...Music has been around for centuries. It is an art that does not lose value through years; it only gains value with memories. Music can bring you back to your favorite moment in your life to your saddest. In two thousand fifteen, all types of music genres due to hit radio stations influence us but I believe that amongst all the genres of music, Pop and R&B are the most influential to our society today. As different as these two genres might be, the similarities over rule them. Our generation is beginning to confuse the two genres immensely because of their similar beats, style and publicity/marketing strategies of these tunes. Pop music as of right now is based off of hits from Justin Bieber to Taylor Swift. Pop is what radio stations now call their ‘Hits 100’. It’s the most listened to songs, with beats that make you get up and get on your feet. The definition of pop according to Google “commercial popular music, in particular accessible, tuneful music of a kind popular since the 1950s and sometimes contrasted with rock, soul, or other forms of popular music.” “You know, jazz is the mother of all American music. R&B and pop and rap and everything are the branches on the main tree of the life of music, American music, which is jazz.”(Burdon) Pop is a mix of all genres put together to make one sound. R&B on the other hand is a harsher with deeper lyrics. People dislike R&B for this reason due to the fact it has more vulgar language and uses slang that not many people feel is...
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...Music has been around for centuries. It is an art that does not lose value through years; it only gains value with memories. Music can bring you back to your favorite moment in your life to your saddest. In two thousand fifteen, all types of music genres due to hit radio stations influence us but I believe that amongst all the genres of music, Pop and R&B are the most influential to our society today. As different as these two genres might be, the similarities over rule them. Our generation is beginning to confuse the two genres immensely because of their similar beats, style and publicity/marketing strategies of these tunes. Pop music as of right now is based off of hits from Justin Bieber to Taylor Swift. Pop is what radio stations now call their ‘Hits 100’. It’s the most listened to songs, with beats that make you get up and get on your feet. The definition of pop according to Google “commercial popular music, in particular accessible, tuneful music of a kind popular since the 1950s and sometimes contrasted with rock, soul, or other forms of popular music.” “You know, jazz is the mother of all American music. R&B and pop and rap and everything are the branches on the main tree of the life of music, American music, which is jazz.”(Burdon) Pop is a mix of all genres put together to make one sound. R&B on the other hand is a harsher with deeper lyrics. People dislike R&B for this reason due to the fact it has more vulgar language and uses slang that not many people feel is...
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...Music in today’s culture has expanded into many different types of genres. There is jazz, pop, culture swing, gospel, bluegrass classical, contemporary, indie, rock-n-roll, opera, Latino, the list goes on. In the different genres music there are also different sub-genres. For instance in classical music there are different types of classical music, for example the waltz, and also ragtime music. In the Gospel genre there are southern gospel, sacred gospel, contemporary gospel, Christian, hymns, etc… Music has always been a part of different cultures throughout history and around the world. Jazz music was started in Africa, yet developed in Europe, thus giving us the well-known genre of jazz music. According to Wikipedia, a cultures music...
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...Gospel music has been described as spiritual music to help uplift you and overcoming pain and struggles. At the same time, rhythm and blues tells a story of heart ache, finding love and being very emotional. However, both are emotional nonetheless. Despite some differences on the surface, gospel music and R&B are actually lot alike in the sense they constantly reinvent themselves and continue to grow worldwide. Gospel music is very soulful just like R&B and can make you feel good and take you to other place when you hear the music. Gospel can reach a very large audience because there is no style restriction when it comes to this genre. Gospel music has much repetition which was carried over from the days when African Americans could not read. The repetition allowed them to participate in worship. Gospel can be traced back to the 18th century and were called “old negro spirituals” that slaves used to sing in the fields as they worked. There were not many instruments to use in the beginning. Gospel was mostly sung in cappella. The music started to use instruments such as drums, electric guitar, piano and saxophones to add to their sound. Since church was a place of worship for many people, this influenced R&B singers to use the same type of instruments in their music. As gospel started to emerge in the industry it was broken down into different genres such as gospel blues which is a mixture of blues guitar and evangelistic lyrics. There was urban contemporary and Christian country...
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...Music For My Soul Kaplan University 300-02 – Art and Humanities: Twentieth Century and Beyond Music For My Soul Being from a family of many musicians and singers, music is a huge part of my life. It’s much more than a melody in my ear. It’s the movement of my body, ease of my mind, and thoughts I can only express through sweet, therapeutic sounds. Music is that “feeling” I get when I hear it. Through my childhood to adulthood, it still lives in me. Various genres of music have played important roles in my life. Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Rap/Hip Hop, Neo Soul, and Gospel have all conveyed emotions within me. Journey with me as I take a look back over my life and reminisce on how important music has been for my soul. As a child, I remember sitting in my room with my radio blasted! I would sing and dance until I became completely exhausted. I was very familiar with Rap/Hip Hop, R&B, and Gospel music. These three genres of music captivated me in three different ways. The rhythm of Rap music made me dance until I would sweat. Can’t Touch This by M.C. Hammer was my all time favorite. M.C. Hammer started the song with “my, my, my, my music hits me so hard, makes me wanna say “Oh my Lord, thank you for blessing me with a mind to rhyme and two hyped feet” (Hammer, 1990, track 2). Those were the only words to the verse I knew for a long time. I must admit that words to Rap songs didn’t mean very much to me back then. I loved to dance so the beat was all...
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...Paragraph: Music The music genres were created to divide and categorize the many type and style of popular music. Rhythm and blues, R&B for short, is a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians. Boys II Men was an American vocal group that was known for their emotional ballads and complex harmonies. Michael Jackson’s unique contributions to music and dance, along with a highly publicized personal life, made him a prominent figure and one of the most successful entertainers of all time in the R&B and pop culture. Reggae genre is popular music originating in the West Indies. Bob Marley was widely known Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician, which made him the influence voice of political and cultural nexus of Jamaica. Inner Circle is a reggae and alternative hip hop group that is responsible for the 1987 song “Bad Boys.” Jazz is another genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles. Jackie Paris, was a jazz singer and guitarist that introduced the first vocal of Thelonious monks classic “Round Midnight.” Harry Crosby another respectable singer and actor was the most popular entertainer of the pre-rock n roll years. The artists in each genre are examples of style and category of the popular music. Outline Topic Sentence: Music Genres. A. Major Support: Rhythm and blues 1. Minor Support: Boys II Men 2. Minor Support: Michael Jackson B. Major Support:...
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...York, NY: Skyhorse Pub., 2012. Print. a. Traces the life of Aretha Franklin from deserted child to teenage mother to Grammy winner to inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 3. Bogdanov, Vladimir. All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat, 2003. Print. a. This is a complete guide to the uniquely American world of the blues. The roots of the blues can be found in the turn-of-the-century Mississippi Delta, but today its reach extends into all kinds of music including rock, jazz, country, soul, and more. 4. Brown, Ruth, and Andrew Yule. Miss Rhythm: The Autobiography of Ruth Brown, Rhythm and Blues Legend. New York: D.I. Fine, 1996. Print. a. Tony Award winner Ruth Brown is a rhythm-and-blues revolutionary, a woman whose early successes earned her instant worldwide fame and launched a career that has influenced such legendary performers as Aretha Franklin, Dinah Washington, Little Richard and Stevie Wonder. This candid autobiography offers the true story of her extraordinary life and career. 5. Burnim, Mellonee V., and Portia K. Maultsby. African American Music: An Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2006. Print. a. is a collection of thirty essays by leading scholars whch survey major African American musical genres, both sacred and secular, from slavery to the present. The work brings together, in a single volume, treatments of African...
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...Chapter 3 Overview: Crossovers and Covers Everything we have really discussed so far has taken place early 1900s, especially 1920s to the 1940s. (excepts for a few listening examples) Pop, Country Western, and Rhythm and Blues, the 3 genres that formed rock, actually coexisted in the early 50s. 1954-1956 was when things started to combine. The book says the 3 genres were “ruined.” Actually, the main 3 genres were not in ruins, many things in this chapter start to become opinion. The method for the combination of the 3 genres started with the crossover-records (songs) that originated in one market but succeeded in another. Of course examples existed before this time period but mainly started in the 50s. Frequently there were R&B songs that started to gain popularity on the Pop charts. Basically each genre had its own Billboard Top 100 chart, so for an R&B song to make it onto the Pop top 100 was very impressive and never happened before the 1950s. Be familiar with the crossover examples listed in the book as they may be on a test. Early Crossover Hits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYO263wui1w Lloyd Price-“Lawdy Miss Clawdy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osxtbQdGXfI The Crows-“Gee” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJcGi4-n_Yw The Penguins-“Earth Angel” The Majors which we talked about last class noticed the interest in crossovers and of course moved to capitalize on the interest. They began producing their own crossovers. These became known as cover...
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...1 Teenagers’ Reasons for Listening to Music and the Students’ Perception of the Effects of Listening When Completing School Assignments1 Jennifer Adriano Educational Leadership Doctoral Program Thomas DiPaola Educational Leadership Doctoral Program Center for Research and Evaluation The Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School Johnson & Wales University 1 Paper presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the New England Educational Research Organization, April, 2010, Portsmouth, NH. 2 Introduction Music is a significant part of our lives. People listen to music on the radio at home and in their car; they watch music videos on television or hand held technology; they buy CDs or download music; and they attend concerts. People also hear music in stores, restaurants, sporting events, and doctors’ offices (Schellenberg, Peretz, & Vieillard, 2008). Music is very important to many adolescents and they spend a considerable amount of their time listening to music. One study with N = 2,465 adolescents ages 13 and 14 found that participants listened to music for an average of 2.45 hours per day (North, Hargreaves, & O’Neill, 2000). Music has become a personal accompaniment in many teenagers’ lives because of the availability and popularity of personal music listening devices. In 2009, Jaffray released the results from the 18th semi-annual survey, “taking stock with teens.” The team of researchers surveyed approximately N = 1,200 students, with an average age of 16.3, in...
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...both foreign and domestic, and for many people music was the only way to escape. Some believe the 60’s to be the most diverse time in musical history with genres ranging from rock to psychedelic pop. With all of these choices 60’s music has earned its title. As the late 50’s came to an end, the rock stars of the time were still putting out hits. But the older pop stars were having trouble staying surfaced because they couldn’t find a way to make their music appealing to this new generation of kids. The pop scene was soon taken over by these new young artists like the Beach Boys and the Four Seasons. The most popular subgenres of the...
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...note that is picked, tone of voice, how words are used, etc, are some of many changes made to each genre. The same can be said about many other musical genres, but the musical platforms that I choose to compare and contrast are Hip-Hop and Rhythm & Blues (R&B). The musical layout of Hip-Hop and R&B has come a long way. People that do not listen to these genres regularly, may wave them off as having the same sound, and just think that of it as the same type of music. If you are familiar with Jazz and Blues, you can notice that the structure of Hip-Hop and R&B is based off of them. If you were to let someone who is familiar hear an example or a small “cut” of these types of music, they would immediately be able to tell apart which is which. R&B and Hip-Hop can be considered as cultural inhabitants within themselves, being that a large amount of people mainly to each and or both. One of the ways that the differences may seem subtle is that modern R&B molds from classical jazz and blues, and Hip-Hop is primarily molded from R&B. The musical tone, lyrical content, and sometimes the drums & musical “beat” can usually tell each other apart. R&B tends to have a calm sound to it mainly because the content being announced usually is about love-loss or being in the pursuit of. The Blues, in general seems to be enhanced, therefore a lot of R&B songs may seem to be a...
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...Thesis: This monograph will discuss the origination of Soul Music, its founding fathers, how it was influenced throughout the decades, as well as statistics, research and demographics of it impact on people. To begin with, “soul music is defined as a fervent type of popular music developed in the late 1950s by black Americans as a secularized form of gospel music, with rhythm-and-blues influences, and distinctive for its earthy expressiveness, variously plaintive or raucous vocals, and often passionate romanticism or sensuality” (Kris, "Dictionary.com"). Soul music first takes root during the 1950s, in Memphis, Tennessee, and was originally preformed by African-Americans. The musical composition of soul consists of guitar, bass, piano, organ,...
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...Music and the Sixties The 1960s was a time of transformation in cultural standards, fashion, and society attitudes. This decade of change was particularly apparent in the radical shifts in this era’s music. The music of the sixties had very distinct sounds, portrayal of events and attitudes. Social movements and political events influenced the culture through music. There were also several genres and artists that contributed to the influence of culture. During the 1960s, the music played a major role in shaping the culture. The music echoed the events and movements that were happening in society. Prior to 1963, the music reflected the sounds, styles and attitudes of the previous decade. Music of the 1960s magnified the rebellion and standing up to the emerging cultural changes. The music about protest relayed messages that everyone could and would to sing along to. Through the multiple events during the sixties the music and the American culture mood began to change. Current events in America also played a role in how music influenced American culture. The British Invasion, the Civil Rights Movement, and the escalation of the Vietnam War were major events that impacted the music. The British Invasion occurred when an explosion of British artists took the United States music scene by storm in the mid 1960s. Kenneth Olwig wrote an article titled, “The ‘British invasion’,” and summarizes, “The British Invaders that were listened to, were inspired by and faithfully played a...
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...Growing up in my home, music was something my family & I cherished. Not a day went by, we weren't singing, humming, or rapping to a tune. Out of a countless amount of genres, R&B happened to be my favorite. R&B music has always been a huge component in my life. As many may not know, R&B music has been one of my greatest influences throughout my entire life. This music has molded me into being the strong and assertive individual I am today. It also has helped me figure out the individual I’m striving to be in the future. From time to time, I tend to let all of my emotions breeze through my mind to a stage where I feel I cannot control them. That’s where the music comes in. It empowers me to express every emotion I am feeling at the moment. Whenever...
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...is based on many different aspects of South Korean culture such as: Korean Popular Music or K-Pop, Korean Dramas, and Variety Shows. Korean Popular Music or more widely known as K-Pop refers to musical genre in South Korea. It comprises a wide variety of musical and visual elements. K-Pop also spread the Korean culture through language. History of K-Pop began in 1990s, but became famous in the 2000s. K-Pop is not only known in Korea, but also famous in the East and South East Asia, America and Europe. According to Mark James Russell from the global politics magazine Foreign Policy illustrated,”K-Pop has now spread to the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and parts of South America. It may not yet turn heads in Los Angeles or London, but this may soon change as K-pop’s influence continues to spread.“ The reason why k-pop can be accepted outside Korea is because the k-pop not only include one type of music, but also has many genres such as Rap and R&B. Michael Hastings Rolling Stone’s author writes that K-Pop embraces the genre fusion with both singing and rap, while emphasizing solid performances and visuals at the same time. It is a mix of genres like pop, rock, hip hop, R&B and electronic music. Michael also writes that the way these Korean singers perform their songs with synchronized dance moves and complex gestures has increased the popularity of K-pop. It now takes a big place in the music market throughout Asia and the world. Korean Drama or K-Drama is a leading cause...
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