Class 10 - Recordings

DISCUSSION: Students wrote as many music genres as they could think of, and we discussed which genres developed from sources that the musicians could have heard only through recordings (most of them). We discussed the wide influence of African roots on many American styles of music, including rock'n'roll. We looked at Wikipedia's list of music styles.

POWERPOINT: The history of formats, the growth of the recorded music industry. We watched the trailer for "Recording: The History of Recorded Music", Internet music collaborations, Elvis Presley's "outrageously sexual" performance of "Hound Dog" on the Milton Berle Show, backmasking of Beatles songs and Internet music collaborations.

SHOW AND TELL: Edison's cylinder, shellack records, vinyl 45s and LPs, 8-track tape, and album of recordings of "Louis Louis" and a page from a book about the song and the FBI's investigation into its lyrics.

HOMEWORK:  Read Chapter 8 - Radio and complete the workbook assignments.

BLOG FOR Week 5: Movies or Recordings - comment on two fellow students' blogs

Write 1-2 sentences about your favorite movie of 2009 and why you liked it. Write 1-2 more sentences about your all-time favorite movie and why you like it. In which format(s) did you first see these movies? Add links to both in rottentomatoes.com or IMDB.com, or the movie's Website. Bonus: find and embed a trailer for one or both of the movies.
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Write 1-2 sentences about your favorite sound recording of 2009 and why you liked it. Write 1-2 more sentences about your favorite oldie and why you like it. In which format(s) did you first hear these recordings? Add links to Amazon, YouTube or other sites where others can listen to your recordings (or samples). Bonus: find and embed a performance of one of your recordings.
ANOTHER BONUS:
If you have been involved in creating music by collaborating with others over the Internet, post a link (or embed) to your collaboration. Write 1-2 sentences about what was involved.

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