The Revolution will not be Televised! said Gill Scott Heron in the 1970s
Our guiding questions are focused on how change and revolution in the 20th Century changed music as we know it.
From the rise and fall of Communism through US Civil Rights to current anti-war protest music.....
From the invention of electricity to the internet and music sharing sites....
What do you think have been the most important revolutions in music in the past 100 years?
Where might music be in another 100 years?
Post your thoughts as comments on this posting. Due January 11th, as is your Research Project. Don't be late!
7 comments:
I personally think that th biggest revolution in music came around the 70s and 80s when techno music became more popular and people started using technology, computers and DJ tables to generate music rather that instruments, people went to discos to ENJOY themselves. The advent of DJ's reduced the space needed to play music. With Techno came fast tempo music rather than The Beatles' rock 'n' roll. This period affected the future of music greatly because even after 20/30 years, we use the same type of music in discos and the fast tempo music can be found anywhere because since now daily moves faster, humans search for a tempo that describes their daily life.
In 100 years I think that music won't change as much as it has during the last century, partly because that I believe that most of the types of music has already been discovered in the 20th century and we, as humans, listen to these types of music and therefor we have no need to search for a new type.
KAZIM TOSAYEV
I should agree, but my personal opinion is that there is no "biggest" one musical revolution in the world's history, but a couple of big musical revolutions which together have strongly contributed to today's music. One of them as Kazim said techno music that came around 70's. Also, I guess one of the very main musical revolution's is Jazz/Blues revolution founded by incomparable Ray Charles in 60's. Even though after becoming blind at the age of 10 he still was probably the greatest musician of his time. His music has contributed to nowaday's music, and was extremely loved by the people of that time. His hits such "Hit the Road Jack" and others were loved by many people.
In 100 years of time music will probably change but not very much due to the point that most of the instruments and the kinds of sounds have already been founded and used. Also I think due to the point that there is so much music nowadays that everyone listens to, it is extremely hard for a person to come up with his/her own rhythm and music itself. I guess it would be much better to come up with music focusing on composing your own and not listening to others.
I certainly agree with kazim about the fact that the greatest and most useful revolution came in the 70's when DJ's and techno music came into being. They mixed and twisted different kinds of music thus creaing a dramatic effect. Technology certainly playes a huge role in this revolution as nowadays, everything almost every sound can be made using computers and other technical instruments. For instance there is no need to wait for a thunderstorm to record the thunder sound, as keyboards and computers can do that in a second. Techno music brought us a gift of rock and a faster tempo which was not popular before. As the first kinds of techno music came into being, and people began to admire and like it, DJ's and composers started to explore and make it sound even better. And that is what we hear today. The same kinds of music although amazingly changed to create a dramatic effect. So overall, I do think that technology and DJ's have modified + mixed and matched music we hear now and that it is a coherent revolution as we all like it.
In the next 100 years, I think the music will be way far ahead. Most people will probably disagree with me but I think there is still a lot of store in the types and kinds of music right now. Although the main categories of music have already been discovered, I rather doubt there are no more genres left. Although I can't exactly tell where exactly the music will be in the next 100 years,I am not a future teller, I feel as if we have not yet explored and experimented with all kinds of music, and that there is a lot more to be discovered.We are underestimating the power of the human brain if we disagree.
Muneeb
I think that there was no one musical revolution in the twentieth century: music slowly progressed with time. One of the first evolutions in music was the introduction of Jazz at the beginning of the century. Many other genres of music appeared such as rock, pop, R&B and rap. Music also evolved in terms of audiences. You will find more music for small children and teenagers than you would 50 years ago. This shows that more people of different age groups listen to music. The invention of computers brought new ideas and new sounds which created the electronic style. It also helped communicating music from all over the world. Today the use of computers to create music is more frequent than ever before and I doubt that this trend will stop.
I don’t think that music will change that much in 100 years. Unless there will be some kind of major invention of a musical instrument, music will be the same. The different types of music will be mixed together with the help of computers to give the impression of new revolutionary styles.
Calum
I think Electicity and radio's have changed music in the last 100 years because then you could only hear people live. now you can hear it on CD's Radio's and at live Concerts. you can also have more people go to the concerts because you can make a louder noise than you used to beale to because of electricity. in 100 years I don’t think there will be much change in the genre of music but we will always have new songs.
I think the most important chance in music in the past 100 years, is that electricity came to the world. Electricity made the speakers came, and that made the sound of the instruments louder. Which means more people came or bought the music. The music has chance a lot. True the last 100 years, the music has been classic, rock’n’roll, jazz, R&B, hip pop… So the electricity is actually the start of new music.
I don’t know what will happen with the music, but since we take old stuff and bring it to our time. So we might do that with the music too.
Alexandra
I also think that there won't be much of a change in the future. I'm not really sure if all music was discovered within the time of past 100 years. However, I think that there might be new genres of music. Humans are able to make differences within their lives and future, there for I think we should at least try to search for a new type.
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