CUSMLT301A

Apply Knowledge of Genre to Music Making

Lesson 1Blair Hughes

MUSIC GENRES

2013

IntroductionsRules (Expectations, Mobiles, Respect, Homework,

Tasks)Structure of this course week by weekAssessmentClass ForumHomeworkMy contact: mrblairhughes@gmail.com

WELCOME

Have worked as venue manager, artist manager, media commentator, publicist, social media manager, fi lmmaker, door bitch, roadie, tour manager.

Hold degrees in Behavioral Studies and Education Currently teach at Music Industry College. Previously taught

in England and Central QLD Owned Brisbane Sounds since 2006 (www.brisbanesounds.com

) Have worked in event and venue management at The Zoo

Nightclub, Brisbane and The Hammersmith Apollo, London Managed artists The Winnie Coopers and SEALS Tour managed bands internationally to Europe and UK Attended international music conferences in the UK and USA Toured and promoted international artists to Brisbane

MY MUSIC BACKGROUND 1984-2012

Outline: This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to apply knowledge of music styles to music industry work and learning.

Employability Skills This unit contains employability skills.

Application of the UnitThis unit applies to people preparing to enter the music industry. They may be intending to work in areas as diverse as music performance, music promotion, sound recording, live sound production, marketing or management.

CUSMLT301A APPLY KNOWLEDGE OF GENRE TO

MUSIC MAKING

Element 1 Maintain and develop music knowledge

Element 2Use listening skills to analyse music

Element 3Maintain understanding of relevant musical genres and styles

MUSIC GENRE OUTCOMES

Oral PresentationsMaking mixtape lists of musicMaking meme’s, wordles, fi lm and photosCompleting and producing Surveys, Polls and QuizzesTrivia GamesLibrary sessions for research collectionForum contributions Making PowerPointsCase Studies

CLASS ACTIVITIES

A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifi es musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be dist inguished from other types of music.

There are a number of criteria often used to classify musical genres including:

The Art/Popular/Tradit ional dist inction (I .e Classical/general public/Folk)

Time period (I .e 60’s rock)

Regional and national dist inctions (I .e Austral ian music can be ‘Austral ian Pub Rock’)

Technique and instrumentation (I .e Rock Music= Guitars/ Dance Music= synthesizers and/or drum machine)

Fusional origins (I .e Blues Rock or Swamp Hip Hop)

Sociological function (I .e Wedding music or Christmas music)

MUSIC GENRES

MUSIC GENRES…..THE LIST GOES ON

Week 1: Introductions and whole course overview of music genres

Week 2: Jazz Week 3: Country (Swamp-Western- Bluegrass-

Americana-Alt/Country) Week 4: Soul (Doo Wop- Gospel-Motown-Stax-Neo-

soul-R&B)Week 4: Blues (Chicago/Delta Blues-Country Blues)Week 5: Rock and Roll (Indie-Garageband-Grunge-

Britpop-Softrock-Shoegaze-Stoner-Psychadelica)Week 6: FunkWeek 7: Folk & Singer/SongwriterWeek 8: Reggae, Roots & Ska

CUSMLT301AMUSIC GENRES COURSE

STRUCTURE

Week 9: Metal (Hardcore-Emo-Nu Metal-Crabcore-Thrascore-Metalcore)

Week 10: Hip Hop (Rap-Gangsta Rap-Beat Boxing) Week 11: Punk & Riot Grrl. Week 12: Pop (Disco-Glam-Merseybeat-Teeniebop) Week 13: World (African-Australia-Celtic-K/J Pop-Worldbeat) Week 14: Comedy (Novelty-Band) Week 15: Electronic (House-Dance-Techno-Dubstep-Rave-

Trance-Trip Hop) Week 16: Experimental (Art Rock-Noise Pop-Nintendopop) Week 16: What Else Is Out There?? (Ragamuffi n- Goth

Rock-Holiday-Christian Rock-Yacht Rock-Post Everything!) Week 17: Work on assessment Week 18: Work on assessment

CUSMLT301AMUSIC GENRES COURSE

STRUCTURE

Task 1 – Observation Date: 2nd May 2013

Task 2 – Written Task Due Date: 16 May 2013

Task 3 – Portfolio Week: Due Date: 30 May 2013

ASSESSMENT TASKS

Origins in Atlantic s lave trade of 500,000 Africans to America in 1808.

Rose to prominence at the beginning of the 20th century in Afr ican American communit ies in the Southern US through to 1920’s-30’s where prohibit ion brought about the i l legal sale of alcohol in i l l ic it speakeasies where Jazz music was often played

Born out of a mix of Afr ican and European music tradit ions.

Genre styles include: New Orleans jazz dating from the early 1910s, big band swing, Kansas City jazz and Gypsy jazz from the 1930s and 1940s, bebop from the mid-1940s and on down through West Coast jazz, cool jazz, avant-garde jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, Latin jazz in various forms, soul jazz, jazz fusion and jazz rock, smooth jazz, jazz-funk, punk jazz, acid jazz, ethno jazz, jazz rap, cyber jazz, Indo jazz, M-Base, nu jazz, urban jazz

Unlike classical music, jazz is very loose and fl uid as it has no boundaries

Defi ned by “a special relationship to t ime, defi ned as 'swing ‘with a spontaneity and vital ity of musical production in which improvisation plays a role’

WEEK 1: JAZZ

SaxophoneTrumpetPianoDouble BassTromboneClarinetDrums

INSTRUMENTS USED IN JAZZ

Herbie HancockDizzie Gillespie John ColtraneDave BrubeckMiles DavisThelonious MonkDuke EllingtonBillie HolidayLouis ArmstrongElla FitzgeraldWes Montgomery Jamie CullumNorah Jones

JAZZ MUSICIANS

Miles Davis: So What:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNTltOGh5c&ob=av2n The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Take Fivehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNrmYRiX_o Duke Ellington: Take The A Trainhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY&feature=related John Coltrane: My Favourite Thingshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I6xkVRWzCYDizzy Gillespie: Salt Peanuts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOmA8LOw258 Norah Joneshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO4dxvguQDk John Boutte: Treme http://www.youtube.comwatchv=FCNFmYoenmQ&feature=related

JAZZ TRACKS

Top 100 Jazz Albums: http://100greatestjazzalbums.blogspot.com.au/

100 best Jazz recordings: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/6515486/100-Best- Jazz-Recordings.html

ABC Jazz Digital Radio: http://abcjazz.net.au/ Jazz QLD: http://www.jazzqueensland.com/ Jazz Australia: http://www.jazz.org.au/

JAZZ LINKS

Lock and Load West End: Jazz Tuesday’s www.lockandload.com.au

The Bowery on Ann St. www.thebowery.com.au

Brisbane Jazz Club: http://www.brisbanejazzclub.com.au/

LIVE JAZZ IN BRISBANE

1. Locate a few interesting facts, key moments or features of Jazz and jot down this information on the mind map.

JAZZ

TASK 1: JAZZ MUSIC GENRE MIND MAP

Bring two songs to class on the fol lowing genre (plus do this for JAZZ!)

Country/Alt-country/ Bluegrass/ Swamp

1. Present one YouTube cl ip to play in class and talk about for 30 seconds.

2. Post one to the Class Forum3. Include in both of these, your brief comments on some of

fol lowing aspects.

The style and look of the artist/genre Musical instruments used Cultural signifi cance Geographical location Other artists in this genre What infl uences does this genre pull from?

HOMEWORK/CLASSWORK

TOP 10 BANDS TOP 10 GENRES

1. Crowded House 1. Alt-Country/Bluegrass/C&W

2. The Roots 2. Australian Rock

3. BRMC 3. Jangle Pop/ Psychadelica

4. Something For Kate 4. Hip Hop

5. Band of Horses 5. Soul

6. Old Crow Medicine Show 6. Britpop

7. Kasabian 7. Folk

8. The Kills 8.Electronic

9. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 9. Grunge

10. The Smiths

Homework: Do your own list up for next class

10. Yacht Rock/Soft Rock

TOP 10 BANDS/MUSIC GENRES

The music business is brutal so be prepared.Don’t kiss anyone’s ass in this game…carve your own name.Get off your butt and make awesome stuff happen. Lemons If you’ve got a great idea. ACTION IT!No one is going to hold your hand.There are good guys and bad guys. Learn to ‘Toughen up Princess’. INVEST IN YOU! Stay positive and keep setting goalsGet burnt and come back stronger.Have impeccable time management and communication skills.Always be professional and respectful to whoever you meet.Hard honest work brings positive results.Network like a ninja. Your business card is your ninja star!

MY MUSIC BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY