MUH 2019 (section 0001) “American Popular Music” (Spring 2016, Class # 11613) Classroom Building I (CB1), Room :00 noon-1:15 pm (Tues-Thurs)

Instructor: Scott Warfield Associate Professor of Music History Office: PAC M

Newcomers? See Day 1 PowerPoint Slides for Course Intro Find Course Web site - google “Scott Warfield” - find my page (“Carolina blue” background) - follow link to MUH 2019 READ the Syllabus READ (& complete) “Daily Assignments” Acquire the Textbook (and start READING)

Multi-tasking? "Why I'm Asking You Not to Use Laptops“ (Chronicle of Higher Education, 25 August 2014)"Why I'm Asking You Not to Use Laptops“ "You'll Never Learn!“ (Slate, 3 May 2013)"You'll Never Learn!“ "The Case for Banning Laptops in the Classroom“ (The New Yorker, 6 June 2014)"The Case for Banning Laptops in the Classroom“ Hembrooke & Gay, "The Laptop and the Lecture...“ Journal of Computing and Higher Education 15/1 (Fall 2003)"The Laptop and the Lecture...“ Rosen, Carrier & Cheever, “Facebook and Texting Made Me Do It: Media-induced Task-switching While Studying,” Computers in Human Behavior 29, nr. 3 (May 2013): (UCF Library restricted access)

…thus, “popular music” is: 1. mass-produced and mass-disseminated (requires some sort of technology) 2. listened to (“used” and “consumed”) by large numbers of people (in the U.S.) (now or in the past) 3. generally based on a variety of (pre-existing) musical traditions

Defining “Popular” music Are these “popular” …. or something else? - Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos (compilation of chants part 1)Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos (compilation of chants part 1) (# 3 on Billboard Top 200 – 1994 “Triple Platinum”) - Sir Gilbert Levine conducts Gorecki Symphony 3, Mvt. 2 (composed 1977)Sir Gilbert Levine conducts Gorecki Symphony 3, Mvt. 2 (well over 1,000,000 copies sold since 1992) What about these? - The Carter Family The Church In The WildWood – YouTubeThe Carter Family The Church In The WildWood – YouTube - Peter Paul & Mary - Puff The Magic Dragon (with Lyrics)Peter Paul & Mary - Puff The Magic Dragon (with Lyrics)

Five “Themes” 1.Listening Critically 2.Music and Identity 3.Music and Technology 4.Music is a Business 5.Music has “Centers” and “Peripheries” (places)

Chapter 1 – “Themes and Streams” Course Goals Think CRITICALLY about Music (“A duck hears…people listen”) Learn the history and context of this music (who makes it and uses it, and why….) Learn many of the styles of U.S. popular music from the 1840s to the recent past

Music and Identity (Theme 2) What music do YOU listen to? (…and why THOSE sounds?) Music is a Learned Behavior (and differs by communities). (“My songs” vs. “Your songs”) Music identifies (among many others): ethnicity, race, gender, age, and community

“You Don’t Know Me” (Who ‘owns’ each?) Eddy Arnold - You Don't Know Me - Grand Ole Opry Classics – YouTubeEddy Arnold - You Don't Know Me - Grand Ole Opry Classics – YouTube You Don't Know Me Jerry Vale – YouTube RAY CHARLES You Don't Know Me & What'd I Say 1963 live! - YouTubeRAY CHARLES You Don't Know Me & What'd I Say 1963 live! - YouTube Willie Nelson - You Don't Know Me - YouTubeWillie Nelson - You Don't Know Me - YouTube

Get Your Books & READ Chapter 1 See “Daily Assignments” for specifics