A whole world of music

Advantages: Panpipes, hip-hop, throat singing and the value of enjoying music
Disadvantages: Academics, choirmasters and performance art

...For me writing about 2007 in music means simply writing about 2007, almost all of it, and for that reason this review (or whatever you wish to call it) is going to be a long one. I apologise in advance. Very little of my year was focused around anything else. And so this was my 2007 in music; a few of the things that I studied, performed, heard, and learnt. January At the start of 2007 I was a third of a way through a masters in ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology is the study of world music, more or less. Although a masters in ethnomusicology mostly involves a lot of talking about how to study world music rather than actually studying the music itself; theory and ethics and fieldwork strategies and how to write about 'others' without calling them savages. During January I developed my hatred of the word 'representation...

butimba 17.02.2008 · Read review
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World of warcraft: The review! *cue music*

Advantages: Lots of people play, Vast world, can customise your character.
Disadvantages: Lots of Grinding, Not a lot to do but kill stuff.

...World of warcraft is a MMORPG (Massive multiplayer online game) Basicly the aim of the game is to be the best. It's a fantasy game, with swords, guns, magic, bow and arrows, hammers, staffs, wands and even spades (Don't except to slay many dragons with a spade.) It also includes a number of different races, Night Eleves, Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Troll, Orc, Undead and Tauven. Tauven: A giant minatour-like creature. Undead: The living undead! Orc: Big green-ish and carrying giant oversized weapons, may include tusks. Troll: Either a tall thin orc or a small thin orc, include tucks and more green-ish bodies. Gnome: The comical race how would you like to be killed by something not much larger than your shoe? Dwarf: Bigger than the gnome, but smaller than the human. A continuation of the popular idea that dwarfs like to live in mines...

Seloc 18.11.2007 · Read review
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Wii music

Advantages: Learn about instruments
Disadvantages: Not interesting enough for me

...I love my Nintendo Wii and love playing new and different games on it. I recently played the Wii Music but unfortunately this was one game that I really did not like. Wii music was released in 2008 and allows players to simulate playing with real musical instruments. You use either the Wii remote or the nunchuk to play the instruments. THe disappointment for me was that the instruments were just not realistic enough. For example, I love Wii Sports because I think the tennis, bowling and actually all the games are really realistic and it feels like you are actually there playing the game. With the Wii Instruments it did not feel like you had a real instrument in your hands and also the Mii characters on the screen just did not react well to the movements. It was more of a chore trying to play the instruments and I gave up pretty soon...

Spottydog11 23.06.2009 · Read review
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The Best of British - 'Black Boots on Latin Feet'

Advantages: Smooth without being sappy,melodic without being poppy.Really are a refreshingly different band.
Disadvantages: In one or two of the songs,the spanish guitar solos can be a little self indulgent and go on a bit

...Ezio are one of the best understated British talents of our time and it really is a shame that they dont have a massive following. They have been performing since 1990 in the university town of Cambridge. The band took their name from one of the band members Ezio Lunedei. Black Boots on Latin Feet is their second (but Debut) album (produced by Rupert Hine in 1995). Although the album is new, the band have a mature vibe with lyrics that are honest and reflective (songs like '30 and confused' really struck a chord with me, accurately reflecting the experience of this significant age). The album is refreshingly different to almost all other British bands and is the perfect counter-act to the Brit Pop scene of the time that was aimed at a much younger market. The feel of the music is melodic and smooth but musicians will see how...

SpookyMoon 29.05.2009 · Read review
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Latin? She Must Be Joking!

Advantages: It's helpful and very satisfying.
Disadvantages: You must study grammar.

...(I?m sure there are members who know all about grammar, and certainly some who are much better Latin scholars than I am. This opinion is meant for absolute beginners, but the textbook and website may be of interest to others). Teach Yourself Book, £6.99 Book and cassettes £15.43 Double CD (available soon). This opinion is certainly one of the biggest challenges I?ve ever taken on, for how on earth do I convince people who?ve never learnt Latin that it?s worth a go ? I can?t employ my usual argument : that it opens doors when you visit a country, and helps you to get much more out of a holiday. But it does have other advantages. How I came to Latin. I did Latin O-level at school, but in a rather unsatisfactory way. A friend and I in the upper sixth suddenly discovered that to do an honours degree in an Arts subject we needed...

Schmutzie 21.07.2003 (22.07.2003) · Read review
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BOSE: Music for the soul

Advantages: Great sound quality, perfet at loud volumes, just in general FANTASTIC
Disadvantages: none so far

...Anything made by BOSE can be trusted. Its sound quality is always at its best, no matter what soundsystem you use from bose, and it's true... you get what you pay for. Jus plug it in and press "ON" and you're set up! IT'S THAT EASY! bose is a big brang name, and everyone expects the best from, and how right they are. The sounddocks simplistic design brings out the best of your mp3 player, making it the whole music experience that much better. For (at most) £300, you are getting exactly what you pay for AND more! The bose soundock has an inate wonder within itself, which brings you to appreciate the minor details embedded into whatever track you are listening to. Its reasonably light weight, comes with an easy to use remote and from there onwards, it really is just you and your music i can easily say that the best thing about...

joshm12 30.05.2008 · Read review
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Why Latin is a useful subject

Advantages: Is a good base for learning most languages
Disadvantages: is difficult but so what?

...When I tell people that Im doing Latin for A level all i hear is "you're mad!!Its a dead language!!What's the point in doing it??"What's the point in doing latin??Hello, its what most modern languages are based on!!If you do latin it is so much easier to learn other languages, simply because you'll have a better understanding of the language you're learning. It's the foundation of so many languages!!Would you build a building without foundations??It might stand for a while but it'll never be perfect. Its the same with languages...if you know the foundations your understanding of the language is so much better!!!So many people nowadays cant even write decent english, and the problem would be far less if people actually understood the language!How many people do you know who actually know what the genitive is??Luckily in English you can...

rowanmk1789 26.08.2005 · Read review
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Wii Music Falls Flat

Advantages: Good Amount Of Instruments To Play
Disadvantages: Very boring, Doesn't Let You play Beats, Just A God Awful Game

...This is a very different review for me, so I hope you enjoy it. Please rate and comment. Thank you. Wii Music I have spent weeks trying to get Wii music from Game at a good price, I missed the sale, so the only prices they had left was £34 and there was no way in hell that I was going to buy a game at that price. After a very hectic day, we ended up in a small town whilst my sister was getting her brace fixed, after sitting in the car in a traffic jam for 2 hours to get there (in the heat mind you), we were about ready to pass out in the car, so went for a little walk and found a blockbusters. There sitting in front of me was the game I wanted for £22.98 which was the price I was willing to pay. I came home with the game and for about 10 minutes I had great time learning the controls and playing the different games...

DixieChick10 31.05.2009 · Read review
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Bose SoundDock Digital Music System Review

Advantages: Superb Sound, Very Loud, Ideal for Ipods
Disadvantages: not go to travel with, Extremely Expensive

...Bose SoundDock Digital Music System I happened to get this as a gift and it turned out to be quiet interesting Summary: This dock is used mainly for ipod and allows you to connet mp3 players to it and listen to high quality music via speakers. It is idle for homes and small gatherings, although I would not run a party off these. Pros: This system has terrific sound and can go very load despite its relative small size. As with almost all Bose speakers the quality is amazing, so long as the source you are playing it from is high quality it will allow the speakers to each its potential. I have a surround sound Bose set up in one of my rooms but now prefer to use this product as it is very simple to operate. Just plug the mp3 player in and press play and your set. Can't get much simpler. It also runs off a wall...

plunt 05.04.2008 · Read review
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Nokia 5800 touch screen music phone

Advantages: Quick and easy to use
Disadvantages: Can get damaged easily

...The 5800 XpressMusic is a revolution for Nokia with it being the first touch screen phone produced by the manufacturer. With its slim lined shape it is an easy phone to hold and to use. The stylus being made of plastic makes the phone as light as possible and easy to hold and to use with the screen. The back of the phone can be removed without out fuss to get at the battery and the SIM card which is slotted into the side of the phone but only removable by removing the back and the battery. The Nokia 5800 takes a micro SD memory card that can go up to 16GB in size that also slots into the side of the phone that the SIM goes in. The general use of this phone is simple and to task with many shortcuts through menus including the 4 buttons on the front of the phone one of which opens a shortcut menu for media applications including music...

Halflighter 30.05.2009 · Read review
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