MUS3308- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 52 pages long!)
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It is often defined by: commercialization: created for commercial use, has a place in the media, status as a commodity, mass appeal. North american popular music from the 50s onward/ with some global and international: politics, dixie chicks against bush, political activism. Introduction to standardization: public debates surrounding similar sounding music, cover songs. The culture industry (definition for midterm: made up of economic institutions, according to adorno, the commodification of cultural products leads to a standardization of these. Take one part out and replace it with another. Popular music 1900-1945: swing-jazz (big band, crooners, tin pan alley, represented music that came from new york, ex: over the rainbow, white. Role of the listener: caught up in standardization and routine set of responses, the pleasure derived is superficial and false. Justin bieber and skrillex sorry and white hinterland ring (can be reproduced in a different way that may just be coincidence)
