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Music and its many genres.....

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to my blog (: For my next class assignment I had to choose 5 different music "movements" from a list my professor created and add one group/musician/preformer to that category, especially related to the usage of technology. Why did I choose this artist? Why did I consider their work fits with technology and electronic music in their context? ......Here goes nothing!!

GIRL POWER- An artist that deserves to be in this category is Demi Lovato. For starters, her 'Sorry Not Sorry' album was pronounced "The Ultimate Girl Power Anthem" in 2017. Her fiery, uptempo lyrics inspired women to stand up for themselves and ignore anyone who tries to bring them down. She has been in the spotlight since she started her acting career on Disney and slowly transitioned to becoming a musician later in her teenage years. During this time period, she battled with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and an eating disorder. After taking time off she used her famous platform and technology to become a power symbol for women all over the world. She not only make an empowering album, but also a movie discussing her troubles and that no women is alone. She also uses social media technology to post pictures of her natural body and face without makeup or photoshop to empower women further.

LATIN WORLD- An artist I would add to this is Justin Bieber. One of the reasons I want to is to see the backlash that would occur within the latin community. Justin recently released the single Despacito with latin artists Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee. The song was on the top of the music charts for weeks in the summer time. However, when Justin was asked to preform it in concert he politely declined, later releasing that he is unable to preform it live. Without the technology used in the recording process, Justin would never be considered a latin singer.

PUNK- I would add Green Day to the list of punk artists. They were formed in 1986 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong. They were originally part of the punk scene at the DIY 924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley, California. IN 1994, their major debut Dookie became a breakout success and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. They have won Grammies and Record of the Year. Not only do they use technology to create and distribute their music but they also need an advanced technologically savvy security team during concerts. At Green Day's recent concert in Hollywood, there were 16 guards heavily policing the crowd because punk music does bring out rowdy, aggressive, moshing fans.

NINETIES- One of my favorite nineties bands would hands down have to be the Backstreet Boys. During the late nineties this band was every girls heart throb. There most famous songs include "I Want It That Way" (1999), "As Long as You Love Me" (1997),  and "Everybody" (1997). I think it is important to include them in the list because they were loved by every teenage girl growing up at the time and now are reminisced as a good part of girls' childhood music tastes.  They not only used technology to create interesting and futuristic music videos, especially "I Want It That Way" but also used technology to create shows with a bunch of special effects. Next year you gotta add Backstreet to the list!!

DUBSTEP- Although I don't listen to dubstep that often my favorite artist is Nero! Dubstep is different then other electronic music within its rhythms, bass and dark sound. Dubstep uses low-end frequencies and spatial atmospherics. Nero is a British electronic music trio that debut in August 2011 with their album Welcome Reality. They use everything from turntables, to computers to drum machines to make their music as perfect as possible. Dubstep and all music would not be possible without the use of advanced technology!!


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