MUSIC
Music puts wings on your soul, wind under the wings, and direction in the conscious and unconscious worlds.
CLASSICAL
Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, and a thousand others.
This is a picture of Beethoven, but the recording below is classical Hungarian Dance #1. Click on the play button below!
This is a picture of Beethoven, but the recording below is classical Hungarian Dance #1. Click on the play button below!
FOLK Music
Folk music is the traditional music of any culture, though there is also contemporary folk music.
The recording below is African polynesian fusion.
The recording below is African polynesian fusion.
NEW AGE
New Age music is good for relaxing and stress management. It was influenced by a wide range of artists from a variety of genres, for example, folk instrumentalists John Fahey and Leo Kottke, classical minimalists Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass, synthesizer performers Pink Floyd and Brian Eno, and impressionistic jazz artists Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny. Many different styles and combinations of electronic experimental and acoustic new age music was introduced in the 1970s including music from Asia, such as Kitaro and Yellow Magic Orchestra.
My favorite New Age music is probably by George Winston. Click on the play button below. If you like it Windham Hill is the music producer that makes a lot of New Age music.
My favorite New Age music is probably by George Winston. Click on the play button below. If you like it Windham Hill is the music producer that makes a lot of New Age music.
POP
Pop – the name comes from “popular” and can come from any other style of music (i.e. rock, R & B...), but is usually highly commercial (makes a lot of money).
Elvis Presley was the King of Pop in the 1950s and 1960s, but in the ‘80s and ‘90s Michael Jackson was considered the undisputed "King of Pop."
Who the King of Pop is now is anyone’s guess because the list of great pop artists is nearly endless. When I researched this I found that everyone seems to think Michael Jackson is and always will be, the KING OF POP!
Below is "Beat it," and the lyrics are below that.
ROCK & ROLL
Major sub-genres of Rock include:
* Rockabilly: Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis…
* Doo Wop: Mills Brothers, Platters…
* Soft Rock: Carol King, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac…
* Hard rock: Queen, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin,
* Heavy Metal: Guns & Roses, Metallica
* Punk rock: Patti Smith, Sex Pistols
The first recording below is "Be-bop-A-Lula" by the Stray Cats (A 1980s retro group)
The second is "Stray Cat Strut" also by the Stray Cats.
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Rythm & Blues (R & B)
R & B (Rhythm and Blues)
A mixture of jazz, gospel and blues started in the 1940s in the American African American community. They are usually deeply romantic.
Some major artists include: Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston,
The recording below is called: "How come, how long" by Babyface and Stevie Wonder
A mixture of jazz, gospel and blues started in the 1940s in the American African American community. They are usually deeply romantic.
Some major artists include: Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston,
The recording below is called: "How come, how long" by Babyface and Stevie Wonder
BLUES
Style of African American music originated in the deep south of the U.S. and reflects the sadness of oppression and bad luck:
Some major artists include: B.B. King, W. C. Handy, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush…
Some major artists include: B.B. King, W. C. Handy, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush…
SOUL
Nina Simone - Queen of Soul
Song called: Feeling good
Song called: Feeling good
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JAZZ
Style of American music that is a confluence of African and European styles of music (and dance), tends to be slow, and usually is open to a lot of improvisation (free-style innovation).
Some major artists include: Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Red Hot Peppers, etc.
There are a number of Jazz styles including: Swing, Dixieland, Bebop, Hard bop, Free jazz, Latin jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, etc.
Below is something called: Blue Monk, by Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.
Some major artists include: Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Red Hot Peppers, etc.
There are a number of Jazz styles including: Swing, Dixieland, Bebop, Hard bop, Free jazz, Latin jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, etc.
Below is something called: Blue Monk, by Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.
HIP HOP
Style of music started in the 1970s in the African American and Latino communities, mainly by D.J.s in the Bronx, New York and later combining with rap music and rhythmic style of chanting and poetry. Most famous Hip Hop artists include: DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, The Sugarhill Gang (Rappers Delight), 2Pac, Public Enemy, and Emenem, etc. My favorite is Black Eyed Peas, and one of my favorite songs by them is called: "Where is the love"
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REGGAE
Reggae is a uniquely Jamaican kind of music developed in the 1960s from Ska and Rocksteady and has a rhythmic style based on the “off-beat” known as “skank.”
Bob Marley is considered the undisputed King of Reggae.
Bob Marley is considered the undisputed King of Reggae.
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TECHNO
Techno is a kind of electronic dance music started in the 1980s in Detroit, Michigan in the U.S. and by Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May and later fused by Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder and Yellow Magic Orchestra with African American music including funk, electro, Chicago house and electric jazz.
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