MCY 537 Exam 2 Terms 2023 Update

MCY 537 Exam 2 Terms 2023 Update Postmodernism - -Anti-popular, hard to understand -Classical musicians whoa re rejecting the notions of modernism -Modernism Authenticity - -Not inherent by the singer, it is bestowed by the performance -Country -Example: Dolly vs. Rucker -Dolly can have horns, disco groove etc and still be considered country -In N.Y. -Rucker NEEDS country sounding music, mention fiddler etc. to NOT be considered rock etc. -Has the most redneck family featured in the music video, trucks, guitars, etc. -In the country - referencing a ton of rural country places -Bouncer - you can't come in... when he's really the performer Influence of emerging technology on how, when, where, and for whom music is created/experienced (consider key innovations in each decade from the 1950s to the 1990s) - -"Philomel" - Babbit - 1960s -Sounds recorded on the tape... you splice it up and recombine the sounds -"Imaginary Landscapes" - Cage - 1950s -Radios and 2 musicians per radio -One controls the volume and other controls the frequency -Each time it is different -TV - Ed Sullivan Show - 1950s -Elvis performed -Sexualized - hips moving -Teenage craze -Brill building - 1960s -Offices and studios -Produce more music -Motown - 1960s -Record company -Spreading and making records -Multi-tracking - 1960s -Can record an instrument separately or voices -End - put it together -Beatles - recording studio -"Good Vibrations" - beach boys -Various sounds using synthesizer -New technology and putting it together to make cool sounds -Large festivals -Concerts -Spread music -Music videos -Stevie Wonder -Multi-tracker -Drum machine -Creates percussion -Sampling - taking section of the song and chopping it up and re-making it -Turns analog sounds into digital information that can be stored easily and manipulated -Creating, distributing, listening to music -Also raises questions about ownership - are all sounds fair game for anyone's use? Cultural hierarchy - -Referring to prestige - the more prestigious music is, the less popular it is -The sound and the people - explicit and implicit (Classical is high, rap is low) Performance art - -An art form that combines visual art with dramatic performance -Singer-songwriters need to do this -James Taylor -Carole King - at first was bad at this "Youth music" since the 1950s - -Rock n' roll - 1950's -Elvis - hip shaking - sexual -Innovation of the teenager -Disposable outcome -After school jobs -Access to T.V. -Suburban growth -Sexuality - teenagers loved it -Pop - 1960's -Beach boys -Beatles -Folk - 1960's -Bob Dylan - huge influencer -Psychedelic - 1960's -Concerts like Woodstock and Altamat -Drugs -Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Ariplane, Beatles, The Doors -Latin music -Santana, Ritchie Valens -Singer-songwriter music -Autobiographical concept -Funk, disco, punk -More dance music - disco -Hip-hop music Continues...