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Jaden Southworth 4 November 2016 We got the beat- Rock music through the ages The music industry is, and always has been, based purely off of supply, demand, and sales. It all began with the creation of sheet music; once music took a physical form, it was desired by rich aristocrats who paid for it in full. Then came the phonograph, a device invented by Thomas Edison that used phonographic disks to play recorded audio out loud. It was originally intended for the use of business documentation,…

This picture expresses every single one of my family member’s personality. This picture was taken at Lake Latoka in Minnesota. We had such a great time there, although my Grandma sold our cabin a couple years ago. I still remember the crisp waves lapping up against the dock. The sound was so lulling and peaceful that you didn’t have trouble getting to sleep. We had two boats and a jet ski. The jet ski was purple before we had to get a brand new one. The new one was yellow, but my grandma sold…

Name your favorite books, authors, films, and/or artists. (50 word limit) My favorite book is Niccolò Machiavelli 's The Prince. Originally, this was a reading assignment, but I read the book out of personal interest. The author introduced me to rhetorical devices such as logos. Also, the author kick started my interest in society and politics. Words entered: 44 What newspapers, magazines, and/or websites do you enjoy? (50 word limit) A magazine I enjoy is Discover Magazine. This is what keeps…

Conception Rob Thomas originally wrote Veronica Mars as a young adult novel for publishing company Simon & Schuster. Prior to his first television job on Dawson's Creek, Thomas sold two novel ideas. One of these was provisionally titled Untitled Rob Thomas Teen Detective Novel, which formed the basis for the series. The novel had many elements similar to Veronica Mars, though the protagonist was male. Thomas's father was a vice-principal at Westlake High School near Austin, Texas, and the main…

Digital recording was a much more exact science facilitating easy editing, reproduction and storage solutions. The emergence of digital audio coincided with the development of the audio compact disc which is the most common medium in the commercial audio industry to date. Due to its precise nature, there is a growing culture of running a signal through analogue equipment to give it ‘warmth'. Towards the end of the 1980s, computer based sequencing and studio controlling exploded onto the…

Luzviminda Macaso is a seventy-seven year old woman residing in Norwalk, Ca. She formerly lived in many cities and countries, because of her husband’s duties as a Navy man of the United States of America. Luzviminda or Luz is a petite woman as she is only four foot and eleven inches tall. She appears to be much smaller than her height, because she hunches over as if she was carrying the world on her back. Her short A-line bob hair is as almost as white as snow with minimal dark strands of hair…

People in our society harshly judge those with drug problems; they are viewed as a burden on the community. A majority of abusers had goals and wished to succeed in life until, all of the sudden, they were trapped in a perpetual cycle. The song, “The A Team” by the British alternative singer, Ed Sheeran, narrates the unfortunate story of a prostitute fighting a battle against her addiction to cocaine. Sheeran uses comparisons and clever expressions to narrate the girl’s story, consciously using…

difficult trying to pick one that wasn’t too intense for the patients, but we settled on a movie from the 1940s. The next day, I helped serve coffee and graham crackers to patients. Shortly after, a musician named Steve Thacker serenaded us with his guitar and ukulele. Finally, I ended my volunteer service by assisting a patient with bingo and have more fun than I thought I would have. As I left the care center, I learned something from some of the patients, and that was try to find the fun…

Annette Greene Glenn Danzig Glenn Allen Anzalone, also known as Glenn Danzig, was born June 23, 1955 in Lodi, New Jersey. He is a singer, songwriter, and musician most well known for founding the Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig. He owns a record label called Evilive, as well as an adult comic book publishing company known as Verotik. Danzig has played a number of genres through the years, including punk rock, heavy metal, industrial, and blues. He has written songs for other musicians, most…

When thinking of influential music artists, there are a few household names sure to come up first. Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson are known as the Kings of Rock and Pop because of what they did for their respective genres, and The Beatles were a global sensation often credited with changing music forever. However, there is one name that is often glossed over. Whether it’s because they are marginalized as a hippie fad or just that the average person doesn’t stop to consider their impact, the…