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Smokefree RockQuest 2005
''Smokefree RockQuest 2005'' is a compilation album featuring the finalists from the 2005 high school "battle of the bands" Rockquest held annually in New Zealand. This event was held in the Wellington Town Hall on Saturday 3 September 2005. The judges of this year's event were Anika Moa, Willy McAlistair from The Edge (New Zealand radio station), The Edge, Tania Deans from New Zealand on Air, NZ on Air, Matt Headland from Warner Music and music producer Malcolm Welsford. The Electric Confectionaires won the 2005 Smokefreerockquest. Its members from Auckland's Takapuna Grammar were Haddon Smith (keyboard), Jaisi Sheehan (lead guitar and vocals), Rob Fenton (drums) and Calum Gunn (bass guitarist). At the time of the event they had been together only about three months. Their prizes included: *Vouchers for musical equipment to the value of $10,000 from NZ Rock Shops and other suppliers *Recording a song at York St Studio *Air play on The Edge *A NZ On Air grant to produce a mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
