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Attending my first concert, Idina Menzel was my first live performance to ever attend and experience the music live. Menzel performs a selection of songs from her Broadway career, along with original songs from her various solo albums, and her Pop and Rock covers. The group that performed for Menzel was a local Los Angeles band and they played very well for the choices of songs she sang. The performers that played for Menzel was very impressive and seemed they had no problem playing and…

British grindcore band Napalm Death are often credited with the earliest use of screamed vocals, called death growls, in their 1981 debut album, which utilize a section of the vocal chords not used for regular speech. Death growls were later picked up by death metal prototype Death, a band from Orlando, Florida, known for the creation of extreme metal. From there screamed vocals spread to black metal where they were utilized to create a shrieking sound, meant to sound like that of one…

Since the beginning of the 12th century, the guitar has been noted as one of the most popular Western musical, string instrument; it is used in a wide variety of musical genres worldwide. However, on the other hand, most people cannot easily recognize the Western guitar’s Eastern counterpart – the Gu Zheng. Originally found during the Warring States Period in Ancient China (475 to 221 BC), the Gu Zheng gradually became a prominent musical instrument within Asian culture. However, though…

his hypochondria as a child. He illuminated the world by changing the way people thought about pop art. Warhol created a styles of art where abstract color is added to popular figures. “ Warhol was one of the founders of pop art, a stylistic movement that representationally portrays the collective subconscious psyche of society through the common images of…

Pop Art The Pop Art movement began in the 1950’s. It was the art of popular culture. The visual imagery of pop art created a sense of hopefulness during the post war of the 1950’s and the 1960’s. Pop art was a revolt against abstract expressionism. The goal was to bring art back from it’s obscurity of abstraction into the real world again (www.artfactory.com) Andy Warhol was a famous artist of the Pop art movement. He was against the idea of craftsmanship as a way of expressing an artist…

''Can i walk you home." he asked "sure" "So where did you move from," "Halfway,Oregon," "Halfway I've never heard of it," "you know small town population 290 well now 287 mom and pop stores one library huge city hall tons of churches," "sounds nice," "It was," "why did you move," "well my dad died of cancer last year and i guess my mom just wanted a fresh start," "I'm sorry" "it's okay but enough about me what's your story," "I'm 17 I was born and raised here in Montpelier,Vermont I am an only…

consumerism on the Pop Art Movement The Pop Art Movement began shortly after World War 2 reached its end in 1945. The Pop Art Movement originated in the 1950’s / 1960’s, emerging from a society which was plagued with consumerism. The 1950’s / 1960’s was when consumerism was at its strongest point and the Pop Art Movement was able to be born from this massive level of consumerism that was in America. Consumerism influenced the Pop Art Movement significantly and without consumerism Pop Art would…

While all that is going on I am hacking at the stump, happily with an axe. Then I got up and picked up sticks so Macy didn’t have to do it all and my mom made me rake leaves. So after I was done with that it was 11:45 and we were about to eat lunch, but I had 15 minutes to spare so I went and hacked at the stump. After those 15 minutes my mom…

The 19th century American potter George Ohr (1857-1918) is an important ceramic artist associated with the American Arts and Crafts movement. With an emphasis on emotion, gesture and pure form, Ohr’s idiosyncratic clay vessels forecast Abstract Expressionist sculpture. His passionate personal, individual vision and rebellious, theatrical persona distinguish him as one of America’s most original and eccentric artists. Ohr was born in Biloxi, Mississippi to a blacksmith and learned the potter’s…

I have attained vengeance over my enemy. I stride with accomplishment as I walk into my next adventure. “Fortunato may you lie in peace for the next millennium” I whispered gleefully to myself while leaving the catacombs. Once I stepped out I ventured my eyes on the most charming and ravishing woman I ever laid eyes on. Her beauty struck me where I stood. I went to her got on one knee and kissed her soft little palms. I looked into her two beautiful blue illusions. She smiled a smile that could…