Although Armstrong claimed to be born in 1900, various documents, notably a baptismal record, indicate that 1901 was his birth year. He grew up indirepoverty inNew Orleans, Louisiana, when jazz was very young. As a child he worked at odd jobs and sang in a boys’ quartet. In 1913 he ...
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that video game music is the main reason I make music (the Metroid Prime soundtrack especially is the reason I developed an interest in electronic music), and my biggest influence. From the 90s SNES classics to the recent Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, ...
Daniels was intended to be a train piece, referring to the railroad stop of Hiawatha, Kansas. The other, Red Wing by Kerry Mills, was intended as an "Indian" melody, and became highly popular as both an intermezzo and a song. Given the sheer volume of intermezzos during the Ragtime era...
(also known as diatonic modes). Certainly, from the time of J. S. Bach onwards most music was written in keys (for example, C major, D minor etc.). Modes are still incredibly relevant in music today particularly in the field of jazz music, due to the unusual and otherworldly sounds ...
photograph in the years to come – both due to its subject matter, and how Charlotte Aitchison used social media to workshop the tracks – how i'm feeling now is a timeless triumph of the Cambridge-born songwriter's knack of finding an absorbing melody among some compelling DIY electronics....
This could be a 2-year, 4-year, or 6-month program. Whatever teaches you what you need to know that fits your budget. There are reputable fully accreditedmusic production degree programsoffered by top music schools in the U.S. and a few abroad as well. ...
It seems like a while away now but the weather over the weekend was awful, blustery and wet. We’re back to some sort of normality for this time of year, cold and wet! Cheers toRich Rfor the picture from last week just as the storm was arriving in the Lake District. Great to hear...
I first met Zeke Virant when I was living in the East Village after my first year of college. Virant was living nearby with a model who liked to cook biscuits and gravy. He would frequently pop over to my tiny sixth-floor walk up. We’d cram into the little bedroom I shared with a...
The Womenis a novel that follows the journey of Frances “Frankie” McGrath, a 20-year-old nursing student from Southern California, who, inspired by the evolving world of 1965 and seeking a different future, joins the Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War. ...
“I guess some of my problems are my own fault, but I’ll co-opt them as my whole identity and refuse to change, teehee” ethos is nowhere to be found. The 35-year-old country singer is but a year older than Ms. Swift yet decades ahead in emotional development. Where “Anti-Hero...