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Music has inspired people throughout the ages. It ranges from cheery, upbeat tunes to haunting melodies. One of these inspiring groups of musical geniuses is Panic! at the Disco. The band has had ups and downs in its climb to the top of the music industry. Panic! at the Disco , an alternative genre of music, has multiple awards, a numerous amount of band members, and an assortment of albums. Panic at the disco has earned their fair share of awards and recognition. They won the MTV Video music…

Glenn MIller Glenn Miller was born in the U.S in a city called Lowa. Miller was born on 1st of March 1904. He was a music director and musician. Glenn Miller galvanized the globe War II generation. He was one amongst the foremost popular bandleaders within the late 1930s and early 1940s with such interesting and engaging songs like the "Moonlight Serenade" & "Tuxedo Junction." In 1942, Miller noncommissioned within the U.S. Army and was assigned to guide the military Air Force Band. He boosted…

Ketchens is the leader of the group called Doreen's Jazz New Orleans. Their reason for having a band is to spread the culture and the traditional music of New Orleans all over the world. This is what music should be all about. Doreen has a special way to express emotions in her music which touches the hearts of her fans. She is called many things such as "Clarinet Queen", "The female Louis Armstrong", and “Lady Louie”. She has performed with many other jazz players. Ellis Marsalis, Jon Faddis,…

direction of Derryl Yeager. The company’s repertory includes a wide variety of styles, which range from Jazz and Ballet to Hip Hop, Tap, and Broadway. Odyssey also explores the original roots of many of what have evolved into the popular dance styles of today. The company explores styles such as classical ballet of the Romantic era, as well as the roots that have evolved and created what we know as Jazz dance today (i.e. Vaudeville, Authentic African…

Let's take a trip down the movie archive memory lane and remember Grease. Grease is a 1978 American musical romance and comedy-drama film by Director Randal Kleiser. The film was popularly starred by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. This Box Office hit also sequeled in 1982, Grease 2. Today, as revivals go, Fox decided to host a live musical and Mario Lopez will be joining the cast. Mario Lopez will be joining Fox's live TV adaptation of Grease, in "Grease: Live". Lopez, the Extra host,…

Big Star was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1971 by Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Jody Stephens, and Andy Hummel. The group broke up in 1974, but reorganized with a new line-up nearly 20 years later. In its first era, the band's musical style drew on the vocal harmonies of The Beatles, as well as the swaggering rhythms of The Rolling Stones and the jangling guitars of The Byrds. To the resulting power pop, Big Star added dark, existential themes, and produced a style…

For me, I tended to concentrate on what melody on the song and tone of her voice rather than the instruments playing. Both the cornet and piano accompaniment exemplified the practice of call and response which is a popular thing during the Urban Jazz era. Throughout the song I noticed that both instruments tended to change melodies and become more heard after a lyric was sung. I think the addition of the call and response technique made…

A singer, songwriter and classically trained multi-instrumentalist, Alexander Kotz, otherwise known as Elderbrook, developed his love for music at an early age. Building his musical foundations upon the influences of Jazz artists Sam Cooke and Billie Holiday, London-native Kotz would forge his unique vocals with an instrumental knowledge of guitar, bass, piano, and drums. A student of the prestigious Bath Spa University, Kotz began experimenting with his sound, merging his acoustic and…

i. Grip – Slatkin often uses a light grip with the handle of the baton between his thumb and index finger. However, he has held the handle in the palm of his hand, while his thumb and index finger gripped the baton. Occasionally, his pinky finger pops out during cues and powerful sections of the movement. ii. Wrist motion – Slatkin has a natural wrist motion as he conducts and he uses his wrist the most when cuing big entrances. In addition, Slatkin stresses his wrist motion whenever he…

SINATRA AT THE SANDS (1966) If you watched the OCEAN’s THIRTEEN (2007) till the end, you must remember Danny Ocean (George Clooney) said to Willy Bank (Al Pacino) “You shook Sinatra's hand, you should know better”. The quote represents the Sinatra reputation as the legend of the Vegas, from the original roll of Danny Ocean in Ocean’s eleven (1960) staring by himself together with his Rat Pat gang (Dean Martin and Sammy Davis JR) , Sinatra was also recognized as the icon of Las Vegas, Las Vegas…