1. Increasing time pressures have led people to overextend themselves in certain areas of their lives, which can lead to a life imbalance and no way to achieve well-being. Aristotle believed that in order to achieve well-being, one must be able to balance and achieve virtues, pleasure, and happiness. This is known as an objective list theory. Epicurus believed that the key to achieving well-being was through pleasures. This theory is known as hedonism. Even though Aristotle and Epicurus did not agree
‘To what extent does the underground music scene reflect the socio-political situation of contemporary Iran?’ A review of literature A reoccurring observation made in literature focused on music in contemporary Iran, is the challenge music has faced since the Islamic revolution of 1979 and the subsequent establishment of a theocratic state . Ghazizadeh (2011) argued that music is one of the most controversial issues in Islam and so after the victory of the Islamic revolution, which promised a return
popularity of West Coast Rap Music Introduction Marijuana has been around for hundreds of years and the use of marijuana has been becoming more and more popular especially among teenagers (Lee, 2012). Music has also been around for a very long period of time, in a vast aray of genres. What has changed in music however, is the references to drugs (specifically marijuana) especially in rap music. Marijuana references in rap music have increased by 27% percent from 1979 to 1997 (Herd, 2008). Since
use today. In the 1980’s there were plenty of recreational inventions. One invention was the Walkman, which is similar to an Ipod because you can listen to music with headphones in (“Technology Invented In The 1980s.”). The boombox was used in the 1980’s, but it was too big and it played the music too loud. The Walkman let people listen to music whenever and wherever they wanted without being embarrassed. Another invention was the cell
composer Francois Luambo Makiadi (Franco) “the sorcerer of the guitar” was 20th century Africa’s most important musician; he was the greatest. My opinion is amply supported by the recent release of two double CD retrospectives Francophonic Volume 1(1953-1979) & 2 (1980-1989). The sets demonstrate Franco’s amazing longevity, prolificacy, and innovation. From 1950 until his death in 1989, he record over a thousand songs, created a dominate style of African guitar playing, trained generations of musicians
Hilary Hahn is known for being one of the youngest and greatest violinists of our generation. Born in November 27, 1979 in Lexington, Virginia, she began playing the violin at a young age, she learns the instrument in the Suzuki method from Russian émigré Klara Berkovich for 5 years, and then she studies with from Ascha Brodsky, violin at the Curtis Institute. In 1991 she performs in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and in her teens she already had perform with the orchestras of Philadelphia, Cleveland
era, though many delved into chromatic progression. (Einstein 1980) The largest difference between the two is that romantic music has richer tones, and was heavily rooted in history. One of the main factors of romantic music is the tie to nationalism, and country-wide pride. (Einstein 1980) These factors play a role in making Romantic music some of the most fascinating music to be composed. A composer that encompassed this idea of both rich tones and nationalism is Edvard Grieg. He was born on June
Grammy Nominations of Elton John's “Tiny Dancer” and Aretha Franklin's “I Say a Little Prayer” Songs Rock and Roll Musical Era in America between 1965 – 1979. The National Academy of Recording and Sciences was born in the 1950's to acknowledge the major talents and their arts and creations of the music industry. The first Grammy nomination was awarded on May 4th 1959 in Los Angeles, California. The main awards were given for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist
quickly. Then the majors wanted to replace rock by twist and surf music. English bands like The Animals, The Beatles, The Kinks and The Rolling Stones, influenced by the blues appeared. In the U.S.: Because of the "British Invasion", new bands appeared in the U.S. and followed the basis of these English bands repeating in garages. Not
Negative reinforcement is when something negative or unpleasant is removed after the situation to reinforce a future behavior. Contrary to reinforcement is punishment. Positive punishment is when an unpleasant event is added to a situation following a behavior (e.g. unpleasant scolding). Negative punishment is when something pleasant is removed from the situation following a behavior (e.g. losing privileges). The alternative to reinforcing or punishing is ignoring a behavior. This is known as extinction