...activity and music. They form when the main stream culture fails to meet the needs of a particular group of people. The punk subculture includes a diverse array of ideologies, and forms of expression, including fashion, visual art, dance, literature, and film, which grew out of punk rock. Punk is largely characterized by a concern for individual freedom and anti-establishment views. Punks are young (16+), and known for being rebellious. This started during the 1970s in Britain, where a group of young rebellious teens decided to make a point through music, clothing, and violence (Rebelling against the government). They don't like to dress appropriately because it is a way they express their hatred to the mainstream culture. They wear clothes such as worn out or ragged jeans, black and daggy t-shirts, with offensive words written on them. They have unusual wildly spiked coloured haircuts, and body piercing. Punks believe in excluding themselves from society by being different (odd or rude clothing). This is a sign of rebel, a big bald sign with the words "THIS IS HOW WE EXPRESS OUR ANGER TO YOU". Music plays a big factor in the punk subculture. There are also punk bands which fills teens with negative thoughts. For example, Marilyn Manson’s music is well known as Punk. His songs focus on sex, drugs, pain, and most influentially rebelling against parents. Ultimately, Punks are universally different from the mainstream culture. Mainstream cultures wouldn't listen to Marilyn Manson or Slayer...
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...It has often been said that music is what makes humans human. Although this theory has a deep psychological meaning with all of us, music has indeed shaped our history and the way we interact with one another. Together with this, music also holds a cultural significance as artists from all around the world have worked hard in order to predict how music will evolve in the years to come. Just like the types of movies we enjoy watching, the type of music that we listen to can also give out a hint of our personality and the way we see the world through our own eyes. As music has been created and listened to for over 37000 years, it is safe to say that it has greatly shaped our culture and society as well. There are however different genres of music which have appeared and faded away over time. Together with this, the world has witnessed hundreds of genres being born to which millions of people have listened to. Out of this staggering amount of music genres, pop and rock are two famous ones which are enjoyed by many people all around the world. As different as they may seem when a person thinks about comparing the two, it turns out that pop and rock have their differences, but also similarities. Both genres have a deep cultural and artistic significance which has remained the same after many years. This may come out as surprising, but pop music is actually a genre of something known as popular music which has appeared in the form that it is known for today in the 1950s. What...
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...The Proliferation Of Ska The music most commonly associated with Jamaica is reggae. However, this was not the first type of music to emerge from the island nation. Mento, ska, and rock steady all preceded reggae. “Mento was Jamaican folk music that combined sacred and secular elements. The styles mixed Pocamania church music, Junkano fife and drum sounds, the European quadrille, slave-era work songs, and even elements of American jazz. It was the first type of music recorded in Jamaica.”[i] In contrast rock steady is, “roughly half the speed of the standard ska beat, and the texture of the instrumentation is much less dense. Also, in rock steady the reggae accent patterns started to emerge. The guitar was played on the second and fourth beats of the four-beat measure while the bass guitar emphasized the first and third beats. The role of the drums was absorbed by the percussive playing of the guitar and bass, so the drummer’s role was diminished.”[ii] Ska music would come about in the early 1960’s, about the same time Jamaica was in the process of gaining it’s independence from England. “The general ska band lineup was a core of singer, guitar, bass, and drums, with the addition of a horn line of varying size. At barest minimum, the horn line included a saxophone, trumpet, and trombone. The style itself was a mixture of influences including Jamaican mento, American rhythm and blues, jazz, jump bands, calypso, and others. The ska beat was fast, appropriate for dancing...
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...History of Rock and Roll Who invented rock and roll? Well, the answer is nobody. Rock music is the innovation and evolution of many different types of music from a wide variety of groups of people. No one planned rock and roll, and it took over a great deal of American culture and revolutionized popular music. Rock and roll was influenced by African American music as well as white American styles. Since the introduction of minstrel shows in America in 1840, people have created and developed many other kinds of music. Mostly originated from African Americans, swing, blues, and jazz music was an early beginning to rock music. Many musical qualities were brought with African slaves into America. Some of the qualities include improvisation, “call and response” singing, and a dynamic rhythm. They created spiritual music and blues, which later evolved into what we know today as gospel music and “rhythm and blues.” White American music is based on of folk-style songs, mostly ballads in small bands of musical instruments. At the start of the 20th century, these folk style songs became referred to as hillbilly music. The transition to country-western music began with singers like Jimmie Rodgers and Gene Autry. After World War II, soldiers returning home wanted to feel at home again. This started the era of playing music on the radio, with programs such as Grand Ole Opry, which still runs today. This genre of music used guitars, Hawaiian guitar and drums on occasion to create a new...
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...At the Top of Pop “The king of pop, rock, and soul” - Elizabeth Taylor (Greenburg). With regards to this, this is Elizabeth Taylor, an extremely successful actor in the 1950’s, on Michael Jackson, a pop megastar whose most successful time happened during the 1980’s (“Elizabeth Taylor”). He is one of the top selling artists of all time and has won numerous awards throughout his career. The way Michael Jackson influenced others with his music and dancing is the reason he is a revolutionary. Michael Jackson was a revolutionary in most things he did, including dancing. In fact, Michael Jackson popularized a myriad new moves, some of which he made. “His videos showcased dance moves that were imitated well into the 2000s: the foot-sliding Moonwalk,...
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...(Shimmer, 2011) A Study on Consumer Behaviour Toward Dr. Martens Content 1. Introduction1 2. History of Dr. Martens2 3. Cultures and Subcultures6 3.1. Skinhead6 3.2. Punk7 3.3. Compare between UK and China9 4. Motivation and core values11 5. Conclusion15 6.Bibliography16 1. Introduction In fact, for most British people, Dr. Martens need no introduction since the brand has already become a British icon. Dr. Martens is known as a British footwear brand; however, they also make other ranges of products like clothes, bags and shoes protection. The air-cushion sole and yellow stitching is famous features of Dr. Martens shoes. (Employment Wikipedia, 2012) For so many years, Dr. Martens has linked with youth subculture, Brit-pop and rock music. Thus, Dr. Martens is no longer a fashion brand. It has become an essential element in the different lifestyle. This report will divide into two main parts. First is the discussion about the subculture involved with Dr. Martens in UK and China and compare the marketing activities in those two countries. Second part will tend to find out the motivation and core value of UK customers toward Dr. Martens, then tries to in depth to understand its influence on the marketing activities of Dr. Martens. In order to narrow the scope of this report, the analyze of the first part will focus on China market, and the second part will focus on UK market Origin of Dr. Martens (Streething...
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...of Rock in 2003. With their famous sign in in 1981, “Ladies and gentlemen, rock ‘n roll”, MTV has since changed the music industry forever. For the first time in history people could watch their music being played with this new 24-hour music channel. With such promotion by MTV it jump started the careers of many artists like Michael Jackson and Madonna. With only playing videos music now couldn’t just sound good, it also had to look good if you were going to be a major star. What Jack Black and many people complain about with MTV is that they may have revolutionized music but with the promotion and the major profits these huge stars were receiving, it was simply building the power of the major record industries and gatekeepers who control popular music. Since the early 80’s, MTV has continued to shape what music is popular through the emergence of videos, ratings, and big business. In this paper, I will outline MTV’s quick rise to pop culture king, racism, influence by big record companies, and how they developed the ultimate pop star. In 1980 the United States along with politics, the economy, and music was in an awkward transition. After two wars, numerous Democratic Presidents, and the worst recession to hit America in nearly 40 years, Conservative Ronald Reagan was elected promising to end the recession. Along with politics there was a major transition in music. Disco and punk were falling off the table leaving a huge category of music that was considered“new music” that...
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...When popular music adopts a political position is this supportive to a cause or to a particular artist’s personal wealth and public image? Popular music has served as a voice of the people and for the people for many years. Songs have moulded and reflected political ideologies, opinions and decisions for decades. Music made by one voice can be echoed by many and when adopting a political stand against or for something this can also be echoed in the masses. Artists over the years have put their necks and careers on the line to be bold and valiant with their opinions on how the world should turn and be governed. But do these views and outlooks actually change anything? Do they create awareness? Are the artists sincere and genuine about their concern? Or are they just to boost their public status and reputation; a money making scheme to sell records and to reach the top of the charts? These are all the questions one can ask themselves about the sincerity of the musician. During the 20th and the 21st century there have been a lot of social and economic changes. People began to view the world in a different light; they began to see the workings of their planet and began to understand that it was their land as much as the next persons. Due to these ever changing visions and ideals, people began to protest and challenge changes, rules, laws and orders made by heads of state and government. The public lashed out in demonstrations and opposition parties. During these whirlwind spectacles...
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...RCA, Sony, Universal, and EMI. If you really thought about it music is everywhere and in everything especially in advertisements from the simplest radio jiggle to most complex video of some music artist. Music has evolved in the way it is distributed over the years because the technology in which it was made or how that sound was put down. I remember growing up and seeing that my parents had the 45 records with that single song on the A and B side, then the whole album was on 12’ vinyl. Then they record labels tried the bulky 8 track to put the music on which didn’t last long because the next best thing came along which was a cassette and it was much more popular and compact then the rest. Now after the cassette, came the Compact Disc which is used today. Record labels believed the CD was cost effective and held its value for the consumer. The prices general run around 15 dollars it really depends on the artist and the year the album was made. A record label use many avenues of distribution, they use such stores as Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Music Warehouse just to name a few. Once an album is made for an artist it has to be promoted and one of the best ways for it to be promoted is radio. Record Labels will send sample records to the station of a particular genre and see how the public likes it. They also will send them to various record stores and have the songs played there as well. I for one brought an album because I was able to hear it at the record or I heard it played on the...
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...analytics company Global Language Monitor awarded London as the capital of fashion for the second consecutive year in 2012 (Vogue news, sept 2012) and London deserved it all for sure. People feel good in expressing themselves, no matter which kind of style they fit in, no matter whether they follow minimal total black or eccentric and colourful trends. London’s peculiarity involves the different shopping areas offered to the fashion world, where customers can find their own personal space and keep always up to date with their favourite trends. From the high street middle market fashion to the haute couture, from the punk that will never die to the new special trends. Fashion changes quickly. “It is important for past styles and fashion history to be explored in fashion today as they are great sources of inspiration, and it is also important to remember how fashion has changed so quickly from era to era” (Fashioncapital.co.uk). Contents Introduction 1 1. AREAS VISITED 2.1 Carnaby Street, Soho 2 2.2...
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...Shosanna Spill Tricia Swoope ENG 112 03 July 2010 Rock Music Rock is a popular form of music that has evolved over the past couple of decades starting in the 1950s until present day. Rock music has been known to be used as a form of expression over the years. Despite its sometimes negative and defiant lyrics, rock is a form of art that allows one to release his/her feelings through singing in an expressive tone. Later styles of heavy rock music in the 1990s, such as grunge, the typical example being Seattle's Nirvana, show influences of heavy metal but are typically not labelled sub-genres of heavy metal, as opposed to thrash metal and glam metal. The general absence of virtuosic guitar solos is perhaps one reason grunge bands haven't been considered heavy metal bands. Another key artist during this time was Megadeth, which combined the relentless, speedy thrash metal riffs with the fancy guitar soloing of speed metal like Judas Priest. Rock-n-Roll has never just been music. Heavy metal, Rhythm & Blues, Art Rock, New Wave, and the rest may be primary styles or genres but as sub-categories of rock, or rockin’ roll they do not cumulatively add up to the whole. Rock n’ Roll is a movement, a lifestyle, in many ways a belief system and all that Rock n Roll is today it owes to history: two years, no more than three when the fabric of American popular culture was torn apart and rewoven, and a new era explosively began. Rock n Roll started with slavery. To understand we...
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...or pieces of fine arts have their own techniques and rules i would say but it's not just the movement it is also the person that portrays the dance and knows how to take the role of whom they are playing they have to sell their story to their audience . lyrical hip hop has revolutionized a lot in america from california all the way to memphis and now all over which it has grown but hip hop was referred as to the gangsta walk Folklorico and its music,mariachi music is very upbeat and it tends to have a lot of emotion which relates a lot to folklorico with its movements the movements are percussive and in folklorico the rhythm of the feet is almost the same to the song or the music . Folclórico mainly came to be when the Spaniards came to Mexico and they wanted the Aztecs to change their dances and culture which the Aztecs original dances had lost some of it originality and they still did a type of ritual just that it was mainly for the Virgin Mary or for the...
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...Age 1.2. Gender 1.3. Length of membership in Stigmatine Youth Movement (SYM) 1.4. Length of exposure to Screamo Music 2. What are the effects of Screamo music as perceived by the Stigmatine Youth Movement (SYM) in the apostolate? 3. Is there a significant relationship between the profile of the respondents and the perceived effects of screamo music to the spiritual enrichment of the Stigmatine Youth Movement (SYM)? Methodology A descriptive survey research was used in this study. Descriptive research involves collection of data in order to test hypothesis or to answer questions concerning the current status of the subject of the study. The descriptive research has no control over what is, and it can only measure what already exist. The researcher abides into descriptive method of research in order to determine the perceived effects of screamo music to the spiritual enrichment of the S.Y.M. 1. The respondent’s profile 1. Age Mostly of the respondents age belong to the adolescence which range from thirteen to eighteen (13 – 18) – twenty five...
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...Asking Alexandria at first, but they later changed their name to AA and then disbanded. Ben moved back to the U.K and was looking for bandmates where he saw Danny Worsnop’s cover of a song from the band Alesana. Ben contacted Danny and they started the band Asking Alexandria. They recruited other members such as Cameron Liddell (guitarist) and James Cassells (drummer) and finally Sam Bettley (bassist). The gang flew out to the U.S and started looking for a studio and record label – which they found shortly after their arrival. They recorded their first album Stand Up And Scream with producer Joey Sturgis and under the record label Sumerian Records. (Grand record label if I might add) Their debut album was released Sep. 15th 2009. They started touring and endured in countless interviews. *Interview time children* Interviewer: So guys, can I have you personally introduce yourself and your role in the band? Danny: Hi I’m Danny and I play the voice thing. Ben: I’m Ben and I play guitar and sometimes backing vocals. James: Hi I’m James and I play the drooms. (Drums) Cam: I’m Cam and uh I play rhythm guitar and yeah. Sam: Hi, sup, I’m Sam and I am the bassist. Interviewer: Alright, so what is touring like? Danny: It sucks man, but at the same time I love it. It’s a very dirty, smelly way of life. *laughs* Ben: Remember to always bring dry shampoo and a lot of clothes. James: And baby wipes, don’t forget those mate. *laughs* Sam: Ben has princess wipes *chuckles* Ben:...
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... DISCUSSION …………………………………………………………………… 5 2.1 TECHNOLOGICAL FORCES ON ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY … 5 2.1.1 1950’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.2 1960’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.3 1970’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.4 1980’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.5 1990’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.6 2000’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.2 CULTURAL FORCES ON ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY …………. 5 2.2.1 1950’s Mass Culture ……………………………………………….. 6 2.2.2 1960’s Counter Culture …………………………………………….. 6 2.2.3 1970’s Punk Culture ………………………………………………... 6 2.2.4 1980’s Heavy Metal and Rap Culture ……………………………… 6 2.2.5 1990’s Grunge and Rave Culture ………………………………...… 6...
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