Country music video

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Rock Music videos

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The History of Country music

Country music originated in the southern states of the USA in the 1920's, it was one of the first genres of popular American music but old-time music was its original style but it developed into a mixture of folk music from churches, African American blues and the British Isles. The instruments usually involved in country music would be banjos, guitars, harmonics, fiddles and mandolin. The first recording of country music was by the group called Carter Family, they consisted of vocalists and guitars.  This is what country music originally sounded like....

Country music is said to be mainly from white singers and there is a great lack of diversity within this genre as many of the popular or well known country music artists were white such as Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, who are the three most well known country music stars.

Throughout the years country music doesn't have a drastic change as the genre has a very traditional sound. In the 40's country music became very popular and overtook the previous country music known  as 'hillbilly' music because started to involve more Western styles of music so a broader audience was able to enjoy twist of their usual music.
In the 50's country music labels in Nashville were losing a lot of money because rock and roll and soul music had taken over, so the genre had to change its sound. To compete with the new popular music, the country music labels decided to have a smoother vocalist and kept the traditional instruments but gave it a more orchestra sound. This new country music then became more popular with people that didn't like soul or rock music but hadn't liked the previous country music, so new fans were brought to this sound.
However many country artists were unhappy about what Nashville had done to the traditional country music because it had changed so much. This then lead to a new genre of outlaw country music which involved musicians one being Johnny Cash. This outlaw country music saved the original sound of
country and was very popular once again.
Even though country music has evolved throughout the years and created many different subgenres, it is still very popular now especially in the southern countries of which it originated from, but in many other countries this genre is also very popular and not just with the older population. As the sound has modernised and kept up with the social trends but has still kept its traditional feeling.
The poplar country music artists in 2016 include Florida Georgia line, Kelsea Ballerini, Sam Hunt and many more, but these are the three most popular currently.

The History of R'n'B

RnB is the abbreviated term from rhythm and blue music which originated in the United States in the 1940's. When RnB was first created it was very popular within the African American communities because often the music would represent the oppression  and pain that they were experiencing at that time, which made the music very relatable to thousands of people in the US. The features of the popular RnB music in the 50's would involve a piano, bass, guitar's and a saxophone. These instruments together would create a very soulful and passionate sound.
In the 1950's the sound of RnB was dominated by artists such as Ray Charles, Ruth Brown and groups like the Drifter and Coasters. Here is one song from Ruth Brown called "Mama he treats your daughter mean".
                                     
Even though this sound dominated the 50's, overtime the sound of RnB has changed many times because this genre has said to be the creator of rock and roll, especially as in the 70's many British bands were said to be RnB, so instead of the original jazz and blues sound The Rolling Stones were being classified as RnB.
Rhythm and blues once again changes in the 70's to a more soul and funk sound with groups like the very popular Jackson 5, which involved one of the greatest artists of all time, Michael Jackson. Shortly after in the 80's there had been a new sound created which was called Contemporary RnB, this involved many different sounds such as soul, funk, hip hop and dance. The 80's then lead the changes in the millennium where rap becomes very popular and starts to be the main sound of RnB, particularly in the current music scene with very popular artists like Kanye West and Drake.

However there is still a very soulful sound within RnB in 2016 with artists like Beyoncé and Rihanna who often dictate and dominate the popular music for many years.

             

           

History of Rock music

Rock music started in the United States in the 1940's and 50's, its was originally based with music from other genres such as electric blues and folk , but with a different twist. Rock music has also created the 'rock and roll' title which influences a lot of different artists from different genres since the  50's. There is a large debate as to what the first ever rock song released was, but the first rock song that topped the Billboard magazine's charts and airplay was Bill Haley with the song "Rock Around the Clock". This showed the rock genre that their music has been accepted in the music industry, which is why rock is still around in 2016.

Rock often involves heavy instruments such as drums and an electric base guitar, these create a very hard and loud sound which rock is known for. The typical lyrics in the songs are about romance, love and often social or political views that the artists express throughout their songs. This genre in past years has been seen to be white and male dominant, which effected the themes that are involve din the music. However more recently there are rock bands lead by females and other ethnicities.
Throughout time such as in the 1960's rock has developed subgenres such as blue rock, folk rock, country rock, raga rock and jazz rock. It also influenced the Punk genre in the 1980's and in the 90's, forming from Punk, Alternative rock which dominated the 90's rock scene with grunge, Britpop and indie rock. Since the 21st century there has also been the creation of pop rock, rap rock and rap metal which are very different to the original rock sound, but have been created to keep up with the new social trends and to stay a modern genre. This is the link to one of the 21st century creations of rock, Rap metal

 

Rock music often has the stigma of young people rebelling to social standards and not conforming to the adult consumerism that they witness in their youth. This links to the political expressions that certain rock groups express through their music. When artists express their own views on social issues and politics they often have a very large impact and influence on their listeners, especially when they have the views to be defiant to their societies social norms and values and this can create certain sub cultures, for example the 1970's punk culture created 'Goth's' and 'Emo's'. A typical 'Goth' would typically be dressed in very dark clothing, often Victorian style with very pale makeup on their skin but very black eye makeup and hair, to make them even more different from what society would deem as normal. Whereas the 'Emo' culture was a lot less physically obvious as it was more about the emotion that the music involved and the term 'Emo' actually comes from the "emotional hard-core" title that the punk fans were given. Even though the emo culture has changed overtime and moved into more indie music, the subculture does still exist.
 

Eventhough the rock genre has changed and evolved overtime with social trends to modernise itself it still very much exists and is still as popular as it was in the original rock and roll era.