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    The Great Gig In The Sky

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    “The Great Gig in the Sky” is a metaphor for death. As one grows older there are fears of dying, but this song sings a tune of the character “not frightened of dying” (Floyd, The Great Gig in the Sky). The character has lived his unfulfilled life of stress, anxiety, and the passing of time, that now dying seems pleasant. Talking with elders, some are scared of dying because they wonder if they did have an unfulfilled life, but this character seems to accept it, and because of that he or she has no

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    At a late Thursday night, I have received word that I would perform in a fancy ball room. With only two weeks of experience I had a gig in front of a hundred people. Like many first gigs, the stage plays tricks on you and makes you feel inferior. Stage fright had to go away at some point, so I decided for it to be this Saturday night. Countless of hours put into this one night, I would practice day in and day out. There was something for me to prove. You don't have to be naturally talented and experienced

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    Here are a few ideas of why to play the trumpet. A trumpet is great at making melodies. Trumpet is a brass instrument therefore it can play in brass sections. Trumpets are relatively inexpensive and easy to play. Trumpets are very portable. It involves your breath. Like other wind instruments, playing trumpet connects your breath to your sound. This simply feels nice and connects you to the universe, in a similar way that yogic breathing does. The close union of brass instruments to the harmonic

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    My Passion In Music

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    about owning what you do. And trials after trials made me the musician I am today. Our band named Saluda formerly named Rescue Party grew up in high school together playing gigs every other night at the town’s bars. It wasn’t that hard to get these gigs because we were really the only band in our town, Spartanburg. Our very first gig was at this small bar with about 5 or 6 people in the audience. Half of them weren’t even listening but it was the first time we could say we made money because of music

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    parents Margarita Vergara Davila de Vergara and Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo. Sofia Vergara is a great role model for all. She has influenced the nation in many different ways. Because of her humbleness it has brought great fortune for example her career skyrocketed by making insignificant commercials in Columbia, becoming a travel host, and her stardom can be associative with movies, Tv shows and modeling gigs. Sofia Vergara is a small town girl who went from doing insignificant pepsi commercials to

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    “There is No Dark Side of The Moon, Really. Matter of Fact, it’s All Dark” Pink Floyd is a band that has changed the music of their era. Pink Floyd formed their band in the mid 1960s. At this point the band was considered an acid rock band Playing small shows, halls, and house parties. Underground celebrities in England Pink Floyd shows were riddled with drug use. Fans would consume LSD before the show to experience the psychedelic experience. The band did not play short pop like songs like

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    Their A&R man said “I don't hear a single”. This is a line from tom petty's into the great wide open. Eddie just graduated and now he moved to California and got a tattoo and met a girl, who he now lives with. Tom petty's song “Into The Great Wide Open” is the story of Eddie a quick leaning musician and his rise and fall from fame using a shifting tone and unrealistic fashion. In tom petty's “Into The Great Wide Open” Eddie a quick learning musician tries to get into the music industry. Eddie is

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    Urban Legends

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    "Great Gig in the Sky" is playing as the house is airborne. The cash register in "Money" is heard just as the color of Oz is seen. The ballerina Munchkins enter on the lyric "us..us..us". One ballerina appears to lip sync the words "ordinary men" The Lollipop

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    The guitar solo was pure-class at 11:03. That was the best part of the song. The song to me is about life and time. The tempo of the song was a moderato tempo. Track 4(“The Great Gig in the Sky”): The tempo of the song starts with the largo tempo. Then, at 15:43 the drum and the women voice change the tempo a little bit. This might the first time I hear a piano playing in the album so far. The women just said the “oh”, but it was

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    Essay about Urban Legends

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    Joel Beckwith Febuary 13, 2001 Urban Legends In this paper I will explain exactly what an urban legend is,and give some examples of very popular ones that have been passed by word of mouth for decades across the United States. 1 " An urban legend is a story that is so bizarre,horrifying,or unexplainable, that it makes something inside of us want to believe it." Urban Legends can have traced origins from other countries, universities, states, or people,that just decided to made

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