The very first line, "Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending",
Billy Joel is one of the best selling solo artists of all time in the United States. Amongst his most popular songs are “Piano Man,” “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and “She’s Always a Woman,” all with good reason. Having written a plethora of memorable songs that could easily be added to the soundtrack of our lives, Billy Joel’s undoubtedly one of the most talented musicians and songwriters of all time.
Sammy Goldstein was born and raised in Paris, Tennessee by his parents Ernie and Jerri Goldstein. He was sent to take piano lessons with his siblings as children and never truly got into it until his later years. In his earlier career he performed as a musical, comedy actor during the summers with such pieces as “Fiddler On The Roof”. By the age of twenty he took off
Louis Armstrong: From Childhood to Adulthood When you think of Louis Armstrong you probably think of a jolly middle-aged man who can play the cornet like no one else, a man who had it all, a man who had the good
As a student of Full Sail University I am completing the course of Audio Production. Growing up music was always an escape for me. My childhood was not perfect and sometimes the only thing I felt that could help me escape reality was music. Knowing how to sing, rap, and
always thinking or preparing something for the band to do in the next performance. Duke attracted some of the greatest musicians to join his band. Because of this it has been said that many of Duke's pieces are almost impossible to exactly duplicate without the personal style of the original musicians. One of the strange things that was known about Duke was that his school music teacher, Mrs. Clinkscales, who played the piano, was always the inspiration for him to just sit down and start tinkering around with a few notes
Funky, funny and fabulous on the keys: Detroit native Joseph "Amp" Fiddler brings you soul with a smile. The keyboardist, sound designer, singer, songwriter and record producer is in love with music since his early childhood. During his long career, he has been part of George Clinton’s band's Parliament and Funkadelic and played with the likes Jamiroquai, Moodymann, Prince, Theo Parrish or Was (Not Was) amongst others. In the hip-hop scene he is known as the man who introduced J Dilla to the Akai MPC sampling drum machine and to A Tribe Called Quest member Q-Tip.
He grew up in a musical background. His mum being a pianist and his dad being a professional guitarist.
did not always like the piano. When he was a small boy he liked the drums, his father
Second up is a rap bye Coolio who became a widely known artist in in the mid to late 90’s.” Gangsters Paradise” is a song that just gets me into an element of happiness and for me is a good song that helps me do things around the, house and moves me along with whatever im doing. This is an song for me motivates me to do whatever's needed of me! Lastly this is a song that has sold more than 5 Million copies between the US/UK/Germany. Which in large part makes believe this is the one song that got him to superstardom!
First, on many occasions, Saint Anthony’s Catholic School would be without its only music teacher who would have to take leave several times a year. Because her daughters both attended Saint Anthony Catholic School, LaBeau was often asked to substitute, heading the music department the majority of the time. Eventually, LaBeau permanently became the music teacher for Saint Anthony Catholic School, and in her curriculum, she teaches ecclesiastical songs to the children in preparation for their weekly school mass and also directs the school’s choir. One of her former Saint Anthony Catholic School choir members remarks, “Through Mrs. LaBeau, I was able to strengthen my faith by learning new songs each week. Choir at Saint Anthony’s made me feel like a part of something, and when we sang, we sang together. There’s something about singing songs about our faith during mass in unison that is so powerful. But the choir would be all over the place, if it wasn’t for Mrs. LaBeau” (Calara). In the meantime, Father Adrian, one of the previous priests of the parish, was aware of LaBeau’s active Ronnie’s School of Music, and asked her to consider leading Saint Anthony Catholic Church’s choir, which was in desperate need of a director. Because of her experience and passion for choir, LaBeau excitedly accepted. LaBeau then built the choir, standing in front of the masses of people during
During our last adjudicated piece, Elijah Rock, overall did very okay. Our intonation, which means the correct notes played and sung in tune, was extremely off at some points. During the very first measure, the men struggeled with intonation and vowel issues. When the women came into the song, we had issues with balance- or all parts are heard in proper proportion to one another. The women would sing their part much too loud for the men's part to be heard until the women would decrescendo meaning they would gradually decrease in force or loudness and the men would be heard again.
to recover for a year, putting him out of commision. After, however, his sound changed to
The musicals Billy Elliot and Grease present both conventional and unconventional representations of gender throughout. Both musicals also seem to obscure the message of the underlying gender stereotyping issues by overshadowing them with elements such as music, dance and costume. Men have been stereotyped as dominant, strong, brave and aggressive. Also
“Time is gone the song is over”, now what? In life humanity craves more time. Time is the one fixation we cannot get enough of. Since humanity is required to age, time seems to slip away. We don’t comprehend how time is synthesized. Society knows it goes on forever, regardless of what happens in life. Pink Floyd’s album, Dark Side Of The Moon, had immense success. It was recorded in the summer of 1972 on Capital records. The song Time was written by Roger Waters and recorded in the progressive era of rock and roll. The song is important because it demonstrates how people don’t realize that time slips away. The song displays this by means of engineering, instruments, lyrics, and arrangement. Therefore, taking us into how this song fits the historical context of the progressive era of rock and roll.