Is your child a music kid or a dance kid?
If your reading this article you have already, or are planning to put your child into music lessons or dance classes and are wondering which one is better for them. The short answer is both. Music and dance are the perfect combination of disciplines.
Here are 3 great reasons why;
1) Music and dance are good for the body.
The physical challenges that dance lessons offer are obvious. The music lessons aren't as easy to see but consider this. A piano, guitar, or violin student must keep their body position in place with their arms raised and fingers moving for long periods of time. This may not seem like much but this exercise can burn off huge amounts of calories.
2) Music and dance are good for the mind.
The focus required to perform either discipline can be immense. You need for pay close attention to rhythm (counting), dynamics (quiet and loud for music, soft and hard for dance), and memorize complex patterns. Even tunes or dances that seem simple can be very tricky.
3) Music and dance are good for the soul.
This one could be the most important of the three. Both, put simply, make you feel good. We have all put our favorite song on to lift our spirits when we don't feel very good. The same is true of dancing. Even if we're not professional dancers we still like to "cut a rug" every once in a while. Again, it just makes you feel great!
So, if your thinking about music or dance, why not do both. Your body, mind, and soul will thank you for it.
For a complete list of programs and schedule please visit the Academy of music and dance.
www.academymusic.org
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Why you should build a Weissenborn slide guitar
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Hi there! terry Buddell back again........
I just wanted toanswer some questions about the Weissenborn Lap slide steel guitar that I built a few months ago using only simple hand tools whilst living on my boat! I have had lots of enquiries about these type of guitars and I thought I might take the time to explain basically why if you are considering building a guitar for the first time its a great way to cut your teeth on because it's such an easy build compared to an acoustic guitar with a very specially shaped neck and demanding thorough and exact fret spacing
As a few of you know I also built a website which features slide guitars, lap steels and a host of other interesting stuff all about the fascinating World of slide guitars. For those of you who are interested the guitar was built from a modified plans of a Style 2 1920's Weissenborn using Australian Maple timber and the only difference from the original is that I made the neck 2.5 inches deep instead of 1.5inches and the body 4.5 inches instead of 2.5 inches... the sound is wonderful as is the volume and the rich tones... what makes the weissy sound so good?
I have written a whole series of articles and posted them onto the net in a few places and there is a whole world of info to explore there for free! the sound is absolutely fantastic and no one was more surprised than me! It had taken me many years to pluck up the courage to actually start building a guitar and basically I don't know what I was worried about! The choice of timber, Australian Maple had a great deal to do with the good results and its not surprising really, as Maple is a cousin of the famous Koa wood that most slide guitars are constructed from.
I also made the body of the guitar a lot deeper than the original Style Two plans and it worked out around about two inches deeper overall. The plans come on CD rom and it is possible to get the plan printed out onto AO or A1 architects paper..its probably a lot easier to work from for most folks . All the basic instructions are in there, step by step and everything is explained very carefully indeed bearing in mind that for many people it will be their first guitar build. Why did I choose the Weissenborn slide as a first guitar to build? Well, in a way, It's cheating because as most people are aware, the chords are never played but the fingers of the left hand only with a glass or steel or brass slide
Therefore, if the frets spacing is very slightly out of true it really wont notice! you would never get away with that on a proper acoustic guitar where you have to play the chords with your fingers!!!
Basically I also wrote a book called How to build a weissenborn and drew out the plans and they are for sale on my site where you can also hear a soundclip of the guitar itself! Cheers for now...watch out for more articles for tips and free hints on building your own slide guitar for a fraction of the cost!
Did you find the tips in the article useful? You can learn a lot more about How to build a weissenborn slide by visiting the site shown below
.Associated with this article are weissenborn guitars, lap steel, slide guitars, Dadgad guitar tunings, blues slide, guitar plans and Weissenborn lap slides
Author: Terry Buddell
http://www.articleclick.com/Article/Why-you-should-build-a-Weissenborn-slide-guitar/968981
Hi there! terry Buddell back again........
I just wanted toanswer some questions about the Weissenborn Lap slide steel guitar that I built a few months ago using only simple hand tools whilst living on my boat! I have had lots of enquiries about these type of guitars and I thought I might take the time to explain basically why if you are considering building a guitar for the first time its a great way to cut your teeth on because it's such an easy build compared to an acoustic guitar with a very specially shaped neck and demanding thorough and exact fret spacing
As a few of you know I also built a website which features slide guitars, lap steels and a host of other interesting stuff all about the fascinating World of slide guitars. For those of you who are interested the guitar was built from a modified plans of a Style 2 1920's Weissenborn using Australian Maple timber and the only difference from the original is that I made the neck 2.5 inches deep instead of 1.5inches and the body 4.5 inches instead of 2.5 inches... the sound is wonderful as is the volume and the rich tones... what makes the weissy sound so good?
I have written a whole series of articles and posted them onto the net in a few places and there is a whole world of info to explore there for free! the sound is absolutely fantastic and no one was more surprised than me! It had taken me many years to pluck up the courage to actually start building a guitar and basically I don't know what I was worried about! The choice of timber, Australian Maple had a great deal to do with the good results and its not surprising really, as Maple is a cousin of the famous Koa wood that most slide guitars are constructed from.
I also made the body of the guitar a lot deeper than the original Style Two plans and it worked out around about two inches deeper overall. The plans come on CD rom and it is possible to get the plan printed out onto AO or A1 architects paper..its probably a lot easier to work from for most folks . All the basic instructions are in there, step by step and everything is explained very carefully indeed bearing in mind that for many people it will be their first guitar build. Why did I choose the Weissenborn slide as a first guitar to build? Well, in a way, It's cheating because as most people are aware, the chords are never played but the fingers of the left hand only with a glass or steel or brass slide
Therefore, if the frets spacing is very slightly out of true it really wont notice! you would never get away with that on a proper acoustic guitar where you have to play the chords with your fingers!!!
Basically I also wrote a book called How to build a weissenborn and drew out the plans and they are for sale on my site where you can also hear a soundclip of the guitar itself! Cheers for now...watch out for more articles for tips and free hints on building your own slide guitar for a fraction of the cost!
Did you find the tips in the article useful? You can learn a lot more about How to build a weissenborn slide by visiting the site shown below
.Associated with this article are weissenborn guitars, lap steel, slide guitars, Dadgad guitar tunings, blues slide, guitar plans and Weissenborn lap slides
Author: Terry Buddell
http://www.articleclick.com/Article/Why-you-should-build-a-Weissenborn-slide-guitar/968981
CD Mixing Tips - 10 Tips To Get Your Music Mixes Rockin
With the widespread availability of affordable computers and powerful software for music mixing, the average musician is now able to set up a reasonably decent home studio on a relatively small budget. However, even though the software is extremely powerful and versatile, what seem to be missing are tips on how to create a great mix.
So, without any more fanfare, let us get right down to the 10 mixing tips you can try IMMEDIATELY to improve the quality of your mixes:
And there you have it! Try out some of these mixing tips and you will find yourself on the way to better mixes in no time.
copyright 2007 Jeremy Rwakaara
http://www.articleclick.com/Article/CD-Mixing-Tips-10-Tips-To-Get-Your-Music-Mixes-Rockin/1141
So, without any more fanfare, let us get right down to the 10 mixing tips you can try IMMEDIATELY to improve the quality of your mixes:
- 1. While mixing, keep a close eye (and ear) on all those plug-ins. Each one of them will distort if the output signal exceeds the acceptable threshold level. Because the output meters are out of sight when the plug-ins are closed, it is fairly easy to be unaware of the distortion, all of which can absolutely ruin your mixes.
- 2. Make use of the high-pass filter found on many equalizers to cut off the low frequencies on tracks that do not need the presence of low frequencies (e.g. frequencies below 100Hz) in order to sound right in the mix. These include vocals, hi-hats, keyboards, etc. Of course, all this depends on the song itself. For example, if you are mixing a song that is just piano or guitar and voice you might run a high-pass filter much lower down, around 40Hz or so, in order to maintain some of the bottom end in the mix. However, even the bass and kick drum can be improved by rolling off frequencies below 20Hz. Most project studio mixes sound terrible because there are too many sounds competing for space in the lower frequencies. On the opposite end of the spectrum, you can use a low-pass filter on instruments like bass and kick drum that do not need the presence of high frequencies.
- 3. Try using compression to even out volume variations and control the attack of a sound. Using a FAST attack will accentuate the body of a sound, while using a SLOW attack will increase the definition. Bass, kick drums and vocals tend to benefit most from compression, although you should listen to all your tracks with and without compression to see what works best. Keep an eye on the other settings on the compressor (Input, Release, Threshold, Ratio, Output Gain) since these can dramatically affect the results you are trying to achieve. It's also important to remember that compression can raise the level of background noise in your mix as well as accentuate sibilance (esssssss's) in the vocals. It may help to place a de-esser after the compressor to take care of excessive sibilance.
- 4. Listen for tracks that can be cleaned up by scooping out (reducing) the frequencies between 150 - 300 Hz. This is generally where the 'mud' tends to be in most tracks. Be careful when you do this however, since this can also be where the meat or warmth resides on some tracks. Listen for the track(s) that can benefit most from this action, and do not scoop out too much of the track or else your mixes will start to sound thin.
- 5. Always listen to your mixes IN CONTEXT! It doesn't matter how great that kick drum sounds by itself if it sounds terrible once you turn everything else up. Its okay to solo a track briefly to get a sense of what is happening to the sound as you apply processing, but only do that for a few bars and then listen to it with everything else in context.
- 6. A parametric equalizer is an extremely powerful signal processing tool used to sculpt sound. It is generally better to cut (reduce) than it is to boost (add) frequencies, although you should always do what is right for a particular track. Begin by making the track sound terrible (by boosting a specific frequency dramatically and sweeping slowly across the spectrum at a fairly narrow bandwidth as you listen), and than cutting the frequency that sounds bad in order to reduce the presence of the 'bad' sound. Do that several times using each band, listening for when a cut or a boost is necessary, until you either run out of 'bands' or don't need to make any more cut/boost corrections. Don't feel the need to use every band available, though. When using EQ and other signal processors, less processing tends to be more beneficial to the overall sound of the mix (i.e. less is more).
- 7. Don't mix entirely in headphones, or at extremely loud volumes through your monitors. Spend most of your time mixing at moderate and even low volumes, occasionally cranking it up to see how things move at those high energy levels. Try listening to your mixes through several different headphones (which can pick up clicks and pops not heard in the monitors) and at different volume levels through the monitors, as well as on different monitors if possible. The mix will surely sound different on the different systems, but the objective is to get things to sound good on all systems, not great on some and terrible on others. Occasionally walk away from the monitors and listen to your mix from another room. This gives you another perspective on level imbalances not apparent inside your normal mixing environment.
- 8. Concentrate on the busiest parts of your mixes first. This may be the hook (chorus), or bridge section, and this is where your mixes tend to get away from you the most. As you listen, make a determination as to whether or not EVERY SINGLE TRACK and EVERY SINGLE LAYER absolutely NEEDS to be in the mix ALL THE TIME. Mute / un-mute and add / remove tracks one at a time to evaluate their contribution to the impact of the song. It may be necessary to strip away some of those layers in order for your mix to sound more punchy and energetic.
- 9. Make good use of automation. If that is too complicated (based on your understanding of your music mixing software) you can try breaking up your tracks into song sections (e.g. VOCAL intro, VOCAL verse 1, VOCAL B-section, VOCAL hook, VOCAL verse 2, VOCAL bridge, etc). The reason for this is that the signal processing and volume / pan settings that work for a track in one section of the song (e.g. VOCAL verse 1) may not necessarily be right for another section (e.g. VOCAL hook). In this instance, you may need to set your EQ, chorus, compression, reverb, pan, and volume settings differently for the different song sections. The same may apply to other instruments as well.
- 10. Tune your instruments often during your recording session, or at least CHECK the tuning often. Even though this is a no-brainer for bass and guitars, don't forget that even drums (kick, toms, and snare) need to be tuned in order to sound their best. No matter how well you process the tracks for your mix, out-of-tune instruments will distract the listener and contribute to the impression that the mix sucks! It is sometimes possible to tune your instruments after the fact, but that time could be better spent on other crucial areas of your mix.
And there you have it! Try out some of these mixing tips and you will find yourself on the way to better mixes in no time.
copyright 2007 Jeremy Rwakaara
http://www.articleclick.com/Article/CD-Mixing-Tips-10-Tips-To-Get-Your-Music-Mixes-Rockin/1141
Primary School Songs Christmas Has Been Waiting For
A vital step in music education
Appreciating music at a young age is an important step in a child's educational development, and the most accessible form of musical education for children is singing. Everyone can sing, although many lack the confidence to admit to it ! Furthermore, there is no better opportunity for singing in primary school, than at Christmas time, when the enjoyment of songs and singing can really come together. Music for Schools Limited has impressively risen to this challenge, by offering a well composed collection of primary school musical resources and songs Christmas has been waiting for. At a time when primary school headteachers are mindful of initiatives such as Artsmark, Every Child Matters and Eco-schools, singing and performing in schools become increasingly important.
From school play to school musical
The school play can be a stressful challenge for primary school teachers and so many turn instead to the school musical for inspiration. By transforming the school play into the school musical, teachers are then able to exploit children's enthusiasm for singing. Music for Schools Limited now offers an easy solution to this problem for teachers with a wide range of resources. Hundreds of schools across the UK and overseas have staged successful performances of their school musicals, One Bright Night and The Puzzled Penguin which has turned this magical time of year into a great educational opportunity for teachers.
Christmas songs - children's common questions
Beyond the school musical and school play, Music for Schools Limited also offers a great solution for a collection of school assembly songs Christmas enthusiasts will love. Their resource, This is Christmas, is a timely response to teachers' request for new, original songs for younger children, to use in the classroom and beyond. This CD collection of ten songs answers and explores the common questions that children have about Christmas. For example, who is Father Christmas, was there really a star, who was baby Jesus, why do we use candles, who invented the Christmas cracker ? At the same time, This Is Christmas celebrates the traditions and symbols of Christmas time, pointing to their origins.
Royalty-free to UK schools
The particular appeal of Music for Schools Limited to primary school teachers is that it currently offers UK schools the unlimited right to publicly perform each purchased school musical or and school play without further royalty fees due to them. This is limited to the public performance of each purchased work within the school and its local community only. I would strongly advise all schools to take advantage of this offer from Music for Schools Limited because so many other publishers seem to require the payment of additional royalty fees for the public performance of school assembly or school musical resources, which often doubles the cost.
Free online samples and resources
Music for Schools Limited provides a good range of sample scripts and audio song clips on the internet, helping primary school teachers to decide on their next school assembly idea or school musical. CD recordings and booklets from Music for Schools Ltd. all include full backing tracks for each school presentation, and the booklets include simplified sheet music, arranged for piano, guitar, or keyboard for those musically-able teachers wishing to provide an accompaniment. Purchasing schools are also given free access to additional online resource files which they can download, save, print and copy. These songs Christmas really needs come from a dedicated music education resource company that cares about the quality of its products.
Music for Schools Limited leads the way
Music for Schools Ltd. delivers a fast and efficient service at competitive prices, showing its dedication to a high level of customer service. Meanwhile the company continues to develop its range of school play and school musical materials, with a particular emphasis on primary school assembly resources, songs for teachers and soon, an exciting new range of primary lesson plans.
Author : Geraldine
http://www.articleclick.com/Article/Primary-School-Songs-Christmas-Has-Been-Waiting-For/1054462
Appreciating music at a young age is an important step in a child's educational development, and the most accessible form of musical education for children is singing. Everyone can sing, although many lack the confidence to admit to it ! Furthermore, there is no better opportunity for singing in primary school, than at Christmas time, when the enjoyment of songs and singing can really come together. Music for Schools Limited has impressively risen to this challenge, by offering a well composed collection of primary school musical resources and songs Christmas has been waiting for. At a time when primary school headteachers are mindful of initiatives such as Artsmark, Every Child Matters and Eco-schools, singing and performing in schools become increasingly important.
From school play to school musical
The school play can be a stressful challenge for primary school teachers and so many turn instead to the school musical for inspiration. By transforming the school play into the school musical, teachers are then able to exploit children's enthusiasm for singing. Music for Schools Limited now offers an easy solution to this problem for teachers with a wide range of resources. Hundreds of schools across the UK and overseas have staged successful performances of their school musicals, One Bright Night and The Puzzled Penguin which has turned this magical time of year into a great educational opportunity for teachers.
Christmas songs - children's common questions
Beyond the school musical and school play, Music for Schools Limited also offers a great solution for a collection of school assembly songs Christmas enthusiasts will love. Their resource, This is Christmas, is a timely response to teachers' request for new, original songs for younger children, to use in the classroom and beyond. This CD collection of ten songs answers and explores the common questions that children have about Christmas. For example, who is Father Christmas, was there really a star, who was baby Jesus, why do we use candles, who invented the Christmas cracker ? At the same time, This Is Christmas celebrates the traditions and symbols of Christmas time, pointing to their origins.
Royalty-free to UK schools
The particular appeal of Music for Schools Limited to primary school teachers is that it currently offers UK schools the unlimited right to publicly perform each purchased school musical or and school play without further royalty fees due to them. This is limited to the public performance of each purchased work within the school and its local community only. I would strongly advise all schools to take advantage of this offer from Music for Schools Limited because so many other publishers seem to require the payment of additional royalty fees for the public performance of school assembly or school musical resources, which often doubles the cost.
Free online samples and resources
Music for Schools Limited provides a good range of sample scripts and audio song clips on the internet, helping primary school teachers to decide on their next school assembly idea or school musical. CD recordings and booklets from Music for Schools Ltd. all include full backing tracks for each school presentation, and the booklets include simplified sheet music, arranged for piano, guitar, or keyboard for those musically-able teachers wishing to provide an accompaniment. Purchasing schools are also given free access to additional online resource files which they can download, save, print and copy. These songs Christmas really needs come from a dedicated music education resource company that cares about the quality of its products.
Music for Schools Limited leads the way
Music for Schools Ltd. delivers a fast and efficient service at competitive prices, showing its dedication to a high level of customer service. Meanwhile the company continues to develop its range of school play and school musical materials, with a particular emphasis on primary school assembly resources, songs for teachers and soon, an exciting new range of primary lesson plans.
Author : Geraldine
http://www.articleclick.com/Article/Primary-School-Songs-Christmas-Has-Been-Waiting-For/1054462
Iron Maiden Biography And Top 10 Songs
The song Charlotte the Harlot probably started me listening to Iron Maiden more than just hearing them on the radio because (and I know this is mean) when I was at school back in the day there was a girl I knew called Charlotte and I used to call her Charlotte the Harlot because of knowing the song. This was really when I was a little kid of about 8 and I actually ended up having her as a girlfriend when I was about 14, so it all worked out ok in the end.
Iron Maiden are an English, Heavy Metal group formed in London in 1975 by Steve Harris and have had many band members over the years (too many to list). The more noted members being Dave Murray, Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith, Janick Gers, Nicko McBrain, Dennis Stratton and the current lineup is: Bruce Dickinson (lead vocals), Dave Murray (guitar), Adrian Smith (guitar, backing vocals), Janick Gers (guitar), Steve Harris (bass, backing vocals) and Nicko McBrain (drums). This lineup has stayed consistent since 1999.
Iron Maiden are one of the most successful of all heavy metal bands and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide. The name Iron Maiden was taken from an old torture device of the same name and the band actually formed on Christmas Day 1975. The group went through many band changes over their first few years of gigging and it wasn't until they signed to EMI in December 1979 that they started to record their work seriously. The self titled debut album Iron Maiden was released in 1980 and rose to #4 in it's first week in the charts. The same year Iron Maiden went on tour of the UK and opened for Kiss and Judas Priest which helped to give them public notice.
Bruce Dickinson joined the band shortly after the second album release (Killers) and went straight out on another tour of the UK. The Number Of The Beast was released in 1982 and was Iron Maiden's first #1 album in the UK and then they went on a massive global tour including Canada, US, Australia, Japan, Germany and UK. There was controversy in the US when a group of Christian activists held a record burning of Iron Maiden and Ozzy Osbourne albums as they claimed them to be Satanic. Shortly after the tour saw the release of the third album Piece Of Mind which was a massive success.
Iron Maiden then went on another huge tour called the World Slavery Tour and it consisted of 193 shows over 13 months and this is recorded as one of the biggest tours in musical history. The next few years saw Iron Maiden change the ways they made their music and the inspiration behind it. In 1986 Somewhere In Time was released and was based around the ideals of time travel and it was the first album to contain synthesized bass and guitar sounds which were used to add layers and textures to their sound. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son was released in 1988 and was about a mythical child with magical abilities and also was the first album to contain keyboards and made it to #1 in the UK chart.
No Prayer For The Dying was released in 1990 and had huge success and the song Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter rose to give Iron Maiden their first #1 single in the UK. The song was recorded for the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child. In 1992 Fear Of The Dark was released and was the first album to be recorded specifically for CD and was much longer than previous LP releases.
Bruce Dickinson left Iron Maiden in 1993 to pursue his own solo career but still performed a farewell tour and recorded two live albums (A Real Dead One which contained songs from 1975-1984 and A Real Live One which contained songs from 1986-1992).
The next album to come was The X Factor and was released in 1995 but didn't receive as much success as their previous albums. Best Of The Beast was released in 1996 and was the first compilation album and only contained one new song (Virus). Virtual XI was released in 1998 and was even less successful than The X Factor.
In 1999 Bruce Dickinson returned to Iron Maiden and in 2000 they released the album Brave New World and rocketed Iron Maiden back into the charts and the minds of the UK public. Iron Maiden went on another massive world tour (over 100 dates) and ended at the Rock In Rio festival in Brazil in 2001. The band played to around 250,000 fans and the show was recorded and released as a live album (Rock In Rio).
Iron Maiden have released several albums since (Dance Of Death, Death On The Road and A Matter Of Life And Death) and still continue to tour. Iron Maiden have influenced many bands and won the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2002 and were also inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk in 2005.
My Top 10 Iron Maiden Songs are:
01. Run To The Hills
02. The Number Of The Beast
03. Charlotte the Harlot
04. Can I Play with Madness
05. Holy Smoke
06. Fear Of The Dark
07. Hooks In You
08. Running Free
09. The Evil That Men Do
10. Sanctuary
Author : Andy
http://www.articleclick.com/Article/Iron-Maiden-Biography-And-Top-10-Songs/984823
Iron Maiden are an English, Heavy Metal group formed in London in 1975 by Steve Harris and have had many band members over the years (too many to list). The more noted members being Dave Murray, Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith, Janick Gers, Nicko McBrain, Dennis Stratton and the current lineup is: Bruce Dickinson (lead vocals), Dave Murray (guitar), Adrian Smith (guitar, backing vocals), Janick Gers (guitar), Steve Harris (bass, backing vocals) and Nicko McBrain (drums). This lineup has stayed consistent since 1999.
Iron Maiden are one of the most successful of all heavy metal bands and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide. The name Iron Maiden was taken from an old torture device of the same name and the band actually formed on Christmas Day 1975. The group went through many band changes over their first few years of gigging and it wasn't until they signed to EMI in December 1979 that they started to record their work seriously. The self titled debut album Iron Maiden was released in 1980 and rose to #4 in it's first week in the charts. The same year Iron Maiden went on tour of the UK and opened for Kiss and Judas Priest which helped to give them public notice.
Bruce Dickinson joined the band shortly after the second album release (Killers) and went straight out on another tour of the UK. The Number Of The Beast was released in 1982 and was Iron Maiden's first #1 album in the UK and then they went on a massive global tour including Canada, US, Australia, Japan, Germany and UK. There was controversy in the US when a group of Christian activists held a record burning of Iron Maiden and Ozzy Osbourne albums as they claimed them to be Satanic. Shortly after the tour saw the release of the third album Piece Of Mind which was a massive success.
Iron Maiden then went on another huge tour called the World Slavery Tour and it consisted of 193 shows over 13 months and this is recorded as one of the biggest tours in musical history. The next few years saw Iron Maiden change the ways they made their music and the inspiration behind it. In 1986 Somewhere In Time was released and was based around the ideals of time travel and it was the first album to contain synthesized bass and guitar sounds which were used to add layers and textures to their sound. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son was released in 1988 and was about a mythical child with magical abilities and also was the first album to contain keyboards and made it to #1 in the UK chart.
No Prayer For The Dying was released in 1990 and had huge success and the song Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter rose to give Iron Maiden their first #1 single in the UK. The song was recorded for the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child. In 1992 Fear Of The Dark was released and was the first album to be recorded specifically for CD and was much longer than previous LP releases.
Bruce Dickinson left Iron Maiden in 1993 to pursue his own solo career but still performed a farewell tour and recorded two live albums (A Real Dead One which contained songs from 1975-1984 and A Real Live One which contained songs from 1986-1992).
The next album to come was The X Factor and was released in 1995 but didn't receive as much success as their previous albums. Best Of The Beast was released in 1996 and was the first compilation album and only contained one new song (Virus). Virtual XI was released in 1998 and was even less successful than The X Factor.
In 1999 Bruce Dickinson returned to Iron Maiden and in 2000 they released the album Brave New World and rocketed Iron Maiden back into the charts and the minds of the UK public. Iron Maiden went on another massive world tour (over 100 dates) and ended at the Rock In Rio festival in Brazil in 2001. The band played to around 250,000 fans and the show was recorded and released as a live album (Rock In Rio).
Iron Maiden have released several albums since (Dance Of Death, Death On The Road and A Matter Of Life And Death) and still continue to tour. Iron Maiden have influenced many bands and won the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2002 and were also inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk in 2005.
My Top 10 Iron Maiden Songs are:
01. Run To The Hills
02. The Number Of The Beast
03. Charlotte the Harlot
04. Can I Play with Madness
05. Holy Smoke
06. Fear Of The Dark
07. Hooks In You
08. Running Free
09. The Evil That Men Do
10. Sanctuary
Author : Andy
http://www.articleclick.com/Article/Iron-Maiden-Biography-And-Top-10-Songs/984823
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