Friday, November 26, 2010

What does it mean???

What do the terms Rock, Rock n Roll and Pop music mean?

To answer this here are some dictionary meanings -

Rock Music

noun

[mass noun]
  • a form of popular music which evolved from rock and roll and pop music during the mid and late 1960s . Harsher and often self-consciously more serious than its predecessors, it was initially characterized by musical experimentation and drug-related or anti-establishment lyrics.
  • another term for rock and roll

Rock and roll

(also rock 'n' roll)

noun

[mass noun] a type of popular dance music originating in the 1950s , characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies. Rock and roll was an amalgam of black rhythm and blues and white country music, usually based around a twelve-bar structure and an instrumentation of guitar, double bass, and drums.

Pop Music

Pronunciation:/pɒp/

noun

  • (also pop music)[mass noun] commercial popular music, in particular accessible, tuneful music of a kind popular since the 1950s and sometimes contrasted with rock, soul, or other forms of popular music.

adjective

[attributive] 1 relating to commercial popular music:
a pop star
a pop group

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A film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgiPyzj9BnY

Woodstock forever, HIPSTORY is a film based on the Woodstock of 1969 in the United States and related events which happened all over the world.

Woodstock is considered a major turning point for Rock music as never before had such a gathering of people and musicians taken place. It is said that rock existed but Woodstock had a huge contribution towards bringing it to the forefront.
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Final Proposal

What is the theme or topic area that you are hoping to investigate in your research project?

During my 10 weeks of internship at Rock Street Journal I was introduced to various genres of western music. I started wondering where this music came form and how it influenced us and our society.

What was the influence of popular western music on urban Indian society in the 1970’s-80’s?

Can you identify two or more questions that the research will help you go some way towards answering?

  • When was Rock music first introduced in India?
  • How was Rock music first introduced in India?
  • What are the genres of western music which people would listen to in the 1970-80’s?
  • How has this wave of music influenced the culture in urban India?
  • Was their any opposition to the inflow and influence of Western music?


What sort of approaches will you employ to collect data for your research enquiry? For example, if you were going to interview students – how many would you interview? What sorts of themes would you be questioning them about?

PRIMARY DATA
  • Interview people who heard popular Western music (Rock, Rock n Roll, Pop) in the 1970-80’s.
  • Interview people who were musicians in/since the 1970-80’s.
  • Research on the internet. (Blogs, encyclopedia's)
  • Study existing research papers on the topic or related topics.


SECONDARY DATA
  • Watch Rocumentaries
  • Analyze old magazine’s on the subject.

What is the purpose of your research? Why is it useful?

A lot of people in urban India listen to Rock music but they don’t really know where it comes from. The introduction of western music had an impact on the culture in the urban cities. I have heard this question many times before and i have asked it myself as well. Through my research i am hoping to shed some light on this phenomena. Giving an overview on how Western music (Rock, Rock n Roll, Pop) became a part of our urban lives.
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