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The sociology of music looks specifically at these connections and the musical experiences tied to the person and the music itself. [1] In addition, the act of making music is a social production as well as a social activity. Even if the music artist is a solo performer, the production of the music itself, took a level of social effort.
The 1960s produced a large number of environmental-focused songs, primarily due to the popularization of folk music and the musicians that penned many environmental protest songs, in that genre. [3] In the 1960s and 1970s, popular music was influenced by the counterculture movement, anti-Vietnam war movement and the civil rights movement. [10]
Ecomusicology considers aspects of environmental sustainability within music production and performance. For example, the relationship between a demand for a certain musical instrument as well as the costs and impacts of its production, has been an area of interest for Ecomusicologists investigating the sustainability of the consumption and production of music or musical instruments. [13]
Formed out of the male-dominated music scenes of jam music (in the case of Bonnaroo), late-’90s indie rock (Coachella), and early ’90s alternative and grunge (Lollapalooza), these festivals tend to celebrate diversity while dismissing the most popular pop acts — the ones who tend to dominate the charts and who tend so often to be female ...
The relationship between hip hop music and social injustice can be seen most clearly in two subgenres of hip hop, gangsta rap and conscious rap. Political hip hop has been criticized by conservative politicians such as Mississippi State Senator Chris McDaniel [ 1 ] as divisive and promoting separatism due to some hip hop artists' pro-black and ...
Overproduction is the excessive use of audio effects, layering, or digital manipulation in music production, which generally decreases audio fidelity and listening enjoyment. Uses of the term [ edit ]
A series of tour cancellations and changes by big-name artists has sparked questions about whether the post-pandemic live music boom could be cooling. Why some major artists are suddenly canceling ...
Due to the closures, reductions in revenues for cultural organisations reliant on ticket sales were expected to cause devastating effects on organisational staffing, and on independent artists and professionals, partly due to the fact that the arts and culture is an economic sector characterised by a particularly high proportion of self ...