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2020-09-24T07:19:00.005-07:00

Motivational Speaking 101

While I don't claim to be (anywhere near) the best Personal Development Speaker in the world, if you were to Google the search term Motivational Speaker you would typically find that my name usually comes out somewhere near the very top of the list of about two million matches. Now, let me quickly add that this fact has pretty much nothing to do with my speaking skills or my profile, and everything to do with Johnnie's ability to do what he does with those amazing tech skills of his. I don't really understand how he does it, but I do know that he's good and I'm glad he's on my team.

The two most obvious consequences of this Google ranking are:

a) I get a bunch of speaking work (nice). Thanks Baldy.

b) I get a bunch of emails from people who want advice on how to become a Personal Development/Motivational Speaker (not necessarily the same thing), like this one I received the other day....

Hi Craig,

The area that I am interested in is Personal Growth (not for me - although that's a continuous journey). I would like to coach/mentor/motivate - I think that covers it!! So I suppose one would have to know, what qualification should one have? Coaching? Training? Uni degree?

Thanks so much for your time,

Andrea

In the next three working days I have four speaking gigs and in 2008 I will deliver over one hundred presentations and workshops here and overseas, mostly to corporate audiences. In the last three weeks I have worked in Fiji, the U.S. and of course here in Australia. It is rewarding, challenging and fun, and I love doing it.

I don't know that I'm really the person to write a 'how-to guide' on becoming a Personal Development Speaker but I constantly get asked similar questions about the same topic so I guess it can't hurt to briefly share my thoughts on the matter, keeping in mind that this is not in any way the definitive guide to becoming a successful coach, motivator or speaker, it is merely a snapshot of what I've learned along the way, some random tips and what I've found to be true for me.

Here we go; Motivational Speaking 101...

1. There is no set formula or process to becoming a successful Personal Development Speaker.

2. Some of the most successful and powerful speakers have no tertiary qualification or formal training in human performance, psychology or behavioural science. In fact some of the highest paid speakers in the world never finished a university course, or for that matter, any type of course at all. I fell into this field because I realised that creating life-long positive change (what we all want) has very little to do with our body (the field I was in) and almost everything to do with our head. I discovered that my biggest challenge wasn't telling people what to do, why to do it, or how to do it, but actually getting them to do it (consistently). Change ain't about knowing, it's about doing, and it's in the doing (or should I say, not doing) that people fail.

3. While there is no mandatory 'pre-requisite' or course for this field, it is important to be a student of life nonetheless. "The world is my classroom and every day is a new lesson." Become an expert at observing humanity and you'll learn every day.

4. Having a vaguely 'appropriate or relevant' qualification (communication, psychology, management, philosophy) doesn't necessarily mean that you will be more suited to, or equipped for, the job, however, it may be of value.

5. If you're not inspired or motivated, you probably won't inspire or motivate anyone else. I see this with Trainers in gyms all the time; very knowledgeable but about as inspiring as a bowl of soup. You might want to get inspired yourself, before you try to inspire anyone else.

6. Get in front of groups and talk, anywhere, anytime. And talk. And talk. And keep doing it until you get good at it. And then when you're good... you can charge for it. You can't become a good speaker unless you're speaking often. So, find yourself an audience whenever you can. As with improving any skill, it's not about understanding the theory (only), but about applying it. Often. In my twenties I did hundreds of talks for free. I'm sure at least one of them was good. Or maybe not.

7. Study other speakers. Don't copy them but learn from them. What do they do well? What are the skills, qualities and attributes which make them so good?

8. Know and understand your subject matter inside-out. Don't memorise it, live it. Your presentation shouldn't be a theory that you share but a reality that you live. Then you'll speak with confidence and authority. Walk the talk. You can't teach (effectively) what you don't do.

9. Develop you own product, style, message. Have you own USP (unique selling proposition) - something which differentiates you in the market place. Replicas and clones are boring. And common.

10. Always operate with integrity and humility. Build respect, trust and a quality reputation as a presenter and educator. By the way, don't confuse humility for weakness. Humility actually requires real strength.

11. Don't focus on the money. Focus on becoming the best you can be and the financial rewards will be a by-product of that success. Lose the rock star mindset and patiently, methodically and consciously work at becoming a quality speaker.

12. Be clear and certain about what you want to share. What are your key messages? Be succinct and don't waffle. Use stories which re-enforce your message. Give people practical, useful information and strategies which can be applied as soon as they leave the presentation.

13. If you use a power-point slide show (if you must), don't have 300 slides!! Less is more. Don't have too many words on each slide and don't use more than twenty slides in a one hour presentation (at the most!).

14. Talk with people not at them. Less lecturing, more conversational chat. People won't connect with you if they don' think you're like them (in some way).

15. Don't be precious. If you constantly need to have your ego stroked and you can't deal with criticism then this ain't the career for you.

16. Don't be cheesy. As a Personal Development Speaker your goal is to help people effect long-term change in a real and practical way, not to run around a room and whip them into a temporary self-help frenzy. And please do your best not to use smoke machines or rock music as a backdrop. The eighties are over. Some speakers are stuck in a time warp and permanently smell like Parmesan.

So there it was; a brief snapshot into (my version of) the world of Motivational Speaking. I don't know if that was at all interesting, helpful or relevant to you, but at least now I can simply refer the want to-be motivators to this post rather than penning all those individual responses. See; I'm really being lazy.

Craig Harper (B.Ex.Sci.) is the #1 ranked Motivational Speaker (according to Google). He is a qualified exercise scientist, author, columnist, radio presenter, television host and owner of one of the largest personal training centres in the world.

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2020-09-16T04:00:00.006-07:00

The Purpose of Music

Music is a form of art which plays an important part of our everyday life. Throughout human history, even in the old ages, people used some forms of instrument to create music, as a means of entertainment. Though, is entertainment the only purpose for music in our lives? Maybe most of us never noticed, but music can affect our mood, our productivity and also the way how we feel.

Music as a political tool

One of music's best qualities is that it can unite a number of people closer together, to support a single aim. In 1985, music was the means that united the whole world against world poverty. Thanks to the success of Live Aid concerts, in 2005, Bob Geldof did it again, and organized another worldwide concert, Live Aid. This time he wanted the whole world to send a message to all the G8 world leaders to "Make Poverty History". The event consisted in 10 concerts all around the world, 150 bands and 1250 musicians. Apart from concerts, there were a couple of other concerts and songs released from groups of international artists to deliver messages and raise awareness.

Music helps you concentrate and relax

Although classical music is not in everyone's good books, it can help a person relax and concentrate. There've been studies that proved that if pregnant women listen to classical music; it simulates the babies' minds. Apart from that, the woman herself will relax; therefore the baby will relax as well. Low volume classical music can help everyone concentrate, be more productive in an office, and at the same time keep a relaxed mood. A person is more productive when he listens to some relaxing music in the office, such as classical music. It is also proven that when a person listens to loud and fast music, such as house and techno music, it is much harder to concentrate on what is being done.

Music to motivate you

Ever noticed that at the gym they always play music? Fast, loud music helps you get the energy you need when tired, to give that little extra and make proper training. Usually house music is the music of choice during training sessions, because the type of beats used in such music encourages one to move around, and helps you give that little bit extra to make some proper much needed training after a day at the office.

Music as an artist's medium

And what about music in films and animations or cartoons? To really appreciate this, try to watch an old movie without background music, and notice that you won't get into the film itself as much as you do in today's film. A simple test to see the effect of music on humans while watching a film is a scary movie. If there is a part of the movie where people shout and scream, most of the time is the music used in the film that prepares the human brains that something scary is going to happen. Try to watch a scary movie but without sound, will you get scared as much as you did when you watched it with sound?

As seen above, music plays a very important role in our every day life. Some people might not notice it and they simply live on with this fact, but for people who love music, should start appreciate more every kind of music genre, as they all have their purpose and time in life. There are much more purposes for music in our lives, not only the above, but it would be impossible to list them all. After all, what's better than some old school soft rock music, while having a beer in a bar next to the sea with some friends?

Bruce listens to all genres of music most of the time. He likes writing about music and musicians in his blog; [http://www.muzikablog.com].

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2020-09-14T05:10:00.003-07:00

The Influences and Origins of Modern Rock

As you look back to the music scene of the late 50s and early 60s there's no doubt that many of the bands and artists around at that time had a major influence on the shape of modern music, ranging from the heavy rock produced by Led Zeppelin in the 70s right through to the sounds of Green Day today.

With pioneers like Elvis Presley, who brought a raunchiness and a new blues sound to the industry that shook the business up, and later the lyrics and sounds of Bob Dylan who took political and social commentary to the next level, you find that it took time and dedication from many artists to make sure that rock and roll music did not 'fade away' as many prominent people including politicians wanted.

As Jimi Hendrix took the art of playing the guitar to a new level, and Patti Smith broke down many barriers in both song writing and the acceptance of the female artist, rock music began to gain a momentum that would see the likes of The Clash take up and shape into a tool that could influence the masses, not only future musicians.

Once the Beatles evolved from a 'boy band' into an experimental rock band who challenged the notion of staying in one genre, and developed a style that incorporated many styles of music, it was inevitable that rock music was here to stay in its many different forms.

Today's music is a cornucopia of all the influential sounds of the 50s, 60s and 70s, from the dulcet jazz of Miles Davies, the dark rap of Run DMC and the haunting sounds of a young Kate Bush.

Modern rock simply wouldn't be the same without these bands, and bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, whose experimentation and ability to challenge the norm (of music and society) led to a freedom that allowed music to develop beyond the safeness it had been cocooned in for many years.

Bands like The Who and The Rolling Stones took the music to the people and wrote songs that took the pure emotion and angst of the people and gave it life; for the first time in history music began to tell the story of the youth, of their fears for society, their anger and their determination to pull through despite the obstacles - it was an exciting time for music and a time that changed the face of rock music forever.

Without some of the albums that influenced a whole generation, we simply would be listening to a different sound today. F

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2020-09-11T08:20:00.003-07:00

Basic Rock Guitar Course

Rock guitar playing is the most phenomenal guitar art being followed by many people, especially teenagers. Thus, knowing the best of guitar will help you in realizing the best of things that can keep you going in bands and concerts.

There are courses that you can get for you to be able to learn the best of rock guitar playing. These courses are offered by music centers that are near your place. Most bands are also giving rock guitar courses for people to follow and for people to grab the chance in learning the subject well.

You can also grab a chance to open online sites to get basic rock guitar course online. These sites are offering the best of the best by giving videos and soundtracks that you can follow through as your guide in learning rock guitar well. Some sites are offering basic rock guitar course with fees but trust me, they worth any penny you pay.

Here are some of the matters that you can learn out of the basic rock guitar course:

1. Basic Guitar. You need to teach the subjects that duly surround basic guitar. There are several aspects that you should carefully outline as your desire to get the best of the guitar art and experience the way of learning for the best.

It will be your foundation as you go on with the things in guitar. The basic guitar learning you have will be the best tool that will help you in further improvement.

2. Basic Rock Music. Rock music has special aspects that you need to learn as you progress in learning things well. You need to have the right section of guitar art in rock music that will set forth your best ability in rock music.

3. Guitar in rock music. As you learn things, you will have the best of getting the right pattern that you can play for you to get the learning of rock music. It is very important that you know the things that will help you in making new waves in rock music.

As you learn all these things which are having great importance in your everyday movement for the best of the rock music, you will also advance in the creation of far better things which will improve your ways in getting the best for the band.

You can also get guitar lessons out from e-books that are out in the market. It will be your handbook in learning the best of the rock guitar. Moreover, as you take your level of learning out of rock guitar courses, you also need actual people to help you in reaching perfection for your ability.

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2020-09-08T04:29:00.000-07:00

Getting Started Playing Rock Guitar

We all know those great rock songs very well. From the groovin' drum beats, to the insane guitar solo, they are simply timeless. When it comes to studying a particular type of music, there are certain techniques, chords and scales that a guitarist will have to know in order to produce the right sound. Though this article may seem at first to be redundant, I instead decided to write it for the completely fresh guitarist.

Every day I encounter tons of newbie guitarists who are so excited about learning to play the guitar, and they naturally have musical preference, but a lot of times they simply don't know where to begin. Well, that's why I wrote this, because if this is you as well, then I'm going to spell out for you what you need to study to become proficient at rock guitar.

The first thing are the chords themselves. Though I highly advise any beginning guitarist to devour as much information about chords and their makeup as possible, there is a set of chords that are used over and over again throughout every form of rock music, not excluding heavy metal.

1. Chords

These chords are called power chords, and are excellent for this form of music, because they promote a sort of one size fits all approach. The formation and overall creation of a power chord is very simple, and the formation can be maintained and repositioned to create power chords in different keys. I can't spell out for you how to create a power chord in this article, but at least you know what to start off with.

You should also take the time to learn a lot of major and minor 7th chords, as they too can be used in this style of music. Even at times, and specifically in the case of bands like Led Zeppelin, jazz chords have been favored.

2. Scales and Modes

Well, you should take the time to learn every scale and mode, but just to get you started, you'll want to start with the Major scale. After that, work on both the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales, as these are used more than any other scale or mode, and frequent the rock and hard rock scenes. Also take the time to learn the blues scale, and possible some Harmonic and Melodic minor, which will give you a darker sound.

The Harmonic and Melodic minor scales have a very classical presence to them, and both work exceptionally well with the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales. As a side note, you might also want to study the Japanese scales which have a really erie sound to them.

3. Techniques

Traditional rock guitar playing tends to utilize a more traditional approach to technique. You should work on your string bends, slides and especially alternate picking, which is the process of picking a lick starting with a down stroke, followed by an upstroke. This process repeats over and over again. It would look something like this:

D,U,D,U,D,U,D,U

This is sort of a form of economy picking, because its a more economical approach to picking that just picking a string with strictly down strokes or upstrokes. This allows you to get pretty fast on the guitar.

You'll also want to do a little investigating when it comes to learning harmonics. Pinch harmonics are very common in music that feature distorted guitar work.

You could also work on guitar tapping and legato if you wanted to, and this would take you into a broader world.

4. Study the Blues

The Blues and many forms of music share a wonderful correlation. Even Heavy Metal has roots in the blues. Jazz also has blues roots. Imagine that? Heavy Metal

and Jazz having something in common, but in actual fact - all music is universal. Artists like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Zakk Wylde, Jimmy Page, and Jimmy Hendrix sport some amazing straight Blues licks. Take the time to learn these licks, but do it on your own. If you try to pick some of it up from the actual albums, as opposed to the tablature, you'll learn a lot more about how to construct these same licks and how they work.

All in all, the formula that I gave you is a great way to really rock the house, but as I have told many students before, studying as many styles of music as possible brings a real quality to your style of choice. Keep rockin!

Tennyson Williams has been studying guitar for eight years, sixteen hours a day, and has studied every style of music imaginable. He has played in bands, that encompassed a wide range of music. It wasn't until after eight years of piano lessons, that he made the decision to become a self-taught musician, but the journey has been well worth it for the guitarist. His sole passion is to share with others, his endless knowledge of music, in order to make their musical dreams a reality. He has currently written a guitar instructional book called The Essential Guide To Guitar Virtuosity that can be found at GuitarSpeedSecret.com [http://www.guitarspeedsecret.com]

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2020-09-05T05:39:00.006-07:00

Pop Music That Made American History - The Top Twenty Songs of the First Half Century of Rock N Roll

The world changed dramatically during the second half of the Twentieth Century, as the United States became the most powerful nation both politically and culturally. One American phenomenon that has left its mark in all corners of the world is pop music. Here is my list of the most important pop songs of the Twentieth Century, in chronological order. Perhaps they were not the first, the best or the most original, but they were the right thing at the right time, and they changed history.

1. "Rock Around the Clock," (1954). Bill Haley and the Comets. In the early years of Rock music, the inclusion of this song would be a no brainer. It was the first great Rock and Roll hit, selling 25 million copies. Nowadays, we may have a desire to right the record, and say that black performers like Big Joe Turner, Bo Diddley and Ike Turner were the real originators of the style, but the fact is that in the segregated atmosphere of that time, it was necessary for a talented white group to champion the music to a larger audience. The Comets were able to rise to the occasion.

2. "Only You," (1955). The Platters. They became the personification of the emerging doo-wop style which was a blend of rock and roll combos and vocal styling that can be traced back to the Ink Spots and other performers of the Big Band era. Doo-wop was first successfully introduced by the Penguins a year earlier, with "Earth Angel," but it was The Platters, a classy act from the West Coast that really established the genre. Their many hits, such as "The Great Pretender" and "My Prayer," served as a standard of quality for other groups to strive for. With its popularity in the multi-ethnic society of the Northeast, doo-wop was the first racially integrated style, and it still has a devoted following to this day, thanks to the many brilliant vocal performances.

3. "Hound Dog," (1956). Elvis Presley. In that year Elvis exploded on the scene with this hit, plus "Blue Suede Shoes", "Heartbreak Hotel" and others. He was revolutionary in the McCarthy era age of conformity. The influence of Elvis Presley cannot be underestimated: he introduced national audiences to rockabilly music, white audiences to black rock and roll and his on-stage persona made venues accessible for the even more flamboyant acts like Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis. He created the Rock and roll version of the teen idol, updating the image from Frank Sinatra's time.

4. "La Bamba," (1958). Ritchie Valens. This song is important on two counts: it brought the Spanish language and Mexican tradition into the mainstream of Rock music. The opening phrase, "Para bailar la Bamba," sounds like an historic cry, "un grito." It is also important because it launched the fad of dance songs that conceived of dance as an expression of the inner self, rather than a dating ritual. "In order to dance the Bamba, you have to have a touch of grace," and listeners began to see dancing in a new light, as communication with their own bodies.

5. "Shop Around," (1960). Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. A perfectly crafted blend of doo-wop vocals and driving rock and roll beats, this is the recording that launched Motown. The Shirelles, a New York "girl group" had scored a hit a few months earlier with "Dedicated to the One I Love," (1959), thus establishing the genre. The Shirelles were trailblazers, building on the success of the earlier doo-wop oriented Chantels and leading to many other girl groups, but it was Motown that became the spiritual home of this new musical style that eventually came to be called "soul music," and so the Motown recording is the one that made history. Motown was one of the richest veins of pop music of this entire period, culminating in the landmark recording, "Papa was a Rollin' Stone," (1972) by the Temptations. By that point the cultural revolution that was the 1960s had transformed the Motown sound into something completely different.

6. "At Last," (1961). Etta James. Mixed the styles of raucous R and B, Rock and roll and the female slow groove. She did not have the jazz cachet of her contemporary Dinah Washington, instead she represented a new, rebellious era of earthy hedonism. She opened the way for the acceptance of other iconoclastic female performers like Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin (with her distinctive version of "Summertime"). It proved to be fertile ground for male singers, as well, notably, Percy Sledge with "When a Man Loves a Woman," (1969).

7. "She Loves You," (1963). The Beatles. Though not an American group, they had an enormous influence on the history of American music and the pop culture of the 1960s. "I Wanna Hold your Hand" was their first U.S. hit in January, 1964, and was followed almost immediately by this song. The two songs taken together illustrate the innovative quality of the Beatles in terms of melody, song structure and vocal harmonic style. "She Loves You," however, was the more iconic of the two, with its "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" refrain that came to symbolize this genre. The British Invasion that followed changed music history.

8. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," (1965). The Rolling Stones. The Beatles were soon followed across the Atlantic by their bizarro-world evil twins, the Rolling Stones. If the Beatles had little halos, the Stones had horns. Their spirit of rebelliousness would find fertile ground in the atmosphere of the 1960s. They stayed true to their heavy guitar based genre, even as the Beatles became more cerebral and psychedelic. The Rolling Stones can be seen as the fathers of Heavy Metal, and through their influence on groups like the Velvet Underground, the spiritual fathers of Alternative Rock.

9. "Subterranean Homesick Blues," (1965). Bob Dylan. As a singer of protest songs, Bob Dylan had been one of the leading performers of the early 1960s folk movement. His move to "folk rock" in 1965 was shocking to his fan base, and when he appeared on stage at the Newport Folk Festival with an electric guitar, he was vigorously booed, in one of the most famous incidents of the period. This song was revolutionary not only for its innovative blend of musical styles, but also for its new use of language. The intensity of imagery was something that had never been heard before in pop music and would not be equaled again until Grand Master Flash and "The Message" of 1982. (See below).

10. "White Rabbit" (1967). Jefferson Airplane. This was their second hit song to come out of the album "Surrealistic Pillow," after "Don't You Want Somebody to Love." "White Rabbit" really exemplified the West Coast psychedelic style of the 1967 Summer of Love, with its surrealistic lyrics and mindblowing crescendo. Grace Slick single handedly invented the concept of the powerhouse rocker female. Other important West Coast groups at this time were the Doors with "Light My Fire," and the Byrds, with their cover of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man." Anybody going to San Francisco?

11. "Hey, Joe," (1967). Jimi Hendrix. Working mainly in New York and London, he represents the Atlantic variant of the psychedelic rock scene. His guitar work and his performance style made him a trailblazer of that period, along with the Who and Cream. He is a giant of pop music history because he bridged black and white musical styles so successfully, and with his creativity helped to launch both the Heavy Metal style and the Funk style of the 1970s.

12. "Respect" (1968). Aretha Franklin. With the overwhelming impact of the British Invasion and the psychedelic styles, soul music had lost its luster as a vanguard form of pop music. Aretha changed that with her infusion of gospel and driving rhythms to the old formulas of Motown music, bringing the music back to its African-American roots. Respect is a perfectly appropriate title for this achievement, because suddenly the centrality of black music to the creative spirit of American pop music became indisputable.

13. "Living for the City," (1973). Stevie Wonder. Profoundly significant both from a musical and a social perspective. The use of synthesizers and the spoken interlude in the song gave it an innovative structure. The social commentary and spoken dialog led the way for the development of rap music later in the decade.

14. "I Will Survive," (1978). Gloria Gaynor. It is the anthem of the disco mania of the 1970s. Previous disco hits had been "The Hustle," (1975) by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony, and "Tangerine," (1976) by Salsoul Orchestra. These instrumentals allowed dancers to focus on the rhythms and steps as they learned the new dance crazes of the period, be they partner dances, like the Latin Hustle, or line dances like the Bus Stop. The 1977 film, "Saturday Night Fever" included songs with vocal parts by the BeeGees (Stayin' Alive) and the Trammps, "Disco Inferno." However, the lyrics to these songs were always secondary and usually barely intelligible. With the soaring vocal performance of Gloria Gaynor on this song, and the message in the lyrics, the hustle finally found its voice and came alive.

15. "Rapper's Delight," (1979). Sugar Hill Gang. This song marked the beginning of rap music. It is a moment of pop music history every bit as significant as anything done by Elvis or the Beatles. The rap style was soon perfected and packaged by other groups, notably Run-DMC, and went on to permeate Western pop music in the following decades.

16. "The Message" (1982). Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five. By infusing their verses with such powerful social commentary, they demonstrated the immense power of the rap style. The syncopated line of monosyllables, "Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge, I'm try-in' not to lose my head," was unprecedented, and the little laugh that followed it was truly haunting. With their virtuoso command of language, they did for rap music what Bob Dylan did for folk rock. The form was brought to complete commercial fruition 13 years later with Coolio's "Gangster's Paradise," (1995).

17. "Thriller," (1982). Michael Jackson. A huge event. Musically, it was a synthesis of many styles that came before: funk, rock, r n b, disco, novelty song, but it was so much more than its parts, as it seamlessly fused these styles together. It was also the prototypical music video, a visual accomplishment that has never been duplicated. The album is the best selling album of all time.

18. "Like a Virgin," (1984). Madonna. Both she and Cyndi Lauper crashed onto the music scene at the same time in 1983, as the first female performers to create every aspect of their onstage personas and to present themselves as performance artists rather than simply artists who perform. However, Lauper's style remained idiosyncratic and inimitable, but Madonna's style became a genre. She created the sexy, leggy female pop idol, in the tradition of male performers like Michael Jackson and Prince, and she was followed by an endless string of other women, some imitators, some artists in their own right.

19. "Conga," (1985). Miami Sound Machine. It introduced English speaking music lovers to the Caribbean Hispanic style that had been percolating on the East coast for the previous two decades. Gloria Estefan's clipped phrasing even gave the English lyrics a Spanish feeling. She matched or even surpassed this achievement with "Oye Mi Canto" in 1989. World Music and Latin fusion are concepts that began to take their present form here.

20. "Smells Like Teen Spirit," (1991). Nirvana. The grunge style of the 1990s got its most iconic performance in this. Kurt Cobain's stage persona and aesthetics have influenced all the alternative rock singers that have come after him, giving them an alternative to the fake cockney whines that had dominated before. The members of Nirvana were particularly articulate through their music and artistic statements, thus codifying the characteristics of this new style.

This is a list of twenty very different and unique songs, but there are certain characteristics. One striking thing is the low number of women on this list (six, including Grace Slick and Gloria Estefan). It seems that women have had a hard time being seen as innovators and being given the opportunity to take a lead role. An example of this double standard can be seen in the way that Mick Jagger, with his middle class British background from the opposite end of the English speaking world, never faced serious questioning about his embracing of black performance and musical styles, but Janis Joplin, born and raised in the Deep South, was criticized as being derivative or worse, and her reputation suffered for many years because of this. A clear division of styles along racial lines is, in fact, one of the most persistent traits of pop music even to this day. However, if such divides are normally seen as polarizing and undesirable elsewhere, that is not necessarily the case in pop music.

Here, they have created the terrain for multi-faceted and rich traditions that thrive on cross-pollination, and when we allow performers to bridge these gaps with their creativity, we get some of the greatest performers, such as Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix. As American pop music has grown in complexity, the opportunities have emerged for more productive mixtures, but the innovative spirit seems to have hit a dry patch. It remains to be seen where the next great song will come from; it's been a long time coming.

Dominic Ambrose is a writer and script developer living in Paris. Take a look at his blog of words at http://dominicambrose.wordpress.com and his art blog at http://ambroseartgallery.wordpress.com

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2020-09-02T03:50:00.003-07:00

Where Is All The New Music?

We have come to place music into two broad categories; that of New Music and that of Traditional Music. Music before the turn of the century has come to be thought of as the Traditional. This Traditional Music gets lumped together in what most people refer to as Classical. This classification is so well fixed in people's minds that even traditional rock music is referred to as Classic Rock.

The so called Classical Music is really about three different periods that were all different in their practice. Even so, there are some differences in the music after the turn of the century that are distinctive enough to warrant the label of New Music.

Prior to the turn of the century, all music was 'goal oriented' or 'tonal,' meaning that there was one chord in the particular composition that was the goal or resting point of the music's chord progression. When this chord was reached, the music sounded finished and the music would not sound finished until this chord was reached. Hence this chord would show-up at the very end of the music but also at the ends of all phrases or melodies, pretty much. It would not be the same chord for every piece of music but would depend on the 'key' of the music. That is the meaning of 'key.' If a piece of music is in the 'key of C,' then the chord it must end on is C. A work in the 'key of G' would end on G and so forth.

Well. after a hundred years or so, composers got the itch to try something new and so we find the first examples of the New Music. Claude Debussy has often been called the 'Father of Modern Music,' and his works began to make tonality ambiguous by employing other types of scales such as the Whole Tone Scale.

Some composers went beyond this and tossed out tonality all together. The most notable example of this was the Serial Music composed by Arnold Schoenberg. Serial Music used a scale of twelve tones (rather than the traditional eight) and studiously avoided any note/chord relationship. Some other composers like John Cage created what was called 'Chance Music,' where the notes in the piece were determined by the throw of dice.

Meanwhile, at this same time, jazz was being made. Jazz and Blues returned to tonality with a vengeance. However there were many other elements added that qualified this as New Music. The difference in instrumentation, with the electric guitar and the greatly expanded role of the drums were certainly things that had not gone on before and so the birth of jazz and its development into the pop of today certainly fits into the category of New Music.

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2020-08-26T05:00:00.003-07:00

What We Need to Understand With Rock Music Today

Music keeps changing as time goes by. The rock music trends are borne to maintain a cultural influence depending on their era of formation. Many of the artists are becoming theatrical with many of the bands putting up a great show. Some of the groups have been around for many decades and so they stand to influence the current music trends. However, their influence on the current music depends on how well they continue providing great shows to their audiences, considering treads come and go.

The current music trends

Today, shock rock is proving to be the "big thing", making many of the rock groups to become exceedingly popular. Therefore, many of the audiences are becoming tired of gimmicks that are observed with some musicians. In fact, some of these musicians are losing the attention that is otherwise required for surviving in a competitive industry. Some of the buyers or listeners are overlooking the trends to find their own voices.

It has become easier to find the desired voice, because we live in a community that detects the right voice from the least appealing. Lyricists who offer the best in terms of song writing are also identified readily. Therefore, the future of rock music is likely to gravitate towards the humble beginning where people begin to appreciate the skill of writing good music. It will be more that presenting an image to the point of expressing one's talents and creativity. The society is asking for better, bigger and extreme talents. This offers a good way of ensuring the latest trends of rock music are being introduced.

The difference with the music

The current trends in rock music are not necessarily different from the performances in other eras, although many of the followers may choose to differ. When you consider the most recent trends of rock music, you stand to find a presentation that you enjoy. Many rock bands are sincere in their presentation while managing their theatrical. You will discover many more bands that choose to maintain their low profile; therefore, they get to be heard when they hit the top charts.

Some of the rock groups can be compared with the "Beetles" who captured the attention of the audience in the 70s. The latest rock music trends are seeking to capture the attention of the audience by offering great performances. Therefore, the recent trends stand to impact significantly the future generations.

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2020-08-24T03:45:00.000-07:00

Sexy Rock Music - Top Sexy Songs by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)

By Peter Kenyon

Trent Reznor, mastermind behind industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails, is no stranger to the realm of Top Songs in the genre of Sexy Rock Music. And if you were to ask anyone who has dipped their head into the rock world for an iota of time, they would be able to come up saying NIN's "Closer" definitely deserves a spot on any Top 10 list.

But what about Trent's other bands/projects? What about How To Destroy Angels, the band he shares with his wife, Mariqueen, and friend/collaborator Atticus Ross? What about his soundtracks, also co-composed by Ross? His remixes/covers?

How's about we dip into less charted territory?

Here's an example of a playlist utilizing Trent Reznor's sexy deep cuts:

1. All Time Low (Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks)

Start the ball rolling with this loud mid-tempo funk song, which sounds very akin to "Closer" (Trent even inserts verses from "Closer" when he performs "All Time Low" live). Between the dissonant 70's style guitar of Adrian Belew, the staccato bass lines of Pino Palladino, and the drugged out arpeggiator at the end of the song, this song takes you on a drunken sexual journey. Good way to start things off.

2. Get Down Make Love (Nine Inch Nails - Sin)

Bring up the angst a bit with Trent's industrial version of Queen's deep track from "News of the World". Produced by Ministry's Al Jourgensen, Trent's distorted vocals make him sound all the more desperate and sexually frustrated, completely the opposite of Freddy Mercury's confident "I'm the provider of all things sexual, now do what I say." Trent's take is more "Do what I say??? PLEASE?! BEFORE WE ALL DIE OF BLUE BALLS!!!!"

3. 27 Ghosts III (Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV)

Keep the angst and noise high. This super deep cut is an instrumental from a series of instrumental EP's called "Ghosts". These EP's were the main reason David Fincher asked Trent and Atticus to score his films. Fincher would put songs from "Ghosts" in the soundtrack of "The Social Network" to test the feel of things, trying to hear what the difference would be between a darker score and a score of more upbeat rock songs from Elvis Costello.

4. Only (El-P Remix) (Nine Inch Nails -- Every Day Is Exactly the Same)

This half-timed version of NIN's hit single "Only" by hip hop artist El-P changes the original disco feel into a super sexually charged schmorgasbord of sweaty beats/turntable effects. Technically not made by Trent, specifically, but shut up. It's part of the Halo canon (Halos being Nine Inch Nails' official catalog system). This will totally work in your favor.

5. The Loop Closes (How to Destroy Angels - Welcome Oblivion)

An almost instrumental song, this tune brings electronica and exotic instrumentation together, solidified by another "Closer"-ish beat. A great song that utilizes a rising dynamic throughout, starting soft, it steadily climbs its way into forte (and you should be climbing to your own forte) before releasing its energy and resolving in a blippy electronic pianissimo. It's also great to hear Trent and his wife riffing together in the vocals.

6. Reptile (Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral)

A classic NIN song from a classic album, but a deep cut, nonetheless. Trent is totally in his element of sexual frustration and loss. Take things to a darker tone (which, considering everything on this playlist is dark, is saying something).

7. Closer (Precursor) (Nine Inch Nails - Closer to God)

I know I said we'd stick to more uncharted territory, so why is "Closer" showing up? Touche. BUT this is a remix done by Coil. If you've seen the opening credits to "Se7en" (by the aforementioned David Fincher, no less) then you've heard this really great take on NIN's biggest single. It's dirty, sludgy, long, and has a slightly more disturbing feel than the original.

8. A Familiar Taste (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network)

This song is a revisited and altered version of a song from Nine Inch Nails' "Ghosts" collection. But I like this version better. In the film, "The Social Network", it plays while Mark Zuckerberg is imagining what happens at all the frat parties he'd like to attend when they invite young college ladies over for a night of drunken, sexual revelry. This song is a good warmer upper for the next track on the list...

9. Vessel (Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero)

I love this track. This truly rivals "Closer"'s reign of sexiest NIN song of all time. This one's pumping, throbbing gristle is great for the more violent sexual rompers out there. The noise, the blips, the groove: it's perfect.

10. Consummation (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Gone Girl)

This one's dark. The darkest on the list. And it's last for a reason. I won't say what happens in the film "Gone Girl", but this song occurs during its most poignant and violent scene. I would use this song to bring on the climax when it comes to your playlist. The slow pulse, the rising cacophony (it sounds like your speakers are being ripped apart), all lend themselves to the perfect ending (read: orgasm) of your ten song Trent Reznor sex fest.

***11. Sugar Storm (Reprise) (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Gone Girl)
As a bonus, use this song as you come down. It's short but pleasant to listen to. It also has the perfect major key ending, a great cherry on top of everything you've just listened to.***

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2020-08-20T08:50:00.006-07:00

Aesop Rock Music

Aesop Rock music and lyrics redefined hip for many a listener, including myself. When his classic album Float dropped, hip hop fans were exposed to a whole new style of lyrics never seen in the genre before. The single Daylight- perhaps Aesop's best known song to date- on Labor Days brought him to the forefront of underground rap.

Born Ian Matthias Bavitz in Long Island, Aesop Rock grew up in New York and studied painting at Boston College. While working as a waiter he released his first two albums: Music For Earthworms (1997) and the Appleseed EP (1999).The albums caught the eyes of many in the music community and Float held their interest for years to come. Production was a compilation between Aesop Rock and his friend Blockhead, though the latter's influence is much more recognizable on Float.

The next album was Labor Days and is considered by many to be Aesop's best album, both lyrically and musically. It wasn't until Bazooka Tooth that Aesop Rock music - not just lyrics- began to take form. Unfortunately, most of his fans found his music too heavily featured, making it difficult to discern his already complex rhymes. Still, tracks like "No Jumper Cables" caught on, and were released as a single.

Times changed, and the evolution of his music changed with it. In his early albums, there was a much heavier influence on jazz (as a result of working with Blockhead); Labor Days seemed to be more rock-infused than earlier albums, while Bazooka Tooth ushered in a whole new musical style for the Long Island rapper. The sounds were much more urban based with electronica overtones.

While those elements still remained important, in his album Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives Aesop took a back seat role in production, while still remaining at the forefront lyrically, both on the album and underground hip hop in general.

Aesop Rock music has always been important to hip hop, though he struggles to earn accolades for his production work- sort of a Kanye West in reverse. However, Ace did land a production commission for Nike, where he produced a 45 minute track for joggers. The music was conceptual and featured several landscapes for the listener to follow (reminiscent of Forest Crunk on the Daylight EP).

Aesop Rock music is unique in hip hop and should be given special attention by aficionados, both for the musical and lyrical concepts.

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2020-08-19T03:43:00.007-07:00

Rock Music Songwriters

Occasionally, you'd expect to have rock music songwriters to create hit rock songs for you since you do not always have the ability to compose something that will draw the attention of your listeners easily and get them emotionally attached to it. The fact is that you need talent and skills to compose a good rock music tune. This is because the lines of the song should rhyme and also the story being told should flow in particular way that your audience can understand.

Rock songs should have great correlation between the melody lines and lyrics. This is the reason why you need rock music songwriters; the writing process can really be time consuming and may still not give you expected results. A lot of rock musicians are very much aware of the challenges and processes that songwriters go through to deliver a great song. Using the services of these songwriters can save you a lot of time so you can focus more on recording sessions.

Bringing on excellent rock music songwriters saves you from trial and error kind of thing or guesswork. This will even allow you to concentrate on how to sing along with the beat and never worry about some of the challenges of songwriting like making your lyric sound great and etc. Many rock musicians made hit songs from other people's lyrics.

They focus on their voice and beat because they are not skilled for writing something that will catch their audience's attention. Being able to write good music is difficult than most people think it is. Beats and music lyrics must be arranged in sequences of lines/bars that match the music flow. This ability takes the talent of rock music songwriters as it is not easily learned.

Rock music songwriters can lead you through the entire songwriting process or scribble the whole piece for you. You'd have to sign a contract so that both you and the songwriter you've hired could protect each others' legalities. The process though is really simple and you'd realize in no time that you have a hit track in your hands to touch your world.

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2020-08-17T03:50:00.002-07:00

The Wonderful Fusion Of Rock Music and Celtic Music

Along with Pop, R&B, and Punk Rock, there's one music genre that often flies under the popular music radar, this is called Celtic Rock. The initiative to make the Celtic Rock genre came from the minds of Celtic artists and singers who were successful in bringing out the mixing of Celtic music and rock songs that we hear these days. The success achieved by Celtic musicians is largely due to the immense success of Celtic Rock as a genre. The recognition of this genre may have been caused largely by the rock elements found in this music, as Rock music has a habit of being ear-catching and memorable to most people's ear.¨

The Celtic Rock genre is hard to identify due to its distinctive nature, so here's a good example that might sound familiar. There was a scene in the film "Titanic" where passengers in the third class or "steerage" section were gladly dancing to a bit of music with Leonardo DiCaprio leading them and when Kate Winslet saw this happening, she immediately joined the gathering, getting down on the dance floor and jigging along with the intensely infections beat. The background music played throughout the dance was in fact produced by an Irish band named Gaelic Storm, noted in Celtic music circles for creating influential Celtic Rock throughout their career.

So, exactly how does this blend of Celtic and Rock music go together so successfully? There can be three ways that you can create a successful fusion: one, by using rock music instruments in playing conventional Celtic music; two, performing rock music with the use of Celtic instruments, for example bagpipe, fiddle, Uilleann pipes, and harp; and three, integrating Celtic lyrics or rhythms into an already established and popular piece of rock music. Many royalty free music producers use the third kind as it has an infectious rhythm which works great in a marketing exercise, for example on TV advertisements.

Celtic rock derived out of the 'electric folk' music scene in the beginning of the seventies. A Scottish singer known as Donovan produced an album known as "Open Road" where he titled one of his musical compositions as "Celtic Rock", and this was the first ever recorded use of this term that became popular throughout the years.

The evolution of Celtic Rock then has become evident with numerous songs being created by Celtic bands and musicians, particularly in the Celtic areas of Brittany, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Celtic rock is not limited to Celtic regions, since there are also countries with large Irish and Scottish roots which are partial to this sort of music, and which often forms the cohesive elements in the pub culture of such places. To be able to pay tribute to their roots, artists usually produce Celtic Rock through playing popular rock and punk music with elements of Celtic songs in it.

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Many fusion or co-operative music genres have appeared in the music industry in the past 20-30 years, but some of them were short-lived unlike Celtic Rock which continued to be well-known and influential, supplying the fuel for local groups to make it big on a worldwide scale. The best such name is perhaps U2, who shifted to a more mainstream genre, but not without the initial recognition made available from the music of Irish Rock.

There are actually musical sub-genres that are created thanks to this fusion of Celtic Rock. With Ireland giving birth to several punk bands in the 1970's, the Pogues created Celtic Punk, by blending elements of Celtic Rock, but presented punk-style. Likewise, many metal bands of later years utilized classic Celtic music in their metal, making Celtic Metal music and proving that the fusion of different musical entities is likely to continue well into the future, and that can only be a good thing.

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2020-08-14T04:52:00.000-07:00

Music Videos - A Picture Can Do a Lot

Music is the most powerful way to express yourself, as with music you can touch the heart of every living being. No matter whatever you want to express to this world, you can do it through music. Even in today's world, music is known as the best medium to pray to God. In ancient times, the musicians and singers were using the theatres and other local stages to show their talents to the public. However, with the regular growth of technology, continuous new researches in music, the scenario has been changed. Nowadays, people are making videos for their compositions and getting live to this world with the power of music.

A music video is a type of promotional clip that embeds a complete piece of music with it. These videos are used for promoting the sales of that particular album. With the increasing number of musical genres, music videos are high in demand. These videos use a mixture of filming techniques, including live-action, animation, and non-narrative looms such as abstract film etc. Music videos are getting tremendous popularity and growth in the number of fans. By including a variety of foot-tapping genres like Rap, Hip-Hop, Electronic, Dance, Pop, Rock, Metal etc. the latest music videos are fully loaded to shake your soul. These videos are not only for rocking you, but for also comforting you. These days, music videos have become a non-stop phenomenon. Every day, we are getting a high amount of music videos through different media like TV, Internet etc. With the increasing number different music channels, watching your favourite videos has become easier.

Music videos have certainly become a very powerful source to promote one's music and particularly in today's world, where a picture is worth a thousand words.

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2020-08-10T10:11:00.004-07:00

Why You Should Pass on Hardcore Music Before Exams and Switch to Mozar

It is quite controversial, but effects of heavy metal and hard rock music on the brain is not so great. Please understand me good. I am fan of hard music myself if lyrics are smart and motivate me for action. In the same time it was proven numerous times that when it comes to learning nothing can beat Mozart's piano concerts.

Effects of music on our brains is mentioned by thousands (if not millions) of people every single day. It means that there is quite a big demand for some knowledge and facts in this area. Some people do not love when their children listen to hard stuff and think that it makes them stupid. This is a stereotype which needs to fall down. It is as untrue as saying that punk music is the best choice for studying history. Music can bring feelings of happiness and joy, but also sorrow and even unpleasant memories. What is truly special about classical music is that it is pretty often kept in the same rhythm in which our heart beats naturally. That is a fact and at least for me was extremely surprising. How does it affect us? It simply makes us calmer, more relaxed and set our minds in a more receptive state. Thanks to that we will learn faster and memorize things more easily. In opposition extremely fast techno will not let us relax easily and through that make learning process harder. Everyone knows that learning brings best effects when it is performed in calm place where we can concentrate. There are few more things you might want to know so let's roll.

One of the first experiments was performed by American scientists and even if it was extremely simple the results obtained were clear. Subject of research was listening to trash metal for ten minutes and then was asked to put his hands up. Once hands was up two assistants were trying to pull them down and they've succeed pretty quickly. Right after half an hour break subject started to listen to classical music and again after ten minutes was asked to put his hands up. In the second try none of the assistants was able to put subject's hands down. Coincidence or something more? Experiment was repeated many times by many scientists and the results were always the same. Classical music not only strengthen up your mind and creativity, but also makes you physically stronger. It is quite amazing how music affect brain so once you acknowledge it you can start using it as advantage in your life and studies.

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2020-08-10T03:59:00.001-07:00

Why is Christian Rock Music So Popular?

By Sam Wilkinson | Submitted On September 18, 2007

"Christian Rock", a title often scoffed at by traditional rock artists, enthusiasts & critics alike is gaining popularity and stamping its place as a sort after genre for the young generation of head-banging, mosh-pitting gurus! Didn't Christian rock die a couple of years ago, you ask? Christian rock music is growing faster than ever before with Daily News of Christian Rock Music, new artists & albums streaming across the Internet and pumping the airways continuously every day. So where did this God Rock come from? I mean this is new right?

This type of rock music wasn't around 20 years ago, was it? Well I didn't think so until recently, the reality is Christian music or should I say Christian rock music has been around apparently from the dawn of creation! So why seeing it today all the time? Where were they hiding and what happened to the voice of damnation for those participating in anything other than a church hymn or Sunday school choir? Well the chastity belt of today's Christian rock is alive and well. There are many religious organizations who oppose this form of music, I will talk more about this opposition later.

Most Christians are in favor of this "movement" feeling that Christian rock music is another way to reach people with the importance of the Christian faith. So why the controversy?, what is so different about Non-Christian rock music in comparison to Christian rock? Many have asked this question and instead of quoting Mr. Bob Dylan "the answer is blowing in the wind", I thought I would look into this more closely and check out the facts and see why there is so much "opposition" to the sounds of "thumping grace". After reviewing many rock & heavy metal music bands and performances and then compared them to their Christian counterparts, I did see differences but not many! The stage performance was very similar with the exception of Non-Christian heavy metal revealing more of a dark or sadistic side at times in general there was little if any change in production or presentation from Christian rock to standard or Non-Christian music. The only real difference I could find was the lyrical content, with Christian rock music quoting words from the Bible and preaching family values.

So why was Christian rock music inward for so many years, seemingly hiding in the shadows from more conservative members of the Christian community? Well apparently they weren't seeking refuge in some dark cave at all, it's just that I like many people didn't even know they were around back then! Good old fashioned Christian rock bands like Petra, Stryper, Bloodgood, Whitecross and Tourniquet have been rocking Christians and secular music lovers alike for generations.

The voice of rock damnation is still screaming louder than ever in some Christian circles although seemingly falling on deaf ears of a Christian Rocker community that grows bigger every day. Who opposes this Christian liberation? Who else but other Christians! It seems some segments of who have not advanced to modern day sounds are Bible bashing these Christian rock music enthusiasts with eternal consequences for their "lack of understanding". The most dramatic example I came across was the seventh day adventist (SDA) church who proclaim that Christian rock music is quote "Devil music". The SDA church preach that all rock music has the "beat of the devil" borrowed from primitive heathen rituals, beating in time with the body's "natural rhythms". I found it hard to understand that anyone could think this way at first, but indeed it is true and they are very serious about stamping out any and all rock music, or anything for that matter that has a drum beat!

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2020-08-07T03:46:00.001-07:00

The Rock Music Legend

The Rock Music era was responsible for many of the timeless songs that we all automatically know when we hear them on the radio today. Everything from the early pre-rock evolution like Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, the real popularization of the genre with The Beatles and all the way through the 70s and 80's, the world famous rock groups made some of the greatest hits that the music industry ever saw. Even today, they are still "better" songs than most new music coming out. The musicians and artists of this era had something really special that is not usually evident in modern music. I believe it was a mindset that differs from that of today's artists. Back then, the industry was all about feeling, emotion, sending a poetic message, and essentially a lifestyle. Although some newer artists can relate to some of those aspects, overall, what drives the music industry is money and ratings in today's world.

If you were to poll a group of people, I can guarantee that all of them have some kind of rock music either on their mp3 players, or in their house somewhere. It is engrained into our lives and influences the way we live our lives. It is everywhere you go. Whether you're at a hockey game, listening to radio stations, at parties, or wherever else, it is dominant over all other types of music.

There was a point in time during the 90's when pop music like Britney Spears and The Backstreet Boys was extremely popular and may have slightly drowned out the influence of the Rock Genre on radio stations, but it was still there. Even with Eminem's debut of hardcore rap music and the birth of hiphop culture, Rock music was right there beside those other music genres still going strong.

In the electronic music era of the present, we are seeing the reintroduction of Rock music coming back into our lives more and more in the form of sampling. Artists are using small clips of older Rock music or musical phrasing within their own genres of music to create common ground with listeners, and just because it sounds cool! From the electronic dance music genre, to R&B, hiphop, and alternative types of new music coming out today, they all use sampling to relate to their audiences. Why is that? Could it be that Rock music has been around for such a long time, and is preferred by so many people that the only way to have the majority of people listen to your music is to add their "favourite flavour" to it to interest them?

It is a shame that more of the Indie Rock Artists who create music today are not recognized in the mainstream music industry. Some of them have some real potential. You can be guaranteed that one day, those bands will become popular again though. It is only a matter of time before Rock music is once again the biggest thing in the music industry. I believe that many other music genres come and go in their own period of time, but Rock Music, the very soul of music, will always be the choice of most people.

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2020-08-05T03:44:00.002-07:00

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2014-05-12T13:07:00.003-07:00

The background of the appearance of the rock music. Looking back into the last 20s to 30s of the last century, both European and American were facing with the Great Depression and the WWII. Till the 1950s, America has turned into a relatively stable and flourishing state, which was deemed as the prosperous time of American. It is just at this time, the rock music appeared in history.

Because the state of America at that time and the good living environment, people's life was really very pleasant that lead to the appearance of Baby Booming.

With the growth of people's salary and the improvement of people's living quality, many middle classes were inclined to having more than one child. Many of these children became the creators or the rock musicians when they grew up.

Unlike their parents and grandparents, the youngsters don't follow what their parents do, they want something new and more challenging, that was the rock music, which is simple, straight-forward, and with strong rhythms. At these points, the energetic rock music can represent the youngsters spirit.

At the beginning of the 1950s, the pop music in America appeared three mainstreams: Rhythm+Blues, Tin Pan Alley and Country Music. As time goes by, rock music took up the main market.The official appearance of rock music was at the end of 1950s. It was started with the piece of music: We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll. This music have got high popularity and brought the it into people's daily life. In 1955, the movie Blackboard Jungle have greatly promoted the appearance of rock music. The song Rock Around The Clock in that movie has created a great sensation among the youth. This music was a kind of milestone that represent the beginning of the rock times in its history.

By now, there have appeared many rock superstars and bands who were really admirable. It was only because of them, can we enjoy the beauty of the rock. If you were not a rock fan yet, you can act now to find the beauty and charm of it.

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Bass Guitar Players Who Changed The World

2014-05-10T15:35:00.001-07:00

Some people think that if you want to change the world you don't become a bass player, but go into something more challenging and stimulating like the Post Office. But does this myth portray how bass players really are? Let's step back from our habitual way of seeing bass guitar players as necessary but boring members of the group. Like accountants. Sure we acknowledge the fine contribution they make to their bands by supplying the bass lines and paying for the beer, but do they actually do anything really creative? This brief listing of some prominent men (and woman) of bass will allow you to see that this apparently self effacing member of a musical group could be the creative powerhouse.

Let's start with the leather jacketed but overpoweringly feminine Suzi Quatro. A vocalist and bass player who had a bunch of hits in Australia and Europe in the early seventies, her popularity in the USA stemmed from her role as Leather Tuscadero in Happy Days.

John Entwistle pioneered the use of the electric bass guitar as an instrument for soloists. His aggressive approach to the bass guitar influenced many other bassists.

Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers impressed a lot of musicians with his popping and slapping technique which was originally invented by Larry Graham of Sly And The Family Stone. Flea's innovative use of effects pedals has also influenced many bass players.

Jack Bruce wrote most of supergroup Cream's hit songs. Among his other achievements are fighting constantly with Cream's drummer, Ginger Baker and surviving a liver transplant.

Greg Lake is another artist of the early seventies who played with a number of innovators from the glam rock era. Lake is best known for his vocals, bass and guitar work with Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

Rob Bailey is a bassist who plays loud and aggressive. His bass playing is an important element in the music of AC/DC.

Benny Rietveld, a Dutch musician who went to college in Hawaii, is admired for his musical and individualistic style of playing. He worked with Barney Kessell, Sheila E, Huey Lewis and Miles Davis. He has also made an album featuring Carlos Santana. Talk about diverse.

Paul McCartney played bass with The Beatles. Many bass players say he's quite good, but he changed the world with his romantic song lyrics.

Considered by some to be the king of bass players, Stanley Clarke employs a variation of the pop and slap technique to produce some truly innovative bass guitar music. His 1976 album, School Days, is acclaimed by many critics as one of the greatest bass albums ever.

A true bass lead guitar player, Billy Sheehan has won Guitar Player Magazine's "Best Rock Bass Player" readers' poll five times. Why a "bass lead guitar player"? Because Billy plays bass as if he were playing lead.

So if you are not familiar with bass guitar players I hope this article has whetted your appetite. Why not spend your next rainy Sunday watching some of their work on YouTube?

Ricky Sharples has been playing guitar his whole life, and is presently engaged in building a blog called Learn How To Play A Guitar For Free. Ricky's blog features free tools, lessons and resources for guitarists of all ages and stages. Ricky updates the blog regularly so if you are interested in learning to play guitar there will be an enormous variety of tip, tools and tutorials for you

Create a Music Player For Your Websites and Blogs By Ko Fai Godfrey Ko

2013-06-30T21:36:00.002-07:00

If you are a musician and wish to sell your own music via the web there are options. Numerous services exist that are happy to take their commission in return for placing your name on their web site. The other option is to sell from your own website. This will give you a chance to attract more people and increase your sales. You also benefit by receiving all of the income less the merchant costs.

As a minimum you will need to:

1. Create your website
2. Add a music player
3. Add a merchant facility to accept money
4. Add a download page.
5. Fill the site with text content and make it Search Engine friendly. For extra functionality you could consider a blog.

Creating a website: This is easy with the tools available today. There are many free or inexpensive HTML templates available or if you need a little more presence you can search for some advance website builder software.

Add a music player: A music player to showcase your products is important. There are HTML based music players and flash based music players, both allow you to create your own play lists and embed the player to your existing web pages. However, flash player might makes you feel more comfortable that your music is safe from a web snatch. It is protected. There are a good number of skins with flash players so the choice of look and feel is easy.

Add a merchant facility: There are many merchant services available with varying rates. I see PayPal as the easiest to setup and use. You can signup a PayPal account free of charge, which enables you to instantly accept credit card payments online.

Add some text content: A few pages of content are necessary for the search engines to find. This can be about your band or group. People like to know a little about their new favorite band, their plans and music released. If you are planning on releasing a new album shortly, say so! Talk about where you started, where you are going and any tours that are planned.

These days a business is not complete without a web presence. Put it together and make it pay. You need followers to increase your sales. Give them a place to gather. You can still use the other services initially until your site has caught up. You need a site anyway, and while you have a visitor, you should give him or her the opportunity to buy whilst they are there.

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Where Did Rock And Roll Music Come From? By Rick Hart

2013-06-26T14:07:00.005-07:00

Muddy Waters said it first. "Blues had a baby and they called it Rock and Roll."

Sure, everyone pretty much agrees that rock and roll music actually came from black rhythm and blues of the late 1940's. Of course which songs were the first actual rock and roll songs are hotly debated. But there's no mistaking the sound of the 1947 version of "Good Rockin Tonight" by Wynonie Harris as clearly an early version of rock and roll. At least that's what it sounds like to me.

But the acknowledged song that most agree was the first rock n' roll song was Rocket 88. The original version of the twelve-bar blues song was credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, who took the song to number one on the R&B charts.

It was actually recorded at Sun Studios by Sam Phillips in 1951 using a studio band that was led by Ike Turner. Yes that Ike Turner, Tina Turner's husband. Of course Sam Phillips was best known for recording Elvis Presley in the beginning of his career.

But before Elvis, Sam Phillips recorded many of the early electric blues musicians including Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, James Cotten, and many others. It was really a mecca for that early electric blues, at least the Memphis flavor of it.

Sam was even known to say that Howlin' Wolf was his greatest discovery. And Elvis Presley was actually his second greatest discovery. And it's easy to imagine that the early white rock and rollers who came into Sam's studio were heavily influenced by their contact with the black blues musicians at Sun Studios. It all cooked together into a musical stew that came out as rock and roll.

But the point is, these early rhythm and blues songs were really part of a larger core of music that certainly is based on black gospel and religious spiritual music of the 30's and 40's. That music was full of emotion and pain.

Of course it was. The typical life of a black person then was full of pain, and religion was a major outlet for expressing that pain.

And of course gospel music expresses that pain and certainly blues music was directly related to that gospel tradition. Although the typical preacher would look badly on this secular version of gospel music. In fact, blues was called "devil's music" by most religious blacks of the day. Early blues musician's had to sneak out to play the blues and avoided playing it in front of parents.

Still it was clear that the average black person of the 40's and 50's connected with this new music. After all, religion was only one outlet for that pain. There was also dancing, drinking and sex, with music being the backdrop to all of it. No wonder the messages in blues music reflected this darker side of life at the time. How else would people tell the stories of failed relationships, drinking, and the pain of abuse by "the man" and other people who helped make their lives a living hell.

And the expression of that pain is the core of what makes blues music and especially early blues guitar so compelling. The guitar, as a lead instrument, has an emotional range that cannot be duplicated by a piano. Perhaps a saxophone is the closest other instrument that has the emotional range of the guitar. And both are still a distant second to emotional range of the human voice. You can say that the guitar and the saxophone are merely trying to duplicate what the human voice can do.

But the electric guitar at the time was a brand new instrument. It was putting out new sounds that had never been heard before. Combined with new amplification that could get louder and more distorted than ever before, it was clear the electric blues guitar would lead to a whole new type of music. Or more accurately types of music. Without this new technology there would be no electric blues and there would be no rock and roll.

And that means there would be no reason to write this article.

Rick Honeyboy Hart is a long-time blues guitar player and online marketer. He likes learning about the history of the blues and teaches blues guitar and thinks about the days when he fronted his blues band Honeyboy.

Two Words to the Wise About Free Music on Hold By Tim E Holdon

2013-06-23T21:55:00.002-07:00

"Free Music On Hold". No, I'm not talking about some kind of civil rights cause. I'm talking about your wise decision to put yourself in your customer's shoes and to try to enhance their calling and on-hold experiences. A couple of words of caution, however.

First, make sure you cover yourself legally by using only music that you are licensed to use.

Do some web searches for "music on hold copyright", etc. There are strict laws governing use of virtually any material - music or otherwise - which has been written, recorded, or produced by someone else. These laws are actively enforced, and substantial fines are levied against violators.

Second, if you don't have the budget for a professionally produced on-hold music and message production, "free" hold music is a good first step, but do your best to make it sound as professional as possible. Find the best quality music you can and play it on the highest quality player that you can afford. Take a hard look at your phone system. Is the sound quality of calls clear - both for callers on hold and when connected to an extension on the phone system (i.e., when talking to someone in your office)?

Call in to your business from several different outside telephone numbers and listen to the quality of the sound of the phones when someone answers the call as well as the quality of the on-hold sound. It shouldn't be noticeably scratchy or "tinny" sounding. It should be reasonably clear and you shouldn't have to strain to hear. Nothing about the experience should be distracting or annoying. If it is, go through the system piece by piece and identify and upgrade the offending elements. I.e., if there is bad sound quality the problem may be in the music player or in the phone system - or it could be in the phone line or the wiring between the "demarc" (point of demarcation) and your phone system. That is, it could be somewhere between the phone lines out "on the street" and your building or it could be somewhere in the building.

Make the calling and on-hold experience a pleasant one, and make it as easy as possible for your customers to be impressed with your professionalism. Just make sure you cover your legal bases in the process.

On hold music and messages are an important part of any serious business. Let the professionals at Hold Time Studios help you make the most of your customers on-hold experience.

These People Don't Really Want to Work By Larry Wenger

2013-04-05T01:30:00.003-07:00

As we go around from one organization to the next, we are often asked about the younger generation and their different attitudes toward work and the organization as a whole. We are talking about people born since 1980: Generation X; Generation Y and "Milleniaums." Wikipedia says they are often called the MTV Generation. These are the people who have grown up with: the Challenger disaster; the fall of the Berlin Wall; Bill Clinton; the savings and loan crisis; the introduction of the home computer; the AIDS epidemic; Iran hostage crisis; Desert Storm; the dot-com bubble; alternative rock music. Wikipedia goes on to comment on the heterogeneous nature of the X Generation: exhibiting diversity of race, class, religion, ethnicity and sexual orientation.

However you describe them, many supervisors are convinced that the younger generations have our organizations on a slippery slope to disaster. Their lack of long term commitment to an organization; the importance they place on experience and growth; the way they balance their obligations to themselves and family as opposed to the workplace are all seen as presenting challenges, no, threats, to today's managers.

Sometimes the literature contains articles which provide some help to us older managers as we seek to cope with the younger generation in the workplace. After all, they are the people who are applying for jobs in our organizations, we had better learn how to work with them.

So, I was very intrigued when I saw Gail Hahn's article in the 9/21/10 issue of Business and Finance, "Mentors vs. Tormentors: 50 Ways to Ditch Your Gen X and Gen Y Employees". It boils down to the following conclusion. If nothing else, Generations X and Y present a real challenge to the now old fashioned "command and control" brand of management.

The younger generation of workers is not prepared to take "my way or the highway". Nor or they ready to accept the idea, without testing, that you, their manager, have their best interest at heart. They want choices and input. You are confident that you will make the best choice for them, of available alternatives. They are suspicious. They will want you to lay out the options and listen to their input. They want to interact; they want to be heard. They want to feel like they are part of the team; like they are one of the reasons the organization is able to meet its mission. They will be much more responsive to the commitments of their team then the directives of their supervisor.

In addition, they expect you will be up to date technologically and that you will use technology to solve problems and improve client services. They expect their colleagues will communicate competently be email and texting. Someone recently said, "If you have decided you will not use texting, you have decided not to communicate within anyone In your organization under 35."

Do these ideas feel threatening, make you angry... or do you find them challenging? Do you feel yourself "digging in" or are you ready to change and grow?

Do the leaders in your organization know how to establish positive, working relationships with their direct reports. Or, do supervisors rely on the "gun-to-the-head" brand of management. Want to teach your supervisors to listen; to develop constructive work teams that actually get the job done? Send me an email and receive our weekly newsletter - The Mentor. It's free and every subscriber in June will receive a copy of our new Hiring Report - how to hire top performers consistently. lwenger@workforceperformancegroup.net

Free - And Legal - Music Download Sites By Richard Keane

2013-04-02T14:34:00.001-07:00

While the Internet is not the free music Wild West it was a decade ago, there are still plenty of music download sites where you can download music for free, and do so with a good conscience. Especially when it comes to independent musicians, we should make every effort to find only free music authorized by the artists themselves. Here are some excellent music download sites that will allow you to do it:

bandcamp.com

Bandcamp is an especially good place to discover independent music, as opposed to Top 40, major label fare. This is one of the largest online music platforms, and one highly valued by musicians themselves. Not only does Bandcamp allow musicians to make more money per download (starting at 85% vs. iTunes' 70%), but it gives them the ability to offer free album and single downloads, and even sell physical merchandise. If you're ever feeling adventurous or curious, just go to Bandcamp's home page and click "discover" to see new arrivals, best-sellers, and artists' recommendations. And Bandcamp has recently made it possible for music fans to create their own pages, to show off their "collection" of music found on the site. Fans can then follow each other, say people with similar or intriguing tastes, to help them discover even more free music.

While not everything you see will on Bandcamp be free, a large percentage of artists offer some kind of free download as a way of introduction. Your only cost will be your email address, so expect some emails down the road. But you can always unsubscribe; a small price to pay to discover some great music.

noisetrade.com

While heavy on pop and indie rock, Noisetrade is another excellent place to discover and download new music. Everything here is free - this time an email address and postal code is your only cost - and artists often offer entire albums, multi-album samplers, and live records on the site. And, as with Bandcamp, you can stream the music before deciding to download.

freegalmusic.com

While Bandcamp & Noisetrade are music download sites with large catalogs of very good independent artists, Freegal Music provides millions of songs from 10,000 record labels, including Sony Music. You can download free mp3s, but there are a couple of catches. The first big one is that you must have a library card number from a public library that subscribes to the service. If you've got that (check with your library), you're in, and you can start downloading Adele, The Shins, Kelly Clarkson, Mumford & Sons, Train, the list goes on and on. The other catch is you have a maximum number of free downloads each week - this depends on the library, my own account having a maximum of 5 free downloads per week.

Straight to the horse's mouth

That is, go straight to an artist's website that you're interested in downloading free music from. Whether it's an indie warrior or a major label stalwart, odds are they've got at least one song to download as a thank-you for stopping by, and it's usually easy to find on the very first page.

While you're on the hunt for some great free music, allow me to recommend a favorite of mine. An excellent folk-pop act from Nashville - prattle on, rick. - has two free songs for you at http://prattleonrickmusic.com . Click and download in an instant - I personally guarantee you won't regret it, and I know that they'll send you several more free downloads just for being on the mailing list.

Rock Music and Dance Music - Popular Music Genres By Ajay D. Shah

2013-03-30T13:04:00.003-07:00

Rock Music enjoys continued popularity since last fifty years. It is, by far, the best selling music among all genres and forms. That clearly shows its popularity through out the world including U.S.A, U.K, Germany, France, and Australia. It enjoys great popularity in Asia, Africa and Americas as well.

It was born as Rock and Roll in 1950s. It was a fusion form of Rhythm & Blues, Country and other popular forms. It became instant hit across the United States of America. Bo Didley and Chuck Berry were the early rock artists. Little Richards and Fats Domino were also popular. It was widely accepted as popular form of music and spread to Britain and other countries.

Its spread to United Kingdom was fast and swift. Cliff Richards and John Lennon were the early artists. Both of them achieved great success. John Lennon later formed the legendary 'The Beatles'. It enjoys great popularity even today. The Rolling Stones also achieved international success.

Cream, Judas Priest, Bon Jovi, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and Pink Floyd among many others dominated the Heavy Metal genre of rock. U2, R.E.M, Sex Pistols, Devo, and Pattie Smith served the Punk rock as well. Madonna and Mariah Carey achieved great success in soft rock area. Songs of all famous artists are available as mp3 music downloads also.

With fusion with other forms, many sub genres became popular. Christian rock, Classic rock, Garage, Glam, Grunge rocks are the chief ones.

Dance Music also became very popular along with rock. It is electronic music with dance beats. Important forms are House, Electronica, Trance and Disco. It is usually played at discos and night clubs. Now, it is played at parties, functions and gatherings also. As the name itself implies, it creates great dancing atmosphere.

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