Category Archives: Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra – The Chairman’s Original THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK: The New Jersey Free School calibrates BPM with precision. “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere, it’s up to YOU, New York, New York!”

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Frank Sinatra was known as the Chairman of the Board.  As the Chairman, he sang no song in such in such a tirelessly Hoboken, New Jersey way as that as The Theme from New York, New York.

I teach at the New Jersey Free School through math and music.  We were known as the St. James School, but a woman with two children who are now students asked: such a great concept, why are you a religious school?
Fact is, St. James was a name that implies that those who believe in Christian sainthood will be better taught. Another fact: we treat all our students equally: so The New Jersey Free School seems a better name. What better to celebrate a name than with one of the most amazing entertainers in the history of recorded sound, a man who was the Embodiment in New Jersey and at his untimely death was known for his anthem about New York City called “Theme from New York, New York.”

Note: the first X-Axis represents speed in beats per minute, the Y-Axis represents time represented as beats per minute, the second X-Axis is space as represented as seconds played.

Meanspeed®-Spencer Tempo Summary

song=Theme from New York, New York

performer=Frank “The Chairman of the Board” Sinatra

median tempo/average expected tempo=97.9 bpm

File Type=.m4a

Kind=Purchased AAC Audio File

Size=6.9 MB

Bit Rate=256 kbps

Sample Rate=44.100 kHz

Profile=Low Complexity

Channels=Stereo

album=SINATRA: Nothing But The Best – The Frank Sinatra Collection, REMASTERED

digital source=Macintosh® HD from iTunes® by Apple®

intellectual property=© Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC.  Manufactured & marketed by Reprise Records, a Warner Music Group Company, 3400 West Olive Avenue, Burbank, CA  91505.  All Rights Reserved.

all tempo measurements, graphs, charts and graphics=Ian Andrew Schneider and James Manningsan, Meanspeed® Music’s for NJ FREE SCHOOL

average beat=~0.6128 seconds

beats per trial=318

median time per trial=194.64 seconds

trials measured=9

frequency=1.63 Hertz

corresponding tone=417.75 Hertz, where

time piece measurement=Seiko® Corporation

time piece distributed by=ONLINE SPORTS, Texas, United States

software=JoeSoft®

hardware=MacBook by Apple™

/Ian Andrew Schneider/ with

James Manningsan

NJ Free School

Kendall Park, New Jersey

January 19, 2010

Aerosmith -Dream On -studio version and live version. Complete tempo analysis: tempo maps, speed graphs, calibrations, video. Why is 77.45 bpm avoided by all but a few – here, bold AEROSMITH takes ot Head On.

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“Dream On” by Aerosmith and is found on the CD called ‘Classics Live’ and ‘Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits.’

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The tempo maps at represent a comparison of the speed performance of the song played in the studio, charts and frequencies thereof with the speed performance of the song live.

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This is a case of “Meanspeed® Avoidance.”

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Dream_On - Aerosmith - St_JAMES_CHARTER_SCHOOL

We will see more examples of it in the days and weeks to come. Notice how the song is comfortable as a lonely song, as played in the studio, or a song of grace, when played on stage–and the song in both cases plays many bets and measures in the meanspeed® –77-78 beats per minute, or, the square root of 60 seconds multiplied by ten.

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We saw this with Pearl Jam and their song “Black.” The meanspeed®, or “bittersweet” meanemotion, is very difficult to keep up, especially on stage, as are the emotions. It is easier to mourn something and be lonely about it than it is to say a long “good”-bye to [it], and it is easier to be graceful in their presence than maintaining the, well, way too long good-bye scenes, all scenes of which we are all experienced and I think probably wince in pain just thinking about the really bad good-byes.

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song title=”Dream On”

performer=Aerosmith

album=Aerosmith
Recorded=1973
Genre=Blues-Rock

Length 4:27
Writer=Steven Tyler
Producer=Adrian Barber

Aerosmith singles chronology
Somebody Dream On One Way Street

“Dream On” is a classic blues rock song in the key of F minor by Aerosmith from their 1973 debut album, “Aerosmith”. This power ballad became their first major hit. Although it peaked at #59 when it was originally released as a single back in 1973, it became a Top 10 single in 1976, when it was re-released as a single. This song was first played live in Willimantic, CT at the Shaboo Inn.

The song rap artist Eminem sampled Dream Onfor his song Sing for the Moment from his 2002 album The Eminem Show. The song was re-made by Andru Donalds as the cover song for their album of the same name. It Ronnie James Dio (vocals) with Yngwie Malmsteen (flamenco guitar): they covered Dream On also.

This song Buick’s commercials use dthe song, corresponding with their slogan, “Dream Up”.

The song appeared as the closing theme to the Disney movie Miracle, and was also used in the closing credits of the movie Last Action Hero. The opening cut scene for the Tecmo video game Dead or Alive Ultimate also used DREAM ON.

The song “Dream On” is part of the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.[1] It is also ranked #172 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time…”

/Ian Andrew Schneider/
26 October 2006
NY, NY, USA

revised and extended for the St. James Charter School, made available through the meanspeed music company, November15, 2009