The Watts Music Festival

sounds are a cool combo that promises keeping the rock scene alive and on fire within the competitive Miami music market. Ovrhol is comprised of vocalist and guitarist, Richard Rey, Alex Zuniga lead guitar, Landy Gimenez in bass and Bill Gato in drums. Some of the most important achievements for the band in 2015 include their live appearance at the SXSW and the endorsement of S.D.R. and T-Watts amplifiers. Ovrhol will be playing the Otto’s Shrunken Head in New York City, for the first time on Sunday

Wattstax, a primarily black music festival, commemorated the seventh anniversary of the Watts riot in 1972. It took place in the Los Angeles Coliseum, where over 100,000 people were in attendance.“African American music in particular has been a medium of extraordinary public dialogue, shaping a mobilizing political constituencies”(Quinn, E. 21). Hence, having an entire music festival for the black community was inspirational for many citizens. Wattstax had many performers including Jesse Jackson

Electronic dance music (EDM) festivals around the world bring hundreds of thousands of fans together for enormous multi-day parties. New York Ranger (2014) points out that ‘DJs are the new rock stars’. “While attendance at concerts and festivals for other music genres declined by 8.3% in the past three years, EDM has only prospered” (Lashbaugh, 2013). Lashbaugh (2013) also notes that EDM festivals are twice as big in attendance than all concerts and festivals in other music genres, combined

Rock-‘n-roll: Rock and roll is a music genre that emerged in the United States in the early fifties. And is formed from the Blues. The name is created by an American dj named Alan Freed when he wanted to announced a song: ‘My Baby Rocks Me with one Steady Roll’ , and called this new music genre Rock and Roll. Some aspects of the Rock and Roll are the chord diagrams of eight notes, the afterbeat and the instruments that are used. This instruments are the elec-tric guitar, the piano, the contra bass

Bluegrass music has its earliest roots from the English, Irish and Scottish immigrants that settled in the Appalachian Mountains. These people brought with them the traditional folk songs of their homelands. This music blended and evolved into mountain, folk, hillbilly and even country music. Only after the music became influenced by jazz and blues of the African American people did it sound recognizable for what today is called bluegrass music. The men and groups of the first generation of bluegrass

Revolution of Music Music has continued to change throughout each decade, but the 1960s was the most influential decade in the history of music. Starting in the early 1950s, rock music was first introduced. Major record labels were releasing new “cover songs” which were originally made by black artist, but now by white artist (Rock and Roll). These cover songs changed a few lyrics from the original songs to avoid copyright issues and to also make the song more appropriate for the white listeners

management of the Rock 'n' Reggae Outdoor Summer Music Festival requires a well laid out strategy that will incorporate all the required activities and their costing. In addition, the organization need to understanding of the goals in order to achieve success in this endeavor. This document outlines the preparation of the major activities and in project planning in general including the financial implications. Introduction The Rock 'n' Reggae Outdoor Summer Music Fest will require the technical knowledge

FOH 14 Amp 15 Foldback 15 Stage Box/Mixer 15 Overall Equipment List 16 Power 19 Figure 5: Power Distribution 19 Watts Per Person FOH (peak) 20 Conclusion 20 Bibliography 21 APPENDIX 22 Overview The event in which this proposal is catered for is a ‘carols by

reduced entry barriers into the music industry. Myrthianos et al noted that the music industry has gone through ‘servitazation’ resulting in dramatic structural changes because of the rise of digital power (2016:182). Programs such as peer to peer file sharing and the internet, alongside the rise in social media, has significantly transformed the way the music industry conducts its operations. This essay will critically evaluate the impact digitalisation has had on the music industry. The argument has

History of Rock and Roll                     INTRODUCTION Rock and Roll started after the year 1955 with its roots being in Blues, Gospel, and Jazz. This influenced vocal music, which was popular with the African American population. Hep Harmony which added rhythm and harmony was sung by groups such as The "Mills Brothers" and the "Ink Spots".      Small Swing Bands or Jump Bands featured saxophone soloists and repeated phrases. These city style blues featured singers such as Joe