Genre Research
Genres are formed by conventions that change over time as new genres are invented and the use of old ones are discontinued. Often, works fit into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions.
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Before we decided on what genre our music was going to be we had to research common music genre's and find out about their Characteristics, Conventions and their genre History.
Rock:
Characterisitcs of Rock bands/artists:
- Long hair
- Dark clothing
- Usually older artists than other genres
Conventions of Rock music videos:
- Dark lighting
- Depressing lyrics
- Shows band member playing instruments
- Focuses on band
- Has a storyline to the video and lyrics
History of Rock:
- Chuck Berry 1955
- Elvis presley was the main Icon of Rock and Roll and was seen as the person to which other bands based their music on
- This led to the formation of bands such as The Rolling Stones and The Beatles to be formed who were a great success throughout the sixties
- The Rock genre started out as a way of rebelling against the authorities and that ideology is still used today in many of the Rock music videos today.
- The Rock genre went through many changes throughout its history from the likes of Elvis and his Blues influenced Rock to the now popular heavy rock which consists of heavy drum beats and loud lyrics.
An Example of a typical Rock song is: The Darkness 'I believe in a thing called love'
Follow the link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYNYb30nxU
RnB
Characteristics of RnB bands/artists:
- Usually wearing jean's T-shirt, Tracksuits
- Baseball caps, Jewellery, Tattoo's
- Women, usually wear fur
- Features women who are barely clothed (sex appeal)
- Features some men but mainly women
- History of RnB
- Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s..
- The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular
An example of an RnB song is: Chris Brown 'Yeah X3'
Follow the link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mC2ixOAivA
Follow the link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mC2ixOAivA
Hip Hop
Characteristics of a Hip Hop band/ artist:
- Most of them can breakdance
- Beatboxing is a popular skill with Hip Hop artists
- Video has women who are barely clothed
- Shows Graffiti tags
- Involved alot of dancing and rapping
History of Hip Hop
- Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino-American communities during the late 1970s
Follow the link for the video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfYBiVAzo9s
Grime
Characteristics of a Grime artist/band
- Wearing Jeans, T-shirts, and most commonly hoodies
- Casual Clothing
- Some of them wear specific colours because of the gang they are in
- Has a specific focus on the Band or the artists
- The music video is a story of the lyrics
- Sometimes just has a video of the artists singing
- Grime is English music that first emerged from East London, in the early 2000s, primarily as a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
- The first well known Grime artists were Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, Kano, Jammer, D Double E
An example of a Grime song is: Lethal Bizzle 'POW 2011'
Follow the link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzU5Q4uI3iw&feature=relatedOur Chosen Genre:
Dubstep
- Usually wearing clothes that make them feel comfortable e.g. Jeans and a T-shirt
- Their Genre doesnt restrict them to any sort of dress code
Conventions of a Dubstep music video:
- Doesn't usually have a video, just an image or a logo
- Remix's of popular songs
- The music focuses mainly on Bass and the beat of the music
History of Dubstep:
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music- it originated in south London
- Earliest release was back in 1998 when Dubstep was more Dub remixes of garage tracks
- Dubstep was a mainly underground scene, but with an increase in mainstream popularity in the late 2000s and early 2010s
An example of a Dubstep song is: DJ Fresh 'Louder'
Follow the link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-dwpWpscU
The influence of dubstep on more commercial or popular genres can be identified as far back as 2007, with artists such as Britney Spears using dubstep sounds; critics observed a dubstep influence in the song "Freakshow", from the 2007 album Blackout, which Tom Ewing described as "built around the 'wobbler' effect that's a genre standby." Benga and Coki's single "Night" still continued to be a popular track on the UK dance chart more than a year after its release in late 2007, still ranking in the top five at the start of April 2008 on Pete Tong's BBC Radio 1 dance chart list.
However the year 2009 saw the dubstep sound gaining further worldwide recognition, often through the assimilation of elements of the sound into other genres, in a manner similar to drum and bass before it. At the start of the year, UK electronic duo La Roux put their single "In for the Kill" in the remix hands of Skream. They then gave remix duties of "I'm Not Your Toy" to Nero and then again with their single "Bulletproof" being remixed by Zinc. The same year, London producer Silkie released an influential album City Limits Vol. 1 on the Deep Medi label, using 70s funk and soul reference points, a departure from the familiar strains of dub and UK garage. The sound also continued to interest the mainstream press with key articles in magazines like Interview, New York, and The Wire, which featured producer Kode9 on its May 2009 cover. XLR8R put Joker on the cover of its December 2009 issue. By the end of 2009, The New York Times, XLR8R, NME and The Sunday Times all reviewed the genre.
Throughout 2010 and 2011, dubstep was beginning to hit the pop charts, with "I Need Air" by Magnetic Man reaching number 10 in the UK singles chart. This presented a turning point in the popularity of mainstream dubstep amongst UK listeners as it was placed on rotation on BBC Radio 1. "Katy On a Mission" by Katy B (produced by Benga) followed, debuting at number 5 in the UK singles chart, and stayed in the top 10 for five more weeks. In February 2011, Chase & Status's second album No More Idols reached No.2 in the UK album chart. On May 1, 2011, Nero's third single "Guilt" from their album reached number 8 in the Official UK Singles Chart, their highest placing single to date.In July 2011 DJ Fresh - "Louder" hit number 1 in the UK singles chart.
In April 2011, "dubbox", the industry's first application designed for the mobile creation of dubstep music, was released for the iPhone and reached the Top 25 Best Selling Music Apps in the UK in its first week.
In a move foreshadowed by endorsements of the sound from R&B, hip-hop and recently, mainstream figures such as Rihanna, or Public Enemy's Hank Shocklee, Snoop Dogg collaborated with dubstep producers Chase & Status, providing a vocal for their 'underground anthem' "Eastern Jam". The 2011 Britney Spears track "Hold It Against Me" was also responsible for promoting dubstep tropes within a mainstream pop audience. Rihanna's Rated R album released such content the very year dubstep saw a spike, containing 3 dubstep tracks. Such events propelled the genre into the biggest radio markets overnight, with considerable airplay.
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Top Five Dubstep Artists:
1) Chase and Status - The closest thing you’ll find to mainstream dubstep.
Chase and Status - Eastern Jam
2) Rusko - Rusko is fun. He has a tendancy to give his tracks a brilliant bounciness that you don’t get from the darker dub.
Rusko - Woo Boost
3) The Widdler - Minimalistic, Dark Dub from straight outta New Jersey.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPlxFrFyo1Y&feature=player_embedded
4) Benga - Benga’s tunes make you think of people who have just had massive speakers installed in their pimped out cars and would cruise to. A kind of hip hop vibe lies just behind the dirty dub.
Benga - Evolution
Skream - Superfly
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Process of an music album:
The first step in the music album production process is to record the music. The process of recording the music for the album is called engineering. Recording engineers use recording equipment to get a good audio feed for processing into a album. A good recording engineer will have high-quality recording equipment.
After an album's audio is recorded, the next step is to mix the audio into songs. Mixing the audio involves arranging an album's individual songs so they each have the desired sound. During mixing, the audio engineer may use plug-ins or edit the sound so it sounds clean and free of noise or digital distortions.
- After the individual songs are mixed, they go through the mastering process, which is when the audio is turned into an album. Audio masterers review the album as a whole, making sure that the sound levels are even and making minor adjustments to the final sound of the album.
- In a professional album production company, an artist is often brought in to create album art for the recording. Design templates for CD cases and sleeves can be found for many computer art programs.
- Replication is the professional term for the process of putting the album on a CD and combining it with album art and a case to come up with a final product.
- Promotion is a large part of the album production process. Promotion is often under the delegation of the producer. Band members and artists can benefit from doing their own promotion.
- RCG
Can we have some images of the top 5 dubstep artists please. A little commentary about representation of each artist would also help greatly.
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