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Author :: Ron Arthur  |
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| Article Title :: U2 Tickets |
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| In the fall of 1976, a popular high school student Paul Hewson observed a note on the notice board of Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin . It was from a 14 year old student Larry Mullen and he had asked for some music lovers to come and join a band. Paul's immediately answered the call and so did three other lads, Dave Evans, Dick Evans and Adam Clayton. A five-piece band was organized with the name of "Feedback". However, Dick Evans left the band to join another one after some time. The band altered their name to "The Hype" but ultimately they set on to " U2".It was this name which took them to the heights of the sky and made it one of the hottest band of 1980's.
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Dave Lloyd |
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| Article Title :: Best Ways To Improve Your Guitar Playing |
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| What grooves you? Why do you want to improve?
Regardless of your intentions - whether to get started playing, learn a few licks of your favorite tunes, or want to expand your repertoire to include blues, funk, or rock and roll music, on your way to recording yourself, there are resources out there that can help you.
Here are a few ideas that may help you better understand your guitar playing and some solutions you can consider.
Guitar videos
You can purchase guitar playing videos, either for home or computer watching, that include hand position, strumming technique, rhythm and timing, and finger exercises that take through various type of song (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Sahpreem King |
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| Article Title :: Get YaÂ’ Money Right: The Truth About Publishing |
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| What up Playa? By now you should be getting the big picture. There ainÂ’t no business like show business. But here's the problem, you keep putting on the show, but you ainÂ’t handling the business. If you are like many of the young artist coming-up in the game, you probably donÂ’t have a strong grasp on the Music Industries many rules and regulations. You might have read an article here or there, or even picked up a book or two about the music business, but chances are that unless youÂ’re a lawyer you probably didn't understand it. Relax, I got your back. Look at me as sort of your music business guardian angel, here to help you add a little business to your show. LetÂ’s face (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Maya Pinion |
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| Article Title :: Shut Up And Sing |
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| What is it with these performers and their politics? Do they really think that people who pay $100 or more to hear them sing want to hear them utter political opinions? The audience pays hundreds of thousands of dollars to see and hear a performer PERFORM. You want to spout politics, run for freakin office, you moron! When performers use a paid venue to play politics they are abusing the paying audience, the venue, the sponsors and everyone connected to their artistic performance. It's an inappropriate venue and inapproprite behavior to voice your political viewpoint, you jerk! And they wonder why people boo.Somebody pays a small fortune for their ticket to see them perform and end (read full article) |
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Author :: Isabelle Esling |
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| Article Title :: Facts about MC Big Proof |
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| Facts about MC Big Proof“If I was you, suicide would be a way of life. If you was me , you’d kill you.” (Proof)Before I start talking about D12’s gifted Mc Proof, I would like to thank and to give credit to the webmaster of the following Derty Harry website for the rare info I found about Deshaun Holton aka Derty Harry aka Proof:http://angelfire.com/bxc3/dertyharry/main_bio.htmlDeshaun Holton aka Proof was born on October the 2nd 1975 in Detroit.Although they didn’t attend the same High School, Eminem and Proof have been friends since 1988. They used to (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Isabelle Esling |
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| Article Title :: The Three 8 Mile Battles |
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| Three battles at the end of the 8 Mile movie made Jimmy Smith aka B. Rabbit a reputation in the rap arena. A real challenge for Jimmy Smith who was left with no voice at the beginning of the movie: a typical case of stage fright.
People who are not very much into hip hop need to realize the importance of a rap battle; rap battles can be compared to battles we have to face in real life. Words used in a freestyle or a rap battle are like a sword, they expose your opponent in a total nudity. When you get verbally ripped off, it is your turn to show your teeth and to use your verbal weapons in order to weaken your adversary. It’s a matter of honor, you have to expose and verbally an (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Isabelle Esling |
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| Article Title :: Don't Censor the Music and Artistic Expression |
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| Ann Powers said:
"Don’t censor the music and artistic expression.
Eminem's music, in particular the songs "Kim" and "Stan," is a continuation of a tradition in music and American art in general: the Gothic murder ballad, which has been with us ever since the blues or Appalachian folk music. "Stan" is just like an Edgar Allan Poe tale, if you think about it. Johnny Cash shot a man just to watch him die. This is something that's had a very solid, longstanding role in culture. Self-styled moralists are getting up in arms about something that has always been part of the literature of development. If you're a kid, you have to learn about violence, abou (read full article) |
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Author :: Isabelle Esling |
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| Article Title :: Facts about Betty Kresin, Eminem's grandmother |
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| Betty Kresin, Eminem’s grandmother from the maternal side , got married at the age of 14. She got six children from 3 different marriages.
She first married Bob Nelson. She gave birth to her daughter Debbie in 1955.She accuses her first husband, Bob Nelson, of being verbally abusive. Both moved to Warren, Michigan, to be closer to Betty’s stepmother .Despite the problems the couple esperienced, she gave Bob two more sons, Todd and Steven.They divorced in the early 60’s and Betty came back to her hometown St Joseph, where she met Ron Gilpin, her second husband.She had two more children with him. One of them is Betti Schmitt (Eminem’s aunt and Debbie’s half sister), who is still in (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Isabelle Esling |
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| Article Title :: Origins of the Mathers Family |
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| Eminem’s roots can be found in Scandinavia through his mother Debbie Nelson and in South Wales through his father Marshall Bruce Mathers II.But Eminem has mostly Scottish blood running through his veins. On both sides( maternal and paternal sides), Scottish roots can be found.Back to the 7 th generation on the paternal side, Peter Mathers from Pennsylvania married a Scottish woman named Isabella (last name unknown). On the maternal side, Scottish roots can be found in Marshall’s family in the 6 th generation : Ailsa Mc Allister from Edingburgh emigrated to the United States –precisely to New York in 1870.Most of the Mathers have been working as farmers in the (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Les Lewellyn |
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| Article Title :: Motorhead "Inferno" |
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| Motorhead-"Inferno"-Review by Les Lewellyn
When David Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters fame release the sensational CD "Probot" this year it rekindled my metal tastebuds. For those of you not familiar with his project I'll explain. He recorded songs on which he played all instruments and he had guest vocalists come in and sing as well as write the lyrics and play whatever instrument they might also play. The cd features vocalists such as King Diamond, Snake from Voivod, and many other great singers/m (read full article) |
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