Sound stage

Today’s music has evolved tremendously since when music was first discovered in the middle ages. Now we have musicians like Beyonce, Alicia Keys, and Adele who changed the whole sound of music: different messages, beats, and style. Artists today are just as creative as the composers before them; Acapella artists sing with no music, other artists use techno or Dubstep, a type of electronic dance music. However, these artists would not have it so easy like they do today if the people that came…

When it comes to music, every musician knows it’s all about the instrument and the quality of it. People might need different music instruments at different stages of their learning or professional careers. Over the long history of music, instruments have evolved from the very historic variations of beat drums to the much more advanced electronic guitars. The modern patters of music and advancements in the way people take music lessons have enabled multi instrument talents in individuals who are…

other instruments and the vocal singer. With the singer there also might be backup singers. The stage at which they perform, is outside where the people can sit anywhere they want. The people can even have picnics where they sit. The live performances in this case, the urban music plays with speakers so the audience is able to hear the music clearly. The speakers provide the music with a better sound quality. The place where the music is performed is designed for a small audience. Unlike…

Our voice is important because it defines us as an individual; it is our voice identity. Every person’s voice is different from each other which make it unique. Our voice does numerous amounts of things for us and one of the things that it can do is detect how we are feeling. For example, if a person is sad, his/her voice would indicate that because his/ her pitch would be lower. This would occur due to the decrease of the frequency. In Dr. Patel’s videos, she explains the importance of our…

What if we could one day feel things we couldn’t see, or taste sounds? As strange as that question sounds, it could be reality according to David Eagleman. In his TED talk he outlines several ways to substitute or increase our senses with technology. Some of these innovations might even be cheaper or replace the current technology being used. He explains that each animal has its own “umwelt” or surrounding world. For instance, humans can see less than ten trillionth of light rays, these rays…

size but the sound levels grew. Piano builders began building the instrument out of iron to make the noise louder and give it more depth in dynamics. Pianos began to join orchestras, which caused the orchestra to become a very popular source of entertainment. This also caused concert halls to be built bigger and have more seats. Pianists gained popularity that paralleled the rock stars of today, often bringing men to tears, causing women to weep, and the audience to shower the stage in…

Some Phun Intended The first time you hear music, it is not even a sound. It is a feeling, a sensation one got from inside their mother. Whether it was Willie Nelson, Beethoven, or Slim Shady, the rhythm felt as such a small person stays with us. Later, we listened to whatever television show was playing in the room we were in; or the music our parents played for us in the car on the way to school. It is not until we are about eleven or twelve that we truly discover what we enjoy listening to.…

In a giant room, there are speakers on the ceiling. But, they, themselves, are lost. They have no meaning. For the sounds on stage and the sounds in their hearts are strong enough to surpass the speakers on the ceiling. Turn off the mics. Turn off the lights. And the soul coming from their heads and their fingertips will knock you down. They will put you on the floor. Because their music has its own form. And the speakers on the ceiling are needed no more. The words above describe how I felt…

style of music. Through history the talent of the guitar player is the ultimate way to create a style of music to a high level but the way it is built, the types of pickups used on it, and the amps and pedal used with it all have an effect on how it sounds and what genre of music it is best suited to play. Forms of the guitar were played as long ago as 1350, but it wasn’t until the 16th century Spain that the first form of a guitar, a…

conductors use to achieve the highest level of performance. He begins by saying, “Mastering choral ensemble – a unified sound image of the whole – is the foundation upon which enlightened, communicative, and inspiring performance takes place.” He explains that there is a process to achieving this mastery, and it is based off of mental-aural image, which is a vision of what the music should sound like. In this chapter, Marvin goes through the “Conductor’s Process,” and explains the mental-aural…