully prepared audio clips that illustrate and illuminate the nuances of raga structure. A large number of these adduced recordings are rare and hitherto unpublished. Rajan, as many of you know, has a penchant to understand not only the music of the masters, but their hearts and minds too. In the Carnatic department, V.N. Muthukumar and M.V. Ramana have deposited their considered meditations on Carnatic ragas and musicians, supported by rare recordings of the maestros of yesteryear. The well-known musician Kiranavali Vidyasankar has also contributed to our Carnatic pool.

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Les Pa, the guitar virtuoso and inventor who revolutionized music and created rock 'n' roll as surely as and by developing the solid-body electric guitar and multitrack recording, died Thursday at age 94.
Known for his lightning-fast riffs, Paul performed with some of early pop's biggest names and produced a slew of hits, many with wife Mary Ford. But it was his inventive streak that made him universally revered by guitar gods as their original ancestor and earned his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the most important forces in popular music.

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Paul, who died in White Plains, N.Y., of complications from pneumonia, was a tireless tinkerer, whose quest for a particular sound led him to create the first solid-body electric guitar, a departure from the hollow-body guitars of the time. His invention paved the way for modern rock 'n' roll and became the standard instrument for legends like.
He also developed technology that would become hallmarks of rock and pop recordings, from multitrack recording that allowed for layers and layers of "overdubs" to guitar reverb and other sound effects.
"He was truly the cornerstone of popular music," said Henry Juskiewicz, chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar, which mass produced Paul's original invention. "He was a futurist, and unlike some futurists who write about it and predict things, he was a guy who actually did things."
Paul remained an active performer until his last months: He put out his very first rock album just four years ago, and up until recently played every week at a New York jazz club.
The news of his death prompted an outpouring of tributes from the music world.
"Les lived a very long life and he got to a lot of his goals, so I'm happy for him in that respect. ... At least he realized that he was a legend in his own time while he was alive," said 's guitarist and a friend of Paul's, on Thursday. "He was revolutionary in the music business."
Said Kis' Paul Stanley: "The name Les Paul is iconic and is known by aspiring and virtuoso guitar players worldwide. That guitar is the cornerstone of a lot of great music that has been made in the last 50 years."
A musician since childhood, he experimented with guitar amplification for years before coming up in 1941 with what he called "The Log," a 4-by-4 piece of wood strung with steel strings.
"I went into a nightclub and played it. Of course, everybody had me labeled as a nut." He later put the wooden wings onto the body to give it a traditional guitar shape.
The use of electric guitar gained popularity in the mid-to-late 1940s.
Leo Fender's Broadcaster was the first mass-produced solid body electric on the market in the late 1940s.
Gibson solicited Paul to create a prototype for a guitar, and began production on the Les Paul guitar in 1952. Townshend of of , jazz great Al DiMeola and Led Zeppeli's Page all made the Gibson Les Paul their trademark six-string.
The Les Paul series has become one of the most widely used guitars in the music industry. In 2005, Christie's auction house sold a 1955 Gibson Les Paul for $45,600.
Paul was born Lester William Polfuss, in Waukesha, Wis., on June 9, 1915. He began his career as a musician, billing himself as Red Hot Red or Rhubarb Red. He toured with the popular Chicago band Rube Tronson and His Texas Cowboys and led the house band on WJJD radio in Chicago.
In the mid-1930s he joined Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians and soon moved to New York to form the Les Paul Trio, with Jim Atkins and bassist Ernie Newton.
Paul started out as an accompanist, working with key artists until he struck out on his own. His first records were released in 1944 on Decca Records. Later, with Ford, his wife from 1949 to 1962, he earned 36 gold records for hits including "Vaya Con Dios" and "How High the Moon," which both hit No. 1.
He had met Ford, then known as Colleen Summers, in the 1940s while working as a studio musician in Los Angeles. For seven years in the 1950s, Paul and Ford broadcast a TV show from their home in Mahwah, N.J. (Ford died in 1977, 15 years after they divorced).
Paul had made his first attempt at audio amplification at age 13. Unhappy with the amount of volume produced by his acoustic guitar, he tried placing a telephone receiver under the strings. Although this worked to some extent, only two strings were amplified and the volume level was still too low.
By placing a phonograph needle in the guitar, all six strings were amplified, which proved to be much louder. Paul was playing a working prototype of the electric guitar in 1929.
His work on recording techniques began in the years after World War II, when Bing Crosby gave him a tape recorder. Drawing on his earlier experimentation with his homemade recording machine, Paul added an additional playback head to the recorder. The result was a delayed effect that became known as tape echo.
Tape echo gave the recording a more "live" feel and enabled the user to simulate different playing environments.
Paul's next "crazy idea" was to stack together eight mono tape machines and send their outputs to one piece of tape, stacking the recording heads on top of each other. The resulting machine served as the forerunner to today's multitrack recorders. Many of his songs with Ford used overdubbing techniques that Paul had helped develop.
"I could take my Mary and make her three, six, nine, 12, as many voices as I wished," he recalled. "This is quite an asset." The overdubbing technique was highly influential on later recording artists such as the .
Paul's use of multitrack recording was unique: Before he did it, most recordings were made on a single tape. By recording each element separately, from the vocals to instrumentation on different tracks, they could be mixed and layered, adding to the richness in sound.
"In the old days, if you only had one track, you put a microphone in the middle of the music and hope for the best," Juskiewicz said.
In 1954, Paul commissioned the first eight-track tape recorder, later known as "Sel-Sync," in which a recording head could simultaneously record a new track and play back previous ones.
In the late 1960s, Paul retired from music to concentrate on his inventions. His interest in country music was rekindled in the mid-'70s and he teamed w for two albums. The duo were awarded a Grammy for best country instrumental performance of 1976 for their "Chester and Lester" album.
In 2005, he released the Grammy-winning "Les Paul & Friends: American Made, World Played," his first album of new material since those 1970s recordings and his first official rock CD. Among those playing with him: and .
"They're not only my friends, but they're great players," Paul told The Associated Press. "I never stop being amazed by all the different ways of playing the guitar and making it deliver a message."
Paul was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame

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MUSIC

2009-08-24T02:41:00.000-07:00

There are many people who like to listen to music while they work and I am certainly one of them. I find it helps me focus more on the task at hand. Of course I can imagine that there are people who listen to music because it helps them NOT to focus on their job. Whilst there may be many reasons for wishing to listen to music in the workplace, can it really improve your productivity? We know that music can alter your mood. Films have been using musical scores for years to create the right mood for a scene. At times you hardly notice the music at all but you are very receptive to the mood being conveyed. So can we use music to put us in a "productive" mood? Research seems to support such a claim. For example, a trial where 75 out of 256 workers at a large retail company were issued with personal stereos to wear at work for four weeks showed a 10% increase in productivity for the headphone wearers. Other similar research conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois found a 6.3% increase when compared with the no music control group.So if we accept that music does increase productivity, does it matter what types of music we listen to? Does all music have the same effect or are certain types better in certain circumstances?If your goal is to increase your concentration then music which has a constant, easy beat and light melodies are recommended. These are said to be good for those trying to study as they help you pace your reading to aid focus and memorising. Baroque music is reported as an excellent example, especially the works of Vivaldi, Bach and Handel. Rock music can have a similar effect. According to a report in the journal Neuroscience of Behavior and Physiology, the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered that a person's ability to recognize visual images, including letters and numbers, is faster when either rock or classical music is playing in the background. If you are aiming to be more productive through being more relaxed, then you may be interested to learn that research has shown that music with an upbeat rhythm can reduce stress hormone levels by as much as 41%. Some of the most publicised studies into whether listening to music increases productivity have centred on what has been termed the "Mozart effect". The term got its name after a study showed that college students had performed better solving mathematical problems when listening to classical music. The effect of listening to Mozart does not appear to be limited to humans either. Apparently cows will produce more milk if Mozart is played.
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music

2009-08-24T02:20:00.000-07:00

MUSIC

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, I did not realize what I was getting into. I had thought that music history was somewhat of a trivial pursuit. In fact, I only took my history of classical music class because I needWhether 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, I did not realize what I was getting into. I had thought that music history was somewhat of a trivial pursuit. In fact, I only took my history of classical music class because I needed the credits. I did not realize how completely fascinating music history is. You see, in our culture many of us do not really learn to understand music. For much of the world, music is a language, but for us it is something that we consumed passively. When I began to learn about the history of Western music, however, it changed all that for me. I have had some experience playing musical instruments, but I have never mastered one enough to really understand what music is all about. This class showed me.When most of us think about the history of music, we think of the history of rock music. We assume that the history is simple because the music is simple. In fact, neither is the case. The history of music, whether you're talking about classical music, rock music, jazz music, or any other kind, is always complicated. New chord structures are introduced bringing with them new ways of understanding the world. New rhythmic patterns are introduced, bringing with them new ways of understanding time. And music reflects all of it.Even when the class was over, I could not stop learning about the history of music. It had whetted my appetite, and I wanted more. I got all the music history books that I could find. I even began to research forms of music that had not interested me before in the hopes of enhancing my musical knowledge further. Although I was in school studying toward something very different – a degree in engineering – I had thought about giving it up and going back to get a degree in musicology. That is how much I am fascinated by the subject.If you have never taken a course in the history of music, you don't know what you are missing out on. The radio will never sound the same to you again. Everything will seem much more rich, much more luminous, and much more important. A new song can reflect a new way of being, and a new way of imagining life in the world. This is what learning about the history of music means to many of us.
ed the credits. I did not realize how completely fascinating music history is. You see, in our culture many of us do not really learn to understand music. For much of the world, music is a language, but for us it is something that we consumed passively. When I began to learn about the history of Western music, however, it changed all that for me. I have had some experience playing musical instruments, but I have never mastered one enough to really understand what music is all about. This class showed me.When most of us think about the history of music, we think of the history of rock music. We assume that the history is simple because the music is simple. In fact, neither is the case. The history of music, whether you're talking about classical music, rock music, jazz music, or any other kind, is always complicated. New chord structures are introduced bringing with them new ways of understanding the world. New rhythmic patterns are introduced, bringing with them new ways of understanding time. And music reflects all of it.Even when the class was over, I could not stop learning about the history of music. It had whetted my appetite, and I wanted more. I got all the music history books that I could find. I even began to research forms of music that had not interested me before in the hopes of enhancing my musical knowledge further. Although I was in school studying toward something very different – a degree in engineering – I had thought about giving it up and going back to get a degree in musicology. That is how much I am fascinated by the subject.If you have never taken a course in the history of music, you don't know what you are missing out on. The radio will never sound the same to you again. Everything will seem much more rich, much more luminous, and much more important. A new song can reflect a new way of being, and a new way of imagining life in the world. This is what learning about the history of music means to many of us.

2009-08-24T02:03:00.002-07:00

2009-08-24T02:03:00.001-07:00

music

2009-08-21T04:04:00.000-07:00

Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike), "(art) of the Muses".
The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within "the arts", music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art.
To many people in many cultures music is an important part of their way of life. Greek philosophers and ancient Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. Common sayings such as "the harmony of the spheres" and "it is music to my ears" point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound."[2] According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez, "the border between music and noise is always culturally defined—which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always pass through the same place; in short, there is rarely a consensus.... By all accounts there is no single and intercultural universal concept defining what music might be, except that it is 'sound through time'.