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| Rock Music Definition; Need help! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 11 2006, 02:53:16 PM (368 Views) | |
| AditZ | Feb 11 2006, 02:53:16 PM Post #1 |
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Hi guys! Lately I've been doing a research bout rock music. I was given a graphic design assignment to make a cover CD. I decided to use 'Rock' as theme. And for images, I'm planning to use High & Mighty Color for this project. What I need you to do is simple, just express your thought about rock music. Its definition, behaviour, sign, symbol all things that will give another guys a glimp of rock. You don't need to do a research since I don't want to bother you guys too much. But if you want to it would be greatly appreciated. :) I don't need a reply such as 'Oh sorry, I don't know bout it but....blablabla...' or 'Sorry can't help you with this....' That won't help me at all. This is what I've been researched. I'll make it short. Rock, in the earliest era is not a rock we knoe now such as heavy metal or etc. Its a mix of varies genre of music like blues, boogie woogie, jazz and rhythm and blues. Rock and Roll in its various guises came from a fusion of musical cultures, and in turn its influence fed back to these cultures, a process of borrowings, influences and new ideas that continues to develop rock music. As the times goes by, rock is beginning to evolve. They're evolving to many kinds of genre. Rock classification from overall: -Arena rock The Beatles and the Rolling Stones had set the table for massive live performances in stadiums and arenas. The growing popularity of metal and progressive rock led to more bands selling out large venues. The corporate world saw the chance for huge profits and began marketing a series of what came to be called arena rock bands. Bands whose roots were in other genres, like Queen, Pink Floyd and Genesis. -Soft rock/Pop With the demise of The Beatles as a group, other bands and artists would take this emerging soft rock format and add a touch of orchestration to partially form some of the first "power ballads". Solo artists such as Manilow, Olivia Newton-John, and Eric Carmen, and groups such as Bread, The Carpenters, and England Dan & John Ford Coley would make popular the format we know today as Soft rock. -Punk Rock Punk rock started off as a reaction to the lush, producer-driven sounds of disco, and against the perceived commercialism of progressive rock that had become arena rock. Early punk borrowed heavily from the garage band ethic: played by bands for which expert musicianship was not a requirement, punk was stripped-down, three-chord music that could be played easily. Many of these bands also intended to shock mainstream society, rejecting the "peace and love" image of the prior musical rebellion of the 1960s which had degenerated, punks thought, into mellow disco culture. -Hard rock & Hair metal Heavy metal languished in obscurity until the mid- or late 1970s. A few hard rock bands maintained large followings, like Queen, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith, and there were occasional mainstream hits, like Blue Öyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper". Music critics overwhelmingly hated the genre, and mainstream listeners generally avoided it because of its strangeness. However this changed in 1978 with the release of the hard rock band Van Halen's eponymous debut, which ushered in an era of widely popular, high-energy rock and roll, based out of Los Angeles, California. Rock today: With the death of Kurt Cobain, rock and roll music searched for a new face, sound, and trend. A second wave of alternative rock bands began to become popular, with grunge declining in the mid-90s. The Foo Fighters, Green Day, Radiohead, and Creed spearheaded rock radio, and 311 and Rage Against the Machine brought a fresh rap/rock hybrid sound. Rock begins to lost its origin. And the original rock has lost its domination. Its alternate genre has been conquering the world of music such as Rap, Hip-hop etc. Rap/hip hop music dominates the U.S. charts pop charts, with artists like 50 cent, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Nelly, Eminem and Jay Z selling millions of records since the turn of the millennium. R&B acts like Mariah Carey , Usher and Alicia Keys are very popular on the pop charts, although none of these acts, rap or R&B, sell as many albums as rock did. Nearly all the best selling albums of all time are still rock. Wew! Thats all! What I should do is to take all these rock elements and history to visualization. And for that I've been thinking so much and sketching. I already have a plan of what to do and to make. But still I wanna heard of what you're thinking bout rock. Thanx guy in advance for response. :) When the assignment has been finished. I'll be sure to post it! ;) |
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| Rachael | Feb 11 2006, 02:57:49 PM Post #2 |
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I only think about black and white when talk abt rock...lol :blink: |
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| Deleted User | Feb 12 2006, 06:57:19 AM Post #3 |
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i say...it will be great if you put uhm...a little GOTH thingy on it..^___^...*the blah blah rock expert says..*....hmm..i think...uhm...What the Definition of Rock music is being...uhmm...''dramatic..''....hmm............full of ''emotions..''..''depression'' is also a part of rock music...Rock musicians show their feelings...by making it a song....like GreenDay.....but if you ask for a Color...i will suggest Black, White, Green...a touch of hot pink and Blue plus Red!^__^..(note:pls.dont put happy colors! -_-;;) a great examples of Rock musicians are: GreenDay, LinkingPark, Simple PLan, Good Charlotte uhm...Nirvana, PunkSkaCover, and manymore! ^__~ And rock is about BLACK! uhm..black eyeliners, black things,-guitars..and many many..., black clothes, black music and many black! hope your work will be great and im sure AditZ, ur work will be great! ^___~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tips from: GoSuLoLi...(rawker gurl..i guess...^__*..) ya really! im a rocker! |
| flamecaster | Feb 16 2006, 12:36:42 PM Post #4 |
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im thinking about distorsion or the usage of electric guitar in rock music .... |
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