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    The Impact of Phil Spector in Music Industry. In 1951, a young boy moved from the thriving musical city of New York to Los Angeles after his father died. Having a perfect musical training background gave him an opportunity to become a member of the Teddy Bears. This young boy wrote "To Know Him is To Love Him" when he was a teenager. His song reached the No.1 hit song on the Billboard chart in 1958 (O'Hare 48). His name is Phil Spector, a talented producer, songwriter, and musician. In later years, Spector had a huge influence on record producers, artists, and musicians. Whydopeople always declare Phil Spector such an extraordinary pioneer in the role of a producer of popular music? According to Andrew Loog Oldham in Stoned: A Memoir of London…

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    In the middle to late 1900’s Phil Spector was an American producer, musician, and songwriter whose popularity spiked to the top after developing the Wall Of Sound also called Spector’s Sound. Withstanding establishment of the common stereo and preferring to have various instruments combined in a single monaural track, Spector composed this technique at the Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles. Conforming relatively facile equalizations aided in his popularity because his approach was crucial to…

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    Music is usually something that everyone can relate to. Music has conformed over many years and will continue too many years to come. The numerous genres of music have made it possible to touch many different lives, because not everyone likes the same music. Music is something that is different to everyone. Some may use music to help lift their spirit, and then someone else may use it to calm down their self. No matter how you use music in your own individual way, it is something that our world…

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    John Didion Research Paper

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    Django sat in his dressing room, combing his abnormally large afro. He knew people were onto him. You see, Django was a secret member of a band, not just any band though, The Beatles. Django was the real guitarist of the group, but due to race issues the band members decided to keep it a secret and have John Lennon pretend to be the one on the guitar. Tonight shouldn’t be any different, except it was. There was this reporter, John Didion, who has been on Django’s case for months now, determined…

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    From thriving music stage as New York, a young boy has moved to Los Angeles. Owning a perfect music training background that gave him an opportunity to become a member of the Teddy Bears band. And "To Know Him is To Love Him", a first song was written by that teenager, reached the No.1 hit song on the Billboard chart in 1958 (O'Hare 48). He is Phil Spector, a talent producer, songwriter, and a musician. In years later, Spector had a huge influence to the record producers, artists, and musician.…

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    Written Assignment #2 The legendary producer Phil Spector is most famous for his creative technique of overdubbing an orchestra size group of musicians. The ensemble would include, “ five or six guitars, three or four pianos, and an army of percussion, including multiple drum kits, castanets, tambourines, bells, and timpani — to produce a massive roar” (Kemp, 2001). Spector would combine the sounds and amplify them by adding substantial amounts of reverb (Sewell, 2014). Developing what would…

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    Dick Clark had always been interested in music. At the age of 13 he dreamed of being a DJ. Clark worked at his uncle's radio station (larkin,comp, 2002). Dick Clark inherited the skill of show business from his uncle. Dick Clark's dream of becoming a DJ became true after he was invited to American Bandstand as a substitute where he later stayed as host(larkin,comp, 2002). Dick Clark was invited to the show that changed his life. Dick Clark was invited to American Bandstand as a substitute were…

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    Oprah Winfrey Role Model

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    moved in with her father after her pregnancy miscarriage. Her father was a strict man and had Oprah under tight rules, these rules helped shape her into the woman she is today.Freshly graduated from high school Oprah accepted a part time job as a radio show host in Nashville. Entering her second year of college at Tennessee state, Oprah decided to dropout and accept a job as an anchor for WTVF-TV in Nashville. She was the first ever African American to hold that position as a woman. Oprah had a…

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    Lessons are learned through parental discipline (Slide 9). They learn to be big brother and big sisters, by caring for their younger siblings (Slide 3). However, the children also start experiencing the beginning stages of body-image and inner-beauty struggles (Slide 5 & 13). The parents’ main focus is raising their children, which may include discipline (Slide 9). The houses are always depicted as messy with toys and clothing (Slide 4). While the women are usually raising the children, the…

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    Dr Phil Mcgraw Biography

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    Dr. Phils past and present Dr. Phil McGraw is an American Tv show host, psychologist, and author. He has had many struggles that he has had to overcome to be the person he is today. He has achieved much in his life. Dr. Phil is one of the top paid Tv show host in America, he has been nominated several times for award shows. Born in Vinita, Oklahoma, on September 1, 1950 to Anne and Joe McGraw. He was their third and only male child, Phillip Calvin McGraw. McGraw has two older sisters, Deana…

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