Souldaemon's Music And Generative Music

STEP TWO: FOCUS Answer the question, “Which three details are most interesting (or significant or revealing or strange)?”

Music is the only medium that blesses both man and God at the same time and as such to see it as an entertainment factor within our worship services is a gross misunderstanding of its purpose. Music is made up of three elements: melody, harmony, and rhythm. Mankind is also made up of three parts: spirit, soul and body (1 Thess 5:23). It can be argued that music and the triune, or trichotomy, of mankind are intrinsically linked i.e. melody is likened to the spirit, harmony to the soul and rhythm to the body.

“The system of understanding characteristics of that individual’s society, or of some subgroup within that society” (Trumbull and Pacheco 1). For example, being American could be your cultural identity, but for as long as you live in America you will be classified as an American and in that ethnic group. Being an American can be known as the main society, but an example of a subgroup could be Music and its culture within itself. Music is the society I personally belong in and is classified as my ethnic or cultural group. Music helps with my cultural identity because that is how I relate to the society that is around me and helps enhance my ethnic identity. Music also enhances my heritage because I am going to try to start a tradition of playing music in a band and try and influence the next generations of the family to play music. Music completely changes my perspective of the world and how I see others.

I realize and believe that they have good vision in primitive brutal death metal norm, and they bring hard brutal death metal roots. And, I'm still listening 'Brutality of Human Cannibalism' today. You hear the outburst mercilessly, you can easily understand the ethics of evil-sounding, or you can also obtain the agony of the ferocious blast in the way of natural sounding.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a short but meaningful life and left his mark on the musical world forever. Mozart was a musical prodigy all of his life starting to learn the keyboard at age three with his sister at the age of seven. By the age of six Mozart could play multiple instruments for the public. Mozart’s talents in music reach further than playing instruments; he once listened to a piece played only a single time in concert and wrote the entire score from memory with only a few minor errors. With all of this talent crammed into just one person, one would think that he would be payed quite a lot of money, and live in the lap of luxury, but would be sadly wrong.

A fresh look at Norway's notorious black metal scene, from a striking new angle. While the genre's Norwegian pioneers settle into middle age, wiping off the corpse paint and embracing family life, three obsessive fans from vastly different religious and political backgrounds – Colombian Hector, Greek Kaiadas, and Iranian Sina – risk family ties, freedom, and even their souls to perform in the place where black metal became synonymous with Satanism, arson, and murder. Heartfelt and surprisingly funny, Blackhearts examines just how far people will go for the music they love.

Rawness in extreme metal album can be an effective tool as it enhances the mysticism and primal ideologies that surround the genre, forcing you to pierce the hellish surroundings and peer deeper into the music. However, it also runs the risk of appearing coarse and stifled. While Falls of Rauros avoid stumbling into this production pit they do have a tendency to tiptoe around the edge of it. Unfortunately, Ray’s talented drumming abilities are often lost in the mix due to the layered guitars and vocals that take precedence over the album which is a shame because the intense blast-beats on “Vigilance Perennial” are often the driving force behind the album’s emotional

Soul is a music genre that over five decades or so remains very popular in the music industry. This may be due to the fact that soul has had a huge impact upon other genres. Shuker defines soul as a “secular version of gospel, soul was the major black musical form of the 1960s and 1970s and remained evident in various hybrid styles since, for example, contemporary neo-soul and soul jazz (312). The history of soul music is notable for producing a range of artists who have assisted African-American societies with societal and political issues through the rise and fall of soul music. In what follows, I will argue how soul music had a significant impact during the 1960s through bringing together both the white and black subcultures. Firstly, through examining the history and effects of slavery in the African-American societies. Secondly, by discussing the impact that two Mahalia Jackson and Issac Hayes, have had on giving African-American society a voice and lastly, discussing the assassination of Martin Luther King and the influence this tragedy has had on the content of soul music and the message it delivers. I will draw on the work of Roy Shuker (2012), particularly his notions of racism, gospel, motown and African-American; black music as key terms that have allowed soul music to become such a prominent form, crucial to the contemporary experience of popular music.

There exists a plethora of religions around the world that each have their own various sects, beliefs and sacred traditions. Nevertheless, most to all of these religions retain the same ideas of the existence of higher beings that are omnipotent and omniscient. In order to worship these higher beings, people that belong to a certain religion participate in rituals, religious holidays or perform traditional music that belongs to that religion. Music has the power to control the emotions and thoughts of its listeners. Furthermore, religious music is able to initiate or deepen the spiritual connection between the listener, performer, and the higher being regardless of sect. Can different genres of music that belong to various religions share similar musical or spiritual elements? Three songs that are of distinct genres and religions indeed share the theological concepts of putting all of one’s faith and trust in a higher being, while seeking that entity for strength and refuge.

Sweden’s Sabaton belong to the power metal subgenre and in their near 17 year career, they’ve amassed a strong army of loyal fans with 8 albums to their name. Their latest conceptual album, “The Last Stand”, encapsulates everything about the subgenre they belong to. From the grandiose atmosphere and realistic lyricism that Sabaton create, they lead us to the barefaced supercilious façade that all power metal bands wear through a brief history of “famous last stands in warfare”.

First a video game composer writes evocative musical scores to video games including individual themes for each main character. To do this he or she will watch the game to see what?s happening onscreen and create music that brings up the appropriate emotions to match what?s happening in the game. For example Video Game Composer Chris Rickwood describes his daily job routine as ?Wake up, sync up computers with latest game builds, eat breakfast, create music and sound until lunch, eat lunch, feel drowsy and haphazardly work, read and respond to email, make sure my team is doing what they are supposed to, repeat.My company does everything audio for video games so my tasks vary from project management, composing, sound design and editing, voice directing, implementation, and general consulting. The people I work for are usually Game Designers, Producers, and Audio Directors.

The evolution of music and its ability to have multitudinous uses is what makes the notion of music unique when compared to anything else. Communication was one of the first uses of music. Utilizing music as a style of communication required the creation of complex and subtle acoustic techniques, each with the purpose of articulating a specific idea. These musical gestures developed from manipulations of the various parameters of music. When Guido D 'Arezzo first improved and reworked standard notation by adding time signatures and inventing solfege in 1000 CE, this was the beginning of music taking on the form of art. As musical advances continued many elite composers began to arise. Music was then employed as a form of expression, representing joy, sorrow, and pain. Music can also paint scenes and take the listener to distant places; however, this requires an experienced composer, who can manipulate pitch, tempo, dynamics, instrumentation, texture, and form. If the composer can exploit these properties of sound and music to paint a vivid world of emotions, he can paint a musical masterpiece. This use of musical gestures is prevalent throughout Western composition, particularly in the form of program music, “which is a piece of instrumental music, usually for symphony orchestra, that seeks to re-create in sound the events and emotions portrayed in some extra musical source: a story, a play, a historical event, an encounter with nature, or even a painting” (Wright). When

5 things I believe we need to work on as an ensemble is tone quality, rhythm, intonation, dynamic changes and articulation. I believe this because the judges mentioned these things more than 3 times altogether. One of the judges commented that we should blow more air as we play so we don’t go flat or sharp. Another comment was that we should know other people’s parts in the ensemble. Some people in the ensemble play their parts way too loud that we can’t hear the woodwinds when they have the melody. The ensemble as a whole needs to match pitches because we would sound like there is no balance within our parts. When we do dynamic changes we need to have our mezzo piano “kinda soft”, mezzo forte “medium loud”, forte “loud”, fortissimo “ louder”

Metal music has been around for several years. It dates back to the early 1980’s. Bands like Venom, Celtic Frost and Kreators are the pioneers of what we now call Thrash Metal. When these fathers of the genre emerged, so did a name that would label them for years to come. The term ‘Metal Head’ has been rumored to have been created by the Vikings back in the 5th century who wore a cap with two metal horns on their heads. Metal Heads receive a lot of negative backlash and go through a lot of turmoil when it comes to lifestyle and music choice. Metal heads in today’s culture are perceived and looked at as drug addicts and alcoholics. That they all ride Harley Davidson’s and attend wild riot worthy parties. The critics say that all metal heads are satanic devil worshippers and racists who listen to the music for a message to spread hate and violence amongst other cultures and the youth. In this article, I will be explaining to the audience that metal heads come in all shapes and sizes and should not be judged for how they express themselves. That not all stereotypes are true and can be hurtful.

Thrash metal band Metallica has an expansive history of over thirty years. Trials and tribulations continuously impact the band however, they are always able to unify after tragedy. With each set back Metallica encounters; whether it is the loss of a band member or low album sales, a reinvention occurs within their music. Despite performing music for the masses, Metallica retains mysterious qualities. Band members have effectively kept their private lives out of public scrutiny that often plagues successful musicians.