The Swedish conceived, electronic dance, house music producing artist Tim Berg, better known as Avicii, has rapidly risen with the youth of popular novelty and fallen from that exact reason. It is Friday night and his contrived electronic booms have already begun to fuel the rave faction fraternity parties that are the calling to every Villanova student. All are in attendance, including the Radnor police. The dreaded: “Your neighbors reported a noise complaint, please turn it down” will deter anyone’s buzzkill away from the empty keg. Fortunately, no citations are handed out, but the party’s playlist has now relocated to the lull of Dave Matthews. Although the field of electronic music is gradually becoming more accepted, there are still people who, while admitting it interesting, state the extreme: “is this actually music?” Just recently has electronic music become incorporated in pop culture, and once it had its foot in the door, it spread like wildfire. Like it or not, Avicii is now the third biggest and influential icon of the scene. Good and bad music will always arise from a genre, but the 21st Century has proven more complex in identifying whether an artist is truly a virtuoso, or has taken a shortcut to stardom. With the ability to use computers and sampling to create an original work, it is an interesting study to say the least. As part of a generation that grew up with electronic music, I feel an obligation to reveal the formulation and gluttony that Avicii is hiding behind his smirk.
Generally speaking, good party music is upbeat and does not require a lot of attention to appreciate. People tend to enjoy music more when they already know how most of the songs go. Sound recording radically changed the act of musical lis...
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...e electronic music industry in totality. Avicii’s rapid success has moved him in the direction of “big room” electronica: big chords, epic piano, and deafening bass. Sort of like the arena rock point of the 1980s. There’s nothing criminally wrong with all that I have mentioned above, except for the fact that artists who have been in this industry for a matter of years, are finding themselves shifting away from the sounds they originally stood by. It seems as if many are trying to imitate the success of Avicii. Without sounding like a hipster and calling out such the greats, such as Afrojack and Benny Benassi, I worry that the future will just act on current trends rather than create a unique style that electronic music has prided itself on. Avicii’s insatiability has currently pigeonholed an industry into following his steps, because that is what success looks like.
A number of other genres, throughout the decade, maintained a significant following. One genre that was slow to start was Hip-Hop, while it emerged in the 1970’s it didn’t become significant until the late 1980’s. Although Classical music began to lose impetus, it gave way to a new generation of composers through invention and theoretical development. The decade was also distinguished for its assistance to electronic music, which rose in reco...
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The up rise results in artists realizing how much the population are interested. This sparks new artists, who have a more natural stance in use of technology. Traditional individuals in EDM have gone from "vinyl", turn tables of "DJ [-ing]" to Mac computers and constant downloading of music as well ...
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This one-two punch has left the industry experimenting with different ideas trying to find their next revenue stream. No one is sure where the music industry will be in the next five years, but things are already changing. Musicians have more and more avenues to reach fan bases, and huge record companies no longer dominate the scene. This is good for musicians and even better for fans...
For example, music is becoming more widely available to the general public with the introduction of mp3 players and the growth of the online music industry. The essay is concluded with my personal feelings towards the use of electronic technology within the live music industry, as well as the recording studio environment. This conclusion reveals that while the use of electronic technology has become crucial in the modern music market, it should not detract from the quality of live music produced. In this way, I feel that the use of electronic technology – namely drum machines and computerised backing tracks – have had a negative effect on the live music industry, because the majority of artists within the ‘pop’ genre now use computer-generated backing for live performances.
Imagine a life without sound, would it not be one value living? All of these completely different parts of music and different styles and arrangements of notes and beats has had the ability to fully alter generations and alter the course of history for various people. Music comes all told completely different forms from hardcore to soft and mellow. As a result of these distinction a method of music exists for each kind of person and has the flexibility to go beyond generations. Music is important to our senses and vital to our needs, so listen up!
In today’s evolving and changing society, many people do not appreciate how extraordinary music truly is. Since the birth of the vinyl record, there are less people who own and are interested in them. Even though vinyl records have recently been making a comeback, they are still not as popular as they once were. People take for granted how easily accessible music is today though in the past it was not as simple. Even though vinyl records may be costly and may not have a large quantity of songs, as time progresses and technology continues to develop, the way that people listen to music degrades their appreciation for music due to easier accessibility, weaker sound in terms of quality, and decaying genres.
Caleb Philogene is a 20-year-old determined college student. He has possessed a love for music from the start of his childhood. When he was 14 years old he began recording Christian rap music. He would burn several blank cd and pass them out around his small high school. In order to efficiently create better music, Caleb taught himself how to produce beats. Eventually he used these skills to further his musical talents by becoming a disc jockey. In high school, the “weak party scene” encouraged him to better his disc jockey skills. Caleb threw several parties in the south suburbs of Chicago, in order to exhibit his Dj skills to the public. Caleb promoted "peaceful partying" among a population where parties are viewed as boxing matches. Caleb quickly learned had to form a strong connection with the crowd. He pays attention to what type of crowd he has and what type of music they respond best to. Besides country and heavy rock metal, Caleb plays a variety of music. His crowds tend to enjoy hip-hop, pop, house music, juke music, and EDM. He is a diverse DJ who tries to diversify his crowd by introducing them to new genres. The more free...
The music industry is an ever-evolving revolutionary entertainment industry for the masses. Music provides entertainment to all different masses due to the variety of genres produced. Music is a very profitable and complex industry. Music has expanded to a worldwide industry for musical artist to express their art through the form of song to the masses. Music not only appeals to the ears but to every aspect of a person. Music allows for individuals to explore and let their imagination expand as they here a song. Throughout the years the industry has undergone dramatic changes. Whether it is genres, forms of how it is distributed, or even the impact the artist have had. The industry is diverse and ever changing as the years continue. In the past 20 years the industry has changed with help of the technological breakthroughs and adoptions.
With each passing year, technology has become highly involved in our lives, and continues to at a rapidly increasing rate. Technology, in many ways, was designed to help people in various fields of work. However, it has also achieved the reciprocal. Where does music lie? Has technology hurt or helped the field of music, specifically hip-hop? What do these advancements mean for the genre?
Music is one of the most important things for human's life in the past and present. In fact, music is everywhere in our lives; for example, when you are watching your favorite movies, there is always music in them, and it adds emotion and feelings to the movie. When you are eating at a restaurant, the music makes your mood good, and it feels that the food is even more delicious. If there is no such thing as music, a lot of things around get less interesting. Of course, the trend of music has been changing all the time. Classical music, compared with modern pop music, is really different than the last one. However, great music are still listened by people; therefore, it does not matter when they were composed neither who composed them. Classical music is one of the categories that is old, but people still enjoy to listen to it. The ones of the famous great Classical music composers, Ludwig van Beethoven who is well known for his deafness and work which is Choral: Symphony No.9, Frederic Chopin for Minute Waltz, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, and Peter Tchaikovsky are influenced by one Classical music composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart did not only influence to Classical music composers, but also to modern music artists. Hip-Hop star, Ludacris, is also one of the musicians who is influenced by Mozart. Ludacris sampled Mozart's Requiem in D Minor in one of his works “Coming 2 America”. You will hear the very interesting tune in the music; it sounds weird that mixing up a Classical music and Hip-Hop music; however, those two total different pieces of music are uncomfortably matched. As you see, the influence of Mozart is huge to the musicians of all time. In this paper, I will explore about the influential gifted composer, W...
In the past, music has been a costly business, where only people with a lot of money could enter and be successful in the industry. Changes in the music industry coupled with new computer technology have made it much easier for people without a lot of money to compose, produce, and distribute their creation. In order to get a better understanding of the music industry in comparison to 2014, one has to look at its history. There were many things that happened from the 1980’s onward, and they brought on a significant impact towards the music industry. Development in computer technology has also made a big impression on music. Many things within these fields have enabled artists to connect with their fans in a way they couldn’t before, and on a lower budget. In this paper, the discussion will be about all of these topics, and about the factors that help transform the music industry into something altogether easier for new people to contribute.
In this speech I wish to discuss the Sceneography of the critically acclaimed Hip-Hop artist, Kendrick Lamar's live performance at the 2016 Grammy Awards. For the general populous Hip-Hop live performance and high tire theatrical production are worlds apart but when Kendrick Lamar and associated production teams preformed at the American Music Award event, the internet and the world alike were taken by storm. The performance Brings urban hip-hop music which is considered to be the most low brow genre in popular music together with phenomenal sound, lighting, chorography. The level of articulation for the musicians, dancers and technical team works so cohesively and is absolutely a sight to be seen. Of course this territory has been also touched
Noise and Timbre Michael Denning discusses the idea of musical interpretation through a ‘musical ear’, stating, ’the history of the musical ear is the fundamental labour of cultural revolutions - upheavals in the habits, manners, jokes, sounds and smells of daily life that accompany the struggle between modes of production, regimes of labour, technological grids, economies of sexuality, structures of domination and representation and modes of emancipation and exploitation.’ (Michael Denning, 2015: 171). Denning highlights the influences behind cultural interpretations of noise and presents the idea that questions surrounding recordings could be framed as, ‘what did they sound like?’, when it should possibly ask, ‘how were they heard?’ which it should really ask, ‘what did people say they sounded like?’ (2015), showing that it is not necessarily about the sound of a specific noise but the connotations to this noise enforced by listeners with motives of some kind. A person may say that popular music is noise, but to understand why they are saying this, one would want to look at the motives behind this.