Essential Sounds

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After their new success with the Appetite for Construction Tour, the band Switchfoot has yet again gone on board on another tour, Up in Arms Tour. The band has decided to go back to their preferred venue demographic following their mainly arena / small stadium tours for Appetite, the venues being college campuses, small amphitheatres, and small rock clubs. The trip will be a one month long concert tour and will see the band teaming up with philantrophic organization To Write Love on Her Arms. The UK pop rock outfit, Athlete, will be the opening act for every show. Throughout the tour, other rock bands such as Sparky’s Flow, The Myriad, etc. are usual to open for Switchfoot.

Switchfoot has been actively concerned in a number of humanitarian causes, as well as DATA, the ONE Campaign, the Keep A Breast Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Invisible Children, and To Write Love on Her Arms. On top to supporting those causes Switchfoot has fronted the Switchfoot Bro-Am Surf Contest and the online magazine lowercase people.

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The 1990s was a decade of good music. Disco music and new wave of the 80s was taken over by alternative rock, in particular, grunge. With its heavily distorted guitar sound and voice quality so dense, grunge music embodied emotional and taboo topics and made it heard.

Often known as the Sound of Seattle�, the top 5 grunge bands of all time are all natives of Seattle.
In enumerating the best bands of the grunge music scene then, (and justifying the choices in the process,) the following five of the biggest band names of the movement definitely made their mark in half-decade run highlighted by bands quick rise to fame and success but marred by problems such as drug abuse and a short period of fame for rock bands.

5. Soundgarden
Formed in 1984, Soundgarden did not actually gain recognition until the 1990s, the same time that Nirvana and Pearl Jam made grunge music sell�. Soundgarden most important and most successful album was Superunknown, which was released in 1994. It was nominated for the Best Rock Album in the 1995 Grammy Awards and ranked first place in the Billboard Top 200. Their singles Black Hole Sun and Spoonman from the said album each earned a Grammy award.

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A musical instrument is defined as a device created or modified for the purpose of making or creating music. In principle, any object that can produce sound can be called a musical instrument.

There are classifications of musical instruments base on their musical range in comparison with other instruments in the same family or category. The terms used in classifying musical instruments are named after singing voice classifications:
* Soprano instruments: flute, clarinet, recorder, violin, trumpet
* Alto instruments: oboe, alto flute, viola, horn
* Tenor instruments: trombone
* Baritone Bassoon English Horn Baritone Saxophone Baritone Horn Bass Clarinet Cello Bass
Clarinet
* Bass instruments: Contrabassoon, double bass, tuba

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Classical music is a broad term that refers to music rooted from the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music. The term “classical music” appeared in the early 19th century, describing classical music as anything that “lasts a long time.”

There are certain characteristics that classical music contains that generally few or no other genres of music contain, they are often distinguished by their choice of instruments. Classical composers often create their music with a very complex relationship between its affective content and the intellectual means by which it is achieved as it generally requires high musical skills to play and ability to coordinate with other players.

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Graduation or commencement is one of the most important and memorable time in a student’s life. The music that accompanies the ceremony gives more meaning to the event and will often be remembered right along with the memories of fun, failures, fulfillment and other things in their school days.

The songs that are popular for graduations change from year to year depending on the preference of the honorees. As you are selecting graduation music, don’t miss 10 great graduation songs for 2008.
1. Mandy Moore – “Extraordinary”
2. Rascal Flatts – “My Wish”
3. Bon Jovi – “Welcome to Wherever You Are”
4. Corey Smith – “I’m Not Gonna Cry”
5. Trace Adkins – “You’re Gonna Miss This”
6. R.E.M. – “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”
7. Celine Dion – “These Are the Special Times”
8. Tod Potter – “Graduation Day”
9. Smashing Pumpkins – “Today”
10. Rusted Root – Send Me on My Way

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The word ‘diva’ is defined as goddess. The music industry has produced numerous female singers that avid fans has grown to love and followed every step towards the top. They have captured the hearts of women and men through their music, style and elegance. They have been worship as goddesses and icons of pop music.

Here are the top 10 pop music divas of all time listed in alphabetical order.
1. Beyonce
2. Mariah Carey
3. Cher
4. Celine Dion
5. Whitney Houston
6. Janet Jackson
7. Madonna
8. Diana Ross
9. Barbra Streisand
10. Donna Summer

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In the movie industry, a “sound track” (two words) is an audio recording commercially released album of music that features the songs of a film

The following are the Top 10 Movie Soundtracks of all-time as presented by Richard Shickel and Richard Corliss:
1. The Adventures of Robin Hood
2. Citizen Kane
3. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
4. Laura
5. On the Waterfront
6. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at RKO
7. The Man With the Golden Arm
8. Jules et Jim
9. South Park
10. Roja

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Few bands were able to surpass the greatness of Queen. Embracing the exaggerated pomp of rock and heavy metal, the British quartet created a huge, mock-operatic sound with layered guitars and overdubbed vocals. Queen’s music boasted the motto that “no synthesizers were used on this record,” as vocalist Freddie Mercury directed the group toward pseudo-classical arrangements as epitomized on their best-known song, “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Mercury, was a flamboyant bisexual who managed to keep his sexuality in the closet until his death from AIDS in 1991. His sexuality was never a hindrance throughout Queen’s music, that would have been impossible without Mercury, one of the most dynamic and charismatic frontmen in rock history.

After the death of Freddie Mercury, the remaining members of Queen held a memorial concert at Wembley Stadium to raise money for the Mercury Phoenix Trust, a foundation advocating for AIDS awareness. Guest artists such as David Bowie, Elton John, Annie Lennox, Def Leppard, and Guns N’ Roses, paid tribute to Queen’s vocalist who have made a name in the rock music industry.

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Tradition can be preserved even through music that can be heard by the present and future generations. From the historical perspective, traditional music or better known as folk music had its uniqueness and distinction from other type of music.

This is transmitted through an Oral tradition which describes the past and links it to the present times. The music is often related to national culture that commemorates historical and personal events. The only thing is that, it lacks the copyright on songs and fusion of cultures brought about by waves of migration that resulted to a new breed of society.

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