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Quennel Gaskin
Quennel Gaskin is a gospel organist/pianist from Long Island, NY. At the tender age of 2 he began playing the drums. He and his father would sit at the piano when he was young and get serenated by various pieces from him. Quennel began playing keys at 13. He's formally been known as a teacher, producer, composer, arranger, keyboardist, minister, organist, worship leader, and drummer. He spent time in Texas and Alaska living while working with artist such as: Myron Williams, Juanita Bynum, DW Project, Late Reverend Timothy Wright, Donnie McClurkin, Fred Hammond, Jonathan Nelson, Judith McAllister, Cecil Winans, Kim Burrell, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Bishop Noel, Marvin Sapp, Darwin Hobbs and Kurt Carr.
Q: Hey what's up Quennel? It's a pleasure having you with me today. I'd like for you to open us up with some of your earliest musical experiences?
A: I feel honored being selected my brother. Okay, we you use to do a lot of revivals on drums at the church. And as a young person normally when ...
The main purpose of the paper is to investigate and present the relationship between the mind, music, and human behavior. For this purpose, research is presented on previous works and studies that link music with the mind. Based on this research, music increases neurotransmitter levels. Soft or mellow music has a tendency to promote tranquillity...
SONG/PIECE: BEETHOVEN SONATA NO.8 in C minor OPUS NO.13, 1st Mov. (PATHETIQUE) PIANIST: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY ELEMENTS OF MUSIC Texture - This piece is in a polyphonic texture. This piece has many variety of textures including thick, thin, and light sound. Melody - (bar 1-10), there is an introduction of a slower melod...
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symbolizes the end of the black musical tradition that flourished in the early part of this century. The play showed the height of white appropriation of what had previously been a black cultural form. All the creative talent backstage was white. This development had been occurring slowly, throughout the 1920's, but black artists had often worked i...
The phrase a cappella is among the most butchered and misunderstood musical terms. The predominant, and most "correct" spelling, is ... a cappella - two words, two "p's", two "l's." A Cappella, A Picky Definition Musicologists have fun debating the extent to which a cappella, 'in the style of the chapel,' can include instrumental accompaniment. S...
