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Dog Fashion Disco is an American metal ___MASK94___ from ___MASK97___ , Maryland , United States , that was originally active from 1995 to 2007 before disbanding . The ___MASK94___ officially reunited on October 10 , 2013 . Country music is a genre ___MASK72___ United States popular music that originated in the southern United States in the 1920s . It takes its roots from the southeastern genre ___MASK72___ United States , such as folk music ( especially Appalachian folk music ), and blues music . Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history . Country music often consists ___MASK72___ ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos , electric and acoustic guitars , dobros and fiddles as well as harmonicas . According to Lindsey Starnes , the term " country music " gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term " hillbilly music "; it came to encompass Western music , which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots , in the mid - 20th century . The term " country music " is used today to describe many styles and subgenres . The origins ___MASK72___ country music are the folk music ___MASK72___ working - class Americans , who blended popular songs , Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes , traditional English ballads , and cowboy songs , and various musical traditions from European immigrant communities . In 2009 country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute , and second most popular in the morning commute in the United States . Todd Smith is an American Vocalist , Songwriter , and Guitarist , who ___MASK36___ notably fronts the band Dog Fashion Disco . Smith is currently involved with the bands Polkadot Cadaver , Knives Out ! , and solo project El - Creepo ! . An acoustic guitar is a guitar that produces sound acoustically  by transmitting the vibration ___MASK72___ the strings to the air  as opposed to relying on electronic amplification ( see electric guitar ). The sound waves from the strings ___MASK72___ an acoustic guitar resonate through the guitar ' s body , creating sound . This typically involves the use ___MASK72___ a sound board and a sound ___MASK84___ to strengthen the vibrations ___MASK72___ the strings . The guitar is a musical instrument classified as a string instrument with anywhere from four to 18 strings , usually having six . The sound is projected either acoustically , using a hollow wooden or plastic and ___MASK1___ ___MASK84___ ( for an acoustic guitar ), or through electrical amplifier and a speaker ( for an electric guitar ). It is typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers , thumb and / or fingernails of the right hand or with a pick while fretting ( or pressing against the frets ) the strings with the fingers of the left hand . The guitar is a type of chordophone , traditionally constructed from ___MASK1___ and strung with either gut , nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning . The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern , the vihuela , the four - course Renaissance guitar , and the five - course baroque guitar , all of which contributed to the development of the modern six - string instrument . ___MASK97___ is a city located in the central region of Montgomery County , Maryland . It is the county seat and is a major incorporated city of Montgomery County and forms part of the Baltimore  Washington metropolitan area . The 2010 census tabulated ___MASK97___ ' s population at 61 , 209 , making it the third largest incorporated city in Maryland , behind Baltimore and Frederick . ___MASK97___ is the largest incorporated city in Montgomery County , Maryland , although the nearby census - designated place of Germantown is more populous . A guitarist ( or a guitar player ) is a person who plays the guitar . Guitarists may play a variety ___MASK72___ guitar family instruments such as classical guitars , acoustic guitars , electric guitars , and bass guitars . Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar by singing or playing the harmonica . ___MASK93___ is a state located in the Mid - Atlantic region ___MASK72___ the United States , bordering Virginia , West Virginia , and Washington , D . C . to its south and west ; Pennsylvania to its north ; and Delaware to its east . The state ' s largest city is Baltimore , and its capital is Annapolis . Among its occasional nicknames are " Old Line State ", the " Free State ", and the " Chesapeake Bay State ". The state is named after Henrietta Maria ___MASK72___ France , the wife ___MASK72___ Charles I ___MASK72___ England . Polkadot Cadaver is a ___MASK94___ formed by members ___MASK72___ the ___MASK97___ , Maryland rock ___MASK94___ Dog Fashion Disco . The ___MASK94___ is stylistically similar to Dog Fashion Disco and inherited many ___MASK72___ their fans , who like Dog Fashion Disco , produce much ___MASK72___ Polkadot Cadaver ' s artwork . Singing is the act ___MASK72___ producing musical sounds with the voice , and augments regular speech by the use ___MASK72___ sustained tonality , rhythm , and a variety ___MASK72___ vocal techniques . A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist . Singers perform music ( arias , recitatives , songs , etc .) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments . Singing is often done in an ensemble ___MASK72___ musicians , such as a choir ___MASK72___ singers or a band ___MASK72___ instrumentalists . Singers may perform as soloists , or accompanied by anything from a single instrument ( as in art song or some jazz styles ) up to a symphony orchestra or big band . Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera , religious music styles such as gospel , traditional music styles , world music , jazz , blues and popular music styles such as pop and rock . A composer ( Latin " compn "; literally " one who puts together ") is a person who creates or writes music , which can be vocal music ( for a singer or choir ), instrumental music ( e . g ., for solo piano , string quartet , wind quintet or orchestra ) or music which combines both instruments and voices ( e . g ., opera or art song , which is a singer accompanied by a pianist ). The core meaning ___MASK72___ the term refers to individuals who have contributed to the tradition ___MASK72___ Western classical music through creation ___MASK72___ works expressed in written musical notation ( e . g ., sheet music scores ). An electric guitar is a fretted string instrument that uses a pickup to convert the vibration ___MASK72___ its strings  which are typically made ___MASK72___ steel , and which occurs when a guitarist strums , plucks or fingerpicks the strings  into electrical signals . The vibrations ___MASK72___ the strings are sensed by a pickup , ___MASK72___ which the most common type is the magnetic pickup , which uses the principle ___MASK72___ direct electromagnetic induction . The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker , so it is plugged into a guitar amplifier before being sent to a loudspeaker , which makes a sound loud enough to hear . The output ___MASK72___ an electric guitar is an electric signal , and the signal can easily be altered by electronic circuits to add " color " to the sound or change the sound . Often the signal is modified using effects such as reverb and distortion and " overdrive ", with the latter being a key element ___MASK72___ the sound ___MASK72___ the electric guitar as it is used in blues and rock music . Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions ___MASK72___ Western music , including both liturgical ( religious ) and secular music . While a more accurate term is also used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820 ( the Classical period ), this article is about the broad span ___MASK72___ time from roughly the 11th century to the present day , which includes the Classical period and various other periods . The central norms ___MASK72___ this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900 , which is known as the common - practice period . The major time divisions ___MASK72___ Western art music are as follows : European art music is largely distinguished from many other non - European and some popular musical forms by its system ___MASK72___ staff notation , in use since about the 16th century . Western staff notation is used by composers to indicate to the performer the pitches ( e . g ., melodies , basslines , chords ), tempo , meter and rhythms for a piece ___MASK72___ music . This can leave less room for practices such as improvisation and " ad libitum " ornamentation , which are frequently heard in non - European art music and in popular - music styles such as jazz and blues . Another difference is that whereas most popular styles adopt the song ( strophic ) form , classical music has been noted for its development ___MASK72___ highly sophisticated forms ___MASK72___ instrumental music such as the concerto , symphony , sonata , and mixed vocal and instrumental styles such as opera which , since they are written down , can sustain larger forms and attain a high level ___MASK72___ complexity . The music ___MASK51___ consists ___MASK72___ the companies and individuals that earn money by creating new songs and pieces and selling live concerts and shows , audio and video recordings , compositions and sheet music , and the organizations and associations that aid and represent creators . Among the many individuals and organizations that operate in the ___MASK51___ are : the songwriters and composers who create new songs and musical pieces ; the singers , musicians , conductors and bandleaders who perform the music ; the companies and professionals who create and sell recorded music and / or sheet music ( e . g ., music publishers , music producers , recording studios , engineers , record labels , retail and online music stores , performance rights organizations ); and those that help organize and present live music performances ( sound engineers , booking agents , promoters , music venues , road crew ). Lyrics are words that make up a song usually consisting ___MASK72___ verses and choruses . The writer ___MASK72___ lyrics is a lyricist . The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are , however , usually known as a " libretto " and their writer , as a " librettist ". The meaning ___MASK72___ lyrics can either be explicit or implicit . Some lyrics are abstract , almost unintelligible , and , in such cases , their explication emphasizes form , articulation , meter , and symmetry ___MASK72___ expression . Rappers can also create lyrics with a variation ___MASK72___ rhyming words or words that create and tell a story or song . The classical guitar ( also known as concert guitar , classical acoustic , nylon - string guitar , or Spanish guitar ) is the member ___MASK72___ the guitar family used in classical music . It is an acoustical wooden guitar with strings made ___MASK72___ nylon , rather than the metal strings used in acoustic and electric guitars . The traditional classical guitar has twelve frets clear ___MASK72___ the body and is held on the left leg , so that the hand that plucks or strums the strings does so near the back ___MASK72___ the soundhole ( this is called the classical position ). The modern steel string guitar , on the other hand , usually has fourteen frets clear ___MASK72___ the body ( see Dreadnought ) and is commonly played off the hip . A chord progression or harmonic progression is a succession ___MASK72___ musical chords . Chord progressions are the foundation ___MASK72___ harmony in Western musical tradition . A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics , melodies and chord progressions for songs , typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music . A songwriter can also be called a composer , although the latter term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre . The pressure from the music ___MASK51___ to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number ___MASK72___ people . For example , a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies . Pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers  songwriters directly employed by music publishers . Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers , while others have outside publishers . Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music ___MASK51___ . These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training . It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional or " folk " music . Art music was historically disseminated through the performances ___MASK72___ written music , although since the beginning ___MASK72___ the recording ___MASK51___ , it is also disseminated through recordings . Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally , or to smaller , local audiences . A song , ___MASK36___ broadly , is a single ( and often standalone ) work ___MASK72___ music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety ___MASK72___ forms that often include the repetition ___MASK72___ sections . Written words created specifically for music or for which music is specifically created , are called lyrics . If a pre - existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song . Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants . Songs in a simple style that are learned informally are often referred to as folk songs . Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs . These songs , which have broad appeal , are often composed by professional songwriters , composers and lyricists . Art songs are composed by trained classical composers for concert or recital performances . Songs are performed live and recorded on audio or video ( or in some , cases , a song may be performed live and simultaneously recorded ). Songs may also appear in plays , musical theatre , stage shows ___MASK72___ any form , and within operas .