2010 STUDENT CONTEST!

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Magazine Table of Contents and Online Bonus Content

The stories in this month's Music Alive! magazine are listed below.
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Music Alive! - The 2009-2010 Season

Here is the content planned for this season.
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December 2009

The December 2009 issue of Music Alive! features:
*A profile of pop singer-songwriter Regina Spektor
*A look at country music's most famous stage, the Grand Ole Opry
*A spotlight on Handel's Messiah Rocks!, the newest, most rocking version of the Messiah
*Dynamic Duos, part 3, featuing Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
*Song of the Month: "Machine" by Regina Spektor
*Les Was More: the inventions of Les Paul
and more!

Bonus Content: Building the Machine

Regina Spektor talks about the experience of recording "Machine," one of the most interesting songs on her latest CD, Far.
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Bonus Content: So Many More for Les!

Les Paul designed guitars that are, to this day, the faves of many famous artists.
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Bonus Content: The First Rock Opera

Handel's Messiah Rocks was not the first work to put driving rock beats under classical choral singing.
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Bonus Content: Motown Man

Motown songwriter extraordinaire Lamont Dozier tells it like it was.
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Bonus Content: Save the Music!

You Can Save the Music, Too!
Here are 25 tips from the VH1 Save the Music Foundation for steps that teachers, students, parents, and all other supporters can take to support music education.
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