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Iconic moments in music history.
"Annie, are you OK?"
The universe is fickle in its humor; objectively the perception of it usually takes a neutral stance between "good" or "bad" (if only due to averaging the the two out), but, subjective to the individual, it fluctuates between either/or without promise of consistency, with "bad" nearly always being more impactful than "good" to said individual. For example, as is going with the humor of the universe, it is with each time a man says “it will not happen to me” that the chances it will seemingly increase by ten, and the universe laughs itself to sleep in a blanket of your scorn. It's humorous, really, but I digress.
By L. Manukia5 years ago in Beat
Look Out, Honey You know I’m Coming on Home
Stan Rogers draws you in with his introductory plucking and strumming, gets your foot tapping with his continued immersive guitar skills, enthralls you with his thunderous, rolling voice, holds you captivated to the end with the storyline, and just like that... you're hooked! Encore!
By Pauline Parker5 years ago in Beat
Love Walked In
Oscar Peterson was known as the Maharaja of the Keyboard by Duke Ellington and many other people. He was a Canadian jazz piano legend. For the longest time, I have longed to play the piano like he does. However, I never had the confidence to pursue jazz on the piano until recently. The pandemic has given me a lot of time to learn new skills. I’m realizing that anything is possible with a good teacher and a lot of practise.
By Emily Viggiani5 years ago in Beat
KWEM
I am walking down the hallway on a tour of the campus of ASU Mid-South, a community college in Arkansas, when I notice display cases filled with black and white pictures. Intrigued, I look closer and see pictured of Elvis and Johnny Cash, along with several others I don't recognize, but are clearly musicians posing with their instruments. Curious, surprised, not understanding the connection to a community college, I ask about them. My tour guide's face lights up, follow me she says, Turning the corner i am surprised to see a full radio station behind a glass window, it's call letters displayed in neon, KWEM.
By Andrea Henderson5 years ago in Beat
4 Rockstar Classical Composers. Top Story - March 2021.
Classical music is dull as dishwater, isn’t it? The stuffy, well educated middle-aged, reverentially filling concert halls, following etiquette as mysterious as it is non inclusive. If you infiltrate this world, you will hear talk of modal fifths, the importance of madrigals, and secret whispers that the flautist was a beat early at the beginning of the recitative. The truth is that, even for those who enjoy Classical music, there is layer upon layer of snobbery and study that can often make the world seem entirely inaccessible.
By Dominic McGowan5 years ago in Beat
THE BOOM OF HIP HOP CULTURE IN WEST COAST
In a nut shell, Since hip hop’s origins during the mid-1970s it has grown from a localized urban arts pastime to a multi-billion dollars a year industry. Its effects have spread from the urban streets to classrooms and boardrooms. The impoverished youths of African and Latin ancestry that once comprised the entire cast and audience of this subculture are now amid a rainbow of economic, generational, and ethnic diversity. How did a subculture that was, in large part, the most overlooked and unappreciated segment of society become powerful enough to dominate a large segment of modern popular culture?
By Union Recordings5 years ago in Beat
Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues. Top Story - March 2021.
The Jazz Age Jazz music and dance styles became highly popular across America during the 1920s and 1930s, now known as the Jazz Age. America is the birthplace of jazz, and the Jazz Age was a fantastic period that gave rise to many famous singers and musicians performing in that genre.
By Terry Mansfield5 years ago in Beat
Music Genealogy . Top Story - March 2021.
Spectrum City is a music genealogy project that attempts to trace the ancestral influences of modern popular music. Music follows the same Darwinian principles as life. Natural selection ensures successful mutations are replicated and thrive, whereas sonically flawed mutations become extinct after a few generations.
By Ricky Chopra5 years ago in Beat
