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    I chose a genre of music called rock and roll. Alan Freed from Cleveland, a disc jockey at American radio stations, invented the term "rock and roll." In fact, rock and roll involves much more than just music – it is a special way of life, specific world outlook (not to mention rock and roll dance). Often, even the most distant music from rock and roll territory is called and calls itself rock and roll, referring to a particular attitude, rather than to a specific musical form. Anyway, my choice

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    The culture of music is one of the most ever evolving outlets society has, people from all around the world can find common ground between simple beats and rythyms. Music genres are built off of one another to develop new and unique genres, ranging from classical blues to heavy metal bands. In between the years 1960 and 2010 America has had over 13 diverse genres rule over musics Hot 100. Numerous talented artists have advanced music to what the world knows it as today. Frank Sinatra is one of

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    Rock and roll has developed a long way throughout the years from a dance craze in the 1950's to a political and cultural landscape that is recognized worldwide. Rock and roll has come to define the roots of teenage rebellion, people who don't follow the norms, and have disrespect for authority. The style of rock and roll itself is a melting pot of music, a combination of sounds that include jazz, country, blues, ragtime, gospel, swing, classical, and ethnic music. It can be a simple variation of

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    indie rock, and indie pop. Indie music has clearly changed not only the music industry but also societies view of what can be considered music. As a result it created a home for artists who didn’t fit into any other genres that already existed. It became more than just a new genre because of its unique roots and constant theme of independence that draws in artists and listeners with the same do it yourself attitude. In the mid 1980’s the term “indie” started being associated with post-punk, punk

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    At first listen, Mystery Song Three was unlike anything I had ever heard. I knew it was loud, I knew it was aggressive, and that was about it. We were challenged with analyzing a mystery song by defining its structure, basic description, expression, and historical and cultural context. Even without knowing anything about the song, you can find these elements just by listening to it. 2. Song Structure A song’s structure can be best described as its organization. I found that Mystery Song Three is

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    Heatseekers chart. The band featured a pop-punk sound and was creating a buzz thanks to Hayley's strong vocals. In late 2005, the rhythm guitarist Jason Bynum was replaced with Hunter Lamb, but Lamb would leave the band in 2007 and was not replaced. Shortly after, the band released their highly anticipated second album, Riot. The album shot to the Top 20 on the Billboard's, and the band was nominated for Best New Artist at

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    Rap Music Research Paper

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    Music is an art form that teens tend to understand, no matter the genre. With genres comes subgenres of music. Teens may like a genre of music, but not all subgenres that come with it. Some of the most popular genres of music among teenagers are rap, rock, and pop. Rap is a very popular genre of music amongst teenagers because it is upbeat and is rather thought out. Another reason for its popularity is that most rap songs have a rhyme scheme that is easy to follow along to, and is something most teenagers

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    Music Makes Children Smarter Music in many ways. has a potential to allure an individual, especially children, to improve their intellect, when involved in music. Schools and organizations had researched and estimated that schools with music curriculum, have more graduation and successful rates than school that do not doesn’t have music subjects. Universities have concluded that a specific part of our brain had a major role that can progress to become intellectual when exposed to classical music

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    The Decline of Western Civilization is among the most electrifying Rock Documentaries of all time, although it was perceived as outrageous and shocking at the time of its production. The documentary is an American film that was produced in 1981 and directed by Penelope Spheeris (Spheeris, 2015). Overall, the film chronicles the L.A. punk rock music scene and captures bands such as Black Flag and Iggy and the Stooges as they dominated the L.A. in the early 1980s and largely depicts life in Los Angeles

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    British Invasion’ took place. Rock and pop music produced in the United Kingdom became increasingly fashionable in the United States. In the limelight were ‘The Beatles’, ‘The Rolling Stones’, ‘The Kinks’ or ‘The Who’. While British music had already been influenced by American music when it came to jazz, swing and traditional pop, due to film and records, rock and roll took over in the mid- 1950s. British musicians started to take

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