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today. Through television, music, art and technology American social structures experienced huge changes. Gone were the days of the Huxtables where nuclear families displayed perfect, well put together families. 80’s music once filled with electric synthesizers and singers professing their love for their partners evolved into Hip Hop and Grunge music that discussed the grittiness of real life and the human struggle most people actually faced. As the decade passed pop culture continued to influence

article “Analysing Popular Music: Theory Method and Practice he made many important points about the theme tune to the TV series Kojak and Abba’s Fernando. He believed that there was a serious need for the study of popular music as it is an undeveloped area of study, while many people thought of the study of popular music as a laughing matter. He also believed this study was important especially for music teachers teaching children who are thought all about “serious music” as if it could never be any

than one might expect, since it refers to British music history. In the mid-1960s, an event that is referred to as ‘The British Invasion’ took place. Rock and pop music produced in the United Kingdom became increasingly fashionable in the United States. In the limelight were ‘The Beatles’, ‘The Rolling Stones’, ‘The Kinks’ or ‘The Who’. While British music had already been influenced by American music when it came to jazz, swing and traditional pop, due to film and records, rock and roll took over

Culture and influence of percussion instruments in Western Jazz/Pop music? Percussion instruments play a vital role in bringing the band or an orchestra together by providing mostly rhythms in the genre of Jazz and Pop form of Music. Jazz Drumming is the art playing percussion in Jazz style .The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over several periods, influenced by jazz at large and the individual drummers within it. Stylistically, this aspect of performance

Pop Music Post the Electric Bass The first customers of the electric bass were Country and Western musicians, but as Rockabilly disseminated into various genres in the late 50’s it quickly infiltrated almost every form of music including Pop, Jazz, Reggae, Blues, and Rock and Roll. In 1958 Dave Myers, Chicago blues musician and member of the popular band The Aces, switches from guitar to the electric bass. He is one of the first bluesman to adopt the instrument and popularizes the Fender P-Bass in

“When you’re king of African music you’re the king because music is the king of all professions” (Fela Kuti: Music is the Weapon). Rap music has been a staple in modern day music and pop culture since its beginning in the 1970’s in the South Bronx area of New York. Rap started as an underground movement started by many artists and DJ’s (or disc jockeys). It started as a form of expressing oneself and discussing many social and political issues through music. But now in the 21st century, rap has changed

M.I.A. emerged in the Indie pop music scene in 2002. M.I.A., also known as Maya Arulpragasam, began her career in 2000 as a visual artist and filmmaker. After recording a documentary for the band Elastica, they suggested she go into the music industry. Rather than just make music, Arulpragasam wanted to make a statement that would be impacted politically, socially, and culturally. She sings about third world countries and issues, specifically Sri Lanka in her album Arular. Arulpragasam drew from

the Hobbits to Mainstream: The Lord of the Rings, Music, and Popular Culture Since its publication in 1954, J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy The Lord of the Rings has embedded itself in popular culture. From influencing other fantasy works to being referred to in television, there is no doubt that The Lord of the Rings is here to stay. The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-known book series of all time, which is reflected by the impact it has had on pop culture. Among the areas of popular culture that

hypothesis was Rejected. The hypothesis was, “If POP music is played than the throw will be more accurate. The averages of the data is, No Music with the average accuracy hits of 2.2. POP with the average accuracy hits of 2.1. Country with the average accuracy hits of 2.2. Classical with the average accuracy hits of 2.5. And Rock with the average accuracy hits of 2.6. With the data given it shows instead of POP being the best. Rock is the best music to listen to. What really went well in the experiment

“This generation's music sucks,” argument, and the “This generation has too many deviants,” argument. This