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Industry Segmentation

with the values they attach to making purchases and the access or utility they have in relation to that market. Airlines If we lo...

Various Formats of Digital Audio

MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group) format is "a type of audio and video compression with several standards. MP3 is a popular file...

The Influence of Border Films

drugging and kidnapping his wife, whom he subsequently frames on drug charges (Touch of Evil, 1995). Vargas, and justice, prevail ...

Southwest U.S. and Assimilation Pressures Placed Upon Hispanics and Native Americans

historic plight of Hispanics and Native Americans in the Southwest. Even today, in fact, these cultures are too often penalized f...

Languages of Native Americans and Their Importance in Cultural Relativity and Promoting Diversity

languages are a significant cultural resource, a cultural resource which is too often overlooked by mainstream America. He emphas...

Equality and the Birth of the United States

of Virginia going so far to offer slaves of anti-British masters their freedom if theyd desert their masters (Blackburn, 1991). Bu...

Pain and Healing in Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

brother. This is where Baldwin sets up another beautiful metaphor: the ice. "A great block of ice got settled in my belly and kept...

Cinematic Comedies and Sound's Role

theater, they rolled a cannon ball down a wooden trough that then fell onto a large drumhead (Brunelle, 1999). In films, sound eff...

White Values versus Values of Native Americans

include any consideration of an alternate opinion to their worldview. They fully expected the Native Americans to accept that it w...

Singer and Business Mogul Madonna

the success may be seen as a result of "street-smart business sense" (Harry Scolinos quoted in Grant, 1998). The initial beginning...

Art and Healing

increased after self-induced, positive emotional states, but that it almost tripled after the introduction of music. The use of mu...

Reflection of Self in 'Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle

In this paper consisting of eight pages the characteristics between the author and his most famous literary creation are considere...

Popular Culture and Sound Synthesizers

In six pages this paper discusses the historical impact of electronic music on popular culture. Four sources are cited in the bib...

Suzuki and Kodaly Music Education Approaches

In twelve pages the history and methodology behind the Suzuki and Kodaly music education approaches particularly regarding piano i...

Overview of the Musique Concrete Genre

In nine pages this research paper examines the unique genre and 'noise music' predecessor created in the Forties by Pierre Schaeff...

Poetry of 'Come Talk to Me' by Songwriter Peter Gabriel

In four pages this paper discusses how these song lyrics by Peter Gabriel can be regarded as poetry that is independent from the m...

Timelessness of the Grateful Dead

In ten pages a fan of the Grateful Dead's music discusses the classic band's influence and legacy. Six sources are cited in the b...

Youth, Children and Music Videos' and Lyrics' Impact

In five pages this paper examines the impact of explicit music videos and song lyrics upon young children. Five sources are cited...

Analysis of David Lynch's Twin Peaks Film

for comic relief. Here its everyone... its all about these little moments of behavior. Its like sitting down and just watching peo...

MTV's Sexual Imagery and Violence

This paper discusses h ow viewers are negatively impacted by the sexual imagery and violence of its music videos in five pages. F...

Connection Between Rock Music and the 1970s' Drug Culture

In ten pages this paper examines the 1970s' counterculture in America and considers the link between rock music and drugs as evide...

Blues Musical Artist Muddy Waters

In five pages this research paper examines the life of blues legend Muddy Waters and discusses his profound influence on music. F...

Country Music and the Blues

1970). There is a wronged lover, or a lost lover, or a lover who is unsure of his status in the relationship. Many country love so...

Man and Celebrity of Frank Sinatra

In twenty pages the man, the music, the celebrity, and the mystique of Frank Sinatra is examined. There is included an extensive ...

Musical Evolution from Romantic to Modern

In five pages this paper examines how music evolved from Romantic to the Modern eras with several artists including Debussy and Ch...

Musical Evolution from Baroque to Classical

through the performance of ecclesiastic music because of their contributions within that context. Johann Sebastian Bach pro...

Comparing the Music of J.S. Bach, Ludwig von Beethoven, and The Beatles

To understand why this is so important, one must understand that before the Baroque period, music mostly consisted of ballads...

Tonality in Music and Art

the opposite of reality since telephone polls to not actually shrink in size over distance, although this is the real visual effec...

Eighteenth Century Musical Influences

In four pages this essay examines the impact upon the Enlightenment upon the music of the eighteenth century and how it reflected ...

1968 Film Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli

In three pages this paper examines the filmmaker's various cinematic techniques and include elements such as utilizing teenage act...