Music in the olden days

In the medieval times, there were no such things as recorded material or the means to record sound and audio up until the 1900's.The early to mid 1900's brought vinyl recordsLp records, 45's in the 50's, 60's, 70's.80's brought compact discs and cassette tapes90's brought digital video discs (DVDs), after laserdisc was developed; replacing laserdisc.

Developing countries across the world faced economic and social difficulties as they suffered from multiple debt crises in the 1980s, requiring many of these countries to apply for financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Ethiopia witnessed widespread famine in the mid-1980s, resulting in the country having to depend on foreign aid to provide food to its population and worldwide efforts to address and raise money to help Ethiopians, such as the famous Live Aid concert in 1985.


The decade began with an anti-disco backlash in the US, and '80s music would be characterized by the widespread use of synthesizers and keyboards.
In the United States, MTV was launched and music videos began to have a huge effect on the record industry. Pop artists such as Duran Duran, Madonna, Queen, and Michael Jackson mastered the format and helped turned this new product into a profitable business.
New Wave and Synthpop were developed by many British and American artists, and became popular phenomena throughout the decade, especially in the early and mid eighties.
Hard rock, heavy metal, Big Hair Bands, and Glam metal, experienced extreme popularity in 1980s, becoming one of the most dominating music genres of the 1980s. Escpecially in england a form of rebellion commonly known as "Anarchy" started with the movement of Punk music and styles. It then spread to the rest of the world thanks to bands like Sex Pistols, The Clash, Pink Floyd and many others. Icons like Sid Vicious and Robert Plant were the inspiration of many young rockers who wanted to break rules and be different. Also known for their many scandals and criminal records, they set London the capital of punk music and new extravagant styles including chains, piercings, safety pins, ripped clothes and platfrom boots.

Music is hope

Back in the days when black people where enslaved in America they had music as a hope as it ran through their traditions in generations. With nothing to do in jail, little food, shortage of hygiene and every other negative aspect of a jail, the imprisoned found that bit of hope in singing, dancing also following catchy rhythms made by themselves with anything they found like on walls, chairs, tables, with any tool they could find for example a spoon or a fork or a plate. Sometimes, as we see in the picture on the left, they were allowed have instruments but very basic ones like cheap old guitars or wooden bongos. Located in Brasil or in other very warm cuntries of this world, prisoners back in the day never hoped of freedom or reunition with their families and friends, but strangely music had this power to give hope to them as it gave them a feeling that by singing and dancing they could be themselves and that was a close emotion to freedom. They didnt feel like they were at home, they werent comfortable in those clothes or in those conditions, they missed love and care of their neighbours and close friends and through music they communicated to each other and to whoever could hear them that they would never give up and stand up for themselves as they had a strong heart and great pride. They were discriminated over the years by most of the world because of their skin and origing but as i well said, those simple rythms filled their heart with hope and slight happiness (:

Cultures and music

Over the years music has accompanied people in every part of this world. If we look back at traditional styles like European-American songs and dances we see that they passed from generation to generation as part of their tradition and culture over the years. Now its known as Blues/Jazz music and has spread all over the world! It has also been a way to express yourself and your feelings, your pride and your weakness. Back when black people were enslaved or prisoned they used music as a way of entertaining themselves, singing for freedom and for survival, that would fill them with some hope and encouragement. Every culture is different, therefore the music changes in every part of the world! For example African Americans have typical instruments that differ their sound and make it very particular, the banjo being a very popular instrument amongst this culture. As they developed Jazz music, instruments like keyboard, drums, guitar and saxophones were introduced. As music and technology developed over the years, new instruments were invented and therefore the sound changed. Traditional music is slowly dying out and is only strongly followed in very conservative countries were technology or progress has not yet reached. In the developed countries obviously technology is at is best and music is at the moment booming as charts and ratings classify new sounds that modern technologies have made possible to create.

Introduction

Hi, I'm Samira and this is my blog (:
I love music so i decided that that's going to be my topic to do with geography!
With constant geographical references I will be talking about music all over the world, the differences and similarities between music around majory cities and minor cultures.
I hope you'll enjoy it!
Samira