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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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Michael Kiske |
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Michael Kiske Biography |
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Michael Kiske's career began at 17, when he was the vocalist of a band called Ill Prophecy. Meanwhile, another German band, Helloween was looking for a vocalist, since its leader, vocalist and guitarist didn't tolerate more to sing and to play guitar at the same time. With the formation of the band in order, they decided to call that young 18 year old vocalist endowed with an incredible voice.
Together in Helloween, they recorded the second album of the band, entitled "Keeper of the seven keys Part 1", released in 1987. After the success of the first part of the Keepers, the second album, "Keeper of the seven keys Part 2", released in 1988, gained the same success as the previous. But the dream came to a halt when, after internal conflicts, the leader of Helloween, Kai Hansen, decided to leave the band and make a solo work near his friends. Consequently and with problems with the recording company, the musical style of Helloween began to change, until they only released a singles collection in 1989 just to keep the sales up. Kai Hansen was substituted by Roland Grapow, coming from a band call Rampage. Helloween then recorded their new album, released in 1991, called "Pink bubbles go ape", that was considered bad by most of the older fans of the band. In that time, conflicts between Michael Kiske and the other members of the band grew more intense. Even with those conflicts, they set out to the recording of their next album, called "Chameleon", released in 1993. That was the final period of the permanence of Kiske, who left along with Ingo Schwichtenberg, who suffered of mental problems, and didn't get to play more.
Michael Kiske, already out of Helloween, he began to prepare his own solo album, and in elapsing of that time, he made a special participation in a Gamma Ray album, the old leader's of Helloween band and friend, Kai Hansen. Three years after having left Helloween, in 1996, Michael Kiske throws his solo album called "Instant Clarity", that counts with Kai Hansen's special participation, and Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden), and whose style differs from the old work of Helloween. Few months after the release of that album, he released an EP, "The Calling", that counts with two unpublished tracks. The second record is called "Readiness to sacrifice", that will have a more classic style, and that will count with the participation of orchestras.
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