Essays on Band

The Band of Founding Brothers On July 4th, 1776, The “Band of Brothers of ‘76’” (Ellis, 235) ventured into uncharted territory when they signed the Declaration of Independence. These men who would soon become known as our Founding Fathers led the fledgling United States to…

Benny Goodman’s commissioned piece Derivations for Clarinet and Band by Morton Gould combines classical and jazz worlds of music in a well orchestrated piece. Gould was directly influenced by Goodman in this work from their friendship, understanding of what jazz is really about and he…

Arguably, Phil Spector was one of the most influential, praised, and credible producer of modern music. Phil Spector was uniquely experimental and had strong feelings about how musical instruments and composure should play out in a piece of music. Spector’s use of “wall of sound”…

Guns N’ Roses is a famous American hard rock band known for and adored for its dangerous and unpredictable behavior. The band is also notorious for its iconic duo of Slash, the guitarist, and Axl Rose, the lead singer. The duo had a falling out…