the year 2021 has not started good so far.

storming the capitol and breaching the capitol is this what our great nation has come to?

 I hate to think I defended this great country for people to destroy property and storm the capitol and think it is ok. 

 I can't believe we have let ourselves go down so far where we think this an acceptable behavior for adults and great example for your kids and grandkids.

 we keep doing stupid things like this what is gonna happen to this country? if this keeps up we will be a nation divided and you wonder why we have become a laughingstock.

I love this country I served in the military for this country and would do it all again. 

people you gonna think before you do things. 

think of the consequences,  think of your kids, think of their future and think of your future.

this time an riot gets out of hand once again people killed or hurt and all for what?

to make an statement or because the person you voted for lost. get over it!!!!!

we have a new person in office whether you like him or not he is our president our

commander in chief.

you are not required to like him but he does get our respect because of the office he holds.

classical music for all ages part 2.

there is quite a few pianist in the recording era that has brought out the different composer from the past.

 there also have been violinist, choirs, orchestras, conductors and so on. 

 where do you go to find classical pianist that are or have recorded classical music with so many out there you want to find someone who is good and make the music sound like it should or close to it. 

 you can read reviews check them out on YouTube and the different music streaming apps like Spotify, amazon.com ,Pandora, apple music and others.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_classical_pianists_(recorded) has a list of different pianist where you can start.

 I will give a few names for you to start with. Martha argerich, Zoltan Kocsis, Maurizio Pollini, Claudio Arrau, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, Lilya Zilberstein, Youri Egorov,  jean-Pierre Armengaud, 

aldo Ciccolini, Michel Beroff, Samson François, Alice ader , Renaud Capucon, Edgar morceau, 

Bertrand Chamayou, Stefan Veselka, Susan tomes, Wilhelm kempff, Van Cliburn, Andrey Gavrilov, 

Mikhail Pletnev, Andras Schiff,  Valentina Lisitsa and so many others. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_principal_conductors_by_orchestra

list of conductors.

don't be discouraged  there is many cds out there for beginners so you can find who you would enjoyed 

listening to and explore.  

classical music for all ages

i want to introduced one pianist Martha Argerich who was born 5 June 1941 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 she is considered to be one of the greatest pianists of the recorded era.

 her debut concert at the age of 8 playing Mozart's piano concerto no.20 in D minor and Beethoven's first piano concerto in C major. 

 Argerich rose to international prominence when she won the seventh international chopin piano competition in Warsaw in 1965,at age 24 and now here in 2020 she is 79 and retired with an great resume.

 she has done works by Chopin, Brahms, ravel , prokofiev and listz and others.

 some of the box sets i own by her is 

 1)Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophone [48 CD Box Set]

 2)The Lugano Recordings (20CD) 

3)The Complete Duo Recordings [13 CD Box Set]

 4)Martha Argerich - The Warner Classics Recordings (20CD)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Argerich 

 another person i want to introduced is Vladimir Ashkenazy born 6 July 1937 Gorky, Soviet Union (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) 

 he is a recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer and conductor. he has recorded a wide range of piano repertoire, both solo works and concerti.

 Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier Bach's French Suites 24 Preludes and Fugues of Shostakovich

complete sonatas by Beethoven 

complete sonatas by Scriabin 

the complete works for piano by Rachmaninoff 

the complete works for solo piano by Chopin

 the (almost) complete works for piano by Schumann to name a few.

 box sets i own by him is

 1)Rachmaninov: Complete Works For Piano [11 CD] 

 2)Chopin: Solo Piano Works

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Ashkenazy

 Valentina Lisitsa born 25 march 1973 in Kyiv, Ukrainian ssr. soviet union. 

 she has done works by listz, Chopin, and Rachmaninov.

 cds i own by her is 

 1)Tchaikovsky: The Complete Solo Piano Works [10 CD]

 2)Scriabin - The Complete Works [18 CD] which includes her and others as well.

she is still young and she will still produce more music as she goes and look forward to

what she will put out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Lisitsa

 other box sets i own by others

1)Bach: Concertos (5cds) perform by Trevor pinnock

2)Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Works (8 cds) perform by Zoltan Kocsis

3)Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas(8cds) perform by Maurizio Pollini

4)Johannes Brahms: Complete Symphonies and Concertos(7 cds) perform by Bernard haitink and royal Concertgebouw orchestra

5)Bruckner: Sämtliche Symphonien(12 cds) perform by Stanislaw skrowaczewski  and

rundfunk-sinfonieorchester saarbrucken

6)Sarah Chang: 5 Classic Albums

7)Chopin Complete Edition(17 cds) perform by various people

8)Chopin - Solo Piano Works(13 cds) perform by Vladimir Ashkenazy

17 cds)

9) Debussy-The Complete Works(33 cds)perform by various people

10)Dvorák: Complete Published Orchestral Works(17 cds)perform by various people

11)Dvorak-Complete Solo Piano Music(5 cds)perform by Stefan veselka

12)Dvorak: The 9 Symphonies(6cds)perform by Rafael kubelik and Berliner philharmoniker.

13)ultimate lisz-5 cds)by various people

14)Mahler: The Complete Works - 150th Anniversary Box(16 cds)by various people

15)Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures(4 cds) perform by Claudio abbado and

the London symphony orchestra.

16)Complete Mozart Symphonies(11 cds)perform by Trevor pinnock

17)Rachmaninov: The Complete Works(32 cds)by various people

18)Royal Philharmonic & London Sym. Orchestra(10cds)

19)Schubert - String Quartets(6cds)perform by Melos quartet

20)Schumann Piano Works(4 cds) perform by Wilhelm kempff

21)Shostakovich The String Quartets(5 cds)perform by Emerson string quartet

22)Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies(12 cds)perform by mstislav Rostropovich 

23)Sibelius: Complete Symphonies & Tone Poems(5 cds) perform by sir Colin Davis 

and the Boston symphony orchestra

24)Ultimate Strauss Family-5 cds)perform by various people

25)R. Strauss: Orchestral Works(9 cds)perform by Rudolf Kempe and skaatskapelle Dresden

26)Pierre Boulez conducts Stravinsky(6cds)perform by Pierre Boulez

basically i like a sample of everything and i will continue to explore classical music.

i do still enjoy other music is that there is a lot of history to classical music when you think of alot of theses composer has been dead 200 years or more and some only been dead less than a hundred. 

i commend alot of orchestras and conductors and pianist and so on for carry on some of theses composer who we would never know. 

Medieval era	(500–1400)
Renaissance era	(1400–1600)
Baroque era	(1600–1760)
Classical era	(1730–1820)
Romantic era	(1815–1910)
Modernist era	(1890–1950)
Postmodernist era	(since 1930)
20th century	(1900–2000)
21st century	(since 2000

the year 2020 part 2

I realize I forgot some very important issues that happen this year and I feel they should not be lost in the shuffle and or ever forgotten.

2020 United States racial unrest

The 2020 United States racial unrest is an ongoing wave of civil unrest, comprising protests and riots, against systemic racism towards Black people in the United States, notably in the form of police violence. It is a part of the nationwide Black Lives Matter movement, and was initially triggered by the killing of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Following the death of George Floyd, unrest broke out in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area on May 26, and quickly spread across the entire United States. Within Minneapolis, widespread property destruction and looting occurred, including a police station being overrun by demonstrators and set on fire, leading to the Minnesota National Guard to be activated and deployed on May 28. After a week of unrest, over $500 million in property damage was reported in the Minneapolis—Saint Paul area (read more at the link below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_racial_unrest

this is an issue that affect each and every American not just Africa Americans. i feel 

we all should be ashamed after all you think we are the example for the rest of the world.

people look to us for help and like the big brother and big sister they look up to us.

how can we tell the people of the world to not be prejudiced and accept others as they are when we can't even do that with our own people.  do you think  we should try to accept people   regardless of their race, religion, color or what country they are from. 

we claim to be a God fearing country  and yet we only believe when it is convenient for us.

as long as it don't interfere in our life as we  go on day to day.

Racial injustice and perceptions of the United States

In recent months, the killing of George Floyd and other Black Americans at the hands of police has led to massive protests both in the U.S. and around the world. All countries polled in Pew Research Center’s summer 2020 Global Attitudes Survey have experienced protests in response to these events. Many demonstrations took place during or directly prior to the fielding of our survey.

Certainly, these events may have had an impact on how people think about the U.S. Our survey did not include questions about the protests, Floyd’s killing, the Black Lives Matter movement, police brutality or racial injustice. However, Pew Research Center has conducted some research relevant to these issues in recent years.

A recent Center analysis showed the extent to which the debates sparked by the killing of George Floyd have spread beyond America’s shores. The study examined legislators in four predominantly English-speaking countries and found that many had tweeted about Floyd or used the phrase “Black lives matter” or the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag. This includes roughly six-in-ten British members of Parliament (59%), 44% of Canadian representatives and about a quarter (26%) of Australian lawmakers who tweeted during the study period. And 14% of legislators tweeted about this subject or used the phrase or hashtag in New Zealand, a country not included in the current survey.

Concerns about racial injustice fit into a broader pattern of decline in the belief that the U.S. government respects the personal freedoms of its people. We first saw a decrease on this measure between 2013 and 2014, as news broke about Edward Snowden and National Security Agency surveillance around the world. We saw further declines in 2015 following protests in Ferguson, Missouri, in response to the police killing of Michael Brown in August 2014. And we observed continuing erosion on this measure through 2018, the last time the question was asked.

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/09/15/us-image-plummets-internationally-as-most-say-country-has-handled-coronavirus-badly/

i think it is time for us to start getting along and examine ourselves as a person and start setting the example and learn to love one another  and do away with racial injustice and hate. 

instead of just talking about it in the papers and from Politian's who claim to make a stand against  racial unjust in the police force then how come it is still happening. did we forget what happened to Rodney king in 1991.

how many times since then has it happened and we keep hearing we are going to put a stop to it.

how many more riots are we going to go through and innocent people getting killed from being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

we keeping hashing over this this year after year and maybe just maybe we will eventually get it right. 

the year 2020

What is special about the year 2020? 2020 is like 1616, 1717, 1818, and 1919, because the first two digits match the second two digits. ... Being alive in 2020 is special because that is the only year you are likely to live through wherein the first two digits will match the second two digits. The next year that follows this pattern is 2121.Jan 20, 2020. (from the internet)

 what a year it has been so far. pandemic of covid-19 which caused businesses closures,school closures, no where to go and confine to the home. on top of that its an election year. 

 2020 also has broken the record of the most named storms to hit the USA. 10 named storms which includes tropical storms and hurricanes. breaking an old record made in 1916.

 only 2 months left of this year this has been a year we will want to forget.

 https://www.insider.com/shocking-things-that-have-happened-this-year-100-days-2020-4 has the complete list of what has happened so far.

if we even want to remember them.

1. Hong Kong protests
2. Australia declares a state of disaster amid large bushfires that have killed as many as 500 million animals.
3. A U.S. drone strike at Baghdad International Airport kills Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
4. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces that Turkish troops will be deployed to Libya on behalf of the United Nations-backed Government of National Accord.
5. Taal Volcano in Luzon erupts, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people
6. The impeachment trial of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, begins in the U.S. Senate.
7. The United Kingdom and Gibraltar formally withdraw from the European Union, beginning an 11-month transition period.
8. The World Health Organization (WHO) names the disease COVID-19.
9. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunges by 1,190.95 points, or 4.4%, to close at 25,766.64, its largest one-day point decline at the time. This follows several days of large falls, marking the worst week for the index since 2008, triggered by fears of the spreading COVID-19.
10. Italy places 16 million people in quarantine, more than a quarter of its population, in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19.[32] A day later, the quarantine is expanded to cover the entire country, becoming the first country to apply this measure nationwide.
11. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunges more than 2,000 points, the largest fall in its history up to that point. Oil prices also plunge by as much as 30% in early trading, the biggest fall since 1991.
12. The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.
13. A passenger train derails near Chenzhou, China, killing one person and leaving 127 injured.
14. The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 1 million worldwide.
15. The Democratic Republic of the Congo reports the first case of Ebola since February.
16. U.S. President Donald Trump announces that the U.S. is suspending funding of the World Health Organization (WHO) pending an investigation of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and its relationship with China.
17. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it expects the world economy to shrink 3%, the worst contraction since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
18. The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 2 million worldwide.
19. Oil prices reach a record low, with West Texas Intermediate falling into negative values.
20. The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 4 million worldwide.
21. Nearly 1 million people are affected and at least 24 people have died in the flash floods that hit Beledweyne and Jowhar, Somalia
22. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announces the termination of all agreements, including security ones, with Israel and the United States in response to Israel’s plans to annex the Jordan Valley.
23. Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in eastern India and Bangladesh, killing over 100 people and forcing the evacuation of more than 4 million others. It causes over US$13 billion in damage, making it the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean
24. Flight PK8303, a Pakistan International Airlines passenger aircraft, crashes in a residential area near Karachi, in Pakistan, killing 97 of the 99 total people on board and injuring dozens on the ground.
25. Protests caused by the killing of George Floyd break out across hundreds of cities in the U.S. and around the world.
26. The World Health Organization reports six new cases of Ebola, and UNICEF reports five deaths
27. Russian President Vladimir Putin declares a state of emergency after 20,000 tons of oil leaked into the Ambarnaya River near the Siberian city of Norilsk within the Arctic Circle
28. A 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico, and kills at least four people. It is felt more than 640 kilometers (400 mi) away in Mexico City.
29. Russian voters back a constitutional amendment that, among other things, enables Vladimir Putin to seek two further six-year terms when his current term ends in 2024, potentially allowing him to remain in power until 2036.
30. China reports 141 dead or missing in floods since June; 28,000 homes have been damaged.
31. The Twitter accounts of prominent political figures, CEOs, and celebrities are hacked to promote a bitcoin scam.
32. Flooding of the Brahmaputra River kills 189 and leaves 4 million homeless in India and Nepal.
33. The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 15 million worldwide.
34. Multiple explosions caused by unsafely stored ammonium nitrate kill over 135 people, injured thousands, and severely damage the port of Beirut, Lebanon. Damage is estimated at $10–15 billion, and at least 300,000 people are left homeless.
35. The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 700,000.
36. Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault in New York.
37. NBA legend Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash
38. The 2020 Summer Olympics, which were supposed to take place in Tokyo, are postponed until 2021.
39. A Ukrainian flight crashes in Tehran, Iran, killing all 176 passengers on board.
40. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce they are stepping down from their duties as senior royals in Buckingham Palace.

https://medium.com/@taraschaus/all-bad-and-shocking-things-happened-in-2020-list-affe9631506d

and how was your day?

composers

#A composer literally "one who puts together") is a musician who is an author of music in any form, including vocal music (for a singer or choir), instrumental music, electronic music, and music which combines multiple forms. A composer may create music in any music genre, including, for example, classical music, musical theatre, blues, folk music, jazz, and popular music. 

Composers often express their works in a written musical score using musical notation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Composer​s    I have of late getting to know classical composers from over the many centuries they have existed. we all know Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Debussy, Chopin, Brahms and a few others. 

 i been checking out other composers that are not known to me until here recently.

 names like Antonin Dvorak 1841-1904,bela Bartok 1881-1945, Richard Strauss 1864-1949,

Sergei prokofiev 1891-1953, Franz listz 1811-1886, Robert Schumann 1810-1865,  jean Sibelius 1865-1957,igor Stravinsky 1882-1971,  alexander  Scriabin 1872-1915. and so many others. I found a lot of theses composers did not have long lives and they still put out a lot of great music.

the composers from different countries and some of the oppression some of them had to go through

 you have to deeply respect theses composers the diseases and disabilities they had to suffer through. 

they didn't have the things we have today to make our lives easier.

 to hear their music being conducting and played today thanks to having their music preserved over the centuries for us today. 

 to hear great conductors today like Herbert von Karajan 1908-1989, Simon rattle, Claudio abbado 1933-2014,

Georg Solti 1912-1997 

Bernard haitink,  Daniel Barenboim to name a few. there has been several who has played theses different pieces from these composers over the years.

 Sarah chang has done great with her violin on several pieces from the likes of Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Sibelius to name a few.

 Zoltan Kocsis who played piano on works from Bartok and Rachmaninoff. 

Vladimir Ashkenazy who has done solo piano works on Chopin and Rachmaninov. 

Stefan veselka played piano works of dvorak.

Valentina lisitsa who played piano works of Tchaikovsky and Scriabin. to name a few.

 the above names also did other works i just named the ones that were on top of my head. i still love other types of music this just something different i wanted to see how early music was done and enjoy the work they put into their works. this has been a wonderful journey listening to this. my journey has not ended it is just beginning.   

history of record labels. part one

I decided on a whim to look on the history of different record labels and how they have helped artist get their music out to the public. I will list some of the artists they put out as well as when they started and in some case stopped producing artist.


according to Wikipedia
A record label is a brand or trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Often, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks; coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion, and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and music videos; conducts talent scouting and development of new artists ("artists and repertoire" or "A&R"); and maintains contracts with recording artists and their managers. The term "record label" derives from the circular label in the center of a vinyl record which prominently displays the manufacturer's name, along with other information


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label


1)Motown-was founded by berry gordy, jr. as tamla records on January 12, 1959, and incorporated as Motown record corporation on april 14,1960, in Detroit, Michigan.
    during the 1960's, 79  records in the top ten of the billboard hot 100 record chart between 1960 and 1969.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown  will give you the whole history and from the time berry gordy, jr sold Motown to MCA and boston ventures on june 28, 1988.


In order to avoid accusations of payola should DJs play too many records from the original Tamla label, Gordy formed Motown Records as a second label in 1959. The two labels featured the same writers, producers and artists.


Many more subsidiary labels were established later under the umbrella of the Motown parent company, including Gordy Records, Soul Records and VIP Records; in reality the Motown Record Corporation controlled all of these labels. Most of the distinctions between Motown labels were largely arbitrary, with the same writers, producers and musicians working on all the major subsidiaries, and artists were often shuffled between labels for internal marketing reasons. All of these records are usually considered to be "Motown" records, regardless of whether they actually appeared on the Motown Records label itself.


Check-Mate Records,Miracle Records,MoWest Records,Motown Yesteryear,Soul Records,V.I.P. Records,Weed Records were secondary R&B labels under Motown.


they also had Alternative genre labels, Independent labels distributed by Motown,


they covered country music,hip hop/rap,jazz,rock,latino and gospel. berry gordy was genius when it came to record labels and how he could have several records being played by djs without it all looking like they were from one label.




2)Capitol Music Group
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Music_Group


 is an American-based front line umbrella label owned by Universal Music Group that oversees handling of record labels assigned to its Capitol Records division, and were inherited from its acquisition of EMI's recorded music catalog, save for Parlophone, which was sold to Warner Music in 2013. It is one of five umbrella labels owned by Universal Music—the other four being Interscope Geffen A&M, Island Records, Def Jam, and Republic Records.


capitol music group was formed in February 2007 as a merger of capitol records and virgin records in an effort by EMI to restructure and save an average of 217 million yearly.


with 27 sub labels with names like 2101 records,apple records,10 records,and a few others.


3)Columbia records
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records


Columbia Records is an American flagship recording label, under the ownership of Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group. It was founded in 1887, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company—successor to the Volta Graphophone Company.^[1] Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in recorded sound,^[2][3][4] being the second major record company to produce recorded records.^[5] Columbia Records went on to release records by an array of notable singers, instrumentalists, and bands. From 1961 to 1990, its recordings were released outside the U.S. and Canada on the CBS Records label (for Columbia Broadcasting System, its parent from 1938 to 1988) before adopting the Columbia name in most of the world. It is one of Sony Music's three flagship record labels with the others being Epic Records and RCA Records.


The Columbia Phonograph Company was founded by stenographer, lawyer and New Jersey native Edward Easton (1856–1915) and a group of investors. It derived its name from the District of Columbia, where it was headquartered.


As of October 2012, there are currently 85 recording artists signed to Columbia Records.




4)Arista Records, Inc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arista_Records


was an American record label. It was a wholly owned unit of Sony Music Entertainment and was previously handled by Bertelsmann Music Group. The company operated under the RCA Music Group until 2011. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records (which would become Sony Music Entertainment). Until its demise in 2011, it was a major distributor and promoter of albums throughout the United States and United Kingdom.
Today, the label's reissues and catalog releases are handled both by RCA Records and Legacy Recordings.

THE MAN IN THE ARENA

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I thought I would share a few poem, comments made by different people over the centuries. a lot of theses I had written in side my bible so I would always remember them. from 1992 which theses item are dated when I added them into my bible. of course a lot of them are a lot older than 1992. it is amazing how they seem to come out when you need that little burst of positivity in a world of so much negativity.

ACCEPTANCE

Oh, to know acceptance in a feeling sort of way; to be known for what I am-not what I do or say. it's nice to be loved and wanted for the person I seem to be. but my heart cries out to be loved for the person who is really me!




To be able to drop all fronts and share with another my fears, would bring such relief to my soul, though accompanied by many tears.




When I find this can be done without the pain of rejection, then will my joy be complete, I'll have feelings toward self-correction.




The path to feeling acceptance from God is paved with acceptance here on earth; being valued by others I love enhances my own feelings of worth.




Oh, the release and freedom He gives as I behold his wonderful face-- as he makes my acceptance real in him, and i learn of the meaning of grace.




What a pity it is that so late we find His love need not be earned; as we yield to him all manner of strife a precious truth has been learned.




Then, as we share with others who still search for love, acceptance, and rest; may they find in us the savior's love, and experience the end of their quest.




C.R. Solomon

history of music.

the history of music can date back to the beginning of time.




 Consequently music may have been in existence for at least 55,000 years and the first music may have been invented in Africa and then evolved to become a fundamental constituent of human life.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_music




interesting enough music did not always involved an instrument of any kind. consider some instruments were either not invented yet or could not be afforded by the lower class people.


they even list the eras of particular music.
1)prehistoric-1500 bc and later.
2)ancient-before 500 AD.
3)early-500-1760
4)common practice-1600-1900
5)modern and contemporary-1900-present


of course in my opinion that is rough estimate for there is no written record of when it actually started and the eras are even correct.


 However, it is more common to refer to the "prehistoric" music of non-European continents – especially that which still survives – as folk, indigenous or traditional music. The origin of music is unknown as it occurred prior to recorded history. Some suggest that the origin of music likely stems from naturally occurring sounds and rhythms. Human music may echo these phenomena using patterns, repetition and tonality. Even today, some cultures have certain instances of their music intending to imitate natural sounds. In some instances, this feature is related to shamanistic beliefs or practice.^[3][4] It may also serve entertainment (game)^[5][6] or practical (luring animals in hunt)^[5] functions.


  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_music




 The "oldest known song" was written in cuneiform, dating to 3400 years ago from Ugarit. It was deciphered by Anne Draffkorn Kilmer, and was demonstrated to be composed in harmonies of thirds, like ancient gymel,^[11] and also was written using a Pythagorean tuning of the diatonic scale. The oldest surviving example of a complete musical composition, including musical notation, from anywhere in the world, is the Seikilos epitaph


 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_music




the history of music is very interesting and provides many hours of entertaining reading as well as as awesome listening.


of course just in the times of  100 years look what music type has emerged onto our scene.


just look under the list of rock music.
1)acid rock
2)alternative rock
3)art rock
4)Anatolian rock
5)celtic rock
6)heavy metal
7)death metal
8)Christian rock
9)country rock
10)dance rock
11)death rock
12)dark rock
13)electronic rock
14)folk rock
15)garage rock


to name just a few you can see the complete list at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rock_genres


also we went through the folk era, disco era, one hit wonder eras, the 60's anti-war era and love era.


now we are going through the rap, hip hop, dance music, electronic music and house music eras.


it will be amazing what the next era or fad will be next in the music industry. whatever music you like there is a niche for everyone. if you have not found or find what your musical taste is continue to search and you will find it.


music it great for partying, relaxing, driving, exercising or working in the yard.  enjoy yourself and get lost into some music as for me I am going to relax with some black john by stone sour and then listen to some Cocteau twins.

FREE PALESTINE

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you know over the many many decades there has been a struggle for the Gaza strip. why can not the Palestine keep this land and let them build upon it.they deserve the freedom as anyone else.to be kept under the thumb of Israel and being bombed and killed by the hundreds and wondering if they are next.it is not right the Americana government does nothing to help the Palestinians.forget what the media says and how they say we try to talk to the Israeli's government.

do you think we are concern for their well being and the freedom they so much deserve.its time for someone to be their voice and speak up for them.maybe if we start one blog at a time someone will finally wake up.
i have found so many links how they are treated and we sit back and pretend we do not see what is going on.people are dying over there from newborns to the elderly. as American people is that really right. how would you feel if you have family over there who were being killed and treated like common criminals.
how would you feel if you son, your daughter, your mother, your father or any other relative was being shot for just being palestinian.

we take for granted our freedom while others cannot even have a home or a place they can call their own country. is it not time we let them have the Gaza strip and build them homes and build them places so they can work and feed their family.provide simple things like food and medical supplies.
put an embargo on Israel until they listen and stop supplying them with weapons to kill the palestinians.

we supply them with air crafts,guns,bombs,grenades,bullets,tanks,ect ect ect. its time we stop this and free Palestine.

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OPTIMISM

The Oxford English Dictionary defines optimism as having "hopefulness and confidence about the future or successful outcome of something; a tendency to take a favourable or hopeful view." The word is originally derived from the Latin optimum, meaning "best." Being optimistic, in the typical sense of the word, ultimately means one expects the best possible outcome from any given situation.

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Health

A multitude of research has emerged showing the intense relationships between several psychological constructs and health. Optimism is certainly one of these concepts, with correlation coefficients between .20 and .30.

 This research has shown that optimism can correlate with good health at many stages, including preventative health (making it less likely to experience illness), severity and duration of illness, and reduction of relapse chances. 

However, Affleck, Tennen, and Apter (2001) studied optimism and health in terms of physical symptoms, coping strategies and negative affect for those suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and fibromyalgia.

 They found that optimists were not more likely than pessimists to report pain alleviation due to their coping strategies, though they did find significance in the psychological well-being of the two groups.

 A meta-analysis by Scheier, Carver and Bridges confirms the assumption that optimism is related to psychological well-being: “Put simply, optimists emerge from difficult circumstances with less distress than do pessimists.”

 Furthermore, the correlation appears to be attributable to coping style: “That is, optimists seem intent on facing problems head-on, taking active and constructive steps to solve their problems; pessimists are more likely to abandon their effort to attain their goals.”

Researchers have stated that optimism may help prevent depression in teenagers

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OPTIMISM is something that is hard to have in this day and age and the way the economy is and the wars going on in different countries and no job and no money.to find hope and to be positive is hard when things are looking down, your health, your financial situation, unemployment, trying to make ends meet or living in a country that there is war and praying you will survive the wars, the civil wars ect ect ect.


the single mom or dad trying to raise kids on their own and trying to make sure they have a good education, clothes on their back, food and shelter.

forget reading the paper or watching the news like CBS,ABC,NBC,CNN and so on.

optimism: ultimately  means one expects the best possible outcome from any given situation.

if you are unemployed then you look for a job. want ads in paper, looking for jobs on the Internet ,going to different places and putting in applications.

raising children, doing the best you can and giving them rules to live by and place them in a school depending on their age that would be programs like head-start, elementary school, middle school, high school and or college or a trade school.

their is many places that can help you while you are trying to provide for your children while looking for work or some source of income. churches, salvation army and other local organizations that will help with food and paying electrical bills ect. ect.

A positive outlook does not always seem possible but its something you have to have to make it through life. why make yourself miserable and always look at things in a negative way.

its an attitude adjustment and you have to start with yourself. its taking something and looking for the positive in everything you do and all the challenges you have to face. also it helps hanging with positive people. if you are around negative people then you will start being and seeing things like they do.

get a new perspective on life and you will see the differences it will make.


I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” jimmy dean


Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” Maria Robinson

Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.” Alex tan



“If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.” john Heywood



A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill

BEATING THE NEW WORLD ORDER

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BEATING THE NEW WORLD ORDER,

By: JOHN GALT (condensed version)
CHAPTER ONE: THE JOURNEY

The spiritual roots of the New World Order can be traced back to the biblical stories of the expulsion of Lucifer from heaven and the building of the Tower of Babel in Babylon. The economic and political roots can be found in the great empires of the ancient world--Egyptian, Sumerian, Chinese, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, and others. All of these were based on conquest by force of arms, and all eventually perished.


TO READ MORE GO HERE-

http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/beating_the_new_world_order.htm

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