MUS 505 Lecture 1: MUS 505 w 1
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Mus 505: popular music and culture week 1. You will hear 10 songs that have not been played in class, but that are representative of genres/styles we have explored. Genre/styles covered: week 1 to week 9 these questions will address things such as: Refer to the outline on brightspace for more information, and the youtube playlist mus 505. Listening analysis quiz for examples of the genres, artists, and forms in question. There will be 5 multiple choice questions to go with each song. Top 40 charts emerge in early 1940s, modelled on the juke box. Radio the primary way that people consumed music and that hits were created. Payola - record companies paying disc jockeys record companies saturated the market trying to play their records to get hits. New music markets developed in the 1940s - country, African-americans spent on average twice as much on music as white americans, even though they had less disposable income.