May 26th, 2009
I’m here to brainwash you with that damned pop(ish) music! This is Muse’s “Knights of Cydonia” from their latest album Blackholes and Revelations. And for those of you who don’t know Cydonia is a geographical location on Mars. They seem to have an affinity for outerspace.
I first heard this song when I finally got the last track in the CD and fell instantly in love. It is by far one of their best and most beloved songs in which I often find on repeat. It’s a piece that just makes you feel alive. Although the video is somewhat of a spoof the song itself is very inspiring to me. The introduction has very little in it yet it’s so intriguing and builds a great momentum. Then once it gets going you never want it to send. It continues to build steadily with few strong cadences. Then at the end it leaves you with a most satisfying release.
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Tags: bass, guitar, Matthew Bellamy, muse, percussion, Popular Music, vocals
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April 15th, 2009
Essentially Modern Popular Music is a (d)evolved variation of the Classical Music Lieder, Art Song or likewise. A Lieder, as defined by Essentials of Music, is “German for ’song’; most commonly associated with the solo art song of the nineteenth century, usually accompanied by piano.” The obvious difference is that instead of piano, artists are using a number of instruments in addition or or in replace of the piano. Also the format of songs versus traditional lieder divided the two even further especially with the lack of variations in most modern music.
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Tags: classical music, Popular Music
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April 13th, 2009
Contained within this essay is the opinionated analysis of two of the greatest contributors to music in America and Modern Jazz: Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. Both were great performers and colleagues. In the analysis an album from each artist was selected: Billie Holiday’s “Complete Decca Recordings” and Louis Armstrong’s famed “What A Wonderful World.” Each of them has quite a unique and distinguished vocal style. Armstrong, though, also plays an incredible trumpet, which had brought him to fame several decades ago.
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Tags: Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Popular Music, Scat, trumpet
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April 8th, 2009
Music is unique among the arts. It captures emotions and feelings and connects people to a deeper level. People can connect with a photo or a movie faster, but rarely to the degree that music does. It connects deep in a person’s roots, identifying with them with an emotion unlike any other form of communication or expression.
Music is life.
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Tags: classical music, folk music, modern music, music, Popular Music
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April 3rd, 2009
Well I’ve already disclosed to you my 2 favorite songs: Bush – Machinehead & Smashing Pumpkins – Stand Inside Your Love. To top it off here’s my 3rd favorite song: Elliot Smith – King’s Crossing.
It is a very popular song among people who have already heard it. For those of you who haven’t or have never even heard of Elliott Smith before, you’re missing out. He was a very gifted and talented singer/songwriter. Born in 1969 he wrote, recorded and preformed several albums including my favorite “From a Basement on the Hill” which wasn’t even put out into the media until after his death in 2003. The reason for this being that Elliott recorded most of the instruments himself and so very few knew of his “in progress” works.
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Tags: elliott smith, folk music, guitar, Popular Music, vocals
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