The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, BeethovenBook Report The Classical Style The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven is such a remarkable book which is written by Charles Rosen. It not only explicitly introduces many important aspects of Classical style, but also fully discusses the musical characteristics of those major Classical composers. Charles Rosen is smart enough [...]
Sublime One band has given the word a greater meaning “Lovin’ is what I got, I said remember that”. I can recall the first time I heard the words flow from the radio, a new type of sound I had never heard before. Unexposed to such music as ska and punk, this fresh mixture grasped [...]
Ornette Coleman and the Development of Jazz Music All music has to develop into something new and by the late 1950′s jazz was ready for a slight turn. A musical style called free jazz emerged with slight differences that has influenced most improvised music to this day. Some people despised this music‘s lack of set [...]
MUSIC OF NIGERIA Music is a transcendent experience, a ceremonial act that cleanses off the impurities of the soul and narrates, in its own idiom, a drama representing historical events as relating to a particular people. If intently listened to, music can tell more than historical facts ever could. It expresses the feelings of the [...]
Musical Review of Jazz Solo #2 from Snake-Back Quincy Troupe is world-renowned for his love of jazz music and for his poetry, which reflects that love. The rhythm and meter of his poems lend themselves easily to live readings, and have a very solid musical quality about them, reminiscent of the very songs that he [...]
What Not to Miss When Negotiating Your Publishing Contract, By Lloyd J. Jassin, Esq. Visit: [1]What are the major types of publishing agreements out there?The seven (7) basic music publishing contracts are:(1) Single Song Agreement: A single song deal is an agreement between the writer and the music publisher in which the writer grants certain [...]
Music Ethnography of Jazz Culture in Charlottesville, Virginia The lights dim and slowly fade to a cool blue glow that covers the stage. The drum set waits facing in towards the rest of the instruments. It’s signaling to the others as if it is time to play; reflecting greens and oranges off the symbols that [...]
History of Music Music has been around sense the dawn of time. When man first started to discover music it was not the kind of music we have today. All it consisted of was grunts, moans, and banging things. Music has evolved just as much as the people that created it. From Chromagnum men to [...]
Tejano Origins Songs of the Homeland by independent producer, Hector Galán, is an introduction to Tejano music. This documentary serves as a musical study and as social history. Through the eyes and voices of those who have helped to keep this tradition alive, we are able to trace the history of Tejano music. Songs of [...]
Concert Review of Punk Band NoFX On November 26th I went to the Stone Pony in New York to see another of my favorite bands, NOFX. NOFX is a punk-ska band. Punk meaning fast paced drumbeats and quick singing and ska meaning a song played with trumpets. The band members are Fat Mike (vocals, bass), [...]
