“Songs, to me, were more important than just light entertainment.” Minnesota native musician and hero, Bob Dylan, explained in the first volume of his autobiography that there is much more to music than just a simple form of entertainment (Dylan, 2004). An actual culture exists within each genre or scene of music. Minnesota is a very culturally rich state in the Midwest region, and the Twin City area is no exception.
In class we just barely touched on music and the culture surrounding hip-hop, however, we did not talk about how music can really influence more than just a neighborhood. Minneapolis has a very prominent music scene in the industry, both underground and in the popular spotlight. One of the most prominent genres that I have had …show more content…
The historical musical culture involves many elements of relocation diffusion. Early settlers brought their own music with them, which was used to pass the time more effectively while paddling along the fur trades routes. This lead to a folk music culture movement incorporating many varieties of Slavic and Scandinavian styles.
Many years later, Minneapolis was actually home to a famous vaudeville comedy. The culture surrounding vaudeville acts was a very upbeat and positive culture. Vaudeville was very representative of the early 20th century (PBS, 1999). It became a cultural staple in the Twin Cities between the 1880s and the early 1900s, providing a hub for many different cultures to come together and show their cultural traditions on the big stage.
Nowadays, music is just as important as ever in the Twin Cities. It is continuing to serve as a cultural hub for many diverse populations to come together for a common purpose – music. While underground musicians are still the majority of the acts you will find in the area, there are still quite a few artists making the jump from their genre to the popular music culture. Some notable artists that have made this huge leap from the Twin Cities area are Atmosphere, Motion City Soundtrack, Owl City, and Cloud Cult. Countless underground acts keep the subcultures very alive and passionate about the …show more content…
This could be the clothes you wear, the decisions you make, the music you listen to, or even the food you eat! It is all around us; however, the majority of the people do not see music as a thriving group of cultures and subcultures.
An interesting point made by Stuart Hall is that the main issue regarding academic studies of popular music is finding some sort of structural relationship between material and musical forms. He says, “the supposed fit (or lack of it) between aesthetic and social values has a much longer history in the study of popular culture. (Gay, 1996)” You can find this fit more easily in subcultures such as punk rock and heavy metal. Stuart Hall and Paul du Gay explain that finding that structure in popular music, as a whole, is much more difficult than in those subcultures, or at least in
In class we just barely touched on music and the culture surrounding hip-hop, however, we did not talk about how music can really influence more than just a neighborhood. Minneapolis has a very prominent music scene in the industry, both underground and in the popular spotlight. One of the most prominent genres that I have had …show more content…
The historical musical culture involves many elements of relocation diffusion. Early settlers brought their own music with them, which was used to pass the time more effectively while paddling along the fur trades routes. This lead to a folk music culture movement incorporating many varieties of Slavic and Scandinavian styles.
Many years later, Minneapolis was actually home to a famous vaudeville comedy. The culture surrounding vaudeville acts was a very upbeat and positive culture. Vaudeville was very representative of the early 20th century (PBS, 1999). It became a cultural staple in the Twin Cities between the 1880s and the early 1900s, providing a hub for many different cultures to come together and show their cultural traditions on the big stage.
Nowadays, music is just as important as ever in the Twin Cities. It is continuing to serve as a cultural hub for many diverse populations to come together for a common purpose – music. While underground musicians are still the majority of the acts you will find in the area, there are still quite a few artists making the jump from their genre to the popular music culture. Some notable artists that have made this huge leap from the Twin Cities area are Atmosphere, Motion City Soundtrack, Owl City, and Cloud Cult. Countless underground acts keep the subcultures very alive and passionate about the …show more content…
This could be the clothes you wear, the decisions you make, the music you listen to, or even the food you eat! It is all around us; however, the majority of the people do not see music as a thriving group of cultures and subcultures.
An interesting point made by Stuart Hall is that the main issue regarding academic studies of popular music is finding some sort of structural relationship between material and musical forms. He says, “the supposed fit (or lack of it) between aesthetic and social values has a much longer history in the study of popular culture. (Gay, 1996)” You can find this fit more easily in subcultures such as punk rock and heavy metal. Stuart Hall and Paul du Gay explain that finding that structure in popular music, as a whole, is much more difficult than in those subcultures, or at least in