Does the Music Play Forever?


Book Description

The Mayan Indians of the Yucatan Peninsula, through a very complicated process, were able to study the sun by monitoring the planet Venus. This formed the basis for their complex calendarical system, which stretches over thousands of years. They discovered the way the sun rotates creates sunspots. After twenty sunspot cycles, which occurred approximately every thirty seven hundred years, the sun ́s rotational orbit would change, causing the Earth to turn on it ́s axis. This is due to occur again on December 22, 2012. On this day, the world as we know it will end. Austin Green, a forty year old theoretical physicist, and his nineteen year old son, Zeo, barely escape from Los Angeles before a third massive earthquake cracks the North American plate, and the entire west coast sinks into the ocean in a matter of minutes. Now in the year is 2011, they ́re struggling to re-build a society in the coastal city of Phoenix, Arizona, with others who ́ve survived the precursors to the pole shift--a long string of natural disasters that had been plaguing the Earth since 2009. The United States economy has fallen, making money worth nothing. The barter system is used for everything, and horses and bicycles are again common modes of transportation. Austin, once a well recognized physics professor and researcher at the California Institute of Technology, still harbors the slight hope that there will again come a time when our scientific technology will be applied to real life. Now, while everyone awaits the outcome of the final pole shift, he teaches cutting edge physics to a small class of students of various ages--the future parents of the root race of humans that will hopefully re-build society. But, Austin is restless. He can ́t believe what has become of the planet, and the humans who once ruled it. He has to know what the future holds. Does the music play forever? Will all life on Earth end before the middle of the twenty first century, thus destroying everything mankind has ever discovered since the beginning of time as we know it? Or have we learned from our past mistakes? Will we build a future society more in tune with nature? Or will greed cause us to make the same mistakes over again? Combining Austin ́s expertise in hyperspace manipulation, and Zeo ́s deep seeded, new age intuition, they devise an elaborate plan utilizing a home made proton accelerator, the energy vortexes in Sedona Arizona, a quartz crystal, and the energy generated on the day of the winter solstice, when the sun changes it ́s rotation, to construct a worm hole two hundred years into the future and escape just seconds before the Earth turns on it ́s axis. "Does the Music Play Forever?" is a story of one man ́s discovery of, not only his true nature, but also the true nature of the universe and mankind ́s innate connection to it. It is the ultimate example of the law of cause and effect, and the interconnectedness of everything in the universe..




On Repeat


Book Description

On Repeat offers an in-depth inquiry into music's repetitive nature. Drawing on a diverse array of fields, it sheds light on a range of issues from repetition's use as a compositional tool to its role in characterizing our behavior as listeners, and considers related implications for repetition in language, learning, and communication.




Billboard


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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.




Coding in Scratch for Beginners


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Get coding with a hands-on introduction to coding in Scratch. Step-by-step instructions will make Scratch second nature in no time. You'll be writing and directing your own programs in no time!




Kevin Lajiness 2009 Song Book


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Happy New Year, all Done. The Good, The Bad , and The Ugly. I cant help but think I'm hurting myself by putting this Book out because my later stuff is defiantly better and I'm not talking about my English. But my purpose is to put out an inclusive book with all my songs and videos, a depository if you will of everything, eventually it will be in order, and maybe a mega drop down menu. My latest stuff it's at ReverbNation, a player's on this page or in these pages. A Few other things, my voice is getting better from the radiation due to throat cancer, but its taking a long time and its not consistent. The fact that I have put out these songs after having had throat and neck cancer justifies to me that some may smell but they will never stink, besides for me it takes just as much to do a bad song/video than a good one . I put the same amount of heart in them. Also remember my stuff is Alternative, Alternative. I use music loops and combine things in a unconventional way, totally Naive, Just like my Art and me. I like to break free from convention and political correctness. For me art is a philosophical pattern of ones own expressions. Most of Mine are simple some Loud.




Let the Music Play!


Book Description

LET THE MUSIC PLAY! Harnessing the Power of Music for History and Social Studies Classrooms provides readers an accessible introduction to employing music in history and social studies classrooms. Teachers who wish to develop lessons using music as a resource will find coverage of the significant relationship between music and social studies, pedagogical models designed to facilitate using music within history and social studies lessons, and coverage of salient historical themes in which music has been integral. The book begins by establishing the connection between music and social studies themes. Here readers will explore the ways musicians have attempted to address social, political or historical events and issues through song. Through relevant research and exclusive interviews done for this book, the thoughts of prominent musicians noted for songs promoting social consciousness and selfawareness - including Ian MacKaye, Henry Rollins and Aaron Bedard–are shared. The views of teachers and students in terms of the connections between music and the social studies as well as their inclinations to using music in social studies classrooms are also prominently addressed. Additionally, the book furnishes readers with a practical guide to using music in the social studies classroom. Through explanation of four models for using music in the classroom, readers gain relevant ideas useful for a wide variety of instructional methodologies. And finally, the authors delve into three of the most enduring themes in American history and social studies curricula: race, labor and class. Through an examination of these topics, within the framework of music, readers are given the opportunity to discern the way music has manifested in each of these topics. Readers will also enjoy lesson plans and annotated playlists associated with each of these topics.




Michael Jackson


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On June 25, the world stopped, shocked by Michael Jacksons death. The web nearly crashed at 5,000 hits per minute. In this book, the author provides the space for humanitys voice to be heard. Our words are a mirror in which we can find the TRUTH about our-selves, RAW and UNEDITED. If you voiced your opinion about Michael Jackson online, YOUR WORDS MAY BE INSIDE THIS BOOK! READ AND DISCOVER WAS MICHAEL JACKSON a black man who turned himself into a white woman, a child molester and a drug addict who has looked dead for years; OR WAS HE an amazing mana wonderful father and a musical genius, too nave and sweet for this world who filled our hearts with joy? IS HE GOING TO BE REMEMBERED as a freak or a legend, as a pedophile or a saint, as a creep who couldnt get his life together or a shining star who inspired millions across the globe"? This book captivates the entire spectrum of human opinion and emotion in print. It is the culmination of freedom of speech through the fastest medium of communication: the Internet. Open this book and take the roller coaster ride that will take you FROM THE BRIGHTEST PEAKS TO THE DARKEST PITS OF SHOW BUSINESS THROUGH THE EYES OF THE WORLD! Are you ready to TAKE THE RED PILL AND OPEN YOUR EYES? MICHAEL JACKSON WE ARE THE MIRROR




Scratch Music Projects


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In this practical, project-based book, music students, educators, and coders receive the necessary tools to engage with real-world experiences in computation and creativity using the programming language Scratch. Designed to teach students the fundamental concepts of computational thinking through interactive music, sound, and media, projects vary in complexity and encourage readers to make music through playing and creating music. This book introduces readers to concepts in computational thinking and coding alongside parallel concepts in music, creative sound, and interaction. The book begins with a gentle introduction to the Scratch 3.0 programming environment through hands-on projects using a computer keyboard and mouse to make music and control sounds, creating original sounds, and performing them as an instrument. The next chapters introduce programming musical sequences, melodies, and structures, and assembling them into a virtual band that can be performed live or automated through algorithms. The final chapters explore computational thinking and music in the contexts of making games with sound effects, teaching the computer to generate music using algorithms and rules, interacting with music using live video, finishing with a chapter on musical live coding, where readers will create and manipulate computer code to perform, improvise, and create original music live.




The Reminders


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From the author of Dear Evan Hansen, The Reminders is perfect for fans of J. Courtney Sullivan's The Engagement or Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project, and follows what happens when a girl who can't forget befriends a man who's desperate to remember. Grief-stricken over his partner Sydney's death, Gavin sets fire to every reminder in the couple's home before fleeing Los Angeles for New Jersey, where he hopes to find peace with the family of an old friend. Instead, he finds Joan. Joan, the family's ten-year-old daughter, was born Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory, or HSAM: the rare ability to recall every day of her life in cinematic detail. Joan has never met Gavin until now, but she did know his partner, and waiting inside her uncanny mind are startlingly vivid memories to prove it. Gavin strikes a deal with Joan: in return for sharing her memories of Sydney, Gavin will help her win a songwriting contest she's convinced will make her unforgettable. The unlikely duo set off on their quest until Joan reveals unexpected details about Sydney's final months, forcing Gavin to question not only the purity of his past with Sydney but the course of his own immediate future. Told in the alternating voices of these two irresistible characters, The Reminders is a hilarious and tender exploration of loss, memory, friendship, and renewal.




The Avelinos


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The Avelinos is a true story about a "Small Town High Time " Musician. Avelino Avalos played the guitar and sang in different bands in Safford, Arizona for over four decades. He raised his eleven children in South Eastern Arizona. Daughters memories about her dad included him gathering his instruments together getting them ready for playing, by tuning his smoke green Anniversary Gretchen Electric Guitar. Avelino played a variety of music, Flamenco, Country, Corridos, Rancheras and Rock. His bands included "The Lucky Four" Charlie Hemphill (Bass Guitar), his brother Bill on (Lead Guitar), Brooks Nutell on (Drums). "The Lucky Four had no problems getting gigs, putting a variety of music together as an excellent form of entertainment" as told by Hemphill. "The Mixers", another band included Doughnut Delgado Jr.,Frank Shelton,Charlie Hemphill,George Reyes,and Tom Guerena. "The Mixers" traveled to Buffalo, New York to audition on "The Johnny Carson Show" in the early 1960s, reaching for a spotlight on National TV. However, that dream was short lived when one of the band members got cold feet and thus the band opted not to play for the audition. Avelino had been practicing for a funeral he was to attend,on that very night May 20, 1985 he passed away at 59. His music was silenced for the first time in our entire life. Jimmy Delgado Sr. and Bobby Merino Sr. dads best friends were in shock when their music companion suddenly died. Music was Avelino he left a legacy behind and his daughter Frances Diane has given others the opportunity to learn about the extraordinary man who never left his love of music behind. "For every photo there is a story", as told by Frances Frances Avalos. "Music was everything for dad its how he lived we could not separate that from him if mother would have tried it never would have happened it would have been unsuccessful for her, he lived with music he died that way. In behalf of our Avalos family we wish to dedicated my book "The Avelinos to him. May his love of music and his memories continue to be told. We wish to thank Dennis Landberg KJZZ Radio Station for the opportunity to air our story, and special thanks to Paul Atkinson (Producer/Reporter).