The Sopranos

Testing for technical errors is fairly unemotional, but your summary and conclusions are not. If you do not like an egg, you may search a little harder to find cracks in the shell. This article helps a tester put down his or her prejudices and bias (as much as possible), so that his or her conclusions and summaries are a little fairer. This is partially a motivational piece and partly a lesson in fairness and professionalism. You Have Way Too Much Pride The first obstacle that you (and this…

bassoon, the oboe, and the piccolo. The trombone later joined with a variety of bells, and tones. The bands now had 4 different parts of brass. A very important influence in the late 1800’s were the saxophones. They came in different ways, mostly soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone sax. The bands of the late 1800’s had a wide range of use for saxophones. Bands in the U.S at the time were mostly military music, unlike Europe, at the time, the U.S had a full band. This was because of the increase…

from either of those bands in that the “heaviness” commonly associated with the genre is not entirely present alongside the emphasis on virtuosity. The song opens with the interesting and nuanced vocals of Dorothy Martin. In register, she is a Mezzo Soprano with a twangy, husky vocal timbre. This compliments both the dark lyrics she is singing about and also the rest of the musical arrangement. Once the vocals are established for a short period of time, the rest of the arrangement joins the…

“Anderson was the first African-American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.” On January 7, 1955 she performed in a prestigious place, Metropolitan Opera House, which led her to fame to become one of the most celebrated singers in the 20th Century. She was a very famous and talented black opera singer who overcame many obstacles in her life, such as finding the resource to finance her vocal lessons. She was honored and rewarded by her success, but was distracted by…

On Thursday we awoke to a serious reality, we were running out of groceries. It was apparent that if we wanted to continue eating, it was time to start fishing with a little more enthusiasm. I thought maybe we should go see if our luck might be better on the far side of the lake by the rocky cliff where we 'd seen little fish dimple the surface of the lake. On the hike around the lake, the dang dog, who normally trotted at my heel, went nuts chasing scent trails and eventually disappeared. We…

When I was just a toddler, I would try to climb in the dishwasher and take everything out while mom was trying to do the dishes. In order to keep me from doing that, dad needed to play video games as long as they entranced me. One of the games he played was The Legend of Zelda. Growing up with this game and spending time with my dad while he played it fueled the love I developed for this game and it’s music. The first four songs on the soundtrack of my life, composed by Koji Kondo, are songs…

The Flashing of Lights and Cameras Energy. It flowed through my veins in place of blood; the tingling sensations filling me with a sense of nervousness. After so many years of doing theatre, you would think I would have learned to be calm, but I wasn’t. Far from it, actually. The butterflies in my stomach made me queasy, the waiting made me anxious, and the noises that surrounded me gave me a headache. I wanted the wait to be over; I wanted to get on that stage and just start acting so I could…

Born in the lands of Salzburg, Austria in 1756 came a prodigy man with intelligence to music. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a serious musical composer in the classical period (1750-1800). Although he had a short life, he produced symphonies, Concertos (Piano, Violin, and Horn), Piano Solos, Violin Music, Sonatas, Trios, Quartet, Sacred music, and operas throughout his life (Gilbert). He had forty-one symphonies, operas such as The Marriage of Figaro, concertos, chamber works, and a Requiem Mass.…

Literary Craft: In medias res What is in medias res? This term, translated from Latin, literally means “into the middle things.” It is used as a form of a narrative hook where the story begins right in the middle of the action. Flashbacks are often included throughout the linear storyline to provide the reader with a bit of backstory so they might fully understand what is presently occurring in the narrative. Beginning a story in medias res is a technique that I admire and often like to…

TV Programming Over Time “I thought they were pulling my leg when they said that one of these days, pictures are going to be flying through the air - you’ll be able to see radio!” (“TV History”). Hal Kanter was not the only American thinking the same thing. Today, television eats away at the average person’s life. For example, the average person working a full time job works around forty hours a week, which is the same amount of hours the average person spends watching television a week…