Historical development of electronic music
Introduction In this assignment I will look into the following: • Disco • House • Techno • Hip-Hop • The historical development of electronic instruments In each of the music styles I will look at the following sections: • History and development • Performers and there compositions • What the culture and fashion was for that music • Song structure • Instrumentation • Developments in technology of the time • Outline the differences and similarities with other music Introduction Disco started around 1974. It was mixture of jazz, funk, soul, blues, calypso, soca, sca, classical, Latino, and rock music. ... History and development ‘In the modern era -- the 20th century -- each decade was defined by a dance craze. ... People were getting sick of listen to all the ‘Peace and war’ songs that at the time were getting over played, people wanted to get to the dance floor and have a dance, they didn’t have anything to dance really, only by the likes of Led Zeppelin and James Taylor and that wasn’t really music to dance to. ‘Latin rhythms merged with urban funk and a steady, pounding beat to produce a new form of music called disco’. ... Some people say disco never died it just simply evolved, I agree with these people because we still see elements of the music in songs today. ... There producer and songwriter, Richard Barrett was the man behind all there music. ... Culture and fashion Disco music was made entirely for dancing in my view. Instead of just doing free-style arm waving and foot stomping, people actually did proper dance routines to the music the loved, like, the Latin Hustle, New York Hustle and those famous line dances, the L. ... Instrumentation Unlike most of the music that followed, disco performers used real acoustic instruments, including brass (saxophone, trumpet, etc.