MUSIC 2F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Guiding Light, Teen Idol, Ralph Peer
18 Jan 2018
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Music fans can choose what artist/group/style the like can choose to ignore any of which that do not interest them. As students we cannot just study what we like: cannot simply ignore artists/music we are not interested in, must be balanced while studying music history as if you were studying american history and the 45 presidents. Charts help us draw conclusions about the popularity of a song/album at the time is released: also compares them against different genres (pop charts, r&b charts, british. Charts etc. : help us avoid fan mentality keeps us honest. Not necessarily a completely credible source some songs that do well on the charts have little impact and vice versa. The riaa record industry association of america does reward artists who sell 500 thousand units w/ a gold record and 1 million units w/ platinum: said the record companies are known to manipulate sales. The rise of the radio networks in the 1920s.
