A background to the music industry and some basic theory

Genre is the classification of the text according to its style and content. Pop is generally the broadest type of genre, although genre are constantly being invented, crossed, mixed up and revisited. When music is put into a categorizes like genres it makes it easier for the customer to find the right style from him/her and also allows them to find other music from different artist which he/she might like.

 

Theses are the categories that most music would fall into:

 

•   Pop

•   Dance

•   R&B

•   Hip-Hop/Rap

•   Rock

•   Punk

•   Country&Western

•   Folk

•   Jazz

•   Blues 

•   Latin

•   Gospel

•   Reggae

•   New Age

This is a picture of the girl band ‘Girls Aloud’ who are a ‘shiny trash aesthetic.’ They are a perfect example of a pop group.

 

After thinking about ideas for my music video it has made me realize that I need to think about what genre music I would like to use as this will help me decide who my target audience would be.

 

Genre and artist-

Image is a key point and is important to the fans as it also help categorize them before they career even starts, especially synthetic artists who base themselves on their look and not their talent. Once they have been put in genres they start to pick up stereotypes for example Hip/hop rap artists videos consist of, " driving slowly in big old open-topped cars round a generic 'hood, swinging their arms and waving at the booty they pass by".

 Adele who is a classic pop style artist is normally photographed wearing classic retro clothing to associate herself with her role models, Aretha Franklin and Dusty Springfield this gives the audience the impression that she is a serious and soulful artist. This attracts a large audience mainly because she doesn’t come across as fake.