80's Pop Music Analysis

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On this beautiful day of December 30th, 1989, I will be explaining why 80's pop music was in the mix for the last 29 years. I am Oprah Winfrey and I have been studying this radical futuristic genre of music for years. This outta sight music doesn't get a lot of R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Oh and it did deserve it. Let's find out why.
Even though music has a lot of heavy criticism, it has some tubular hits. One reason that people don't groove to pop music of the 80's is because people don't want to switch their view of music. Another reason might be because it is fresh, so it isn't fully mastered yet. Overall, 80's pop music didn't get to be grooved to (jazz hands) as much as other genres. Although the music doesn't get a lot of admiration, it has worked
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One out of three ways is to listen to what people enjoy to get a better idea of what to play to sell records. I mean come on! You sell records to make music! For example, I am a music artist. (Point to self) And you two (point into audience) are two people who love jazz. I would incorporate jazz into my music so they would enjoy my music. They could also try different genres of music to see which genre has the most positive response. Overall, musical artists should try to view their music from another person's perspective. Like yours, or yours, or yours! (Point to different places in the …show more content…
(Superman pose) The artists should ask a good friend or family member about what they think of their music, to get an outside perspective of their music. And if the person loves you enough then they will tell you what's exactly on their mind! Or at least they should. (Pause for laughter) And, ask a respected music artist for advice on what to improve, what to fix, and what to change a little bit. So that way you can sell more of what the people think is awesome. Also, artists can sing about in the mix events, so the audience feels as if they have a connection to what the artist is singing about. Maybe the artist can focus on a general audience so they aren't trying to please everyone. So in the audience, is there anyone who isn't enjoying this speech? (Pause for result) See? That's what I mean. And finally, see how people react, because without reactions, you don't know what to improve, you won’t know what to lose, and you don’t know what to change a little bit to make it better. Overall, the 80’s pop genre of music didn’t get a lot of respect that it deserved, and the music artist should try to look at their music from a different person’s

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