The Influence of Asian Art Noveau to Claude Debussy’s Arabesque No. One

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Claude Debussy’s works were composed in the era of Art Nouveau — a term applied to the commercial art that was a protest against the industrialization of the early 1870s and against the still very ugly machines; it was a time when people were nostalgically remembering workmanship, artistic skill and craftsmanship.

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Quotes of Wisdom From John Legend

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His words reveal so much of why he makes a difference in the music industry today. For the budding musicians of the present era, let these words inspire you to be visionaries in your own way. In his pursuit to save R&B he writes and interprets his own style of music that the world would want to sing.

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Undoing Vocal Paralysis


Abusing your vocal muscles will take its toll. Good thing, there is now a solution to this problem.
Researchers at John Hopkins have developed a method of relieving the voice changes due to vocal fold paralysis, atrophy, and other changes with a surgical implant made of a calcium compound that looks much like a block from a child’s LEGO set.


Step Into the Music

Music can be inspired by “steps”– the action of the feet, like walk, hop, run, dance and march in the literal and psychomotor definition of the word, “step.” In the more profound context, to step into the music means to involve one’s self in that wonderful realm of sound and emotion.

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