Music Censorship Music Censorship From the shocking pelvis shaking of Elvis Presley in the 1950’s, to the much questioned lyrics of Eminem and Marilyn Manson of today, the music industry has always had a way of stirring up controversy in the United States (Zuckerman152). Some may argue that music is too violent and too negative for today’s youth. To other people, music is simply fre

Music Censorship Music Censorship' Webster defines music to be “a : the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity b : vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony,” and defines censorship as “examining in order to suppress or delete anythin

Music Education “Why I chose to enter the Music Education profession and why music is important in school.”  Throughout the years, I have accrued several valid points in why I have chosen to become a Music Educator. Whether it was a wonderful experience, my own personal love for music, aesthetic purposes, or the psychological aspects of music, they are all valid. The reasons that mu

Music Final Bug Songs “La Cucaracha,” http://ingeb.org/songs/lacucara.html. This song was chosen as a listening song to give children a “taste” of Spanish music. Most children will probably be familiar with this song but may not know the meaning (translation) behind the song. This song is grade appropriate because the children would be purely listening to the song and then trying t

Music Has The Power To Entertain, But Seldom To Educate Many people believe that music has the power to entertain, but seldom to educate. Those people are wrong. They do not put the entire music process into consideration such as composing, reading, listening and playing music. Music is a totally different language and at moments can be very complex. Classical music for example is a ver

Music History Between 1600-1820 Music began to change form the style of the Renaissance to a more complicated form around 1750. The period following the Renaissance is called the Baroque. "Music of any period reflects, in its own way, some of the same influences, tendencies, and generative impulses, that are found in the other arts of that time. Thus the word "baroque," usually use

Music In Culture Early music is based mainly on the music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras. Many people like to define Early Music as ending in 1750, with the death of J.S. Bach. This is a handy date, but it misses the various stylistic changes taking place around that time, i.e. the emergence of the gallant and pre-classical idioms in close proximity to the final flowering

Music In My Life Music is the powerful sound that can affect our emotions. It is true that all of the people in the world need music. Consequently, many creative people create many different kinds of music such as classical music, rap, hip-hop, jazz and so on to help us to enjoy our joyous lives with these kinds of music. If fact, not everyone likes music very much nor people do not have

Music Influences In Sexual Imagrey The notion of “going too far” when it comes to the producer including sexual imagery in music videos has become more and more apparent as the years go by. Sex and its glamorized portrayal have become a major component in the creation and production of music videos everyday. The role taken by the government in the amount of sexual imagery and vulgar ly

Music Piracy Can the use of cyberspace be governed' Until recently, this was a question of no importance. Now, thanks to programs such as Kazaa, Napster, Audio Galaxy and Direct Connect, millions of people are just a click away from receiving plenty of files. Some consider this to be an illegal way to obtain copyrighted material. There is some legal action being taken to try and stop

Music Restrictions' Music Restrictions' The topic I am writing on this week, is should certain records be limited to purchase by adults only, and why or why not' How would you enforce this' I think that there definitely should be a restriction to buying records. It should be just like the rules for seeing movies if you’re under 17 you cant see a certain movie without parent or guar

Music Today Music through the Times Music is so much more than just a form of entertainment. For some people the music that they listen to represents who they are. Different people all have different tastes, but pretty much everyone has a favorite type of music. One of the best and worst things about music is that it is always changing. Thirty years ago upbeat and positive songs

Music: Classical To Modern Music has been classified into large genres of music although new forms of music have sprouted up in the past 20 years. Today’s teenagers and some uneducated adults place classical and baroque into a much larger instrumental category. It is helpful for music fans to recognize the differences in origins of their music. The musical stereotypes put forth by today’

Musical Censorship Musical Censorship People love to argue about the First Amendment that guarantees free speech. However every now and then consequential actions towards hip-hop artists remind music artists in general that those rights are not always protected. Society and government are not the only ones that try to censor hip-hop artists but so do label executives and distributors.

Musical Censorship: The Oppression Of Society Musical Censorship: The Oppression of Society The consequence of censorship has always been a contentious one, while the question of music censorship is even more complex. Recently in American society, censorship of music has become a considerable political and moral issue that is arrogantly destroying the rights of Americans to enjoy the

Mussorgsky Modeste Petrovich Musorgsky was born in Karevo, which lies on the banks of Lake Zhizhitso near Toropets, approximately 250 miles south of St. Petersburg Russia, in the government of Pskov, on March 21st, 1939. Musorgsky’s father was Pyotr, who was initially a civil servant but because Modeste was born out of wedlock, had to resign his commission and instea

Alabama Concert Report Alabama Alabama a band which many people know of as one of the greatest bands of Country music today, as well as many years ago. Alabama has been playing together for many years now. Until now when they have decided to make this year their last year for concert tours, Alabama playing their last tour called the Alabama Farewell Tour. They played at the Hyundai P

Napster Napster Who would of thought that a nineteen year old could make a computer program so simple that would change the music industry forever' Sean Fanning who is behind the whole operation called his music online service Napster after his own childhood nickname. The Napster software (http://WWW.napster.com), launched early in 1999, allows Internet users to share and download MP

Napster NAPSTER Napster was developed in June of 1999, it was said to be the wave of the future. But really it was just a law suit waiting to happen. The R.I.A.A. is suing Napster claiming their website and fanning program are facilitating the theft of what the artist say is their intellectual property. But yet the A.H.R.A. does not protect copywriting done on computers.

Napster Napster vs. the Recording Industry In 1998 a college student named Shawn Fanning created the first mp3 file-sharing program. File sharing is the exchange of files from computer to computer via the Internet. So why do some companies and music artists oppose this operation' The Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA for short, says that Napster infringed on copyrigh

Music Music and Us There are so many categories of music that one can be confused by just looking at the list. In the world full of music instrumental music has its place, which cannot be occupied by any other type of music. Although it is great for some people, it might be unpleasant for others, but still, it has lived longer than any other type of music, therefore it has its own

Musical Influences Today Musical Influence When I hear or see other artists and groups publicized, I feel that they don’t have a meaning behind their words except money, big houses, sex, and fancy cars, and the only reason why they have those material possessions is because of you and me and our faithful contributions to their record label. I think an artist should come out with more

Beetle Mania Beatlemania in the 1960s The Beatles were a mystical happening that many people still don't understand. Phenomenoligists had a ball in 1964 with Beatlemania, a generally harmless form of madness which came from Britain in 1963. The sole cause of Beatlemania is a quartet of young Englishmen known as the Beatles. In the less than one year that they a

Music And Culture Of Austin Austin is a very unique city that separates itself not only from the other cities in the state of Texas, but from capital cities around the world. The abundance of music is one aspect, among many others, of Austin culture that is unique. This said, I went on a five day music binge to observe the different types of people who participate in this important par

Music Of The Catholic Church Roman Catholicism is one of the largest religions in the world, with over a billion adherents distributed all over the world. Catholicism's history began when followers of Judaism accepted Jesus Christ as not just a prophet, but as the Son of God and the Savior of the world. Roman Catholicism was reputedly started with the commissioning of the Apostle Peter

New Orleans Symphony Case Study The New Orleans Symphony Orchestra (NOSO) was founded in 1936. Throughout the years it was successfully directed by various well-known names in the classical music world. Since the mid-seventies, the business is not performing well. The company, which has a focused strategy, is repeatedly in dept and is facing bankruptcy. The problems that are responsi

Coltrane John Coltrane Jazz, taking its roots in African American folk music, has evolved, metamorphosed, and transposed itself over the last century to become a truly American art form. More than any other type of music, it places special emphasis on innovative individual interpretation. Instead of relying on a written score, the musician improvises. For each specific period or style th

Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur (2Pac) Tupac Shakur was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1971. Early in his life, he moved to Baltimore, ND, where he attended The Baltimore School, Tupac led a lasting impression on his teachers and was showing tremendous potential. Unfortunately, Tupac was unable to continue his training. He moved to Oakland, California with the rest of his family. That’s when Tupac b

Nirvana-Annotated Bibliography Azerrad, Michael. Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1994. This book is ideal for any Nirvana fan. It follows the group from the beginning until a year before the tragic death of a Kurt Cobaine. Later, a final chapter was added to include the last year culminating to Cobaine’s death. What sets t

Nirvana Nirvana was a band until one of the band members died. He killed himself because he was on to much drugs. His name was Kurt Cobain. He was born on February 20, 1967. He met two other people and they became a band. Their names are Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. They were very successful in music. They played alternative music. Their first album was Bleach. It was releas