It is worth noting that music allows an individual to experience a specific emotional state and share it with others in a collective performance, thereby supporting emotional interaction even though each participant may have very different outlooks and goals—what Ian Cross (e.g., 2009) regarded...
Simultaneously, it fosters cross-cultural dialogue between Chinese and foreign youth across various dimensions of cultural life. For example, the adoption of the mutual visa-free policy between China and Malaysia enabled the Malaysian girl group Do...
You’re the One who bestows mercy—tender-hearted forgiveness—when I confess the wrongs I’ve committed. You’re the One who put ultimate mercy into action by “being obedient to God and dying a criminal’s death on a cross”(4). I praise You, O Christ, for your unceasing mercy. Y...
Jane Austen was a practising musician, and my intention in this paper is to investigate the significance of that fact for her writing practice. Beginning with the comparison between Elizabeth and Mary Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, I will consider contem
These two albums, re-released together, can be seen as the final installment of a trilogy of masterpieces of Nigerian juju, after the early compilation The Best Of The Classic Years and the crossover hit Juju Music. For me, they’re all essential. Old And New Dreams – Old And New ...
Rosca made cross-border trips to Hungary, where he stocked up on hard-to-find albums. Before long, he had a record collection that was unrivalled. It included the classic rock of Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and The Who. However, Rosca didn’t just restrict himself to classic...
catching is the new Audio To MIDI Chords feature, which will analyse any audio recording and attempt to extract the chords from it before adding said chords to the Cubase Chord Track. Esoteric jazz aside, it does an impressively good job. The addition of the Scale Assistant within the Vari...
The title of this sonata conjures up a ferocious image of hammers pounding on a keyboard, and its opening chords further portray this visual. But “hammerklavier” is simply the German word for “piano.” Beethoven wrote this sonata in the midst of a deep depression, when he was suffering ...
At long last, a Spanish-language Mexican-German pop crossover. "Te quiero un montón," Reyes and Paola declare--"I love you a lot," and Petras is ready to take up the charge, all of then dancing around in a sparkling, clobbering beat. The whole thing feels compressed, as if pressure...
“Lydia Wears a Cross” is like driving rain, slapping you in the face, reminding you that you are both awake and alive. Julia Jacklin sings about religion and what it’s like to be a girl, sitting in the pews, whispering holy words without knowing what any of it means. She prays fo...