For a long time music videos have been a part of the music industry, many times as part of the whole promotional plan or to broaden the artistic value of the music. Golden Age of Music Videos Before MTV first launched in 1981, music videos where out in the world, but it wasn't until they were broadcasted the first 24 hour music channel that it became a...
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Being a virtuoso has a lot to do with something that is near magical, sometimes some techniques and compositions come from a place that can hardly be copied, that's why is so easy to know when someone is being replaced in a band, someone that really made it shine, and the new person filling the spot feels like an imitation. There are two interesting subjects that...
Read MoreMusic has it's way of getting to people through feelings in a very strong way, and those melodies are also timeless in way. Everyone has felt some nostalgia or flashbacks whenever a certain song is played, we see memories and feel what we felt in a specific moment or part of our lives and that is what makes music a sort of time machine. Art has...
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Sometimes a movement happens, and it leaves a mark in history through its consequences in culture, politics, art and literature, some of these movements were the Beat generation and the hippies during the Vietnam war in the United States. It just so happens that these important moments in history were also accompanied by music that shared their feelings, whether it was protest sounds or pure...
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by Jamey Mann, Catoctin School of Music “David Grohl Proves You Don’t Need Lessons to Rock” While surfing YouTube for new music and educational videos for my students I was dismayed to find the titled video above. I was hoping that the title sarcasm and the video would offer some insight in the work it takes to be a part of successful bands like Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. This...
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