The artist I've chosen to discuss in this paper is the band Daft Punk. Daft Punk consists of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo who became friends 1987 in secondary school, and are from Paris, France. The band formed in 1992 under the name “Darlin'” with a third member, Laurent Brancowitz, who later left the group and formed the band Phoenix. Daft Punk was a large part in the growing popularity of the “house” genre of music in France in the late 1990's.
They've produced five studio albums as well as the soundtrack for the film “Tron: Legacy” and have had multiple number 1 hits and are still currently together. The band is well known for their odd and mysterious behavior and always appear in concert or photographs wearing their signature robot helmets. They also never speak and try their best to stay out of the public eye. This is done so that the focus is on their music and not on them as individuals. One could also imagine this helps in living a more normal life outside of the troubles of constantly being recognized.
The bands debut album was done in a house style and was popular in their native France. House music is a type of electronic dance music, or EDM. It was created in nightclubs in Chicago in the mid 1980's and grew in popularity in the early to mid nineties around the world. The genre was influenced mainly by disco, and soul and was a product of the new use of synthesizers and drum machines starting in the later half of the 1970's.
Their sophomore album, “Discovery” was a big success worldwide and produced some of their biggest hits such as “One more time”, and “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” which was sampled in Kanye West's song “Stronger”. This album was the start of Daft Punk's signature sound ...
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... a fan. This is only because while I do like dance music and other related genres it's not what I listen to most often. Daft Punk has a style all their own and I have multiple fond memories of their music, specifically their album Discovery. Their music is unique and fun and just makes people want to dance, I usually don't even pay attention to the lyrics, I'm too busy enjoying the beat and really feeling the music.
Really, I can't think of anything I don't like about the band, and I know a lot of people who feel the same way. I think this is because of the distance that's placed between the band and their music. With other artists their personalities can sometimes affect how you feel about their music, Daft Punk avoids this by completely obscuring themselves behind their masks and in a way becoming what they portray themselves as, just machines pumping out music.
things like the fans' behavior, the general style of the band, and most importantly, the
America had a successful revolution due to the motley crew, despite the lack of recognition and amenities they received for their contributions. “A Motley Crew in the American Revolution” by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker highlighted the motley crew for their influence on the American Revolution, and provided information and background generally not given in a standard textbook. The motley crew, comprised of sailors and slaves in a literal sense, and the urban mob in a political sense, paved the way for the American Revolution and the founding documents through rebellions, uprisings, conflicts, protests, and violence. This group of men changed the world in the opposition of forced labor, press-gangs and slavery in particular, through influencing
Philip Auslander’s book “Performing Glam Rock” talks about a type of music that until this class, I have not heard much about. When I think Glam Rock I think of artists like Prince and Kiss, ...
above all their new album ! They tell us how it was almost never made
...ther fans online it is not uncommon to come across conflicting fans. In the fandom of One direction, a very large and powerful fandom, there would be conflicts concerning if one is was a “true fan,” and if they were not fans of the boy group since their beginning days starting from the X-factor than they were not a true fan.
Our entire lives have been shaped by the events happening around us. Along with us many factors in our day to day lives have evolved too, including musical genre. One such genre is rock. Rock is a genre for the youth, by the youth, it has evolved to stay with the times and stand up for what’s right. In this essay I will prove why rock is a good example to show how genre has been defined, maintained, constructed and negotiated through the past 60-70 years since the very first Proto Rock song came out.
Although the style of ‘Rock music’ is easily adaptable to many different sounds, it is still thoroughly identified by its definingly amplified rhythm. The sudden worldwide popularity of rock and roll resulted in an unparalleled social impact. Rock ‘n’ Roll influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language in a way few other social developments have equaled. The social impact is so large that rock stars are worshipped worldwide. In its early years, many adults condemned the style of music, placing a stigma on its name, and forbid their children from listening and following its ways.
AFI is composed of Davey Havok ? vocals, Jade Puget ? guitar, Adam Carson ? drums, and Hunter Burgan playing bass. Davey and Jade are both very funny and often make stupid statements and inside jokes that only a true fan would understand. ?Davey doesn?t watch the damn road when he?s driving.? Jade commented once. ?I?m sure if we crashed he would be fine and I would end up embedded in a tree. If her ever kills me with his driving, though, I?m gonna come back as a squirrel and run up his pant leg.? The band often references homosexuality in their quotes, but none of them are gay. The band gets along well, and gets along with their fans.
the albums surfer cycle. Both the album and single made U.S top 10. Their next two albums, ‘Little Deuce Coupe,’ and ‘Shut Down’, went high on the U.S album charts.
Dubstep is a subgenre of EDM (Electronic Dance Music). Dubstep is a diverse genre that takes its origins from many different types of music and various backgrounds. Dubstep may have originally spawned from DnB (Drum and Bass) and other underground music scenes in the UK. Drum and Bass is also thought to have spawned other subgenres of EDM such as two-step and Grime (Joseph L. Flatley). As for its name, it mostly comes from just two different sources.
a lifestyle. “Punk is not just the sound, the music, it’s a lifestyle” stated singer Billie Joe Armstrong. (Brainyquotes.com).
Being on the cutting edge of bizarre, alternative music is an elite privilege, complete with buzz words to exclude the mainstream. The music makes or breaks the scene. One rave deejay explains to Rosen and Flick (1992), "A great rave or techno record is like a religious experience. A bad one will give you a headache
The American rock band Nirvana impacted American culture and society by paving the way for the punk rock subculture into mainstream corporate America. Punk rock music stems from the rock genre but has its own agenda. The crux of punk rock is that it is a movement of the counterculture against the norms of society. Punk rock in itself is made up of a subculture of people who rejected the tameness of rock and roll music during the 1970s. (Masar, 2006, p. 8). The music stresses anti-establishment and anti-authoritarian ideas in its lyrics as well as scorns political idealism in American society. Before Nirvana unintentionally made punk rock a multi-million dollar commercialized genre of music, underground rock paved the way for the punk rock genre by creating core values that punk rockers drew upon.
The controversy in “Who started Rave Music, U.K. or U.S.?” is going to forever live on. But in all actuality, the U.S. sparked the flame that started it all. It all started back in 1970, in Detroit and Chicago, when Djs, like Frankie Knuckles, would program drum rhythms and play disco records over the top of his beats. He would play this “music” in the “club environment”. In 1977, in Chicago, the first club, playing this “music”, opened and was called The Warehouse. This is where house music received its name (shortened version of the clubs name). The U.K. heard of this and adopted the music. The music blew up over seas. Meanwhile it was still on the low in the U.S.. That is why people say the U.K. started it. House music was being played in gay clubs, in England, for 2 years before any sign of acceptance in the straight scene. While that was going on, the Djs in the U.S. were playing around with their music and somehow came up with the idea of mixing house music and hip-hop together. In 1985, Hip-house was born. This is when house music blew up in the United States. In 1986, Underground was born. Djs started getting creative with their music and in 1987 Deep House and Techno were born. In 1988, came Acid House. This was invented by 2 Djs who were hooking up their equipment and someone accidentally hit the on switch and on came the speakers making an “acidy” noise. The Djs liked the noise and decided to mix house music in. Thus, making Acid House. The U.K. began feeling left out and started experimenting themselves. In 1989, they came up with New Beat, a mix between Acid, Techno and House. While this was going on the U.S. came up with Hardcore, some really really fast house music. In 1990, LA finally decided to step away from the rap scene and give House/Techno a try.
House music was first and foremost, the direct descendant of "Disco". Many older and wiser Chicago, New York and New Jersey House dj's will agree with me on this. They will acknowledged that fact that it was due to New York's, huge Disco club and music scene that helped to create the music of House and Garage and its culture within Chicago, Usa.