GOOD Music

As a society, we are surrounded by music, no matter where we go it is hard to go through a day without listening to a song. Samantha Rooke heads inside a recording studio to explore the elements and emotions that go into producing music. The Mancunian band, Elevator Lady, were busy in the studio this week recording their new EP, which will be available to listen to in the new year. Their lead producer, James Melville, explained, “Normally a band will come into the studio and have a clear…

his first wife set on a back drop of an unrelenting stream of indie rock tracks which have been carefully and painstakingly organized into mix tapes. Music is the heart and soul of this book, it is the spark that ignited the relationship between the author, Rob, and Renée and it is the driving force that informs both of these people’s lives. Music sets the pace for this book, each chapter is coupled with a mix tape that chronicles a specific time in the life of the author and the musical tastes…

forward to a better tomorrow. Songwriting helped me say things I couldn't say to anyone else. It really helped me feel afloat instead of weighing me down. When I was writing songs, I'd sit at my desk, connect my microphone to my laptop, and get the music program running. I'd spend a couple of hours writing the lyrics and putting everything together and then finalizing it to make it official. When I was drawing, I always made my original characters happy because they portrayed a happiness I…

protection of ear and so on. In this part, he emphasizes the relationship between keeping the ear open while being safe, that is, aware of the sounds around us while avoiding damaging sounds, such as uncomfortable music, even when other seems not affect by that. Switching from feeling the music to actively joining in it, the author focuses on the description of resonance, a mixture of sound in order.…

Music, itself, is a beautiful sound that induces a background frame of mind. For everyone, the perception of the music is different, as there are ultimately many genres, composers, and albums. After it is listened to, the music affects each person in distinctive ways. Personally, I am one of many people who enjoy listening to music. Music, in general plays a strong role within my life. My favorite piece is “The Blue Danube Waltz” played by Johan Strauss. It emulates on who I really am, propels…

The movie Whiplash from 2014 follows the story of Andrew Neiman as he is a jazz major student at Shaffer Conservatory in New York City. The movie starts out with Andrew playing the drums in the music room, when Terence Fletcher, a well-known conductor, walks in to see him playing. Fletcher invites Andrew to be a part of his studio band as the alternative drummer. When Andrew arrives to band practice the next day, he realizes Fletcher’s true personality. He is insulting, abusive, and a bully to…

backgrounds, we are finding that musical training can alter the nervous system to create a better learner and help offset this academic gap”. Often times, music is used for memorization. Teachers have set uninteresting things to music, such as the Preamble, to music so students will remember it. However, setting facts to music is not the only way music increases learning. In a study done by E. Glenn Schellenberg from the University of Toronto at Mississauga, discovered higher IQs in…

only provides limited arts curriculum in schools, for example music and visual arts and these classes were often cancelled due to the preparation for exams. However, I was fortunate to grow up in the family where my parents enjoyed various form of arts. As a child, my family often went to art exhibitions, musicals, concerts and festivals where I gained some knowledge and understanding of a range of arts. In addition to this, I undertook music lessons including piano, flute and Korean traditional…

involve Sonny playing the piano. The concept of flow can be found in the passage when Sonny first begins playing the piano while staying at Isabel’s house. At first, Isabel would write me, saying how nice it was that Sonny was so serious about his music…

Music They say that pain resonates in music. That music is the only worthy receptacle for feelings as intense as the pain of abandonment and neglect. That the greatest artists knew the most pain. When the light shines down on the stage, illuminating a solid circle of eerie radiance, silence descends upon the room. It was like the rest of the world was tucked away in a neat blackness, unable to penetrate the serene silence before a performance. Most performers say afterwards that a divine…