Blue-spotted Salamander

The History of Jazz Music. What I Already Knew / What I Wanted to Know I Have always liked jazz music. When I got older, I realized there were plenty of different kinds of jazz. Last year in music, I was briefly able to research the topic. I wasn't able to find very much in that small amount of time, so I thought it would be a good idea to do it now. I know there are many different types of jazz music. I also know that there are many artist that influenced the evolution of jazz. Now I want…

46 47 48 49 50 51 52 (46-48) (49-52) 80-90 100-120 Poison Dart Frogs 通し番号01-040: Classroom instruction (80-90 words) (Narrator): Listen to a college music professor talk to a class. (Man/Woman): What is music? Is sound by itself music? What makes sound music? In 1952, John Cage wrote a song called, “Four Thirty-Three”. The song “Four Thirty-Three”, had no sound it it. The whole song is four minutes a thirty-three seconds of silence. John Cage said that “Four Thirty-Three” was music. When…

The influence of blues music on early rock and roll is undeniable, and can be easily identified. Rock and roll certainly drew upon blues music for a number of its elements; underlying themes, instrumentation, and vocal style to name a few. Let us therefore compare Elvis Presley's early rock and roll song "Blue Moon of Kentucky" to Son House's "Walkin' Blues" to demonstrate this influence. Elvis Presely's early forays into music writing were marked by a number of influences, many of which were…

The young freshman had actually yet to sleep with any of the girls at College. In fact, he'd only had sex twice in his entire life, both of those intoxicated fumblings with one of the High School whores who'd spread their legs for any male with a bottle of liquor and an attitude; both of which Stuart possessed, and had happened late at night, under the cover of darkness. Of course, that number had been multiplied ten-fold when swapping stories with the other members of Delta Tau Chi, as had…

The white snow is falling, one by one, layering the quiet grounds of my neighborhood. In the distance, I can see the useless sun, shining bright in the sky. However, the atmosphere I’m a part of is filled with darkness. One day, as I sat on my on my porch. I notice the khaki color of my door frame chips away more, every year it lives, similar to the way I flake away. I tell myself, when I walk through this gateway, I’m suppose to feel protected from all harms, I’m suppose to feel…

One day in the land of Cavelero mid high school there was a day that no one dared to say monday the day where there was sadness and loneliness every where in the school. Students were in blue everywhere you would hear weeping and cries from too much homework and yet the teachers did nothing cause they were the ones who loved monday's hearing everyone sad and lonely it made them so happy on that same day their was a girl named Ryan who was also a student in the land of cavelero mid high as he was…

not just any quilt, I had Blanky. I that had trouble before the quilt came into our presence. The Slaughter Clan didn’t get along much. We fought, and bickered like cats and dogs. Our family were slowly going down hill. The soothing support of this blue, purple, and white quilt gave ours endless reasurement that wherever we went we knew that God was with us. Even though, God was hard to embrace physically one touch of blanky was enough to represent that the breath of God was most noticeable even…

It was during the particularly hot August of 1964 that Margaret left her husband for another man. The oppressive, humid heat of the small college-town in West Virginia in the late summer made the usual daily life seem blurry and utterly dream-like. For this reason, Charles knew she was gone but didn’t really believe it; the blank space (almost like a black hole, sucking in bad thoughts and memories to give him a kind of illusioned, pure nostalgia) where she used to be was bathed with white and…

Elvis was the most successful artist of the mid-1950s rock ‘n’ roll explosion; he was an impoverished teen from the Deep South, who came up with in the church with influences from country, blues, R&B, and the popular music of the day (Brackett, 2014). “That’s All Right, Mama” (Crudup, 1954) was the first recording Elvis did with Sam Phillips who was the owner of Sun Records (Brackett, 2014). The song has blended elements of R&B as well as…

I consider my ethnic and musical background to be not just African by blood; but American by birth. When I visited Africa, I noticed a great deal of differences; on top of various similarities, between the Western culture and African tribal culture. No matter where I go or the type of music I listen to, I have always been entertained and pleased by the sound of music; but I have always felt a deeper comprehension and connection through the power of music. The most rarest and extraordinary…