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18 Cards in this Set
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Analog recording
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The process of transforming the energy of sound waves into physical imprints or into electronic waveforms that closely follow the shape of the sound waves themselves.
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Digital recording
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The process of sampling sound waves and breaking them down into a stream of numbers (0s and 1s).
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Eight-bar interlude
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Episodic element in music eight bars in length, typically occurring after the second chorus in a pop song
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Sampling
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The process of using a portion of prerecorded music in a new context
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Synthesizers
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An electronic musical instrument (usually with a keyboard) capable of generating new sounds
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The 1980s and the Music Business
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-11% drop in sales
-due to the sucess of multi platinum artists |
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The Crash of the Early 1980s
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-National Recession
-New forms of entertainment -Decline of disco -copyright -cassettes surpass vinyl |
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New Technologies of the 1980s
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-CDs
-! Drum machines ! Sequencers ! Samplers ! MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) |
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Digital Technology and Popular Music |
-Technology became center of promotion, consumption and production
-Analog REcording -Digital recording -Digital to analog convertor -Synthesizers |
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MTV (Music Television)
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-Begin in 1981-Best promoting-I want my MTVfocus on white rock artist-MJ's thriller forced them to go all white
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Politicization of Pop
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Groups, in line with the corporate elements, got behind various issues:
Questions of free speech Questions of gender identity |
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Kenny Rogers (b. 1938)
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-born in texas
-winner country music associations -sold 250m worth of records |
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“Lady” (1980), Performed by Kenny Rogers |
-kenny roger's greatest hits
-Writen by african american lionel richie and song writer, superstar of 1980s, former R&B group commodrores |
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“What’s Love Got to Do with It” tina turner
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Performed by Tina Turner and Graham lyle, terry britten written by
-Offered a contract by capitol records |
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Thriller (1982)
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-Produed by Quincy Jones
-Top seller -diverse stylist elements -"The girl is mine" soft rock hit Beat it "heavy metal" Music videos |
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Born in the U.S.A. (1984) Bruce Springsteen
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Music and personal image portrayed.
Rebellious |
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Springsteen and His E Street Band
-strong rock sound -saxophone 12 bar blues form |
Springsteen and His E Street Band
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Madonna
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2nd to MJ
-Top 10 Singles -Holiday -Studio synth pop -Like a virgin" - top singles about feeling that someone who has grown pessimistic about love gets from a new relationship |
