January 28th, 2011 by Admin

London is an important international city, with potency in education, culture, fashion, entertainment, transport and tourism. All these features are contributing to the prominence of the city. The capital on one hand comprises monuments like tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Saint Margaret’s Church and Palace of Westminster and on other hand it has rich cultural traditions of theatres practice.

The theatres in London is the leading reason behind the high rate of tourist visit in the city. The city, situated on the bank of river Thames, is sparkled with lots and lots of traditional beauties of building, halls and structures. These are now tremendously used as a podium to show own ability in forms of arts like stage shows, drama, live performance etc.

One such prestigious theatre carrying and keeping the heat and spirit of people of London’s high in the air is the Dominion Theatre London, a site located in the city. It lies in the heart of prosperous community residing in the city.

Let us have a look on the history of this famous Theatre prospering the heritage of the beautiful London city.

The Dominion Theatre holds an important position in the theatrical history of London. Despite an unstable start, the theatre carried a long envision of converting theatrical show into film and cinema.  The theatre intertwined public thoughts and its creativity to produce an iconic piece by performing artistically.

Some of the outstanding performance includes ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake’ etc. The Dominion Theatre is a stunning theatre that is well-established in London’s melodramatic culture. All through the twentieth century it cultivated itself and now it is full grown cultural richness. Its ongoing significance as a performance podium makes it a very exceptional spot indeed.

The Dominion Theatre London performance can be viewed by large number of spectator’s. It has huge sitting capacity. The sitting arrangements are well versed and attuned so that it can hold max to max spectators. The size and atmosphere during the show will make you feel like that you yourself are the part of the stadia show.

January 12th, 2011 by Admin

Back in the year 1951, rock music started to take the place of main stream music when the white performers all around started adopting rhythms as well as blues tunes. It all started with the Swallows that presented great examples of rock and roll.

Innovation in Rock and Jazz

Innovation of rock started influencing western musicians with the invention of electric guitar. Les Paul was one of the earlier innovators of rock as well as jazz music. It can be seen in the fact that “how high was the moon” was the first song that was played by the Beatles at Cavern Club. Also very important was the contribution of Antione Fats Domino who according to Elvis Presley was the first musician to score rock and roll.

Mid 1950s

In the mid 1950s two great musicians; Bill Haley and Ray Charles came up with some unforgettable music compositions. Subsequently, it was Alan Freed who popularized rock music. It all culminated with Trenier brothers appearing on national TV with their rock and roll performance. By 1955, Rock and Roll had been prominently figuring in Billboard’s top ten.

Rock Music in 1956-59

1956 saw the entrance of both rock and jazz music in the main stream of culture. Man who made it possible was Sam Philips and then by Elvis Presley who figured in 5 out of the top 15 songs on Billboard’s lists.

Finally the year 1959 saw Bill Haley becoming the first rock star to go around Australia, Europe, and South America.

January 7th, 2011 by Admin

It is unquestionable that playing live music can substantially help new music bands. Question however is that how it helps in getting recognition and name and fame to the band.

Playing Regularly at Pubs Help

• Newly formed bands will approach the night clubs and pubs.

• Such night clubs and pubs should be staging regular live musical acts so that they can be played in front of audience.

• Bands will carry with them demo CDs that could also be distributed among the audience to create publicity.

• Playing live music continuously in the pubs will help. As more and more people will listen to the music, the fan base of the band will increase substantially.

  

Gradual Expansion of Performance

Performance of the band should not be confined to a couple of pubs only. It is necessary expanding the arena of operation for making them stand out in the music industry and to get them the due recognition. Many celebrities were little known singers or musicians just like many others and it was the pubs and live music shows there that gave them the recognition they were searching for. Numerous such people ultimately shot up to stardom and had millions of fan followers at the end of it.

Luck Plays its Part

At times, despite being immensely talented, a band can get stuck up with a pub or in the club circles alone. Their potential is not fully exploited due to lack of chances. This is where luck plays its part. A small chance to play on bigger stage can give the musicians the much needed impetus to roll along.