How Did Contemporary Music And Culture Change Over Time

The 1940’s was recognized as the era of the common household names such as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Perry Como. Jazz was the strongest music genre in the 40’s era with Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong taking the lead. Radio was the most common way to listen to music back then, but phonograph players were just starting to get affordable for the average wage.

Music is a medium that has shaped the ages in relation to its significant role in social movements. Actually, music has acted as one of the various methods and vehicles through which social movements have existed and developed. The role and significance of music in shaping the ages is primarily attributed to the fact that it represents more than entertainment as it has spoken for generations and exemplified belief systems. Generally, music has had a tremendous relationship to and impact on social movements in every decade from the 1960s through 2000-2010. Music has been used as a means of exemplifying the mood of the decade in terms of high profile events or movements that took place in the respective decade.

During the renaissance, Europe went through many changes politically, socially, and psychologically. Most of this change was due to the reformation of the church, and the humanist movement. The humanist movement focuses on revisiting Greek ideas, and the church supported these thinkers, artists, and musicians (Oxford). The church slowly became morphed with politics, to the point where the church was also the law. Different churches wanted to attract new patrons, so they tried to impress others through the use of art and music, and no longer just their words.

How has music changed over the decades honestly? I mean now we have rap andhip & hop, what happened to the smooth and classical music from the 70’s. Today’s music hastook over the children’s minds and a lot of other people's minds also.i honestly like country, yes ilisten to one rap song and that is jumpman i love that song , but i listen to more country than i dorap honestly. Like for instance, how many kids listen to rap? A few of you, how many peoplelisten to country and the other types of music? Not a whole bunch, see rap and hip hop has takenover. Mrs. sagehorn for example she don't listen to rap or hip hop she listens to classical andsmooth music. Whatever you guys listen to is not my business but if you want to listen to thatupbeat music

“Life is a progress, not a station,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson. Each decade, changes occur in almost all areas in life, and music is one of the fields that describes better that assessment. Since the 1960s, music has been going through a lot of changes in composition, arrangement, production, and distribution. However, some people are still thinking that music started getting worse since that time(Briggs). But, what if it was a positive change or a progress people had to discover?

This class is my first opportunity at exploring music through a broad and historical lens. Certainly I’ve learned plenty of information about how music is composed and what elements go into creating the music we have today. However, my favorite part of the class was learning about the history of American music and how it influenced culture. One could argue that culture affected music first, or vice versa. In my opinion, there are cases where both scenarios played out. In this paper, I will combine my thoughts with many of the details that we learned in class to show that sometimes music impacted culture first, and other times culture impacted music.

Music in America has been on the decline since the turn of the millennium. Recent popular musical genres such as rap and hip-hop have promoted sex, violence, profanity, and drug abuse. Artists such as Drake, David Guetta, and Nicki Minaj have missed the mark when it comes to good music. Music is supposed to make people feel something, to take people on a journey. In this sense, music draws a certain parallel to the trajectory of America. When times were good in America, music seemed to be good. Recently, bad music has influenced the mentality of American youth and made them unstable and insecure. Music that has a positive, uplifting message has the power to help.

There are many differences between today’s generation and the sixties generation. David Pichaske’s book titled Generation in Motion: Popular Music and Culture in the Sixties, outlines the views of the sixties and how they voiced those views. In the sixties music was the expression of the generation, in today’s society that hasn’t changed much. Music today also expresses the political events and views, but also social media has become a very popular source for expression of political views. As a generation we are passive, hiding behind our devices. Although, recently we have had big protests, such as black lives matter and police brutality.

Music has changed drastically over the years, effected by culture, religion and many other factors. The Medieval era starts the general progression of music change that is generally recorded as records predating the Medieval era are infrequent at best and mostly consist of knowledge of instrument or psalms handed down through generations (such as with the Jewish religion). Thus the Medieval period is were records of actual songs are found. Records from this era and beyond begin to display the evolution of the art.

The blues show how music changed the world in the 1980's and early 1990's. Run DMC’s song “It’s Like That” is a perfect example of how artists expressed their feelings through lyrics. The quote you first mentioned, “Unemployment at a record high, people coming, people going, people born to die”, displays how people were coming to senses of the reality of life. During these times, people were starting to own up to what life really meant. As scary as life sometimes is, people must come face to face with the reality they are up against. With voicing opinions though song writing, people were able to come together and face the same issues everyone was dealing with. People began to realize they weren’t the only ones going through these same problems.

Music has been known to exist before 4,000 years before the common era in Egypt (The

There is no doubt that medieval church music has progressed throughout times. Not only has the music gotten a lot different in terms of sound, the instruments have also changed, as well as genres, theory, notation, rhythm, and polyphony. If you do not know, polyphony is the existence of different sounds and vocals all to form one harmonizing melody. All of these factors in generalized church music have changed from year 64 to 2016.

Music has been around for a very long time, 55,000 years to be exact. All different types of music, and all different types of artists have existed. For this essay, I am going to research about how music has impacted our culture. I will be specifically writing about the influence of music on American culture. Pop culture has always been a big influence and is still a huge part of today’s world.

Though Norway has a small population of only 5.3 million inhabitants, its musical culture is just as rich as many other countries. From classical and folk, to blues, country, electronic, hip hop, pop, rock, and metal, Norway’s traditions contribute to all of them. Although Scandinavia is often overlooked, it has a strong influence on all of the world’s music today. Archaeological digs have shed light on some unknown history of Norwegian music by revealing artifacts including instruments such as the lur. The lur, having been seen on ancient Scandinavian rock paintings, is a five- to eight-foot-long bronze blowing horn. Having been found in Norway, Denmark, South Sweden, and even Northern Germany, these instruments are cast into many

The evolution of the music industry follows the familiar pattern of digitization. Innovation began with the introduction of the vinyl record, transitioned from the cassette tape to the compact disc and landed us in an era of digital downloads. The emergence of music streaming services like Spotify has progressed the industry even further, giving consumers the ability to access music on demand using download-free online platforms. Spotify faces criticism from artists as a result of the overlap of creativity and commerce. They argue that business activities corrupt creativity, transforming it into a tool for profitability rather than an outlet for expression. Artists insist that Spotify deters album sales, favors established artists and fails to support them financially. However, Spotify was created for consumers. It delivers an accessible alternative to purchasing and downloading music. The interplay between creativity and commerce is changing the nature of the music industry. Spotify has adapted to this change, providing a platform that supports both artists and consumers. Through analysis of the market, artist’s revenue, record labels and consumers, I will argue that artists should accept the evolution of the industry and support Spotify.