… entering a modern record store, one is confronted with a wide variety of choices in recorded music. These choices not only include a multitude of artists, but also a wide diversity of music categories. These categories run the gamut from easy liste…

… due to its many bands and increased guitar technology. Since the mid 1960’s, when heavy metal spread to the U.S. from England, it has grown in popularity. Many of the first bands that came from Europe came with two intentions; to spread heavy metal…

… that it's difficult to summarize their career in a few pages. They were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era, and introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century. Moreover, they were among…

… my life maybe give me insight between black and white and the best thing you've ever done for me is to help me take my life less seriously it's only life after all yeah well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable and lightness has a call…

… shares his views about how people listen to music. Copland, an American composer who wrote numerous ballets and show tunes, defines “active” listening as a blend of three different planes of listening. People listen to music on the sensuous plane,…

… my life And I had to start again With just my children and my wife Thank my lucky stars To be living here today Cause the flag still stands for freedom And they can't take that away Chorus: And I'm proud to be an American Where at least I know I'm…

… is a piece to be studied for many different reasons. The music is beautiful, the melodies brilliant, but most of all, the text painting is so apparent that it is hard not to comment on it. In the first 8 movements of the Messiah the text painting…

… controversy. Boy and girl bands of my generation that target the teenie bopper fans have heightened that controversy. Elvis was one of the most controversial artists in history but he had talent. The girl and boy bands of today do not, and that is…

… took a turn to a bit darker side. At an early age Kurt was abandoned by his parents and took solace in music. As his love for music grew, he developed his own style of music thus began the band Nirvana, and with it the birth of grunge. With the…

… and no rules. They are a really great experience. There is a whole culture surrounding raves. Have become a way of life for some people, they have there own music. And even there own way of thinking. We have a thriving rave culture, with a growing…