Posted by Mary on April 15, 2011
Bessie Smith ( Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 15th 1894. – Clarksdale, Mississippi, September 26th 1937.) was an American blues singer. She is considered one of the most popular and successful female blues performers in the twenties of the 20th century .
In 1912. she sang in the same show as Ma Rainey, who took her under her wing. Eight years later, in 1920., she had her own show and her name was already established in much of southern and eastern United States.
In 1923. she signed as one of the first blues artists, a recording contract with Columbia Records. The classic female blues, which she was a major exponent, had its heyday at that time. With the inclusion of Bessies Alberta Hunter Downhearted Blues, she was an overnight sensation. Bessie Smith became the highest paid black performer of her time. They played with some of the best musicians of the twenties, including Louis Armstrong, James P. Johnson, Joe Smith and Charlie Green.
In 1933. she recorded with John Hammond, under whose influence she has tried to become more a swing singer develop her last songs.
On September 26th 1937. Bessie got seriously injured in a car accident while she was on route to U.S. Route 61 between Memphis and Clarksdale with her lover (and uncle of Lionel Hampton ) Richard Morgan at the helm. She was taken to the black Afro-American Hospital (currently operated as “Riverside Hotel” on the banks of the Sunriver) of Clarksdale where the doctors amputate her arm. Still she died from injuries that same morning. Bessie Smith was 43 years old. Her tomb has long remained unchecked until Janis Joplin and Juanita Green dozens of years later, bought stone inscription for it.
Posted by Mary on March 28, 2011
In a series of intensive studies conducted by Dorothy Retallack of Denver, Colorado, demonstrated the impact of different types of music on a variety of potted plants. The experiments were controlled under strict scientific conditions, and the plants were kept in large, enclosed cabinets on wheels, in which light, temperature and air were automatically regulated.
Three hours per day with psychedelic rock (acid rock) played through a loudspeaker on the side of the chassis, preventing the growth and destroyed the squash plants, green plants and corn in less than four weeks.
Retallack played the music from two different radio stations in Denver for two groups of petunia. The two radio stations playing Rock music and classical music.
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Posted by admin on March 21, 2011
Music therapy is the use of music to improve or maintain ones physical, mental, social, and emotional health. It is used in many different settings, ranging from hospitals to nursing homes to schools to psychiatric hospitals. As a well person, it may be possible to create your own music therapy at home to help you relax and/or to sleep better.
Music therapy is provided by professional music therapists. They work with adults as well as with children. Music therapy can help improve memory, reduce stress, provide an outlet for feelings, and calm the mind and body. There is research that supports music as a therapy and as a stress reducer. It has been used in operating rooms to improve the outcome of surgery, with patients after surgery to reduce pain and help in pain management, with children to help them communicate better and to help teach them to express themselves better, and with Alzheimer’s patients to aid in their treatment. Music therapy is also used to motivate patients to engage in physical rehabilitation.
Music therapy has been shown to change the patient’s brainwaves, breathing, heart rate and mental alertness and focus. It is commonly used in adults and children with various disabilities. This therapy may consist of the patient listening to music, composing music, writing lyrics to music, adapting music to the individual, dancing, and singing to the music. Sometimes the composing is done by the music therapist, while other times it is done by the patient. With music therapy, it is not necessary for the patient to be musically inclined, as there are many modalities of music therapy that can be used. The therapist tailors the therapy to each individual patient’s needs. This therapy is recognized by and many times reimbursed by insurance companies.
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Posted by admin on March 21, 2011
The Rolling Stones, an English rock band formed in London in 1962, has helped shape and define music through the decades, having become one of the most iconic, influential rock bands of all time, and still going strong.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards formed a songwriting partnership early in their careers, both crediting manager Andrew Loog Oldham as the one to give them the push they needed to begin their years-long collaboration. Some of these songs include the hits “Get Off of My Cloud,” “Wild Horses,” and “Beast of Burden.”
Article by jortrick.com
The original band consisted of Brian Jones, instrumentalist, pianist Ian Stewart, bassist Bill Wyman, drummer Charlie Watts, with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on vocals. Jagger and Richards eventually took over leadership of the band as Jones became increasingly unable to function. He died in 1969. Mick Taylor replaced Jones just prior to his death, but left the band in 1974. He was then replaced by Ronnie Wood who is still with the band. Wyman quit the band in 1992 and was replaced in 1994 by Darryl Jones, though he is not officially a band member.
The Rolling Stones came to the United States as part of the “British Invasion” which included the Beatles, Manfred Man, and Herman’s Hermits.
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