Composer John Cage used chance operations to determine the structure of his compositions, while Harry Partch designed his own instruments. ... He also used graphic notations, notations that served as non-traditional music symbols which were similar to the actual sounds they represent. ...
I would like to present you with some facts about MTV: 39% of MTV viewers are under the age of eighteen, music videos are designed for teenagers between the ages of 12-19, half of the videos aired on MTV involve violence (National Institute on Media and the Family). ... Eminem's music videos are also very graphic and express his hatred and frustration very clearly. ...
Many forms of expression combine aesthetic concerns with utilitarian purposes; pottery, architecture, metalworking, and advertising design may be cited as examples. ... His sweet grass baskets are not only usable but they are beautiful with each having a unique design of its own. ... Another traditional system of classification, applied to the fine arts, establishes such categories as literature, the visual arts, the graphic arts, the plastic arts, the decorative arts, the performing arts, music, and architecture. ...
"Music illuminates a person through and through. It is also his last hope and final refuge. And even half mad Stalin, a beast and a butcher, instinctively sensed that about music. That is why he feared and hated it." - Dmitri Shostakovich On November 7, 1917, the Russian Bolsheviks stormed the Win...
