Sam Bass

The Problems of Pennies MaKenzi Bowden Snow College English 2010 October 27, 2016 The Problem of Pennies The writers grandparents know that a penny is worth more than one cent even though it only costs one cent. They always pick up pennies whenever they see them and never leave them on the ground. Benjamin Franklin once said, “A penny saved is a penny earned” (BrainyQuote 2016). If you pick up every penny that you find, they eventually will add up sooner or later. Nowadays, there is nothing that…

I have always thought that the use of tempo change relayed a very important message. In this song it is not a huge tempo change, like going into half time, but it just goes to show that even five BPMs can greatly change the emotional direction of a song or piece. In this piece the two guitars act as voices in conversation. They go back and forth using call and response, ether playing together or on there own seprit parts. When the tempo change comes in at one minute and ten seconds it helps…

Showtime’s Weeds is a television series that premiered in 2005. It tells the story about a suburban mother, named Nancy Botwin, of two boys, Silas and Shane, whose husband dies and, in order to maintain her standard of living, sells marijuana. The entire show is filled with ups and downs, plot twists, and a wide variety of sociological concepts. The four main sociological concepts present in the show are sex and gender, deviance, race and ethnicity, and socialization and social interaction.…

There are all types of bass, largemouth, smallmouth, striped, Japanese sea bass, European sea bass, white bass, and black sea bass. Of the different types of bass the freshwater largemouth bass is by far the most exciting fish to catch. The Largemouth bass is a freshwater game fish in the sunfish family, a species of black bass native to North America. The scientific name is micropterus salmoides. Full grown, a largemouth bass averages fifteen pounds. Largemouth bass can be found in most…

1. Fender scoops on the Strat, including pickup and bridge configurations. In addition to these design improvements, the new model had several new features that its predecessor, Telecaster, lacked. The Stratocaster came with three pickups (the Telecaster had two) and featured a bridge with a pitch change, a vibrato bar to bend strings, a key point in one of the first printed advertisements. 2. When CBS bought Fender, the Strat changed, and not for the better, in the eyes of certain collectors.…

Dimitri Letsos Narrative Essay (Personal) It was a hot Sunday near the end of May of 2011, my brother and I were playing catch outside when my friend came over to hang out. We discussed what we should play, I thought that we should play a game called 500, which was where you threw the ball up in the air and if you caught it you would get a certain amount of points, until you reached 500. My brother was a more creative and thought of a game he called “Bigfoot” which I guess was a game…

Technical aspects of the Double Bass in changes Physical changes in the instrument This is still a debate on whether the base comes from the violin family or shrimp family (some research shows even family ties guitar all the time. The only thing we are sure the tool is still under development in relation to the time it was used in the music. The history of the base begins about the first half of the 16th century, based on the violin family.However the term "base" is not often used until the end…

If you’re a seasoned musician, then you probably relate the name Paul Reed Smith (PRS) with some of the highest quality guitars in the profession, but did you know that when amplifier designer Doug Sewell became part of the PRS team, the brand began to produce phenomenal amplifiers, too? That’s right—Dayton, Ohio’s music professionals at Centerville Music love the Paul Reed Smith Archon Twenty-Five amp, and here’s why. Versatility: This amp isn’t only for high-gain or metal musicians, even…

Throughout the timeline of Music, There has been many different genres and styles created by Musicians, throughout this timeline we received the 20th Century genre of Impressionism. The genre focuses on conveying emotions and moods behind a pacific event or a reflection on how the composer is feeling, an example of Impressionism genre that gives the audience the feel of emotion is Krzytof Penderecki’s Impressionism piece Thernody for the Victims of Hiroshima, which he has transformed the…

Born in New York City on May 8, 1920, Saul Bass was a popular graphic designer with a career that spanned over 40 years. Bass started out as a graphic designer in 1938 with a job at Warner Brothers. After six years, Bass left to study at the Art Students League in New York. He attended Brooklyn College and made his money working as a freelance designer. After finishing school Bass took his talents to Los Angeles to start his own design studio called Saul Bass and Associates and began to work in…