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Do you know anything about this topic? Share your expertise with our thousands of visitors each day by submitting your quality, informative 'Music' article, and if you become a member we will pay you for your unique and original work (note that all submissions are reviewed by our editors). Your Music Guide is Michael Russell. Recent articles submitted to your independent guide to Music 1. The Music Of The Middle Ages - By: Michael Russell The music of this era is often called medieval music. This spans nearly a thousand years and signaled the musical development of Europe. Medieval music stands as the predecessor of the Western music that we know of today. Medieval music started from about 500 A.D. and ended a... Featured ArticleMusical Guide - Review Of My Fair Lady In this article we're going to review the Broadway production of one of the most popular musicals in the history of Broadway musicals. Actually, My Fair Lady did not originate on Broadway. It was first performed in England in 1956. Since that time though it has been seen all over the world with a number of revivals, the most recent in 2001 at the Lyttelton Theater. The original play featured Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison in the lead roles as Eliza Doolittle and Hen ...
Read full story 2. Characteristics Of African Music - By: Michael Russell Compared to the other first peoples, African tribes have a highly developed sense of harmony. No one seems to know exactly how old the music of Africa is, or where it started or how it grew or even how much it has been influenced by other primitive cultures. Africa is a large continent w... 3. A Guide To African Music - By: Michael Russell Every time you turn on your radio or listen to a television show, there is a huge chance that the music you hear is at least partly African in origin. This is because the music of Africa has strongly influenced and penetrated the music of Europe and America. Diverse musical types as... 4. Musical Guide - What Makes A Musical? - By: Michael Russell In this article we're going to try to explain just what it is that makes a musical a musical and go over the more technical aspects of the form. By technical definition, musical theater is a form of theater that combines music, songs, dancing and spoken dialogue. It is actually ... 5. Musical Guide - A Well Rounded Education - By: Michael Russell In this article we're going to try to give an idea of what shows to go see if you want to get as broad a musical theater background as possible. To just say you're going to see a musical is not only less than adequate but it's inaccurate at best. The truth is, a musical is not j... 6. Musical Guide - A Brief History Of Musicals - By: Michael Russell In this article we're going to present a brief history of musical theater from its early beginnings right up to the present day. Musicals actually started with the ancient Greeks who put on plays with songs. While they weren't called musicals at the time, that is indeed what the... 7. Musical Guide - Wizard Of Oz - By: Michael Russell In this article we're going to review one of the most popular movie musicals of all time, The Wizard Of Oz. Back in the early days of television, it was a tradition every year around April to show The Wizard Of Oz. Over the years, with cable and the battles over movie rights, th... 8. Musical Guide - Review Of Mary Poppins - By: Michael Russell In this article we're going to cover one of the most unusual musicals of our time, the part human, part animated Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins. It's probably the one musical responsible for making Julie Andrews a household name. But Mary Poppins was more than just that. br ... 9. Musical Guide - Review Of Showboat - By: Michael Russell In this article we're going to cover one of the oldest and longest running musicals in history, the one and only Showboat. Showboat first came to the stage in 1927, almost 80 years ago as of this writing. It was actually quite ahead of its time in many respects. For one thing, i... 10. Musical Guide - Review Of The Producers - By: Michael Russell In this article we're going to review a musical that has had more revivals and renditions than any musical in history. For those who were not around in the 1960's it is really hard to know which came first, the chicken or the egg. Or, in the case of the musical The Producers, wh... 11. Musical Guide - Review Of Tommy - By: Michael Russell In this article we're going to review one of the most unusual musicals of our time, the rock opera Tommy. The rock group, The Who, had been together for around 5 years by the time they came out with their then revolutionary concept, Tommy. It was the very first rock opera and to... 12. Musical Guide - Review Of The Sound Of Music - By: Michael Russell In this article we're going to review one of the great musicals of our time, which is actually a true story, The Sound Of Music. The Sound Of Music is based on a very true a heroic story about the Von Trapp family. Briefly, since this article is really about music and not histor... 13. Musical Guide - Review Of My Fair Lady - By: Michael Russell In this article we're going to review the Broadway production of one of the most popular musicals in the history of Broadway musicals. Actually, My Fair Lady did not originate on Broadway. It was first performed in England in 1956. Since that time though it has been seen all over the wo... 14. Rock N' Roll Genealogy - Renaissance - By: Michael Russell In this edition of Rock N' Roll genealogy I'm going to look at a group with a very strange history. In actuality they were two different groups with the same name that were linked by one common factor. This technically made the one an offshoot of the other. The group I am referring to is Renaiss... 15. Rock N' Roll Genealogy - Ric-a-car - By: Michael Russell In this edition of Rock N' Roll geneaology I'll be taking a look at a relatively obscure group called "Ric-A-Car". Ric-A-Car came into the scene in the late 70's. They started out as a garage band, one of the earliest as a matter of fact. Garage bands became very popular in the ... 16. Rock N' Roll Genealogy - The Beatles - By: Michael Russell In this edition of Rock N' Roll Genealogy I'm going to be reviewing what was arguably the most popular group of all time, The Beatles. The Beatles actually formed in 1962 and their original drummer was Pete Best and not Ringo Starr. But Best left and Ringo came on and the rest w... 17. Rock N' Roll Genealogy - The Move - By: Michael Russell This is the first of a series focusing on rock and roll groups genealogy. Many groups over the course of time have had personnel changes and have even evolved into other groups. This series is going to focus on some of those groups. You'll be surprised to see some of the people who have been in,... 18. One Hit Wonders Part 2 -the 70's - By: Michael Russell In this installment of one hit wonders I'll be covering the years 1970 to 1979. There was no shortage of one hit wonders during those years as you will see. Kicking off 1970 was a song called "Venus" by Shocking Blue. This song was later remade by another group, Banarama, that a... 19. One Hit Wonders Part 1 -the 60's - By: Michael Russell Throughout the history of rock and roll there have been many acts that have come and gone. But nothing fascinates people more than the one hit wonders, people who had one hit and were never heard from again. Even more fascinating are those who had one hit that was huge and then disappeared. br... 20. The Jackson 5/osmonds War...history - By: Michael Russell In this edition of sort of a history or pop music I am going to focus specifically on the war between the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds during the year of 1971. This is a little known piece of trivia that I think you will find interesting. The Jackson 5 actually hit the charts in 1970. They had 4 enor... 21. How To Write A Commercial Lyric - By: Michael Russell If you're serious about writing commercial lyrics then there are a number of things you will need to know. What I am about to share with you is everything I have learned from my 27 years of songwriting. Yes, I am old. First a little about myself and my qualifications for writing this. I'm 47 and h... 22. You May Have Found The Best Sourced Advice With Reference To Jazz Music. - By: Tom You may have found the best sourced advice with reference to jazz music. When you are trying to find excellent advice concerning jazz music, you will find it hard unscrambling quality advice from reckless jazz music suggestions and support so it's astute to know how to moderate the informat... 23. What's All This Jazz About Marketing? - By: Cajun Clark What's all this jazz about marketing? by Cajun Clark Good question, very good question. Marketing is probably the most misunderstood aspect of any business, even by those who "specialize" in it. All too often you'll find a person who says they're a marketing consult... 24. The Leading Journalist Of The Jazz Age - By: David F. Duncan Terry Teachout. The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken. New York, Harper-Collins, 2002. H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) is not a name familiar to most Americans today. If they know of him at all, most know him only as the model for the character of the cynical reporter in the play and movie Inhe... 25. The Jazz Rock Fusion Of Brent Magstadt Reaches New Heights On Self Titled Release - By: Keith FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeattle, WA--December 5, 2005--Brent Magstadt describeshis latest work as a progressive styling encompassing elementsof rock, jazz and folk; music that will darken the room with anacoustic sance, or light it up with intense electric passages. Magstadt's new self-ti... 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