This lecture was most certainly an entertaining one. To start off with we had a performance from a few of the lecturers and to my amazement, they were pretty decent! Steve gave us some notes on music that has influenced popular music today and I liked seeing where music today had its foundations. Tribal music from Africa was one of the key influences for the blues in America. The beats and rhythm of this tribal music was often used to keep people motivated through the working day. This type of music became very popular and influenced such famous songs as, "House of the Rising Sun".
A few of the people Steve mentioned were really interesting like Mozart, who had been a music prodigy since 3 years of age. His original style upset the system and in a way this was similar to the African blues music in America.
Steve played us Rhapsody in Blue, which I have heard before and appreciated for its unique use of blues and classical, which embellish the feel and atmosphere of New York City. Music of this style was improvised, which made it so unique and entertaining.
One of the strong links Steve showed us was Cab Calloway, whoc was a jazz artist and influenced people like little richard, prince and elvis. Being able to see the links between them meant that other links have also passed through these generations of music.
To end the lecture, we were honoured by another performance by our lecturers. This time a more recent genre, which was the clash.
Essay Questions:
Out of the questions Steve showed us, I am going to choose the one involving 8 objects and how they are important to us. In that lesson I thought of a rough 8 I would like to work with.
1. Spotify
2. Ipod
3. Xbox 360
4. Adobe Photoshop
5. Facebook
6. You Tube
7. Online Shopping
8. Sky Plus
These choices are very important and have either aided, entertained or influenced me.
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