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Christian Aaron Perry <AzzaGuitarist>

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	Repetoire and Production Techniques	658 días hace
	Pop Britannia (Move It) Blog 1 Today I decided to watch the Pop Britannia ‘Move It’ video on BBCi player. This programme concentrated on the Old Britain and the New Britain. It showed how the Music Industry started to change the way people thought about their lives, especially the younger generation. New upcoming artists showed the older generation what was coming. This was mainly because of the styles of music that were coming out. At the start it was just ball room music, and then came along Traditional Jazz, Skiffle and then Rock ‘N’ Roll. Skiffle originated from America from people on corner streets, mainly buskers. That is a good example of the English making their own versions of the American Style which worked so well for them. The documentary also commented on the fashion changes that were happening over the years. Artists like James Dean influenced the younger generation largely. The introduction of boy bands was also commented on. How Larry Parnes took good looking guys and manufactured them into boy bands, which still happens today. Review of Blog 1 The 60s was the main starting point of the Music Industry. Pop as we know it today would not be as it is without the pop that was years ago. Britain went pop mad in the 60’s and America which had the stronghold over Britain in the Music Industry had to admit defeat. Loads of new up and coming artists during the 60’s were imagining the pop dream of cars, girls and money. Around the time of pop was the time when young people who had been seen and not heard had their own say. This was because of the attitudes of the new younger generation of pop artists. The Music Industry was not really classed as that years ago, it was more of a Show Business Industry. During the 50s there was a very slow increase of wealth and conditions throughout Britain. Adam Faith was one of the first ever artists to hit the scene showing everyone the highlife which he was living in front of people who thought it was wrong. He was showing people that there was going to be a dramatic change. He was living the American dream. After Tin Pan Alley started releasing records by new upcoming young artists which had the crowds, mainly girls screaming, the Britain people knew that they were never going back. It just kept moving forward. English big bands started playing American songs that everyone had grown up to in balls and other dances. People like Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby started in big bands when they were becoming famous in America and so did people like Al McHogan and Joan Regan. But they left their bands to sing ballads which they had bought. They made it big with these songs and they never looked back. Somehow along the line everyone started to follow suit. Diki Valentine left his band and started recording ballads and so did lots of other artists of that time. Some would say that the artists were making English versions of the American styles which worked so well for artists in America. Buena Vista Social Club Blog 2 Today I watched the Buena Vista Social Club DVD. It concentrated on the great musicians who were renowned ‘Son’ music musicians. It showed, after being forgotten about as a result of the Cuban Revolution how they were living in poverty. Along came a guy called Ry Cooder who was a famous slide guitarist and found the music and brought it back to be popular and loved by many. Fifty or so years later he found all of the old players and made an album in Cuba. This album was a huge hit and really brought back the Cuban styles of playing, and the love for Latin music. Later on the band toured all around America and became very famous winning Grammy awards for their album etc. A documentary was later made about the musicians and everything they had been going through as the ‘Son’ music was dying off years ago. This documentary basically showed you their great journey of fame along with the poverty of the deep dark patches of Cuba that they had been living in for so long. Review of Blog 2 In the forties a club called the ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ was shut down. This was if you like one of the birth places of ‘Son’ music. Played by musicians who just wanted to play and have a good time together. The reason this closed is to do with the Cuban Revolution. Money was being lost as people fled Cuba and places were shutting down. This may not be the exact reason but it defiantly contributed to the closure of the ‘Buena Vista Social Club’. After this happened, ‘Son’ music was becoming more and more forgotten about. People were forgetting about their past love for Latin music. One of the main reasons for this I have learnt after watching this DVD was because music bounces in and out of fashion all the time. New styles are always on the release and people are adjusting to the changes and ‘Son’ music unfortunately was on the bottom of the hill so to speak, and was forgotten about. A guy called Ry Cooder, who is a well known slide guitarist brought the ‘Son’ music back to life. In 1997 he went to Cuba in search for these musicians. He found them and recorded an album. Little did they know it was going to be a huge hit, and it was. He brought them back to America and toured all over bringing the ‘Son’ music back to life and revitalising peoples love for Latin music. The CD met with extraordinary critical and popular success. In 1999 Wim Wenders released a documentary of the same name as the album and the club. In which he talks about the musicians and their recording and experiences. For example they used very live microphone techniques, to add a more spacey feel to the recording. They later ended up playing in ‘Carnegie Hall’ in America. This was hailed as one of the best performances that the musicians had ever done. The film and the documentary really helped to immortalize both the practitioners and the music, which had been living in poverty.
	escrito por Christian Aaron Perry