MUSC 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Repeat Sign, Complete Control, Vibraphone
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Week 7: motown name of a record label, motown- detroit, fa(cid:373)ous for (cid:272)ars a(cid:374)d auto(cid:373)oti(cid:448)e i(cid:374)dustr(cid:455) a(cid:374)d its short for (cid:862)motor to(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863) Brief history of tamla and motown: motown incredibly successful, 1960-1970: had a 67% success rate charting songs (67% songs made went onto the charts), average in us was 10%, berr(cid:455) gord(cid:455)"s four musi(cid:272)al trategies. Quality control division: checklist , chorus (catchy?, lyrics, instruments, have weekly meetings to go in and listen to songs, and see how the songs added up. Grade the aspects get final grade: b+ or higher, keep working on it, song has potential. Americans on early records: he hired white promotional executives (trying to find ways to appeal to white audiences, criticized for this, gord(cid:455)"s i(cid:454) busi(cid:374)ess pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iples. Cheap labour: underpaid people, and get them to sign contracts not fair to them, musicians glad to have a chance to record (make it big)
