Meanwhile in the North, mass riots and deaths were occurring, such as the riot in Watts, California. It all started with a white police officer stopping what appeared to be a drunk black driver. In the end, the 6 day riot costed the lives of 34 people, and over 1,000 were injured. 600 buildings had been looted an set on fire, leaving the total damage cost at over $100 million. King wanted to help his people everywhere, not just in the South. So in January of 1966, King and his wife move into a…
Jazz music is basically an old slow music style. Jazz music is played with a combination of instruments such as, jazz drums, piano, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, guitar, and bass guitar. They usually play this music in places like restaurants, hotel, clubs and Sometimes in white churches. When people sing jazz, it is advisable for women to wear professional long dress,dress shoes or an a old fashioned cloth. For men is admirable to wear dress cloth too. Most of the time when sing and playing…
10:00pm (Central standard time). Opening with one of their most successful hits "Can't Get Enough of You Baby," was a great way to start the show. The energy throughout the night was pretty high, and even though the three drum solos by Jason Sutter kept the show entertaining- one drum solo would have been good enough. Smash Mouth's setlist also included "Getaway Car." "Then the Morning Comes," "Why Can't We Be Friends" (War cover), "Come On Come On," and "Walkin' On the Sun." Steve Harwell…
something that did not occur during the creative process of the band’s 2012 release, Shields. The album was produced by Bassist Chris Taylor, who ensured crisp, atmospheric production. The album features powerful moody bass lines by Taylor and exceptional drum performances by Chris Bear that are the spotlight of many tracks. Vocally, we are presented with dynamic, carefully layered harmonies as well as seemingly anxious and paranoid lead vocals by Ed Droste and Daniel Rossen in…
remained on his feet because the creature was bowed before him. "I am Draco the Dragon. For seven nights you have feasted in my mountains. For seven nights you have laid a sacrifice on my stone. For seven nights you have chanted, danced and beat your drums to the gods and the goddesses of the sky, yet you have had no answer. Tell me human, what is it that you wish to be answered?" The Dragon asks, his voice deep and rumbling. "We pray for health and prospering crops. It is the only way my…
Dave Brubeck was one of jazz history’s finest musicians. Not only was the man a pro at playing the piano, but he was also a composer and a bandleader. He was born December 6th, 1920 in Concord, California. He composed, played, and lead all his life. It seemed to be his true passion. A little bit of history on David Warren Brubeck. He was born into a very musical family. His brothers were professional musicians as well. His mother started teaching him piano at the age of 4. At the age of 12,…
it Ain't Got That Swing". Around 1931, he began developing the Swing style and was responsible for transforming the rhythm, make-up of the band, and the time of the pieces. The rhythmic ensemble originally consisted of a piano, tuba, banjo, and drums. However, Ellington managed to change it in order to include a string base instead of a tuba; as the guitar was later added to replace the banjo. The "march" time of 2/4 was then taken out and replaced with a more preferable laid back, steady…
Describe the stages of grief that Steven has gone through Steven has gone through 3 stages of grief, anger, bargaining, and shock. The first stage he went through was shock. He wanted to think that his brother did not have cancer. On page 52 of Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie it states “The longer I pretended everything was normal at school, the more I believed everything was normal. I started thinking over and over again “Doctors are wrong all the time. You hear about these malpractice things…
The music is played with a clipped beat that stays with the expressive moves of the dancers. Accompanying instruments include the maracas, the claves, the marimbola, and the drums. The dance is performed at a rhythm is the additive rhythmic grouping of an eight pulse bar (one 4/4 measure) into 3+3+2 or, less often, 3+5 step. The rumba is performed at parties, family functions and in the ballroom. Some of the rumba attire consists…
band was nor did I know what I was getting myself into. All I know is that that are based in California. So when the band started playing, I was shock to see that there were only three men playing. One playing a Jazz like guitar, one playing the drums, and the other man playing a cello. I was actually expecting to hear a piano in this band but that didn't happen either. I also didn't hear any kind of regular Jazz music, the kind we've been listening in class. Instead, I was going to listen…