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12/11/2007

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What style of music is the music of the black church?
Definition
SOUL GOSPEL!!!
Term
WOMEN RECORDED BLUES FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE MEN DID?
Definition
TRUE!!!!
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WHERE DID MOST BLUES WOMEN BEGIN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF BLUES?
Definition
MINSTREL SHOWS!
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THE FIRST SALES OF BLUES MUSIC ON RECORDS OPENED AN ENTIRELY NEW MARKET OF BLACK MUSIC FOR BLACK CONUMERS. WHAT WAS THIS MARKET CALLED BY THE RECORD INDUSTRY BEFORE 1948?
Definition
RACE RECORDS.
Term
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MUSIC STYLE CHARACTERISTICS ARE COMMONLY
IDENTIFIED WITH MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES?
Definition
a) percussive attack on guitar

b) Bottleneck slide guitar
Term
BEST KNOWN EARLY BLUES MAN, CALLED THE KING OF DELTA BLUES SINGERS, ALSO FAMOUS FOR THE LEGEND OF SELLING HIS SOUL FOR TALENT?
Definition
ROBERT JOHNSON
Term
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REGIONS ARE CONSIDERED IMPORTANT STYLE CENTERS IN DOWN-HOME COUNTRY BLUES? (3 answers).
Definition
1) MISSISSIPPI DELTA

2) PIEDMONT CAROLINAS

3) TEXAS
Term
WHAT DID THOMAS A. DORSEY CALL HIS BLUES BASED CHURCH MUSIC?
Definition
GOSPEL
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WHAT CHICAGO BASED RECORD LABEL RECORDED ELECTRIC BLUES ARTISTS LIKE MUDDY WATERS AND HOWLIN' WOLF?
Definition
CHESS!
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WHAT GOSPEL STYLE, CHARACTERIZED BY MULTIPLE WAILING VOCALS, POPULARIZED BY GROUPS SUCH AS THE SOUL STIRRERS, REPLACED BY THE JUBILEE STYLE IN THE LATE 1940S?
Definition
HARD GOSPEL!
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WHAT BLUES STYLE are blind lemon jefferson, t-bone walker, albert collins and stevie ray vaughan associated with?
Definition
TEXAS.
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WHAT SECTION OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE WAS THE CENTER OF LIVE MUSIC ACTIVITY FOR BLUESMEN SUCH AS B.B. KING, FURRY LEWIS, BUKKA WHITE, AND WILLIE NEWBORN?
Definition
BEALE STREET.
Term
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN'S CAREER WAS CUT SHORT BY?
Definition
KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH.
Term
NAME OF MANHATTAN PUBLISHING COMMUNITY THAT BECAME PROMINENT AT THE DAWN OF THE 20TH CENTURY, PROVIDING THE SONGS FOR THEATER SHOWS?
Definition
TIN PAN ALLEY.
Term
THE TERM BROADWAY IS SYNONYMOUS WITH?
Definition
AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER.
Term
BEFORE RADIO AND TV SHOWS, WHAT WAS CONSIDERED BY THE MUSIC BUSINESS TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT QUALITY FOR A SONG'S SUCCESS?
Definition
GOOD SONGWRITING.
Term
EMILE BERLINER CREATED 3 LABEL MANUFACTURERS FOR HIS 78 RPM DISC INVENTION. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF HIS LABEL IN THE U.S.?
Definition
VICTOR.
Term
WHICH SONGWRITER WAS A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT, WROTE A SERIES OF SMASH HITS INCLUDING ALEXANDERS RAGTIME BAND, GOD BLESS AMERICA, WHITE CHRISTMAS, BLUE SKIES, AND PUTTING ON THE RITZ?
Definition
IRVING BERLIN
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WHICH SONGWRITER WAS ON THE STAFF AT WARNER BROS. 2OTH CENTURY FOX, MGM, AND PARAMOUNT STUDIOS FROM 1933 THRU 1961, AND IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SONGWRITER IN THE HISTORY OF MOTION PICTURES?
Definition
HARRY WARREN.
Term
WHEN DID RECORD COMPANIES BEGIN TO USE ELECTRICITY TO CUT GROOVES INSTEAD OF THE ACOUSTIC POWER INHERENT SOUND?
Definition
1925.
Term
WHO RECORDED CRAZY BLUES, THE FIRST RECORDED VOCAL BLUES SONG (1920)?
Definition
MAMIE SMITH
Term
FIRST SALES OF BLUES MUSIC ON RECORDS OPENED A NEW MARKET OF BLACK MUSIC FOR BLACK CONSUMERS. WHAT WAS THIS MARKET CALLED BY THE RECORD INDUSTRY BEFORE 1948?
Definition
RACE RECORDS.
Term
EMPRESS OF THE BLUES?
Definition
BESSIE SMITH.
Term
MOST WELL KNOWN STYLE ASSOCIATED WITH BOTTLENECK (SLIDE) IS?
Definition
DELTA BLUES
Term
WHAT BLUES STYLE ARE BBQ BOB, SONNY TERRY, AND BLIND WILLIE MCTELL ASSOCIATED WITH?
Definition
PIEDMONT
Term
WHAT TEXAS BLUES ARTIST INJECTED JAZZ PROGRESSIONS INTO HIS BLUES, INFLUENCING BLUES ARTIST SINCE?
Definition
T-BONE WALKER
Term
give definition of both a fader and switch group used on the amek supertrue system?
Definition
FADER GROUP - USED FOR CONTROLLING A MIX BY USE OF A GROUP MASTER. THE GROUP MASTER CONTROLS THE VOLTAGE OF THE GROUP MEMBERS.

SWITCH GROUP - USED FOR GROUPING TOGETHER ANY NUMBER OF AUTOMATABLE SWITCHES.
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