1950 to 1980 was a volatile time, full of political, social and technological changes. Through all this, one thing that remained somewhat constant, is that music would be a clear image of identity and culture. Although the means of production, styles and genres would change increasingly and develop. Canadian music would do the same, although one problem which did arise is a Canadian culture continue to evolve, Canadian music has been whitewashed and made to fit the American culture standard of music. It’s no secret that Canadian artist have been fleeing Canada for years, perhaps due to lack of exposure, venues, opportunities, geography, aforementioned Culture whitewashing, media or a mixture of all of these factors. This Canadian Music emigration
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After this influx of immigration and culture in the late 50’s is when you heard and started to feel the development in a significant Canadian sound. This would mean that Canadian music was largely influenced by the influx of other cultures arriving to Canada. Canadians would take advantage of this new inspiration, and would soon start to look at their surroundings to formulate this sound. Artists such as Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Buffy Saint Marie, would broadcast Canadian culture to the world. Soon these artists would take their talents from the Yorkville folk scene in Ontario, to the art fold scene of Greenwich Village, or the country rock scene of California, although some artists such as Joni Mitchell and Buffy Saint Marie would come back to their Canadian roots, it would go a long way to establish the trend of Canadian Music …show more content…
Although one can assume that these problems have been corrected in modern day Canada as social media and music platforms such as Spotify rule the land and make music as distributable as ever. Vice news has recently performed an interview with Canadian artists such as Wish May of Canadian Punk band White Lung where she would state “There was no way White Lung was going to only tour across Canada endlessly wasting gas, time and money doing 12-hour drives between towns when we could go down the coast and cover more ground and get ourselves out there and have four-hour drives between towns. It's just the reality. Have you ever toured across Canada? It's beautiful, but it's a money suck and really, there are only certain places you are going to have great shows that give you a reason to trek the 15 hours to come back.” Fellow Canadian artist would K-OS would also say that “I just think that as an artist you have to want that type of USA fame And that type of USA Fame is not available in Canada It's not for sale so the artists that really want it, Have to be. If these are the problems of present day Canadian artist in an arguably much easier environment, one can imagine the problems faced by artists before the technological advancements that have taken place over the past 30 years.
Much of the problem lies in an artist’s decision to take grants and remain local and become
After this influx of immigration and culture in the late 50’s is when you heard and started to feel the development in a significant Canadian sound. This would mean that Canadian music was largely influenced by the influx of other cultures arriving to Canada. Canadians would take advantage of this new inspiration, and would soon start to look at their surroundings to formulate this sound. Artists such as Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Buffy Saint Marie, would broadcast Canadian culture to the world. Soon these artists would take their talents from the Yorkville folk scene in Ontario, to the art fold scene of Greenwich Village, or the country rock scene of California, although some artists such as Joni Mitchell and Buffy Saint Marie would come back to their Canadian roots, it would go a long way to establish the trend of Canadian Music …show more content…
Although one can assume that these problems have been corrected in modern day Canada as social media and music platforms such as Spotify rule the land and make music as distributable as ever. Vice news has recently performed an interview with Canadian artists such as Wish May of Canadian Punk band White Lung where she would state “There was no way White Lung was going to only tour across Canada endlessly wasting gas, time and money doing 12-hour drives between towns when we could go down the coast and cover more ground and get ourselves out there and have four-hour drives between towns. It's just the reality. Have you ever toured across Canada? It's beautiful, but it's a money suck and really, there are only certain places you are going to have great shows that give you a reason to trek the 15 hours to come back.” Fellow Canadian artist would K-OS would also say that “I just think that as an artist you have to want that type of USA fame And that type of USA Fame is not available in Canada It's not for sale so the artists that really want it, Have to be. If these are the problems of present day Canadian artist in an arguably much easier environment, one can imagine the problems faced by artists before the technological advancements that have taken place over the past 30 years.
Much of the problem lies in an artist’s decision to take grants and remain local and become