MUS 503 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Florida Georgia Line, Kacey Musgraves, Shawn Mendes
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Rapper female in a male dominated industry. Took the crown from nicki minaj (implies there can only be one queen) This song was a hit for summer 2018, despacito was the hit song for summer 2017. People are becoming famous through social media (shawn mendes vine, justin bieber. Beyonce vs. taylor swift: white artists stealing the songs from black people and passing it off as their own original song. All the tests are multiple choice: with a listening component. The final is not cumulative it is from the midterm onwards. We get the full 3 hours for each test. The online textual analysis quiz is open until may 21st: podcast: all about that bass, video: about disco, article. Historical context: north american society, how music functions in culture, popular culture, and the music business. Genres: pop, new country (country music that is informed by pop music aka taylor. Swift, florida georgia line, kacey musgraves), metal, funk, hip hop.
