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"The Importance of Music in Our Society"
Art and music are basic human functions. Humankind and art cannot function without one another. We have the burning desire to create, whatever it may be and however tiny or grand. The interaction with sound is unavoidable, either to make it or take pleasure in it. People have always found music significant in their lives, whether for enjoyment in listening, the emotional response, performing, or creating. This is no different for classical music or contemporary concert music. Both musics have immense worth for our society; however, the problem we all know in this field is that this music is little known and hence underappreciated. As a musician and artist it is my responsibility that others can learn to enjoy the art for which I have utter passion.
Iftikhar AhmedPublished 3 years ago in BeatAn Oyster Bay Homecoming
Long Island. It felt like magic to be back. Thick, fresh, morning air filled my lungs and lifted my spirit. Home. The promise of Saturday loomed as the sun climbed in the sky. An electric current coursed through my body as I got into the car with my husband. He understood the significance of this trip. The “History of Me” tour I dreamed of for years. Finally, he could experience the places that I held in such high esteem, the places that haunted me.
Brooke HunterPublished 3 years ago in BeatNick Cave and Warren Ellis: Carnage Review
I type this in a room, alone. It’s the same room I’ve spent the majority of the last year in. This is okay. It’s a pleasant room. I have it just how I like it. It has plenty to keep me occupied within. It lets the light stream in on sunny days like today. This is my pandemic space. I often count my blessings that I have it. That I can maintain it. It’s here the days stretch out and sometimes they take me places, places within. Sometimes it closes in on me, it presses the sides of my cranium and I struggle to see through the dullest of aches…..
Nico VersluysPublished 3 years ago in BeatThe Angels of Hell, Michigan
The Angels of Hell, Michigan by AP West It was a cold November Wednesday evening in 1998 when Serendipity unpacked her guitar and flute from the trunk of her car. She headed into The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, Michigan for its local band night. This was a national rock venue and she was a young woman in a new city trying to prove herself and trying to network with the local bands.
Pamela West-FinklePublished 3 years ago in BeatRunaway Train cover Shannon King
LYRICS Call you up in the middle of the night Like a firefly without a light You were there like a slow torch burning I was a key that could use a little turning
Shannon KingPublished 3 years ago in BeatTransformative Trajectories 2: "BlueSky" Ideas to create new horizons for women in the music industry.
What would this new transformative trajectory look like for women in music? What are the practical solutions to creating the means to succeed for women who have a more complex and sometimes scattered work/life pattern than men?
Abigail Rooley-TowlePublished 3 years ago in BeatPlaylist for Studying
Lately I've been studying different programming languages and while taking in depth notes over CSS, Javascript, and HTML I found that these songs helped me to stay focused and keep momentum as I worked.
Inez AnettePublished 3 years ago in BeatBurn-ing Up the Radio
“I never really stick to one theme in my music,” says Kory Burns from his home in Palm Beach, Florida. “I have songs about love, religion, my parents… I just go off of whatever I’m going through in the moment.”
Ben NelsonPublished 3 years ago in BeatModo Soda’s “Forgotten Pages”
The on stage swagger studded persona of Stu Strokes, Moda Soda’s founder and lead singer, was marvelous and impervious to distraction. Stu’s moxie, his presence and panache transcended the ordinary rockstar legend. His performance matched the incendiary feel of that music which took the world by storm in the summer of ‘97.
zachary scottPublished 3 years ago in BeatConnect, by Infinite ILLIS
Chorus When we link up From a church to a freak can quote a scripture but a savage in the sheets When we link up
Infinite ILLISPublished 3 years ago in BeatLife on the Road; What They May Not Tell You as a Newbie Musician
You have been sitting by your phone waiting for a very important call. A music producer promised you a spot on an upcoming music promotion tour. The one-month tour will be across five states in a fully decked bus.
Dan MartinPublished 3 years ago in Beat3 DEADLY RAPPING MISTAKES YOU NEED TO STOP MAKING IN 2021
In this post, we are going to pen down some of the most unnoticed mistakes that the rappers are making these days, and are not getting the boom in their career that they deserve. So, here we will not point out the things like you need to practice more, write down good songs, or how the beat plays an important role in the rap. But here, we are going to pin point the mistakes that people do not know that these things can harm their growth. So, here are the mistakes that you need to stop doing. And after you read this post, it will be sure that you will change something in your raps this year.
Naman PariharPublished 3 years ago in Beat