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" Built specifically to contain floodwaters " in a flash - flood prone region , Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States . The reservoir was formed in 1942 by the construction of Mansfield Dam on the ___MASK56___ edge of Austin , Texas by the Lower Colorado River Authority ( LCRA ). Highlighting its purpose , even during its construction -- after a severe flood in July 1938 -- the height of the dam was raised to add storage capacity for floodwaters . ___MASK18___ Band is a series of music video games developed by Harmonix and MTV Games , and distributed by Electronic Arts for the Nintendo DS , iOS , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , PSP , Wii , Xbox One and Xbox 360 game systems . The series , inspired by Harmonix ' s previous efforts on the " Guitar Hero " series , allows up to four players to simulate the performance of popular ___MASK43___ songs by playing with controllers modeled after ___MASK95___ instruments . Players can ___MASK35___ the lead guitar , bass guitar , keyboard , and drums parts to songs , as well as sing into a USB microphone . Players are scored on their ability to match scrolling ___MASK95___ notes while playing instruments , and by their ability to match the singer ' s pitch on vocals . Blue October is an American ___MASK70___ band originally from Houston , Texas . The band was formed in 1995 and currently consists of Justin Furstenfeld ( lead vocals , guitar ), Jeremy Furstenfeld ( drums , percussion ), Ryan Delahoussaye ( violin / viola , mandolin , piano , backing vocals ), Matthew Ostrander ( lead guitar ), and Matt Noveskey ( bass guitar , backing vocals ). The band has had eight Top 40 singles over their past seven studio albums and is best known for their platinum singles " Hate Me " and " Into the Ocean " from their 2006 platinum album " Foiled ". A U . S . state is a constituent political entity of the ___MASK11___ . There are 50 states , which are bound together in a union with each other . Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory , and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal ___MASK9___ . Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal ___MASK9___ , Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside . State citizenship and residency are flexible , and no ___MASK9___ approval is required to move between states , except for persons covered by certain types of court orders ( e . g ., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody ). The Texas Hill ___MASK57___ is a 25 - county region of Central Texas and South Texas featuring karst ___MASK28___ and tall rugged hills consisting of thin layers of soil atop limestone or granite . It also includes the Llano Uplift and the second largest granite dome in the United States , Enchanted ___MASK18___ . The Hill ___MASK57___ reaches into portions of the two major metropolitan areas , especially in San Antonio ' s northern suburbs and the ___MASK56___ half of Travis County , ending southwest of Downtown Austin . The region is the eastern portion of the Edwards Plateau and is bound by the Balcones Fault on the east and the Llano Uplift to the west and north . The terrain is punctuated by a large number of limestone or granite rocks and boulders and a thin layer of topsoil , which makes the region very dry and prone to flash flooding . The Texas Hill ___MASK57___ is also home to several native types of vegetation , such as various yucca , prickly pear cactus , cedar scrub , and the dry Southwestern tree known as the Texas live oak . ___MASK92___ guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions : to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments ; and to provide all or part of the harmony , i . e . the chords , where a chord is a group of notes played together . Therefore , the ___MASK46___ technique of rhythm guitar is to hold down a series of chords with the fretting hand while strumming rhythmically with the other hand . More developed rhythm techniques include arpeggios , damping , riffs , chord solos , and complex strums . A ___MASK69___ ___MASK19___ ___MASK13___ , also commonly known as a ___MASK69___ ___MASK13___ , is a ___MASK19___ ___MASK13___ where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player ' s interactions with a ___MASK95___ score or individual songs . Music ___MASK19___ games may take a variety of forms and are often grouped with puzzle games due to their common use of " rhythmically generated puzzles ". In ___MASK69___ , the term note has three primary meanings : The Wii is a home ___MASK19___ ___MASK13___ console released by Nintendo on November 19 , 2006 . As a seventh - generation console , the Wii competed with Microsoft ' s Xbox 360 and Sony ' s PlayStation 3 . Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others . , the Wii leads its generation over PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales , with more than 101 million units sold ; in December 2009 , the console broke the sales record for a single month in the United States . A guitar solo is a melodic passage , ___MASK53___ section , or entire piece of ___MASK69___ written for a classical guitar , electric guitar or an acoustic guitar . In 20th and 21st century traditional ___MASK69___ and ___MASK75___ such as blues , swing , jazz , jazz ___MASK42___ , rock and metal guitar solos often contain virtuoso techniques and varying degrees of improvisation . Guitar solos on classical guitar , which are typically written in ___MASK95___ notation , are also used in classical ___MASK69___ forms such as chamber ___MASK69___ and concertos . Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population . Geographically located in the south central part of the ___MASK57___ , Texas shares borders with the U . S . states of Louisiana to the east , Arkansas to the northeast , Oklahoma to the north , New Mexico to the west , and the Mexican states of Chihuahua , Coahuila , Nuevo León , and Tamaulipas to the southwest , while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast . The or simply , DS , is a 32 - bit dual - screen handheld ___MASK13___ console developed and released by Nintendo . The device went on sale in North America on November 21 , 2004 . The DS , short for " Developers ' System " or " Dual Screen ", introduced distinctive new features to handheld gaming : two LCD screens working in tandem ( the bottom one featuring a touchscreen ), a built - in microphone , and support for wireless connectivity . Both screens are encompassed within a clamshell design similar to the ___MASK13___ Boy Advance SP . The Nintendo DS also features the ability for multiple DS consoles to directly interact with each other over Wi - Fi within a short range without the need to connect to an existing wireless network . Alternatively , they could interact online using the now - closed Nintendo Wi - Fi Connection service . Its main competitor was Sony ' s PlayStation Portable as part of the seventh generation era . ___MASK58___ is a ___MASK69___ ___MASK24___ that originated amongst African Americans in New Orleans , United States , in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Since the 1920s jazz age , jazz has become recognized as a major form of ___MASK95___ expression . It emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular ___MASK95___ styles , all linked by the common bonds of African American and European American ___MASK95___ parentage with a performance orientation . ___MASK58___ is characterized by swing and blue notes , call and response vocals , polyrhythms and improvisation . ___MASK58___ has roots in West African cultural and ___MASK95___ expression , and in African - American ___MASK69___ traditions including blues and ragtime , as well as European military band ___MASK69___ . Although the foundation of jazz is deeply rooted within the Black experience of the United States , different cultures have contributed their own experience and styles to the art form as well . Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as " one of America ' s original art forms ". A ___MASK78___ , most broadly , is a single ( and often standalone ) work of 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 of forms that often include the repetition of 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 ___MASK78___ . 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 ___MASK78___ may be performed live and simultaneously recorded ). Songs may also appear in plays , ___MASK95___ theatre , stage shows of any form , and within operas . MTV ( originally an initialism of ___MASK69___ ___MASK63___ ) is an American cable and satellite ___MASK63___ channel owned by Viacom Media Networks ( a division of Viacom ) and headquartered in New York City . Launched on August 1 , 1981 , the channel originally aired music videos as guided by ___MASK63___ personalities known as " video jockeys " ( VJs ). In its early years , MTV ' s main target demographic was young adults , but today it is primarily towards teenagers , high school students and ___MASK86___ students . MTV has toned down its music video programming significantly in recent years , and its programming now consists mainly of original reality , comedy and ___MASK50___ programming and some off - network syndicated programs and films , with limited music video programming in off - peak time periods . It has received ___MASK98___ towards this change of focus , both by certain segments of its audience and musicians . MTV ' s influence on its audience , including issues involving censorship and social activism , has also been a subject of debate for several years . The Xbox 360 is a home ___MASK19___ ___MASK13___ console developed by Microsoft . As the successor to the original Xbox , it is the second console in the Xbox series . The Xbox 360 competed with Sony ' s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo ' s Wii as part of the seventh generation of ___MASK19___ ___MASK13___ consoles . The Xbox 360 was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12 , 2005 , with detailed launch and ___MASK13___ information divulged later that month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo ( E3 ). Austin is the capital of the U . S . state of Texas and the seat of Travis County . It is the city in the U . S . and the in Texas . It is the fastest growing city in the United States and the second most populated capital city after Phoenix , Arizona . As of the U . S . Census Bureau ' s July 1 , 2015 estimate , Austin has a population of 931 , 830 . Located in in the foothills of Texas Hill ___MASK57___ , the city is home to numerous lakes , rivers , and waterways including Lady Bird Lake , Barton Springs , McKinney Falls , the Colorado River , Lake Travis , and Lake Walter E . Long . It is the cultural and economic center of the metropolitan area , which had an estimated population of 2 , 064 , 149 as of June 1 , 2016 . Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines , ___MASK53___ fill passages , guitar solos , and occasionally , some riffs within a ___MASK78___ structure . The lead is the featured guitar , which usually plays single - note - based lines or double - stops . In rock , heavy metal , blues , jazz , punk , ___MASK42___ , some pop , and other music styles , lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar , which consists of accompaniment chords and riffs . Julian Kayl Mandrake ( born June 23 , 1970 in San Diego , CA ) is a guitarist best known for his work with the bands Blue October , Canvas , and Mothers Anthem . The PlayStation 2 ( abbreviated as PS2 ) is a home ___MASK19___ ___MASK13___ console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment . It is the successor to the PlayStation , and is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles . It was released on March 4 , 2000 in Japan , October 26 , 2000 in North America , November 24 , 2000 in Europe , and November 17 , 2000 in Australia . It competed with Sega ' s Dreamcast , Microsoft ' s Xbox , and Nintendo ' s GameCube in the sixth generation of ___MASK19___ ___MASK13___ consoles . A melody (" singing , chanting "), also tune , voice , or line , is a linear succession of ___MASK95___ tones that the listener perceives as a single entity . In its most literal sense , a melody is a combination of pitch and rhythm , while more figuratively , the term can include successions of other ___MASK95___ elements such as tonal color . It may be considered the foreground to the background accompaniment . A line or part need not be a foreground melody . The PlayStation 3 ( abbreviated as PS3 ) is a home ___MASK19___ ___MASK13___ console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment . It is the successor to PlayStation 2 , and is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles . It competed with Microsoft ' s Xbox 360 and Nintendo ' s Wii as part of the seventh generation of ___MASK19___ ___MASK13___ consoles . It was first released on November 11 , 2006 , in Japan , November 17 , 2006 in North America , and March 27 , 2007 in Europe and Australia . Lady Bird Lake ( formerly Town Lake ) is a reservoir on the Colorado River in Downtown Austin , Texas , in the United States . It was created in 1960 by the construction of Longhorn Dam and is owned and operated by the City of Austin in cooperation with the Lower Colorado River Authority . The surface area of the lake is , and it is used primarily for flood control and recreation . Located on the lake ' s shoreline are ___MASK97___ hotels and apartments , as well as the Auditorium Shores park and the Austin Hike and Bike Trail . It is named , after former First and Second Lady of the United States Lady Bird Johnson , wife of President Lyndon B . Johnson . Canvas is a ___MASK18___ band from Austin , Texas whose active period was from 1996 to 2005 . For most of their history the lineup has been Joseph King ( guitar , lead vocals ) , Julian Mandrake ( lead guitar ) , Ben Rada ( rhythm guitar ) , Brad Byram ( bass , backing vocals ) , and Scott Thomas ( drums ) . The band was extremely popular and influential on the Texas music scene , and the members of the band have all gone on join or form other successful bands . Harmonix ___MASK69___ Systems , Inc ., doing business as Harmonix , is an American ___MASK19___ ___MASK13___ development company based in Cambridge , Massachusetts , best known for its music ___MASK19___ games . USB , short for Universal ___MASK81___ Bus , is an industry standard initially developed in the mid - 1990s that defines the cables , connectors and communications protocols used in a bus for connection , ___MASK29___ , and power supply between computers and electronic devices . It is currently developed by the USB Implementers Forum ( USB IF ). ___MASK41___ is a ___MASK24___ and ___MASK95___ form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century . The ___MASK24___ developed from roots in African ___MASK95___ traditions , African - American work songs and European - American folk music . ___MASK41___ incorporated spirituals , work songs , field hollers , shouts , chants , and rhymed simple narrative ballads . The blues form , ubiquitous in jazz , rhythm and blues and rock and roll , is characterized by the call - and - response pattern , the blues scale and specific chord progressions , of which the twelve - bar blues is the most common . Blue notes ( or " worried notes "), usually thirds or fifths flattened in pitch , are also an essential part of the sound . ___MASK41___ shuffles or walking bass reinforce the trance - like rhythm and form a repetitive effect known as the groove . The guitar is a ___MASK95___ 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 wood box ( 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 wood 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 . ___MASK43___ is a genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll " in the United States in the 1950s , and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later , particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States . It has its roots in 1940s ' and 1950s ' rock and roll , itself heavily influenced by blues , rhythm and blues and country music . ___MASK43___ also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk , and incorporated influences from jazz , classical and other ___MASK95___ sources . Electronic Arts Inc . ( EA ) is an American ___MASK19___ ___MASK13___ company headquartered in Redwood City , California . Founded and incorporated on May 28 , 1982 by Trip Hawkins , the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games . As of 2014 , Electronic Arts was the world ' s fourth - largest gaming company by revenue after Tencent , Sony and Microsoft The company sparked controversies over its ___MASK20___ efforts , and acquisition of other studios . A guitarist ( or a guitar player ) is a person who plays the guitar . Guitarists may ___MASK35___ a variety of 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 .