MU121- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 33 pages long!)
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Genres of rock n roll derive from: country and western, rhythm and blues (r&b, tin pan alley (mainstream pop) Cole porter, wrote a lot of the material. Somewhere over the rainbow , judy garland (one style of mainstream pop) Business model, singer doesn"t write the song, collaboration. Major labels producing the most hits (didn"t produce rock and roll, stayed with the white bread) Kanye west, the life of pablo, over 100 writers. In 2016 it takes an average of 4. 53 writers to create a hit song. Death, sin, salvation, drinking, rural concerns, poverty, love, bit of sex. Break man jimmy rodgers (1st country music star) (yodels) Rebel image: james dean, (27 club) janice joplin, kurt kobain. First state in new orleans where african americans could buy land. The park; congo square, where africans could congregate and play drums. Roots of jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues. Rhythm: the way the musical sounds are organized.
