Trace the history of electricity’s influence in American Popular Music from 1960-1989. The essay (750-word minimum) will be organized into three separate sections, one for each decade.
I already have 350 words already typed in the additional files. I just need help with the extra information, The link for the Oxford article isn’t working so don’t worry about that right now. Just use the book An Introduction to America’s Music. 2ed. by Richard Crawford and Larry Hamberlin. for information. I haven’t found the songs or artists yet for each era.
Sections
1960s
song
artist
style
1970s
song
artist
style
1980s
song
artist
style
Each era needs to be in paragraph format and includes the following:
-General description of style era.
-Representative performer and contribution
-Representative song with audio description and explanation of why it is a good example
-Works cited page and parenthetical references in MLA style must be included.
-3 sources per era minimum (Text, Oxford Online, one of your choice)
Please note that the final exam essay must be completely original. Quotations and paraphrases are not allowed and will result in 0 credit awarded.
The overall assignment must include the following topics:
Electric guitar
Electric Bass
Analog synthesizer (mini Moog and ARP are good examples)
Digital synthesizer (1980s)
Overdubbing
Sampling