POP ROCK AND SOUL

FUZZ BOX

A pedal device made for distortion to create a certain growl/sizzle within sound

FUZZ

before the fuzz box was invented to achieve fuzz musicians overworked their electric instruments and amps to create a distorted sound. The guitarist Ray Davies of the Kinks did this

James Brown

• Began in the 1940’s

• Popular with live performances and constant touring 

• Bland leader Greatly influenced all of hiphop At the time was the most sampled musician of all time

Possibly the first rap

an original/classic funk singer 

Black power

• Civil rights movement in effect in the united states

• Martin Luther King jr preached for integration for be reflected in legislation

• Malcolm X having different approaches to solving these issues

• Lots of racial tensions

• Many riots

• Phrase “Black Power” taking control of their destiny's

LSD

Expanding musicians consiousness they would take LSD for a more creative approach to their music which defined the acid rock/phychedelic blues generes.often even through LSD parties in San fransico LSD had defined the culture at the time in the 1960’s

Dazed and confused,Led zepplin

Early Heavy metal

 1970s technology

•  8- and 16-track machines become more prominent like how the beatles added more tracks 

•  Producer and engineer become even more important over the decade

 Folk revival

• The GI bill which helped veterans and active members afford college in 1960

• College coffeehouses hosted folk music concerts

• With the kingston trio reaching commercial success other young people/college kids were encouraged to make music  

Folk

•  Roots in labor movements of the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries

• messages in the songs speak to current issues