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The Dark Side of Country Music

of the same era, "Mamas in the Graveyard, Papas in the Pen". The title of that particular song needs no further explanation or cl...

Hula Dancing and the Music of Hawaii

In ten pages this paper examines the American cultural influences of the hula and Hawaiian music. Ten sources are cited in the bi...

MUSIC AND ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN CULTURE

that provides ethnic minorities (and even poor whites) an opportunity to speak their minds and their feelings (Reeves, 2007). Over...

African American Hip Hop and its Influence

music, or existed in the industry of music, but has actually proven that it is the driving force for a great deal of mainstream cu...

Jimi Hendrix, the Counter Music Revolution, and the 1960s

black colloquialism for sex) and dance (Isserman and Kazin 92). The sexually charged performances of Elvis Presley singing black ...

American Psycho/In Bruges

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares American Psycho (2000, directed by Mary Harron) and In Bruges (2008, directed by Martin...

The Divergence of Country and Folk Music? ?

music brought to the country by Anglo-Celtic immigrants (Malone, 1968, 1). This music was tremendously influenced, however, by Af...

African American Music

in this case the whites, because the white people were "sufficiently uncommitted to the values of European culture to make such a...

Richard Wagner’s Theories of Music

Leitmotiv" (Brandt 3). This is a revolutionary idea that bears repeating. Today opera audiences have begun to demand singers who...

Preparing Children to Take Music Lessons

in reaching deaf and blind children who would otherwise tune out. When used to help children learn basic skills, it is referred to...

Listening to Music in an Active Fashion

expressive qualities of the music such as the pieces themes and melodies, the texture of the instruments and arrangement, as well ...

Does Hip Hop Harm Black Americans?

and its signature musical expression, rap music, which evolved from the "African American, Afro-Caribbean and Latino communities o...

Edgard Varese

it is not a work that may be argued as influential. It may be argued that his dissatisfaction and frustrations in his personal lif...

Women in Rock and Country Genres

direct attacks at those who scorn them (e.g. Taylor Swift). Instead, todays country music stars talk to magazines about diet, exer...

Music as Symbolic Behavior/Alan P. Merriam

"symbols," and their relationship to art and its abstract nature. Having established a basis for discussing symbolism, specific ...

Music During the Romantic Era

swung between the desire to keep emotion under the control of reason and the desire for free, uninhibited expression (Machlis, 197...

Father of Gospel, Thomas A. Dorsey

This essay presents a detailed overview of the career of Thomas A. Dorsey, the Father of Gospel Music. Also, the writer describes ...

Dancing and Fela Anikulapo's Music

This 4 page paper gives an overview of how African beats and music have influenced dance. This paper includes Fela Anikulapo's mus...

Periods in Music History and Timeline of Events

This paper is comprised of two sections. The first section is speed sheet, khmuschtl.xlsx, which describe each period in western m...

Modern Greek Culture: Music

This 3 page paper gives an overview of modern Greek music such as rebetiko. This paper includes discussions of culture through mus...

The Future of Music and Entertainment Industries

This 5 page paper gives an explanation of the future of the entertainment and music industry. This paper includes the writers pers...

Non-Western & Western Music

"Cubop," an "appellation (that) aptly symbolizes the new equipollent level of cross-cultural musical integration that differentiat...

Changes in the Music Industry

to the forefront. It serves as a good example of new problems and ethics of music sharing. Simply, it is now easier for people to ...

Music Industry Marketing

a point of influence with a major label. The music industry has complained for some time of its inability to sell albums....

Punk Music in the Buddha of Suburbia and Trainspotting

Trainspotting, while music is present, the theme does not pertain to band life. Still, one could equate the two as rock n roll is ...

Designing Research; Why Do Music Users Download from Illegal Sources?

is important to determines why the illegal downloads are so important and what the record companies could do to increase sales of ...

Sonata Form, Haydn and Mozart

not always in the allegro tempo. For the purposes of this essay, "sonata form" will refer to the construction of the movement, whi...

"Napster 2.0: The Cat Is Back"

in protest over threatened royalty rate increases (Munarriz, 2008). * Download sites operate "on razor-thin margins, with bandwidt...

Music Licensing and Creative Commons

to "use private rights to create public goods: creative works set free for certain uses." The website describes attribution, nonc...

Music as a Reflection of Society

2008). The fact that controversial songs or literature emerge is something that in fact is not only a reflection of the problems s...