1. “Music in Society”
What is popular music?

2. Evolution of Popular Music
Watch the following clip
Take note of the following areas:
Fashion
Musical styles
Instrumentation
Mood

3. Evolution of Music.... Pop Music Over the Years
How Pop Music Works

4. “Pop”ular Music What are some characteristics of popular music
Think about the past, present and future
Come up with a definition
What bands/artists fit this profile?

5. Music intended for the mass market
Created on demand for profit
Uses mass media, distribution and communication
Interested in constant change of style
Question: How many styles can you name?

7. Popular Music: Billboard Magazine

8. Generally associated with urban areas
Often associated with youth and youth culture (teens in the 1950’s)
Relationship between African Americans and Euro-Americans

9. “transculturation” between black people and white people
Brought them together -> began to influence each other
Interaction of race and culture
Relationship established by slavery

10. Folk to Professional.... Rural to urban shift
Rurual = play music for the love of it; not the money
Professionals = $$$  Music Industry
Connection between Money and Music....is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Video: $ and Music

11. Money and Pop Music

12. Technology
Music started to become produced, distributed and consumed by the masses
Change: In person (past) vs. Recording
In the past, you had to be in the same room
Revolutionized the way we consume music
Question: List as many audio formats as you can.....

13. Technology.... Sheet Music 78’s 45’s 33’s 8 Tracks Cassettes CD’s
Mini Discs
MP3’s
Satellite Radio
Streaming Audio

14. 3 areas of Cultural Change
TED Principle
1) technology
2) economics
3) demographics
Any change leads to a cultural shift
Also leads to a change in the structure and style of music
Root of all change

15. Technology Timeline
1877: Thomas Edison records “Mary Had a Little Lamb” on tinfoil
1878: First music is put to record: “Yankee Doodle”
1895: Marconi achieves wireless radio transmission from Italy to America
1913: Edison demonstrates the first talking movie
1941: FM begins broadcasting in the US

16. Thomas Edison
Video:

17. Technology continued...
1948: 33rpm (LP) introduced by Columbia records
1949: 45rpm introduced by RCA
1950: Les Paul introduced “overdubbing”
1980: Sony releases the “walkman”
1981: Compact Disc and PC make their debut
1998: MP3 players appear