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Alternative music is an umbrella term that is used to describe music that is not played on mainstream radio, or consumed by mainstream audience. It does not fall into any other musical genre. There are dozens of different subgenres that branched off from alternative music. Alternative pop/rock is a catch-all term for post-punk bands from the mid-1980’s and mid-1990’s. Since there are a variety of musical styles within alternative rock, all of them tie together and exist outside of the…

Falls are one of the most common injury in a health care facility. It is the leading cause of “morbidity and mortality for people older than 65 years” (Touhy & Jet, 2012, p. 207). This age group is common in Windsor Manor Rehabilitation Center in Concord, California. Most of the patients in Windsor are older adults with impaired cognition, gait, visual acuity, and muscle strength, and experiencing chronic pain – putting them in high risk for falling. In fact, their CASPER Report (2016) states…

a whole new direction. The Beatles topped the charts with fifteen different albums in the UK, and they were considered to be the models for most current male music groups, still to this day. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was the first rock album to be written for the purpose of listening to it instead of dancing to it. This opened the door for contemporary rock bands such as Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd. The Beatles were also known to be one of the first bands to experiment with stereo…

In order to understand this issue thoroughly, we need to look on the most important aspects that triggered these changes in society of the United Kingdom in 1970s, most importantly, we need to revise the economic situation of that time, which was one of the most significant triggering mechanisms that changed the way people, mainly youth, approached living. The emergence of the punk subculture is a very interesting phenomenon and thought-provoking time period, which gave birth to a unique…

Cedella was young only eighteen when she gave birth to Bob. At a young age, Bob grew up in the rural community of Nine Miles which is a village in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica. Nine Miles had many African customs they took from their ancestors. The main one was storytelling. They used it to tell about the past and their traditions, many of these were overlooked in history. These stories and the rural area Bob grew up in later influenced him later especially in his songwriting. Bob’s parents were…

United Kingdom (UK) to determine whether or not the UK was to remain in the European Union (EU). Nearly 30% million people, representing over 70% of the UK’s voting population, voted on the referendum (Hunt and Wheeler). Results were in favor of the UK leaving the EU, although the vote within England was a close 53% to 47% vote. Similarly, 52.5% of votes in Wales called for exiting the EU. The decision to leave the EU has become known as “Brexit”, short for “British Exit”. Former UK Prime…

John Lennon started composing the song in his bedroom in Ascot while living with his wife, Yoko Ono. She influenced many his protest singles, and politically inclined solo pieces. Yoko is an artist as well and shared the same views with her husband. At the time they got together, she published an instructional book called the Grapefruit. The poem Cloud Piece, which is an excerpt from Yoko’s…

HENDRIX 3 Jimi Hendrix: Life and Legacy Though Hendrix’s music career, along with his life was short lived, his legacy of being one of the greatest, if not the greatest guitar players of all time lives on along with his music. Jimi was born in Seattle, Washington on November 27, 1942. His parents were Lucile and Al Hendrix. He was born Johnny Allen Hendrix, but his father changed his name to James Marshall for unknown reasons. (Biography.com, n.d.) Jimi showed an interest in music…

Roundhouse - SARM (East) - Scorpio Sound Bohemian Rhapsody was produced by Roy Thomas Baker and engineered by Mike Stone, Gary Lyons and Geoff Workman (Cunningham, 1995). The song was released on the 31st October 1975. It stayed at number 1 in the UK singles chart for 9 weeks and sold over 1 million copies by the end of…

How have industry figures wielded their power in pop’s production and dissemination processes, and how have musicians responded? Making reference to relevant literature and one or more recordings from the period 1900-2000, discuss the problems of power and mediation as they apply to popular music history. Industry figures have influenced the production and dissemination of popular music over the twentieth century in different ways. The production of popular music and its dissemination has…