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Influential things in music

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KingofInterwebz
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So NS i have my music appreciation final project due tomorrow and i have to do a report about something influential to music and I have no idea who are what to do. It can be anything a band, singer, songwriter, place, instrument basicly anything. Also, like 15 kida have already done the beatles or bob marley so non of them. Thanks

also karmaz will be rewarded
Jan 19 2011 10:13PM
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Stickity
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bach
Jan 19 2011 10:14PM
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Stickity
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NO DO UKULELE AND MAKE IT ALL ABOUT HAWAII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I&ob=av3el
Jan 19 2011 10:16PM
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tronned
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How about blues influence on rock? Or perhaps Pink Floyd opening the doors for more progressive music? It would very easy to write a multi page report on either of those topics. Listen to the heavy blues influence in this solo for an example if you are unsure of what I mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3duAGTJ_QJI
Jan 19 2011 10:19PM
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panojibber
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Write it about John Cage's As Slow as Possible.

There's a performance of it happening RIGHT now, and its set to finish in another 600 years I think? John Cage was a badass, if you can wrap your head around him even a little bit you'll have a great project.
Jan 19 2011 10:19PM
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thugaim
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Every piece of music is influenced by something. Just pick the things you like.
Jan 19 2011 10:20PM
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steezeeepolizeee
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Do it about how the back street boys and nsync totally changed music with auto tone and the lip syncing
Jan 19 2011 10:21PM
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charmander
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sleep

dopesmoker

very influential record, also, sunn0))) is influential
Jan 19 2011 10:21PM
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tronned
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YES! I love you.
Jan 19 2011 10:21PM
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95959
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honestly, you should do the influence of the increasingly prevalent computer technology, and more specifically vocoder technology, or auto-tune. Maybe take it on from a more negative point of view, or look at it's pros and cons, proper uses etc. Do a little research on Antares.
Jan 19 2011 10:22PM
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Gnarshred
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Frank Zappa
Jan 19 2011 10:22PM
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Stickity
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eww
Jan 19 2011 10:26PM
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tronned
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side note is that I had a chance to chat with Matt Pike last year and holy shit is that guy a true rocker. He works labour jobs at construction sites just to pay bills and help him tour with High On Fire and keep that band afloat.
Jan 19 2011 10:26PM
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Sean.
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I would suggest doing the paper on the album Drink The Sea by The Glitch Mob. And go one about how music can take you places in your mind that not a lot of other things can. And how it can put you in a deep, calm, meditative trance that can change a lot of perceptions of life
Jan 19 2011 10:26PM
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tronned
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writting a paper about music influence and you mention glitch mob? You really need to expand your horizons.
Jan 19 2011 10:29PM
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DERS.
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the beatles

i think they were kinda influential
Jan 19 2011 10:30PM
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SkiThe603
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Big political issues, the wars, drugs, and drinking and how people put that into their lyrics
Jan 19 2011 10:32PM
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Sean.
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i know of a lot of music.... do something on Grateful Dead and how they changed everything and are still extremely popular today
Jan 19 2011 10:32PM
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Stickity
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time signatures besides even numbers/4, or 6/8
so like 13/8
7/4
17/32
Jan 19 2011 10:34PM
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tronned
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It might be easier for you to get suggestions if you explain the type of music you are into the most. That way you may already have a basis for your paper due to previous knowledge on the suggestion.
Jan 19 2011 10:34PM
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PeaceCoastLove
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fuck. yes.
Jan 19 2011 10:37PM
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Gnarshred
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Also, LSD.
Jan 19 2011 10:44PM
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thugaim
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Jan 19 2011 10:46PM
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corona
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when did Trent Reznor ever have anything to do with Tool?

and Frank Zappa is the best suggestion so far. Not only is he incredibly influential in music itself, but he was also very outspoken and an advocate for freedom of speech/ against censorship in music and other medias. And he played the byceicle

or if you want probably the hands down most influential musician or at least the last hundred years, use Robert Johnson.
Jan 19 2011 10:48PM
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daskis
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Write about a famous classical composer, like Beethoven. There is plenty about him on the internet that you can reword and it will be easy to write a bunch on how his life influenced the music he composed. It will also impress your teacher... she doesn't have to know you hate classical.
Jan 19 2011 10:55PM
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Stickity
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classical isn't bad
some of it's really sweet
there's a thread somewhere
Jan 19 2011 10:56PM
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daskis
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I know, I play the viola in a quartet and an orchestra... I like classical. I was just saying most young people aren't huge fans. It would impress OP's teacher though.
Jan 19 2011 11:00PM
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Stickity
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yeah i play bass in my school's orchestra
would def impress the teacher haha
Jan 19 2011 11:01PM
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Gorilla.Steeze
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Do Zappa or the Grateful Dead
Jan 19 2011 11:05PM
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Bar_Down
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i'd say drugs were pretty influential. do your project on musicians' use of drugs and the impact they have on their music/reputation/whatever. i dunno.
Jan 19 2011 11:12PM
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.jersey
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the 60's in general were pretty influential on music. the change in how people viewed sex and drugs and shit. I'd look into that
Jan 19 2011 11:17PM
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TheReverend
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The Most true statement I've ever seen on newschoolers.
Jan 19 2011 11:22PM
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Gnarshred
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I would recommend reading The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test to anyone who is interested in this time period. It is especially interesting if you are going through any sorts of similar experiences. It relates perfectly. They were doing the same shit in the 60s that is going on now, and it is really interesting to see where it all came from.

I would personally write a paper on this stuff if I had to right now.
Jan 19 2011 11:25PM
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syrup.
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Jimi Hendrix - how he was somewhat of a revolutionary figure for black rights and no one will ever play guitar like him again. Ever.

The Tragically Hip - They're pretty chill.
Jan 19 2011 11:25PM
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Steve-Brown
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wow. my reply wouldnt work.

I WAS GONNA SAY HENDRIX!

love that guy

Jan 19 2011 11:28PM
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Bar_Down
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everytime i hear the singer's voice i start raging
Jan 20 2011 1:10AM
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Dan.
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I feel like unusual signatures aren't very "influential" in music. very few musicians, both modern and older, stray out of the standard 4/4, cut time, 6/8, 3/4 areas. I can think of maybe two bach compositions, a few by debussy, and then noteable modern examples stop after primus, dream theater, and the genre of math rock or tech metal.


I'd write the paper on how Ludwig Van and his nearest contemporaries created and then revolutionized the romantic period, adding structure and nuance to the more robotic, super technical sounding compositions of the classical period.
Jan 20 2011 1:25AM
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