Lyrics For Look at Me Now by Chris Brown – Most Popular Searched
While searching for some song lyrics the other day, I wondered what the most sought-after lyrics were at this moment. It was easy to find out, as I merely needed to type the word “lyrics” into Google and see what was suggested. A single song popped up in the suggestion: “Look at Me Now” by Chris Brown. This popular song, released on 2/1/11, was penned by Chris Brown, Diplo, Jean Baptiste, Ryan Buendia, Lil Wayne, … Read entire article »
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Zune’s Unknown Error – My Quest
I just completed an epic quest. No it wasn’t on a video game like Warcraft… it was a Zune Quest. It led me all over the net and all over my computer, and the solution was simple and nowhere close to where I started. For those of you in a hurry, here’s the short version. … Read entire article »
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Zune Not Turning On, 2010 Update
I wrote an article nearly 2 years ago about what happens when your Zune won’t turn on. I still stand by that article, but wanted to give a little update to clarify something. If you have just purchased a new Zune and it’s not turning on, it probably isn’t defective. Read on! … Read entire article »
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If Your Zune Software Crashes
My Zune software had worked fine for several weeks until I moved my hard drive into another computer. At that point I started getting an error upon startup. I looked at Microsoft’s solution which was very long, confusing, and led me to a web page with a dimmed out button and no explanation what to do to reset the DRM if the button on that page was dimmed out! Well, I’ve found many people don’t even need to go through all of that. To make a long story short, the most common fix for this problem is the following: … Read entire article »
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Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 131 and the Expansion of Tonality
Here is a term paper, dated February 11, 1992. It was written in graduate school and received an A. As with other papers on this site, the examples used have since been lost. The late string quartets of Ludwig von Beethoven are monumental works in the development of the evolution of tonality in the 19th century. Opus 131, No. 2 is a movement from the C-sharp minor quartet – one of only two pieces Beethoven wrote in this key. In both pieces, he chose to open the piece with a slow movement. For Op. 131, the first movement is a fugue, followed an Allegro movement in the key of D major – an unusual tonal relation to the overall key of C-sharp minor. The movement is an abridged sonata form, and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Music, Term Papers
Cesar Franck and the Rise of French Chamber Music
I wrote this paper in graduate school. I recall being highly motivated by the subject, reading and researching as much for my own enjoyment as for this paper. It is dated June 1992, and received an A. Chamber music had never been an integral part of French music until the end of the nineteenth century. There were some notable works such as the trios and sonatas by Rameau, Couperin, and Leclair, but never was any emphasis placed on the chamber medium. The events and individuals who led to the rise of chamber music in France at the end of the nineteenth century shall be the subject of this paper. A reasonable figure with which to begin such a study would be Cesar Franck. Because he is often hailed as the father of … Read entire article »
Filed under: History, Music, Term Papers
1990, The Sundays, and My Bittersweet Summer
It was 1990 and I was killing time in a record store, back in the days when they actually seemed to have them. And not even in a mall. I was shopping for CD’s, back in a day when people actually had those too. Wow. So as any good record store will do, they played new and random music in the store for shoppers to hopefully like and buy. Usually it was some odd crap that even the band producing it probably didn’t even like. But I recall that day in 1990 when I heard something special. … Read entire article »
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If Your Zune Won’t Turn On
A couple days after getting my Zune, I woke up and went to turn it on – and nothing. Nada. I went online in search for the answer, and found a lot of answers – and none that were the answer I was looking for.In my situation, it was far simpler than all of the crazy solutions I read about. So if you’re a new Zune user, and your Zune won’t turn on, you might … Read entire article »
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Zune is Great for Bandwagon Jumpers
I must preface this by telling you upfront that I have a boatload of tangents to go on. Bear with me and enjoy the ride… I’ve always been interested in the Apple vs Microsoft saga. It’s interesting to see the usual tables turned when it comes to the portable music player market. Apple has roughly 70% of the market, against about 3% for the Zune. It’s not unlike the browser and OS wars, which Microsoft dominates at 70% and 90% repsectively. I kind of owned a first generation Zune in late 2006. I say “kind of” because it was given to me, and then taken back. Indian givers! Very long story there. But nonetheless, I had it for a while and was familiar with the first generation model. Let me start by saying … Read entire article »
