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Even after 30 years since its exposition at King Carl Gustaf’s ball, the song remains a favorite in dance clubs. Mixed with pop-operatic harmonies and inspiration to the dance rhythm in George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby," as well as the drumming on Dr. John's 1972 album “Dr. John's Gumbo”, ABBA is able to convey an elated feeling of limitless joy and highlights the greatest music of the disco era. Through a beautifully woven blend of uplifting, empowering lyrics and a sophisticated melody…

you're happy, you enjoy the music. But when you're sad, you understand the lyrics.” Over the years music has been become such a significant part of everyone’s daily routines. Often we find lyrics speaking the words we can’t bring ourselves to say. It’s important for the artist to keep the emotions he wants to send across in his mind when writing a future hit. Shawn Mendes, a 17 year old professional singer and songwriter has succeed in that. When I listen to his music and the words he sings, I…

“Human Shaped Objects” The show of electronic music that I attended was Telemetry music series featuring Rob Mackay, Human Shaped Object, Grand Banks on November 9th at the Bridge progressive arts initiative. The concert began with Rob Mackay’s performance. He is a composer and a sound artist and a Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Hull. He has received numerous accolades and awards internationally. The music he played explored repetition and was very interesting. However, the…

there to hear great music. Before Beyoncé took the stage the prelude was very musical as well. The arena had background music playing to keep the audience entertained. The concert took place on Saturday September 10,2016 at The Dome at America 's Center in St. Louis. The concert headlined Beyoncé only and there were no other performers during this concert. Throughout the night Beyoncé performed many of her pop hits as well as her R&B hit songs as well. Beyoncé also played music from other artist…

The Music in our Minds Have you ever wondered how the music that we hear on a daily basis is interpreted in our minds? Music can be a very effective tool to the human brain. Unlike other sensory activities, music has a precise way of maneuvering its way into our minds. By studying the control of pitch intervals and instruments involved in a musical arrangement, neurologists are continuing to study how music may interact with the brain. Music highlights a part of the brain that is very…

organizations as well as friends. “Elton John was born on March 25, 1947, in England, Elton John’s unique blend of pop and rock styles turned him into one of the biggest music icons of the 20th century.”, Biography.com stated. Elton John is full of talent, he learned how to play the piano when he was only four years old. John even won a scholarship to a youth program called Royal Academy Of Music in London. Although John had a difficult relationship with his father Stanley Dwight who was a…

Bettelheim, he writes about how stories such as fairytales help children endure with complications that they are going through in their lives. Bruno was known as one of the greatest child psychiatrist. There have been studies that show that things such as music and laughter can help us when we are stressed. Even painting, photography, and dance are other forms of art that can help us get through difficult times. Art can bless us in so many different ways. If art wasn’t in people lives it…

For my 13th birthday all I wanted was concert tickets to see System of A Down. My family came together and decided to buy the tickets so I could bring two guests, one being a friend and the other had to be a parent. I remember receiving the tickets months later and was so shocked because I thought everyone had forgotten about them, which was close to impossible with all the nagging I did. I had to wait until July for the show, but I was already planning in June. I knew I was going to take my…

According to Rentfrow and Gosling (2003), Raymond Bernard Cattell was one of the first to theorize that information about aspects of personality could be revealed by an individual’s preferences for specific genres of music. Previous researchers believed that music preference was more the result of explicit traits of one’s personality, while Cattell claimed it allowed for a look into the unconscious (Rentfrow & Gosling, 2003). As research progressed over time, more insight began to occur within…

Music is the creation of rhythms, beats, and other elements blended together to create a track. It can be with or without lyrics, however modern day music is generally created with lyrics. Sound and music are two completely different things; music is organized sound with repetition and rhyme which has meaning behind it. But unorganized sound is simply just sound without meaning. The roots of modern day music stem back to the early twentieth century. During this era the music industry was booming…