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Throughout history there conductors and musicians have experiments with different sizes and make ups of musical groups to produce the style they are looking for. In some cases, composers have used a single person, while a group between 3-10 is probably the most popular, although in certain types of music groups it is not uncommon to have 50 or more members.

One of the largest musical groups is the orchestra. An orchestra is typically composed of professional musicians who have mastered their instrument and, in many cases, have some type of degree in music. Orchestras typically perform in concert halls and play symphonies, which are oftentimes historic pieces written by famous musicians like Beethoven or Mozart. These historic symphonies are performed exactly as they would have been hundreds of years ago when their creators first wrote them. The orchestra is lead by a conductor who helps keep the tempo and controls the symphony. The instruments used in orchestras are traditionally acoustic instruments and fall into four categories: woodwind, string, brass, and percussion.

A choir is in some ways the opposite of an orchestra. Instead of being composed mainly of instruments, a choir is based on vocals and can contain several hundred members. Choirs are also very old and are seen most commonly in churches. Many popular musicians, including Elvis, discovered music by joining his local church choir.

Because of the availability of electronic instruments, it is no longer necessary to use a large number of people to produce loud music, so modern music groups usually have between 3-10 people. The majority of modern music groups have a lead singer, a drummer, a guitar player, and a bass player. Some groups have additional singers, guitar players, keyboard players, synthesizers, as well as saxophones, and other more traditional instruments. Modern music groups use many different combinations of musical instruments, as well as playing styles, to achieve a desired sound.

A cappella groups are similar to choirs in that they do not use any instruments and they both have their roots in the church. Modern a cappella movements include barbershop and doo wop. Although traditional a cappella is primarily lyrical, many a cappella pieces emulate the sound of instruments or various other noises one may experience in everyday life. While a cappella is not prevalent in mass pop culture, it is becoming more common. Outreach groups have started a cappella competitions, and there have been hundreds of a cappella albums recorded in the last ten years.

The types of groups mentioned in this article are a small sample of the various music groups the have been assembled to get a certain sound or emulate a style. Historic groups like orchestras and choirs are sure to stay in the mainstream, as well as pop culture groups, but as the world and music change, there is no telling what kind of new music groups we may see in the future.

Music has long been an expression of people from different cultures around the world.  The oldest artefacts that show people playing musical instruments are found in Asia and are around four thousand years old.  Other archaeological findings suggest that different cultures around the world have always focused on their own special instruments and unique methods of playing them.  However, no matter how much music may have differed in different parts of the world, it seems that music served a general common purpose:  to bring people together.

It comes to no surprise that music was widely used in temples and religious ceremonies throughout the world.  The involvement of community in each culture has caused music to evolve in a way that is unique to each one.  Furthermore, as world cultures come into closer contact, they naturally have an influence on one another, such as bluegrass music from the United States, which is a blend of Irish, Scottish, German and African-American instrument-playing and singing.

The aspect of community has been so deeply intertwined with music, that it is difficult to say whether it is music that affects society or if society is reflected in the music that it plays. 

The subject is very complex

To say that any one type of music can influence an entire society is a big generalization.

• As society becomes more modernized, people have moved away from tribal instruments and the simple methods of playing them. 
• Also, as technology becomes more advanced with digital and mobile audio solutions, individuals can listen to complex sound recordings in total isolation, any time and anywhere. 
• Today people can choose to listen to a wide array of styles or to focus on one genre depending on the musical qualities that appeal to them as individuals. 
• Media, such as radio, TV and movies can influence pop culture’s tastes in music.

Does music affect society?  Or is our popular society shaped by the musical sounds that are directed our way and manage to reach our ears?  Are various evolving musical styles simply a continual expression of the subcultures that created them?

Music as a way to affect change in society

The emergence of folk music during the 20th century, and particularly the rise of popular folk music of the 1960’s, is probably the best example of music affecting society.  The Civil Rights Movement was in full swing and the largely unpopular war in Vietnam was well underway. 

Folk music is, inherently, music played and sung by and for everyday people—music for the masses, so to speak.  Naturally, when a culture becomes aware of radical changes that awareness gives way through expression.  Folk singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie began writing “protest music” and songs in support of popular movements of the day.  Other folk singers such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez followed suit. 

For the first time, music was not only a vehicle for expression, but it was also a way to mobilize and inspire listeners to think differently and take action.  The music typically embodied idealistic thinking, shunning capitalism and material comforts.  People in the US, particularly the youth, had showed a variety of favorable responses to this genre of music.  Shifting from the sterile, clean-cut popular image of the 1950’s, there was a general trend toward freedom, individuality and expression.  Generally speaking, ethnic, natural fabrics and hand woven or embroidered clothes became popular; the youth became more open about their experimentation with drugs and sex; there was an overall rejection of power structures and authority.  American society was changed drastically and in a lasting way.

US society since pop folk music

Since the tumultuous times of the 60’s and 70’s, pop folk music has faded out of the limelight. With more complex systems of mass communication, pop culture has become more informed by radio, television, movies and the Internet.  Furthermore, technology is paving the way for modern urban subcultures that have their own unique styles of music, expression and life philosophies.  Music still affects society today; only now, the influences occur in more complex, diverse, and at times subtle ways that are impossible to measure or define.

From a consumers point of view, a supermarket is quite simple; Put what you want into your trolley and go through the check-out. Behind the scenes though, psychology is used a lot to define what products and brands you buy in supermarkets. Stands are designed to catch your eye and the store layout is structured to maximise profit.

Through my investigations, I have found the following tactics can be used supermarkets and similar stores.

Eye level marketing

Generally speaking, the most expensive items with high profit margins are placed on shelves that are at shoppers' eye level. This is because you are more likely to see them than the less profitable brands at the very top or near your feet..

Aisle order

Some customers, particularly men, tend to simply shop for what they want, walking down an aisle grabbing what they want, turning back and walking the way they came, this is called the 'Boomerang Effect'. In order to maximise shopper and produce contact time, shops therefore place major items and brands in the middle of aisles ensuring that from any direction the customer has to walk the furthest to reach them.

Product grouping

Items that complement each other are often found close together to entice you to buy more. You'll often find pasta sauces on the same display as a featured brand of pasta.

Food smells make you feel hungry

Another tactic supermarkets use is the smell of freshly baked bread coming from the in-store bakery during the after-work rush. The smell of warm bread makes people feel hungry. When you feel hungry while shopping you are more likely to buy additional items.

Canned smells

Most Supermarkets bake their bread early in the morning, however to entice more custom some have resorted to pumping out the smell of fresh baking bread to add to the illusion that it is constantly baked through the day.

Essentials at the back

Supermarkets hit upon the idea of placing the essentials, such as bread and milk, at the back of the shop. This is in order to make people have to walk past the rest of the produce, and heighten the possibility of impulse buys, in order to get their necessities. Changing rooms in clothes shops are almost always situated at the rear of the shop.

Attracting children

One American supermarket chain hit upon the idea of drawing a hopscotch in the aisle next to the children's cereal in order to make the children play and thus pin Mum & Dad to a point where the children could hassle them for treats.

Irrational Pricing

Irrational pricing is putting the price of items at say 4.99 instead of 5. The reason offered for not instead rounding $4.99 to $5.00 is based on memory processing time. Rounding upward involves an additional decision compared with storing the first digits. Furthermore, due to the vast quantity of information available for consumers to process, the information on price must be stored in a very short interval. The cheapest way to do so, in memory and attention terms, is by storing the first digits. Therefore customers perceive to be getting a better deal than they in fact are.

Order Of Price

Shops will often be laid out in order of price with the most expensive items being encountered at the beginning of your visit and the cheapest at the end. This is done to play on our sense of comparison, we are much more likely to spend money on accessories etc if we have just agreed to buy an expensive item, as in comparison they will seem cheaper than had we encountered them first.

Point Of Sale

Whilst you are waiting to pay retailers often install Point Of Sale displays, this is especially prevalent in Supermarkets who install racks of chocolate to tempt bored children waiting with their parents.

Shuffle

Many shops have a policy of regularly rotating the stock, this happens especially in supermarkets where people regularly shop for the same items. The idea obviously is to confront customers with a variety of items aside from their regulars and encourage them to explore areas of the shop they may not usually visit.

Time

The longer customers spend in a shop the more they are likely to spend. Therefore shops work to make sure customers have to spend the maximum amount of time in their stores, placing obstacles constantly in the way of efficient shopping.

Music is a human activity which involves structured, audible sounds and is used for artistic, entertainment or ceremonial purposes. Music is a major part of our environment. Music is often referred to as "The International Language" - a simple thought with vast implications behind it. Even if you cannot speak the language of a foreign country, you can move, dance, and most of all, enjoy the music of that country. While we may not understand the words to a particular song, we do understand the beauty of the music.

The making of music predates man's use of the written word and is deeply tied to the development and uniqueness of various human cultures. Music has influenced human beings since the dawn of civilization. Music is written and performed for a variety of purposes, including human pleasure, religious or ceremonial functions, or as entertainment products for sale in the marketplace.

Music greatly affects our personal moods. Music can calm and revitalize us in a variety of ways. It can elevate our moods above our personal fears and doubts and even reduce stress and pain levels.

Try listening to a classical music score for a sense of power. Soft, soothing music can help you unwind. And listen to medium-fast to fast music for exercising and house cleaning. Putting additional music in your life can be a powerfully enriching tool.

As with everything created by humans, there is an elemental basis for the composition of music. The basic essence of music lies with its harmony, rhythm, melody and dynamics. Harmony is the relation of notes to notes as they are play simultaneously. Rhythm, by the most simple definition, is musical time. Melody is a musical line of single tones or pitches, heard by the listener as a single unity. Dynamics provide the emotion behind the musical thought. Dynamics tell the performer when to play a piece softly or when to play loudly--music ranges from a mere whisper to the fullest of sound.

Just as there are a multitude of definitions for the term "music", likewise there are many divisions and groupings of music, many of which are caught up in the argument over the precise definition of music. Among the larger theme areas are classical music, popular or commercial music (including rock and roll), country music and folk music. Some genres such as bebop-era jazz, rap, punk rock and electronic music are often discounted as "real music" by member music lovers.

As world cultures have grown closer, their particular musical styles and instruments have often merged. For example, U.S.-American bluegrass music contains elements from Anglo-Irish, Scottish, German and some African-American instrumental and vocal traditions. American music is truly product of the multi-ethnic "melting pot" society.

Whatever style of music you prefer, take the time regularly to enjoy your special musical composition. Music is good for your soul!

Article written by Larry Denton

Technology

• She is more interested in her cell phone than you
• You can not access her cell phone or computer
• There is odd computer or cell phone activity
• There is no browser history on her computer
• There are some phone calls she never takes when you are around
• There are strange numbers on her cell phone
• She uses her cell phone much less than she used to, and her friends have a different cell phone number for her
• She has a second cell phone
• She has “single” on her social media profiles
• She does not call you often
• The same guys like and comment on her photos on social media
• She has updated her profile on a dating site
• She hides the computer screen when you are nearby
• She is hard to contact when out of the house
• She seems rushed when you contact her, but relaxed when she contacts you.

Appearance

• She has started buying more clothes than she used to
• You never see her wearing her sexiest clothes
• Her sexiest clothes are in the washing pile when you do not see her wearing them
• She starts caring more about her appearance, especially when she is going out without you.
• Her use of perfume changes

Social

• She does not have anything to do with your family
• She does not have anything to do with your friends
• She is always busy doing something without you
• She is always too busy to do something with you
• You are spending less time together
• She wants to know where you are when she is not with you
• You do not know where she is, when she is not with you
• She encourages you to spend time socialising with other people
• She is always unavailable at night time
• She often goes to bars without you for a girls night out
• She is still friends with ex-boyfriends
• She socialises with many guys
• She mentions a “new friend” that you never meet

Attitude

• She stops paying attention to you
• She does not care about you and the things that you do as much as she used to
• She starts to nag you more that she did in the past
• She avoids questions and replies in a defensive manner
• She does not seem happy when she is around you
• You have less of an emotional connection with her
• Conversations with her seem strained and contrived
• She is more argumentative and critical for no reason

Actions

• She has sex with you less than she used to
• She takes a shower straight away when arriving home
• She does not talk about her love for you any more
• She flirts with other guys
• Her eyes often drift to other guys
• You are told she is cheating
• You are shown photos of her with another guy
• She no longer tells you about her day
• She does not talk about plans for the future with you
• She tries to make you jealous in order to get your attention
• She starts new interests or hobbies that you did not expect
• She leaves earlier or arrives home later than she used to
• She gets called into work at odd times or works late
• She goes on many business trips

Giveaways

• She smells like a guy
• She comes home with a guys shirt on that is not yours
• Her friends get your name wrong
• Your feelings tell you that she is being unfaithful
• You have enough time without her to read internet pages like this one
• You start looking online for signs of a cheating girlfriend

What do you think? Do you know of other possible signs?

Everyone has to start somewhere and when it comes to flirting, some people are more natural at it than others. This does not mean that you can not learn it though. This article will take you through a few tips to improve your flirting.

The first thing that you have to remember when flirting it that you have to smile. A smile says so much when you are meeting someone. It instantly tells the other person what you think about them, if you are happy around them and if you are bored. When you start to flirt with someone, you need to make sure that you are smiling and look as if you are having a good time.

The second most important aspect of flirting is physical contact. Physical contact has the ability to make the target of your flirting more comfortable with you. It can also make you seem less shy and more decisive. Physical contact can range from holding hands, hugging, a small kiss on the cheek to anything more.

The last thing that you have to remember is to play around and have fun. Flirting is all about showing off and building a connection. Having fun is the best way to do this. Try to make them laugh.

You know when your flirting is going well when they initiate physical contact with you in a way that does not show anger or discontent.

Attracting women and getting them to talk to you is easy if you know how to use conversation starters. Conversation starters work well to get women attracted enough to indulge in a conversation with you.

Small talk is a great way to attract women. With the right conversation starters, you can get a woman to be attracted enough to start a conversation with you. Here are some quick ideas for conversation starters.

1. The best way to start a conversation is to have a smile, make eye contact and say “Hi”.

2. If you see a girl reading a book, tell her that you are interested in it too and ask her what she thinks about it. Try to get her to talk about her favourite character.

3. Do not start a conversation with a complement that she is expecting or that someone else might say. You want to appear different.

4. Try to determine what she would expect from another guy and never do the same. Being different is the key to making a great impression.

5. Ask her what the time is. This is a well known opening line, but it still works. If you think that you can pull of a cocky attitude and want her to know that you are flirting with her, try asking her the time when she can see your cellphone.

6. Ask her for directions to where you want to go. Just say that you are a bit lost and would she mind giving you some directions. When she says yes, you can ask for directions to any random place or even ask for directions to her place.

7. Say something unexpected. You want her to stop giving you the same canned responses that everyone else gets.

As you have so much to do, you start to sleep 6 hours a night. Little do you know, an 8 hour sleep could leave you with a better memory and improved recall.

Memorising things is hard. Through out or lives we are trying to memorise everything from events and history to exam answers and a plan for the future. Many students will spend all night trying to remember key facts for exams. It is ironic to think that sleep has such a large effect on memory and learning. All the students that spend all nighters to memorise answers may be doing more damage and be more forgetful than those who get a good nights sleep instead.

For insomniacs it may be sobering news that not only does a lack of sleep affect the memory and recall of exams answers, but also the memory of faces, sceneries, experiences, procedures, and many other things. Our memory of procedural and skills could be the most important and is also the most affected by sleep.

In order to counteract the effects of sleep, people drink coffee. Coffee has caffeine which helps to reduce the feeling of tiredness. The problem with coffee and ultimately caffeine is that all it is doing is masking the symptoms of a lack of sleep. It does not help to improve memory, recall or learning.

When you sleep, your brain tries to sort out all the memories and information from the previous day and file them for future retrieval. It goes through a process called memory consolidation. It is during this process that short-term memories from the day are set as long-term memories.

It is only after a 6 hour period of memory stabilization that memory consolidation occurs. This means that a 6 hour sleep will not have as much of an effect on your memory as an 8 hour sleep would.

Positive Thinking is a thought process that enables you to obtain desired results with the right actions. It is an act that allows you to embrace affirmative thoughts, thus guiding your deeds or actions in a willful manner. Your feelings, your speech and your actions express themselves to convert your thoughts into results.

While we use this expression 'Positive Thinking' quite often, we hardly take a moment to understand the use of it for our benefit. Without understanding the right meaning or definition, we will not be able to identify whether the “thinking” is positive or negative.

It appears to be very easy in conversing this term, or even recommending to others this worthy suggestion of thinking positive, but the practicality of putting it to use needs endless determination. The options rest with you to switch on or off the kind of thought process you are guided through. A very determined and consistent effort is essential to work on it.

Being positive opens your minds door to thoughts and ideas which enables your growth and success. It guides and motivates you to work towards obtaining favourable results, thus creating joy and happiness in your life.

Let us consider some steps towards positive thinking

1. Begin by being sure of your goals and passionately wanting to achieve it. Unless you like what you want to do, no amount of motivation will make you think in the right direction.

2. Move around with successful people. Be seen with them. Even if you have to spend something extra, it is worth being in restaurants or coffee shops where the successful people move about.

3. Read motivational stories and article contributions from successful people. Attend lectures on such subjects.

4. Give compliments liberally and accept compliments graciously.

5. Accept responsibility for your actions. If negativity creeps into your mind, learn to mentally crumple them and fling it outside your window. Subconsciously see it flying off far into the distant unknown.

It is also very important to pay attention to your self talk as this will strengthen or weaken your subconscious mind. Keep fighting with your negative thoughts and shift your mind to more worthy and success oriented habits. Always keep anticipating success, good results, joy, happiness and good health. Make positive thinking, a way of life.

In the words of Abraham Lincoln, “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”

Getting your articles read is the most important step. For years submitting articles was all about getting a website to rank higher in Google. Now that Google has reduced the importance of such articles in website rankings, an opportunity has opened up for savvy marketers.

Visitors not links

Getting your article read is important as it is about getting people interested in what you are selling, your ideas or encouraging them to seek you out for more. A great article will leave the reader wanting more. Even without a link, they will notice your name or business name at the bottom of the article and seek you out.

Hidden effect

The issue with this is that it is hard to track with analytics tools like Google Analytics. If visitors see your brand name or personal name, but not a link, they might Google for your site. You will not be able to tell that they looked for your site after reading one of your articles.

Brand name

Writing such articles will definitely help establish your brand name. Even if people do not visit your site, they will remember the name. If they visit your site later, they may not remember where they heard your name, but they will be more confident that your site is legitimate and a good site to buy from.

Site fit

Sometimes articles do not fit well with your site. It is not a good idea to be seen making bad comments about the competitor’s site. If you know of issues with the competitors’ products or services, make this known by publishing an article about it on another site under another name. Just make sure the issues are legitimate as you do not want to be recognised by the competition.

Where to submit articles

This site is accepting articles now. Just head over to the submission form, and submit your article. Be careful when submitting your article to other sites as some sites will remove your brand or by-line.