2006 in music

Spa explosion in southern California: One woman killed! Was the blast intentional? By Paige Wyatt A spa explosion in southern California, just south of Los Angeles, occurred on tuesday of this week. The owner of the spa Iidiko krajnyak, 40, was killed in the blast, where two others were severely injured. When the police checked the crime scene they found , “ items that were found at the scene were not all consistent with items found in a day spa,” as one officer stated. In a conference held…

Mina Harker’s Diary 6 November. -- It has been ten years since Quincey Morris died, but I still dream of that frightful day. The nightmares are a nightly occurrence these past weeks. Every time I close my eyes, I see the red glowing eyes of the Count watching me. Jonathan tells me I wake him up screaming about bats and blood, but I have no memory of these events. Jonathan Harker’s Journal 10 November, midnight. -- Mina wakes around this time nightly; however, when confronted, she has no…

An after-school music program for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) will greatly benefit them emotionally, socially, and academically. In fact, Chong and Kim (2010) stated participation in after-school programs has led to reduced negative behaviors like substance abuse, dropping out of school, and juvenile delinquency often linked to the absence of parental supervision. These negative behaviors tend to be found in older EBD students, however, they can be deterred by…

the desire for a revival of Greek drama encouraged by Renaissance artists during the 1600’s, Opera as we know it was formed. Opera was continually developed as Renaissance artists discovered their beloved Greek tragedies could be restored through music. Opera evolved overtime as new contributions to the style were introduced by innovative and diverse musicians. These musicians knew what Opera embodied and continually developed the style to what would endure and resonate with future audiences.…

About us The music institution known as Confront Magazine debuted as an online magazine since 2006, focusing on the world of music. Confront Magazine is founded by the great music lover and artist who really want to give their passion through music magazine. The two newly met people become friends and found out that they have the same feeling for music. Because there's a lot of people around the world love music as they do, they decided to make a step to fulfill their love for music. Thus,…

Juan Luis Guerra was born in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic who is a producer, composer, singer, and songwriter. In his music, he implements jazz, salsa, merengue, bachata, blues, Afro-pop, soukous (French, African origins), gospel music, etc. Some of his influences were the Beatles and heard bachata elements in songs such as “Till There Was You” and “If I Fell” and on “Till There Was You,” where it used bongos. He heard African musician, Papa Wemba playing with Peter Gabriel in NY.…

For years people have believed that musical training and listening has the ability to increase IQ, but some recent studies have inconsistent results. Many people also question whether listening to modern music has the same effects and benefits as classical music. Exposure to music, that includes both listening and lessons through childhood and teenage years, has been proven to increase IQ and other similarly based skills. There have been many studies but the most well known is the controversial…

studies show that music can be used as a motivational tool when people exercise or play sports. Music was also found to give effectto the feelings, self-esteem and confidence of the exercisers and also increase the production of imagery. Music stimulates exercisers to continue exercising while dissociating from the exertive sensations from their body (Karageorghis, 2010). It has also recently been used to augment athletic performance. Music cannot be used in a tournament because music will boost…

a timeline detailing the development of music videos, a full explanation of the different purposes of music video, a brief overview of the accepted styles and conventions within music videos and I will also examine 3 very different music videos with a comprehensive explanation on each. Timeline of music videos: In 1894, the first example of illustrated songs were made, 'Little Lost Child' was created by Edward B. Marks and Joseph W. Stern. The sheet music sold more than two million copies as it…

Charles R. Ciorba and Brian E. Russell are Professors of Music at University of Oklahoma and University of Miami, respectively. Ciorba and Russell discuss the acquisition of jazz theory and the types of students that are most likely able to acquire that knowledge and apply it to jazz improvisation. Ciorba and Russell begin by pointing out the problems of traditionally acquiring knowledge in jazz theory, which was almost entirely trial and error (sec 1.2). They then discuss the importance of…