MUS 3308 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Heavy Metal Subculture, Talking Blues, Run–D.M.C.
23 Apr 2016
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Chapter 6: it"s still rock n roll to me. Can be defined as a category or a type. Is a key component of text analysis, genre is widely used to analyze popular culture text, most notably in their film and popular literary forms. Identifiable genres of popular music are understood as such by musicians, the music industry and by consumers. Genre is a process: for musicians, genre constitute an effective shorthand for discussing and making music, for listeners, genre helps organize the listening process; and for the industry, genre combines musical style and the marketing of it. No style/ genre is independent from music that has preceded it: 1970s genres: disco, new wave and album oriented rock. Philip ennis documents, pop music was evident in 3 of the defining streams" that eventually overlap and fuse in the evolution of american popular music: 1.
