Metallica

Technology Pitfalls: Bored Out of Our Mind, Body and Spirit “Boredom is your mind and body’s way of telling you you’re not living up to your potential.” - Hal Sparks Researcher John Eastwood (York University, Ontario) and colleagues define boredom as "an aversive state of wanting, but being unable, to engage in satisfying activity" (Rader 1). There is good and bad in everything and boredom is no exception. Boredom has become pervasive in response to technology, this technology induced boredom…

“Song Yang, a bass player in a Chinese metal band called Spring and Autumn, flew in from Beijing to see the first Metallica show, which sold out in just six minutes” (An American Headliner In China: Metallica’s Shanghai Debut). American music in China is a huge deal in their country. One country that has made a bang in the United States is Africa. Americans have picked…

Could you ever imagine playing live in front of a whole crowd shouting your band’s name. Just enough that if you were to stand miles away you could hear the chanting . The feeling would be so intense. It would be like standing at the edge of a cliff and staring down into a black hole. I want to feel that rush, the adrenaline kicking in as you play. I want to feel that adrenaline. I want to be a known musician/ guitarist. In the summer of May, 2010 I got to do something not many young teens…

The significance of ACDC leading into the 20th century had a massive impact on the Australian music industry and in fact worldwide rock and roll. In 1973 rock and roll was change by two brothers, they created a phenomenal legacy a legendary Australian rock band. The produced a whopper 200 million worldwide album sales and alone in the USA published 71.5 million, together the Scottish brothers that originated create a history rock and roll book. Prior to the formation of the legendary Australian…

The Healing Power of Tunes Alternative medicine is not something everybody believes in, but something everybody can feel an effect on the brain, a mood or health. Sometimes it is quiet hard to explain, however it works. Surprisingly, 60 % of people worldwide rely on non-conventional medicine, including herbs, aromatherapy, acupuncture or hand healing. Music therapy is an exception. It is widely used in surgery and treating serious diseases. What result can be expected from just listening to…

response western interference that Satrapi ultimately rejects. Yet, ironically it is her continual consumption of western culture that allows her to see the flaws of her society and begin to comprehend Orientalism. She listens to Michael Jackson, Metallica, the Beatles, and interacts with many other western cultural productions (131 Satrapi). Not only this, but her family’s only trusted source of information is the BBC (83 Satrapi). In this way, Satrapi begins to really internalize Orientalism…

Heavy metal emerged in the 60s/70s and popularly became known simply as a “heavier” type of rock. At this time its audience was a relatively small, dedicated and homogenous subculture. However, the theatricality, noise and subversive themes that defined metal soon gained worldwide attention due to the genre’s divergence from the type of music popular at the time. Heavy metal was provocative in its very nature, and thus incited strong reactions from its listeners, whether positive or negative…

The Art of Listening Reproduction of originals is a quality that exists in all facets of life. Much of what is created lacks originality, instead, it is a reproduction or reinterpretation of a previous original idea. In Jeff Turrentine essay Why Some Covers Disappoint, he attempts to dissect what makes a good cover song, seeking to find answers about why some ‘copies’ are less impressive than the original. Paul McCartney’s album of covers “Kisses on the Bottom” which Turrentine dismisses as a…

Joanna Demers, author of Steal This Music, is an associate professor and chair of Musicology at USC Thornton School of Music after receiving both a PhD in musicology from Princeton and a DMA in contemporary flute performance form UC San Diego in 2002. She has published two books, many articles and essays, and is currently working on two more books. Demers work focuses on 20th and 21st century popular music and intellectual property rights as she contributes significantly to these communities.…

In my group I will have Pat Solitano Jr., Tiffany Maxwell, Pat Solitano, Sr., Ronnie and Dolores Solitano. I believe the main presenting problem for this group would be stress. Stress has put some of these individuals into difficult situations causing them to act out and say hurtful words. In this case Pat Jr. will throw fits when he hears his wedding song and gets very upset or stressed whenever anything about his ex-wife Nikki is mentioned. Tiffany lives a very stressful life her husband just…