The Recording Academy has had an uneasy relationship with dance music. Their two dance categories fail to fully encompass its diversity. This year at the Grammys, they created a category to recognize electronica’s crossover with pop music. This has created space for artists such as Aphex Twin and U.K. sensation Romy to make it onto […]
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No matter whether you’re studying or simply relaxing, music has the power to sooth the soul. It can improve concentration, memory retention, reduce stress and anxiety and promote emotional wellbeing. Your mind needs an outlet from all of the chaos surrounding you and being focused on work – music provides this for us! Listening to
Country music has long resonated with an eclectic audience, thanks to its iconic sound of steel guitar twanging and vocal-focused song structures. These distinctive elements have helped shape it into one of today’s most beloved genres. Hillbilly music’s roots began in the 1920s with singing cowboy movie stars like Gene Autry romanticizing Western themes through
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Rap-rock was at its most influential during the 1990s with bands like Limp Bizkit, Incubus, and Rage Against the Machine enjoying immense popularity. While not quite as prevalent today, its influence can still be felt. Rock music is a genre dominated by guitars, bass guitars, drums and keyboards that requires high levels of skill to
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Media reports often link heavy metal music with violence and suicide, though such associations have often been unsubstantiated by actual studies or correlations. Studies have demonstrated the many advantages metal music brings its fans. Here are four compelling arguments why you should listen to metal: 1. Therapy Benefits. 1. It’s a form of exercise Metal’s
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It was an extraordinary year of experimentation in electronic music. Dubstep expanded its horizons exponentially, juxtaposing brown note anticipation with high-pitched Legend of Zelda samples and aggressive loudness warfare with Bromst. Dan Deacon marched on in his defense of loudness war with Bromst and made them all take notice with his marathon methodology. 1. Two
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Rappers use real experiences for inspiration when writing their lyrics; however, due to artistic conventions that blur the distinction between reality and fiction. Therefore, rap lyrics could serve as potential criminal evidence. Prosecution must meet certain criteria before using rap music as evidence in a criminal trial, to ensure its lyrics do not unfairly infer
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Iannis Xenakis worked as an architectural draftsman for Le Corbusier before devoting his free time to music composing, revolutionising aural composition along the way. His complex scores are thrilling and emotionally captivating, drawing inspiration from mathematical sequences, Greek mythology, architecture, pointillism, the sound of coal smoldering, physics and beyond. Diamorphoses Composer, engineer and architect Iannis
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5 Seconds of Summer’s “Bandana,” from their album Barnabas, became one of the year’s inescapable songs with its colorful video that made dancing along fun as much as singing along. J-Hope stole the 2022 MAMA Awards stage with his captivating rendition of Jack in the Box, giving ARMY an exclusive look into its making through
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Pop music provides an effective outlet for individuals to express their emotions without judgment or condemnation from peers or authorities. Singing along to an emotionally charged song can be therapeutic; listeners may experience relief as they belt out an especially meaningful line. Many artists utilize music to address mental health issues through metaphorical imagery or
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