Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Stories related to Music:

Instrumental introductions

When Indian classical musicians play the santoor, their hands hammer, pluck, or glide across the instrument at exhilarating speed, navigating the 100 strings with adroit precision to produce the resonant, reverberating melodies. However, this ...

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Lady Danville stays close to roots

Employed at a record label, the Los Angeles school district and in health administration, UCLA alumni Matt Frankel, Michael Garner and Dan Chang have successfully transitioned from college students to real-world employees.

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‘Idol’ provides the all-American experience

When he’s not obsessing over rappers Lil’ Wayne or Killer Mike, Tom Breihan, one of my favorite music bloggers, will not shut up about “American Idol.”

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Soundbite: Death Cab for Cutie

Think back to high school English classes. Remember all those essays you had to write – the ones that analyzed the most minute details of a piece of prose?

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Music’s function: to make you think

Current consumption of media deprives listeners of the context opera and theater once provided

For as long as people have been making music, they have found a function for it.

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On an international scale

Ethnomusicology department’s spring festival celebrates musical diversity

Strike the Spring Sing stage, but UCLA traditions remain.

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Blake Fullmer’s big break

UCLA student and artist to perform at concert Saturday

Blake Fullmer, UCLA second-year undeclared student, could be the next pop music sensation. The singer recently won the “Your Big Break” contest, earning his band a place on the stage at this year’s Wango Tango concert, taking place May 10 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

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Big band, small towns

Large Georgian ensemble blends genres to create psychedelic free-form freakiness

There have been two golden periods in music history for big bands: the Jazz age, when big brass bands played swing and jazz, and the ’70s, when stoned longhairs got all their friends together to be as loud as possible.

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Soundbite: No Age

Taking a cue from the economy of their songwriting, I’m going to distill this Soundbite into all that you really need to know about No Age’s “Nouns”: It slays, and you need it. That’s all. Go get it.

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Festival showcases LA’s new musicals

With the world of Broadway 3,000 miles away, Los Angeles is not always recognized for its musical theater. However, Marcia Seligson aims to change that.

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Jerry Springer Visits UCLA

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