William H. Armstrong wrote an interesting book that was made into an equally inspiring movie. Sound tells a story that a dog that lives with a story that treats him more than just a pet. The book and the movie have a lot of interesting similarities and differences. The differences outnumber the similarities.
Bass Reeves was the first African American commissioned to serve as a deputy marshal west of the Mississippi River. Born a slave in Paris, Texas and owned by George Reeves, Bass Reeves grew up illiterate and remained illiterate for his entire life. When the Civil War began, George Reeves, Bass’ owner, joined the Confederate Army, taking Bass with him. It is unclear how and exactly when Bass Reeves left his owner but at some point during the Civil War he gained his freedom.
The book Sounder by William H. Armstrong states “ ‘Poor creature. Poor creature,’ said the mother and turned away to get him some food,” reveals a change in her attitude toward Sounder. The night Sounder whimpered and eagerly pawed at the door, he had many gashes, broken bones and had a skeleton like body. The mother’s heart ached for this poor creature. As fast as she could, the mother grabbed sounder and pulled him into the warm, fire burning cabin.
In the early 1940s, Paul approached Gibson with his invention, but the company balked, likening it to a “broomstick with pickups.” But once Gibson caught wind of Leo Fender’s Broadcaster creation in 1950, Gibson’s Ted McCarty quickly began working on a single cut, solid body electric with Paul as a special consultant. In 1952, they released the first incarnation of the Les Paul model—now the most iconic signature model ever
The practice of sampling was discovered by early 1970’s DJs who played around with manipulating vinyl on two turntables
Harrison Bergeron vs. Anthem To live in a world where collectivism is a part of society it must be strange to the way we live now. In both dystopian novels everyone has the same rights and is equal which makes them practice collectivism. Throughout both novels they show their separate in relationship and figure out what relationships truly are and overcome the fear of their government discovering them. In Vonnegut’s “ Harrison Bergeron” and Rand’s “Anthem” their societies are the similar in equality but different in their relationships. Both novels show the characteristics that they are exactly equal because collectivism is practiced upon society by the close minded government. .
In “The Portable Phonograph,” Walter Van Tilburg Clark uses of setting is used to describe and captivate the depth of the new world that Dr, Jenner must experience. Setting in “The Portable Phonograph” is crucial to understand the characters and their actions because the audience will have to understand that the environment that the individuals are placed in are what causes them to act the way that they do. Many of Dr. Jenkins attitudes towards his guest during the post- apocalyptic time period can be connected to the atmosphere, the cave, and to Dr. Jenkins bedroom. The atmosphere in “The Portable Phonograph”plays a major role in understanding Dr. Jenkins and the reason for his actions, so much that we are able to see the characteristics
Recording for Strawberry Fields began on November 24, 1966 it was initially laid out to be played as a gentle acoustic guitar ballad. However John wasn't fully happy with its arrangement. Therefore he asked George Martin to come up with a new arrangement that featured brass and strings that would be followed by heavy percussion along with the orchestra being added later throughout the song, but still unhappy with both versions. John then asked George Martin to edit the beginning of one song (Take 7) and combine it with the end of another (Take 26). This was thought to be impossible at first, but after experimenting with a variable-speed tape machine, he found a way to slow down (take 26) to the key of A major so that he could fuse it with (Take
The LP vinyl record was a major improvement and innovation in it’s time, becoming the start of a long line of emerging technological discoveries. When the LP vinyl came out it was widely accepted by many people. Yet, some people saw a problem with it.
1. It was one of her biggest crowd’s since the 1990’s. 2. Many of the audience member’s were fans who gave the performance 10’s 3. The auditorium resounded with they’re bravo’s and more’s 4.
Introduction I. Attention Getter Pop, rock, country, opera, classical; did you know that your heartbeat mimics the beat of the music you're listening to. A. How many of you listen to music on a daily basis? B. Whether to or from school, or just whenever you get the chance. II.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark’s “The Portable Phonograph” analyses how easily peace can be disrupted by greed. In the blink of an eye, peace can turn into destruction, war and chaos. It can all change because of one person's resistance to share with others. Everyone is greedy in some way, but some are more than others. It is in our blood to be greedy, we are wired to try to be better than one another and it is hard to resist.
Audio Adjustment Recording arts has come a long way sense Thomas Edison recorded the first voice singing in 1877 using pieces of tinfoil. With current technologies we can professionally record instruments, voices, and anything capable of producing a sound with ease. In order to record sound we need certain pieces of electrical equipment such as microphones, soundboards, equalizers, and an audio editing program to be used by trained professionals known as Audio Engineers. With technology constantly advancing at an impressive rate, how will I contribute to the future of recording arts? Audio engineers are constantly adapting to more advanced recording technology in order to deliver the most satisfying sound for the artist or producer but in the most cost effective way possible.
The Portable Phonograph by Walter Van Tilburg Clark is a short story about a group of men who, after the nuclear war, try to survive in the post-apocalyptic world. Clark starts his short story by describing the mood of this post-apocalyptic atmosphere, and the effect of the nuclear war. After the author introduces the mood of the story, Clark goes into detail on how these four men live and what they do on a weekly basis. Clark illustrates that people who survived this nuclear war, which almost wiped out the human race, moreover destroy the planet, are not able to survive the post-apocalyptic world and how the human race is about to become extinct. The nature along with the atmosphere of this post-apocalyptic world are the two biggest concerns for humans in terms
In 1926 the first film with sound was produced. Don Juan developed the “vitaphone” which was a sound- on disk system. The name “vitaphone” derived
