songwriter, occasional keyboardist, and co-founder of the rock band, Van Halen, from which most of his net worth has accrued. He is also best known as one of the world's greatest guitarists, as well as, being one of the most influential guitarists in the history of music. Van Halen is a classically trained pianist and a virtuoso guitarist. He was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands on January 26, 1955, but his family would move to Pasadena, California. He originally played the drums and his brother played guitar…
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To todays less educated southern society Bob Marley is only seen as a part time musician full time marijuana enthusiast, but that is only because of the ignorance and inability to see greatness of my generation. Bob Marley helped lead Jamaica out of years of oppression. He did this only armed with his bravado and music. Those acts of greatness and courage should be enough for our respect and admiration. Who was he? Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica, to Norval…
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week, we looked into the Brazilian music and the famous artists. “Brazil is actually spelled and pronounced “Brasil” in Portuguese”, said by Bobby in Swing University. Brazilian music is like a melting pot with different backgrounds of music and history. Music is a part of Brazilian culture. African slaves have influence in the music of Brazil. Brazilian musical instruments include berimbau, atabaque, cavaquinho, pandeiro, alfaia, tamborim and ganza. Taking a glimpse of Brazilian music, we studied…
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The varieties of jazz dance reflect the diversity of American culture. Jazz dance mirrors the social history of the American people, reflecting ethnic influences, historic events, and cultural changes. Jazz dance has been greatly influenced by social dance and popular music. But, like so much that is “from America”, the history of jazz dance begins somewhere else. The origins of jazz music and dance are found in the rhythms and movements brought to America by African slaves. The style of African…
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recording of a score for the film The Power of One. Has he grow into a composer/music producer learning new thing way but also traveling to find sounds to fit the films he scored. Then in about 2000s Zimmer had already started to composed scores on to Hollywood blockbuster films from working on DreamWorks Animation, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and others. During the Sherlock Holmes film in 2009, they reported that Zimmer would use an out-of-tune piano which was about 200 dollars so that he could use…
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In the early days of television, most production was done in New York, because Los Angeles was studio territory. Normally the actors would have to move to New York to film, but the couple insisted on staying in Hollywood. CBS protested, believing that live production in Los Angeles was impractical. Because of the time difference between east and west coast, the network would be forced to air blurry kinescopes in the East, where most television-viewing homes were…
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Tarantino directed Death Proof as part of a double feature with friend Robert Rodriguez, under the collective title Grindhouse. His long-postponed Inglourious Basterds, which tells the fictional alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's political leadership, was released in 2009 to positive reviews. After that came 2012's critically acclaimed Django Unchained, a Western film set in the antebellum era of the Deep South. It became the…
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Frazetta had to go to work at the age of sixteen. His career started with writing comic books, while declining offers from large comic companies like Walt Disney. Frazetta’s comics were of varying styles such as westerns, fantasy, mysteries. Histories and other contemporary themes. Some of his most notable works include Buck Rogers’s covers for Famous Funnies, Al Capp and Li’l Abner comic strips, and paintings for paperback editions of adventure books. Frazetta resides in Pennsylvania with his…
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Stones and other British blues/rock acts, Aerosmith has become one of the most popular acts in rock 'n' roll history. Originally labeled rock's "toxic twins," founding members Steven Tyler and Joe Perry defeated alcoholism and drug use in the 1980s while retaining their characteristic anti-establishment charm and attitude. Chris Norris commented in Spin: "Aerosmith is as close to Hollywood as rock-n-roll gets.... The Boston crew of Tyler, Perry, guitarist Brad Whitford, bassist Tom Hamilton,…
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The Bell of the Ball Dizzy Gillespie Every musician begins their career as an unknown. John Birk Gillespie, Dizzy's birth name, started out the same way. Dizzy was youngest of nine children, and was born on October 11, 1917 in Cheraw, South Carolina to James and Lottie Gillespie. His father, James was a pianist and a local band leader. As a band leader, Dizzy’s father James always had many instruments such as trombones, trumpets, guitar, and saxophones scattered around their home. Dizzy…
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