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03/13/2008 03:33 PM
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Study shows music affects moods, students agree
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The Mozart effect is one that has been around for a long time. Studies suggest that when a child under age 3 is subject to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, their brain development is increased.Whether or not the stories and studies prove anything, the question remains: Does music have an effect on people?Psychology professor [...]
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03/13/2008 03:33 PM
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Keeping Music Real
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Music is a powerful thing. It evokes feelings and has the power to bring people together. Music is also a way for people to express themselves and share ideas, whether through poetic lyrics or throbbing anthems. But today, artists are not known for their music, but for how extravagant their outfits are and how many [...]
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03/13/2008 03:33 PM
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Rising rap star doesn't need RIAA
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You won’t hear up-and-coming rap star Flo Rida griping about fans pilfering his songs on P2P sites, or complain that technology is hurting the music industry. Don’t talk to him about so-called digital divides either.
As one of rap music’s fastest rising stars, Rida, 28, is new enough to music success that fans are still precious [...]
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03/13/2008 11:34 AM
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A lesson in sharing: the music of today plays the give-and-take game
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Now, more than ever, North American bands and music fans are becoming more open to music originating somewhere outside the continent. Sri Lankan-born M.I.A.’s unique sound rules the club scene, while the Afro-pop inspired Vampire Weekend have seen their debut album enter the Billboard Top 20. New York City’s Yeasayer have also recently garnered acclaim [...]
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03/13/2008 11:34 AM
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Two short notes on pop music
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“Romany Soup” is absolutely classic: haunting, hypnotic, melodic. Please do get started on Bolan. Please do. (And don’t you dare leave out “One Inch Rock”.)
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God Lives Underwater Biography |
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The music on God Lives Underwater's latest release, Empty, is a fiery pastiche of techno beats, ominous synthesizer lines, industrial-strength riffs and gloomy, borderline suicidal ruminations. While that may all sound like the product of some dystopian urban wasteland of the future (or present), its origins can actually be traced back to ultra-rural Perkiomenville, PA. With a population of approximately 400, it's hardly a music Mecca; nonetheless, vocalist/co-founder/multi-instrumentalist David Reilly claims that the insular surroundings played an integral part in the band's development.
"There's no scene there and really no place to play," he says, "but because of that, we weren't out seeing bands every night. There was no place to go, so our only influences were the records that we listened to at home."
With no clubs to idle away the hours at, Reilly and bandmate Jeff Turzo
wood-shedded with their stereos and home recording units in 1992, a collaboration that eventually developed into God Lives Underwater. And though the pair have since inked a deal with American (which released Empty), filled out their live line-up and relocated to Los Angeles, they've hardly abandoned their hermit-like work ethic: Empty, like GLU's eponymous 1995 debut EP, was written and recorded by Reilly and Turzo in their home studio.
Along with increased notoriety and exposure ("All Wrong," the first single from Empty, has received lots of radio airplay), the band has also received considerable praise for its jarring stylistic blend. But Reilly and Turzo insist that it is the songs, not the techno-grunge adornments, that matters most.
"I think when all is said and done, we'd rather be known as good songwriters who also make cool sounds," says Reilly. "We're not trying to be innovative."
"If you took out the keyboards," adds Turzo, "we'd just sound like a rock band with loud guitars. We're pretty much a traditional rock band. We just happen to have non-traditional elements in our songs."
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