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Diane Arkenstone
Diane Arkenstone is a multi-genre musician. Career Arkenstone, who grew up in California, wrote her first song at the age of three and started playing guitar at the age of seven. She is trained as an opera singer. In her early career, she co-formed the duo ''Enaid & Einalem'' with a friend named Melanie. Her voice can be heard in the 2002 game Heroes of Might and Magic IV, in the tracks "A Wise Tale" and "Hope" (among many others) of the game's soundtrack. While her name is not in the credits of the game, her influence is noticeable throughout the soundtrack. Arkenstone's album ''Jewel in the Sun'' debuted at number 16 on Billboard's New Age charts when it was released in 2002, highest position was number 11. In 2005, ''The Best of Diane Arkenstone'' was ranked No. 1 on Zone Music Reporter's Top 100 Airplay Chart, out of 2800 recordings reported that year. In her career, she has done work on more than 55 albums and played various instruments such as guitar, keyboard, wood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambient Music
Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. It may lack net composition, beat, or structured melody.The Ambient Century by Mark Prendergast, Bloomsbury, London, 2003. It uses textural layers of sound that can reward both passive and active listening and encourage a sense of calm or contemplation. The genre is said to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual",Prendergast, M. ''The Ambient Century''. 2001. Bloomsbury, USA or "unobtrusive" quality. Nature soundscapes may be included, and the sounds of acoustic instruments such as the piano, strings and flute may be emulated through a synthesizer. The genre originated in the 1960s and 1970s, when new musical instruments were being introduced to a wider market, such as the synthesizer. It was presaged by Erik Satie's furniture music and styles such as musique concrète, minimal music, and German electronic music, but was prominently named and popularized by British mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americana Music
Americana (also known as American roots music) is an amalgam of American music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States, specifically those sounds that are emerged from the Southern United States such as folk, gospel, blues, country, jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, bluegrass, and other external influences. Americana, as defined by the Americana Music Association (AMA), is "contemporary music that incorporates elements of various American roots music styles, including country, roots-rock, folk, bluegrass, R&B and blues, resulting in a distinctive roots-oriented sound that lives in a world apart from the pure forms of the genres upon which it may draw. While acoustic instruments are often present and vital, Americana also often uses a full electric band." Americana as a radio format had its origins in 1984 on KCSN in Northridge, California. Mark Humphrey, a contributor to country/folk ''Frets'' magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flute
The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening. According to the instrument classification of Hornbostel–Sachs, flutes are categorized as edge-blown aerophones. A musician who plays the flute is called a flautist or flutist. Flutes are the earliest known identifiable musical instruments, as paleolithic examples with hand-bored holes have been found. A number of flutes dating to about 53,000 to 45,000 years ago have been found in the Swabian Jura region of present-day Germany. These flutes demonstrate that a developed musical tradition existed from the earliest period of modern human presence in Europe.. Citation on p. 248. * While the oldest flutes currently known were found in Europe, Asia, too, has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appalachian Dulcimer
The Appalachian dulcimer (many variant names; see below) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally played in the Appalachian region of the United States. The body extends the length of the fingerboard, and its fretting is generally diatonic. Name The Appalachian dulcimer has many variant names. Most often it is simply called a dulcimer (also rendered as "dulcimore", "dulcymore", "delcimer", "delcimore", ''etc.''). When it needs to be distinguished from the unrelated hammered dulcimer, various adjectives are added (drawn from location, playing style, position, shape, etc.), for example: mountain dulcimer; Kentucky dulcimer; plucked dulcimer; fretted dulcimer; lap dulcimer; teardrop dulcimer; box dulcimer; etc. The instrument has also acquired a number of nicknames (some shared by other instruments): "harmonium", "hog fiddle", "music box", "harmony box", and "mountain zither". Origins and history Although the Appalachia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multi-genre
A hybrid genre is a literary genre that blends themes and elements from two or more different genres. Works in hybrid genres are often referred to as cross-genre, multi-genre, mixed genre, or fusion genre. Hybrid genres are a longstanding element in the fictional process. An early example is William Blake's ''Marriage of Heaven and Hell'', with its blend of poetry, prose, and engravings. Examples In contemporary literature, Dimitris Lyacos's trilogy ''Poena Damni'' combines fictional prose with drama and poetry in a multilayered narrative developing through the different characters of the work. Many contemporary women of color have published cross-genre works, including Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Giannina Braschi, Guadalupe Nettel, and Bhanu Kapil. Giannina Braschi creates linguistic and structural hybrids of comic fantasy and tragic comedy in Spanish, Spanglish, and English prose and poetry. Carmen Maria Machado mixes psychological realism and science fiction with both humor and ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroes Of Might And Magic IV
''Heroes of Might and Magic IV'' is a turn-based strategy game developed by Gus Smedstad through New World Computing and published by the 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in 2002. A Macintosh port was subsequently developed by Contraband Entertainment and released by the 3DO Company. The fourth installment of the popular ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' franchise, it is the sequel to ''Heroes of Might and Magic III'', and was the last to be developed by New World Computing. Gameplay ''Heroes of Might and Magic IV'' introduced a number of major changes to the series. Heroes Unlike previous games, where they had little active role in combat, heroes became present on the battlefield with their troops. They can attack, and be attacked. If a hero is killed in combat he/she must be brought to a friendly town to be revived. It is possible to have armies with more than one hero, or with no heroes at all, although armies without a hero are incapable of perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Charts
The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in '' Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, provides additional weekly charts, as well as year-end charts. The two most important charts are the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for songs and ''Billboard'' 200 for albums, and other charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Hot 100 song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts. For the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, streams and track sales are included in addition to album sales. The weekly sales and streams charts are monitored on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle since July 2015; previously it was on a Monday-to-Sunday cycle. Radio airplay song charts, however, follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zone Music Reporter
Zone Music Reporter (formerly ''New Age Reporter'') is a website tracking New Age, world, and instrumental music. The site features weekly playlist, monthly airplay charts, and album reviews. Premium services are also offered to artists and their management compiling custom airplay reports for that artist. Awards Past winners The Zone Music Reporter sponsors the yearly ZMR Awards yearly (Formerly the ''NAR LifeStyle Music Awards'') since 2004. Past winners include Marc Enfroy, Paul Adams, Michael Dulin, Jeff Oster, Bill Leslie, Jeff Pearce, Áine Minogue, Peter Kater, Will Ackerman, Starr Parodi, Ricky Kej, Al Conti, Michael DeMaria, Darlene Koldenhoven, Sangeeta Kaur, Aomusic, Kerani, Fiona Joy, and Amethystium Amethystium is an ambient/ electronica/ neoclassical music project created by Norwegian producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Øystein Ramfjord. Under the Amethystium name, Ramfjord has released five full-length albums (''Odonata'', ''Aph .... Categori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misha Segal
Misha Segal is an Israeli people, Israeli music producer and film composer. He studied music, film, and philosophy at Tel Aviv University and apprenticed under Dieter Schöhnbach in Germany. Segal also studied composition and conducting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, after which point he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Segal has stated that he has been influenced by jazz, Elton John and The Beatles. Segal has worked on several projects, including Blue Lou and Misha Project - Highly Classified, a Christmas CD with Diane Arkenstone, and a piano collection made to raise awareness for lung cancer awareness. Segal was born in Haifa, Israel, to a family of Jewish descent. He served in the Israel Defense Forces Orchestra of the Israeli Air Force. Awards * Award of the Israeli Film Academy for Best Music (2008, nominated - ''For My Father, Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv'') * Black Reel for Best Original Score (2012, nominated - ''Mooz-lum'') * Daytime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Arkenstone
David Arkenstone (born July 1, 1952) is an American composer and performer. His music is primarily instrumental, with occasional vocalizations. Most of Arkenstone's music falls into new age category; however, he also worked in other genres, including even a heavy metal soundtrack for '' Emperor: Battle for Dune'' video game. His music has been described as 'soundtracks for the imagination'. Throughout his career, Arkenstone released over 50 albums and composed music for video games, including ''World of Warcraft'', and for television, including NBC's Kentucky Derby. Arkenstone has been nominated for Grammy Awards five times. Biography After moving from Chicago to California at the age of ten, he was involved in various high school bands playing guitars and keyboards, playing baseball in his spare time. He studied music in college and started a progressive rock band named after himself, but he soon discovered his own musical voice in the instrumental genre. Arkenstone was influ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Inspired By Middle Earth
''Music Inspired by Middle Earth'' is an album featuring David Arkenstone, released in 2001. The music is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel ''The Lord of the Rings''. Even though it was released the same year as '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', it was not inspired by nor related to the film. Track listing #"Prelude: Hobbits from the Shire" – 4:08 #"The Road to Rivendell" – 3:39 #"The Quest" – 5:28 #"Moria" – 5:02 #"Lothlórien" – 4:18 #"Galadriel's Mirror" – 4:32 #"The Riders of Rohan" – 4:24 #"The Palantír" – 4:50 #"Arwen and Aragorn" – 3:29 #"To Isengard" – 4:25 #"In the Land of Shadow" – 4:22 #"The Field of Cormallen" – 3:33 #"The Grey Havens" – 3:37 * All tracks composed by Diane and David Arkenstone Personnel * David Arkenstone – keyboards, guitars, whistle, flute, melodica, mandolin, bouzouki, percussion * Diane Arkenstone – keyboards, dulcimer, vocals, bells, synthesizers * Don Markese – bawu, duduk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
