MUSIC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Inklings, Ted Daffan, Cliff Bruner
Document Summary
Rhythm and blues and country: setting the stage for rock "n" roll. Historical context behind the rising popularity of r&b and country. Increase in production/military buildup, aided in recovery from great depression. Radio became an attractive media of entertainment, the fact that the immense of growth of materials for the war (mass produced recorded music, as well as technologies created for music) Development & sophistication of delivery media (to spread information during war time) Military training spread of popular music genres because it brought people together who may have been previously divided interaction and sharing musical experiences, and then bringing it back to their city or towns after the war. Many people learned about the opportunities in the north and moved from the south to the. Music used to be performed live with an audience and the great depression changed this, music industries were looking for alternative ways records begin to grow.