MU121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Da Doo Ron Ron, The Loco-Motion, Daniel Lanois
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Tells us the number of beats in a bar/ measure! 44= $ beats per measure and a quarter not gets one beat ! Major labels fought off guard by independents ! Sun records elvis originally recorded for ! Major labels eventually remake rock "n" roll in the image of tin pan alley ! Frankie avalon: the song bobby sox into stockings ! The mainstream music industry has a way of making music before rock (called tin pan. Business model with professional song writers put in rooms to write songs. Carole king and paul simon started out as in house song writers. Carole king and gerry gof n: the loco-motion , up on the roof ! Burt bacharach: magic moments , the look of love ! Neil sedaka: breaking up is hard to do ! Jerry leiber and mike stoller: yakety yak , love potion number nine ! The control is in the hands of the music industry !
