The Blue Room

Tupelo Mississippi in a two room house. His twin sibling passed on, abandoning him as the main kid. Then again, Charles Edward…

it was unlike the pizza we generally had, there was no sauce and a miniature amount of cheese. When we reached our part of the city we were congratulated on coming safely. It was my grandma’s house that we stayed in, it was immense, with about 4 rooms and a roof that you could sleep on. There were about 6 people already living there so including us 10. We stayed there for a month before our relatives came, almost all of the family was there. We had a stunning time, we went to the mountain (with…

chapter on the theory of modal jazz, jazz deserves a sub-style characterized by the use of a few chords and much harmonic space, which was popularized by Miles Davis in his 1959 album Kind of Blue. The disc is "So What", a subject of only two chords that perfectly sums up the essence of modal jazz: leave much room for improvisation in each chord than usual in most subjects and standards, so that it is natural for the musician to explore in detail the musical scale or mode derived from each line,…

Riverboat Orchestra, and they soon gave Henderson a job as a full time replacement, helping him land a job with the fledgling Black Swan label in 1921–1923.[5] Throughout the early and mid-1920s, Henderson provided solo piano accompaniment for many blues singers. He also led the backing group for Ethel Waters during one of her national tours.[6] Prior to mid-1923, Henderson's group was not technically a jazz band yet (more like a dance band), though its music was inflected with the ragtime…

The drummer lays down a nice simple 4:4 groove. The rhythm guitarist starts with some bluesy chords. I ponder how to enter into this jam. As the lead guitarist comes in on the blues scale, I decide to let it out and enter on the downbeat, holding down the rhythm. I disregard technicalities and established norms and let myself play what feels right. Feeling the vibrations ring through my soul, I let the music take me. Suddenly, a phone call interrupts us; we realize we have been jamming for…

I pulled up to the entrance gate a little after 7 in the morning. I pushed the speaker button asking for security clearance to enter. The voice on the other end announced he was opening the gate and directed me to pull forward into the facility and turn left to report to the main office. I entered the office and introduced myself. The technician showed me where to sign in and handed me the necessary safety gear to tour the facility. I felt a little awkward since I am not used to not being able…

Sara Kotwicki History of Jazz Jazz is defined as “a type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century”. () Jazz incorporates two major aspects of both African and European music. The instruments, like the trumpet, piano, or saxophone, are taken directly from European influence. However, the most important aspects of Jazz, including, rhythm, feel, and the extension of…

3 Doors Down, Mumford and Sons, Eminem, Foo Fighters, and Blues are the bands and styles of music that are always on shuffle in my playlist. I enjoy a variety of music genres but not all. The goal of this music ethnography was to get me out of my comfort zone. So when I heard about a “Screamo” concert, I knew it was the one for me. I enjoy Classic Rock, and some Heavy Metal, but not this genre. Straight Outta Hell tour was coming to Greensboro, so that is where I went. Stright Outta Hell tour…

be so used to it, she woke at midnight naturally now. Ginny chuckled, how often had she been seeing Ben? It seemed like it had been forever since she had seen him, since she had heard his voice. There was an odd noise echoing throughout Ginny's room and it took her a moment to understand what it was. Then it hit her, it was rain splashing against the house. Ginny leapt from her bed, excited. She loved rain, and the gentle way in which in cleanse the earth of all her sins. Maybe it could…

from her leg to the rest of her body, turning her purple. She breathed fire, and it made all the night dragons flee—all but one: the huge one that she had fought with a week ago. She growled with hate and her eyes narrowed. He opened his wings, and blue spread through him. Frost blinked in surprise. Suddenly, the ground opened below them and swallowed them into another tunnel. Apparently, one of each kind of dragon could change colour. Starshade, a night dragon, and Frost were now joined by the…