ANT208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Beach Boys, Basal Ganglia, Depth Perception
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The loudspeaker: all music relies on this, electrical impulse into physical, transducer of electricity into sound. The microphone: turns a physical vibration into an electrical impulse, transducer of sound into electricity, e. g. synthesized sounds. Audio studios: e. g. hip hop artists use this, contemporary music depends on technology. Popular music: why some common themes in popular music, love / sex. Rock and roll is a synonym for having sex: social critique. Rock music came into existence when it stopped being rock and roll. Rock and roll morphs into rock (folk music) E. g. nirvana smells like dead spirit: rebellion, response to social conditions of life, structure / routine. Alice coopers song schools out, johnny paycheck take this job and shove it i aint working here no more. Expresses your freedom in a way that work and school is not. So much social pressure to be responsible, rational, healthy etc. in industrial societies: technical, economic rationality in industrial society.