Ever since Itunes became the word of mouth as the source of music, videos, lectures etc. The radio industry has somehow lost its value. Ever since Apple Corp. released the IPod, it provided consumers an instant access to the music that they preferred. With the help of the internet, and the existence of torrent engines, it made having to put music on your IPods much easier.
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Technology at the turn of the 21st century became a big part of our lives. In music, it allowed the Tropical sounds of Pop and the beats of the west to reach the solemn and cultural east. With the capacity of technology to break physical and cultural borders, people from different countries are also making music of their own. Take for example, Latin America.
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What comes to your mind whenever you hear the word, “punk”? For most people they would usually say that punks look like the Ramones or the Sex Pistols.With these perceptions in mind, let’s take a deeper look. Punk music is a rock musical genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock.
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If you’re the type who dreamt of performing on stage with the beat of your favorite Hip Hop song, New York City will be the right place to start with.
Within the busy streets of New York, a dance studio named R.I.S.E (Re-Inventing Self Expression) is now offering hip hop classers for all levels. The studio headed by Todd Chen promises every aspiring dancer down to earth instructions that are easy to follow. They assure every enrollee that they will discover the inner confidence and style of dancing in welcoming and social atmosphere.
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With the emergence of technology in the 21st century, everything is becoming electronic. And with the dawn of the computer and the Ipod, experts from computer science and information technology were able to devise ways to create sounds without the expense of buying the expensive musical instruments to produce the components that artist’s will be needing to create a new single. With this thing in mind, Hip Hop artists alike already joined the trend. With the emergence of different applications and softwares , Rap Beats entered the picture.
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Rhythm and Blues or as most people would call it – R&B; it is a genre of African-American music that started on 1940. R&B is easily recognized compared to Hip Hop primarily because of the soft feel that its lyrics and music gives. It is composed of different styles, beats, vocals and attitudes. The most creative artist with his/her way of writing and singing music is usually the one that lasts longer in the limelight.
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Ever since mankind became aware of the limitations of his language, there became a need to learn new forms of language for him to communicate with the rest of the world. With this dilemma in mind, music also became another way to express one’s dire need to communicate. Musica Pop in its basic sense is the Spanish translation for Pop music. Pop music is known for its popular appeal, primarily to the masses where its main market is the youth, where the songs involved are short and simple. With the existence of Musica Pop, it is evident that popular music isn’t limited to the English language.
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Rhythm and Blues as we all know it is a 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. The meaning of R&B changed arbitrarily from the 1950′s up to now.
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Pop music is usually known as the music made especially for the youth market; it is basically composed of relatively short, simple songs that use innovations to produce new sounds and variations based on existing themes. It has influences that came from other forms but is most particularly associated with rock and roll and alternative music. Upon its arrival in the limelight during the 60’s, The Rolling Stone; an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962, ever since dominated the scene and created a name for itself. But the group was not alone; along side with them was the emergence of another English rock band called the Beatles; which on the other hand paved its way to the limelight from playing at gigs across the United Kingdom.
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With the beat that comes along with Hip Hop as a listener you can’t escape the fact that you feel a certain grove whenever the song hits your ears.
With the emergence of Hip Hop music comes the dawn of Hip Hop dancing, you’ve probably got a glimpse of the exhilarating dance moves by Michael Jackson when he entered the limelight in the 80′s, where the swagger of his hips makes you feel the essence of his music. You can say that you can still feel it today but nothing comes close to what Hip Hop can make out of you. You’ve probably seen African-Americans dancing to the groove of the music in your lifetime.
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