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Music and Fiction Dream Blog-Aladdin

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 Aladdin Plot Aladdin is a fictional story that originated from Agabra. The main character of this movie is Aladdin, is an young adult who lives with his monkey, Abu , living off the streets of Agabra stealing food from the food market. As Aladdin is living off, there is a princess by the name of Jasmine, that is tired of living a dull life in the beautiful palace, whose life is aided by his Father, the Sulton . Tired of living in the palace, Jasmine  wanted to sneak out into the market place to explore, and this is where Jasmine meets Aladdin . When Aladdin finds a lamp, unknowingly he frees a genie, and was granded three wishes, and one of his wishes was to become a Prince, to impress Sulton and his daughter Jasmine . However Aladdin didn't know what was coming and soon finds out that there is other evil plans for the lamp. One of other characters of the movie is Jafar, a villain of the movie where he wish to marry Jasmine, in order for him to take over Jasmine's fathers po
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Role of a Performer

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A Tribute of Freddie Mercury Biography of Freddie Mercury Known for his famous lead singing, Freddie Mercury is one of the band members of Queen. His original name is Farrokh Bulsara was born September 5, 1946 in Stone Town, Zanzibar, now known as Tanzania. According to Planetradio.co.uk website, "Freddie Mercury's real name is Raffokh Bulsara. Despite some people spelling his name 'Freddie Mercury', the icon chose to spell his stage name as Freddie Mercury. He legally changed his name to Freddie Mercury around 1970, when Queen was formed." Freddie's parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara are identified as Indian Parsi. The family of Bulsara moved from India to Fetham, England , where Freddie's father, Bomi worked as a clerk for the British Government. As a child, Freddie was artistically inclined from an early age in forming a band, which his part was playing the Piano. According to Britannica.com, "[Freddie] He later studied graphic art and design at Ealing
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A Stroll down of Cuban Music

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 A Stroll Down of Cuban Music Music History & Heritage The genre started back in the 16th century, Cuban music includes many instruments, performances, and dance composers influence by west African and European music. According to Wikipedia, "Since the 19th century Cuban music has been hugely popular and influential throughout the world. It has been perhaps the most popular form of regional music since the introduction of recording technology. Cuban music has contributed to the development of a wide variety of genre and musical styles around the globe, most notably in Latin America, the Caribbean, West Africa and Europe. Examples include rhumba, Afro-Cuban jazz, salsa, soukous, many West African re-adaptations of Afro-Cuban music (Orchestra Baobab, Africando), Spanish fusion genres (notably with flamenco), and a wide variety of genres in Latin America." The music heritage in the Caribbean island of Cuba is rich. Due to the rich diversity of its people, the mixture of indi
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Evolution of Country Music

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  Evolution of Country Music History of Country According to Wikipedia, " Country (Also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that takes its roots from genres such as blues and old-time music, and various types of American fold music including Appalachian, Cajun, and the cowboy Western music types of Red Dirt, New Mexico, Texas country, and Tejano. Its popularized roots originate in the Southern United States of the early 1920s." With the country genre, the consistency of using the instruments is played in fiddles, banjos, guitars, and string basses. Electric basses, pedal steel guitars, keyboards, and drums were later added to the genre. Below is the first country song that was recorded on June 14, 1923. The Little Log Cabin in the Lane Fiddlin-John Carson The 1940s-1950s By the 1940s, Western Swing also found a footing in the Country genre in Texas along with Oklahoma, and California. The additions of instruments such as drums, saxophones, pianos, steel-st
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Black Eye Peas-Music Analysis # 2

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 Music Analysis # 2 Left to right - Apl.de.ap, Fergie, Taboo, Will.i.am The Black Eyed Peas Just Gave 2003's "Where Is the Love?" a Powerful Update Behind the Song- "Where is the love?" According to Glamore "In June 2003, The Black Eye Peas released hit song "Where is the Love" in response to the 9/11 terror attacks. Its lyrics addressed issues including terrorism, racism, gang crime, pollution, war, intolerance, and violence against LGBT people" This is one of my favorite songs to listen to especially when breaking news comes to racism, vicious crimes, and gang violence that is happening around the world.  As I was told growing up, treat others the way you want to be treated.  Original Music Video released in June 2003 "Where is the Love?" Music Element Timbre The whole song there are two families that play throughout the song. The String families, Violin, Cello, Guitar, and Percussion Family, Drum. Each family plays their par
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Music Analysis

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Jon Bon Jovi: 1984-2020 Photos            Introduction to Other Artists The early 2000s is when I found out more about music videos on Dish Television through the music channel called Music Television Videos, known as "MTV".  This is when I found out about many different artists and songs, and  Bon Jovi was one of them. The first song of Bon Jovi I ever listened to was  "Thank You for Loving Me ", when it came out on November 16, 2000. I fell in love with the song right away, and I would looked out for other music videos by Bon Jovi.  Bon Jovi performing Live "Thank You for Loving Me"
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Biography

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 Welcome to my Blog! First of all my name is Darline Kiunya, I got by the nickname of 'Tinsel' like a Christmas tree decorations-Tinsel. Little information about myself, I have been living in Bethel since 2006-14 years strong and it feels like I have been living here for a short time. I currently working full time with Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP INC) with the Education Employment and Training & Chhild Care Department (EET & CC) as a Division Office Manager. I started attending UAF-KuC Spring 2020 to obtain my Associate of Arts-General Program, and my short term goal is to earn my A.A degree and work my way up to Bachelors Degree in Business Admin.   Introduction to Music According to my mother, while I was in her womb-she used to play the piano a lot, which explains why I love listening to music. I grew up watching musical movies such as 'Annie', 'Little Mermaid', anything to do with music in the video I loved watching and singing al
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