-Pick a Musician and a song(s) or album that we have covered in class, there is a list below.
-You may pick different songs from the ones listed below to discuss, but you must pick a musician or
topic from the list.
-(30%)-Do some research on this musician and provide some background. What are they significant
for doing? Are they a technological pioneer or a genre innovator? Are they both? Are there political or
cultural issues attached to their life or work?
-(30%)-Listen to 2 of the selections by the musician and use concepts and techniques weve learned
about in class to analyze the music. For example if you write about Tomorrow Never Knows by The
Beatles, you can discuss tape loops, or the Doppler effect on the vocals, or the Indian influenced drone
that holds the piece together. You can talk about the inspiration for the song. In general tell us what is
significant about this song and why come people regard it as important.
-(40%)-Paper must be a minimum of 4-5 pages and use APA format for any works cited. The
remaining points are will be awarded based on demonstration of critical listening skills and the ability
to explain the subject matter in terms of the concepts weve learned in class.
Students may also choose to discuss an inventor and their body of work or the music that was
made with their invention (such as Raymond Scott or Leon Theremin or Bob Moog) or a genre
innovator (such as Miles Davis or Steve Reich) and the musical innovations they created, these
and other alternatives are listed below.
Possible Topics for Final Paper
-Les Paul
Lover
How High the Moon
-Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys
a good approach would be to talk about the albums Pet Sounds and Smile.
-The Beatles
Tomorrow Never Knows
Rain
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite
Blue Jay Way
-Steve Reich
Come Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0WVh1D0N50
Piano Phase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KxnY8ESBXE
Music for 18 Musicians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrIZBnUda_Q
-Terry Riley
In C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbBkdYCViLs
A Rainbow in Curved Air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy3W-3HPMWg
-Oregon
this would make for a good discussion of jazz and world music fusion
Music of Another Present Era
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkNlQXGTncw
-Miles Davis
you may talk about Daviss history as an innovator and specifically his pioneering work with jazz-
fusion, then talk about the music on one of these albums.
In a Silent Way
Bitches Brew
On the Corner
-Soft Machine
you could discuss the history of this group as jazz-rock pioneers and make an analysis (using
concepts and techniques weve learned about in class) of one of the pieces on Soft Machine Third
Facelift
Slightly all the Time
Moon in June
Out Bloody Rageous
-Peter Gabriel
talk about Gabriels background and innovations in the late 70s and early 80s, then pick 2 songs
from his album Security make an analysis (using concepts and techniques weve learned about in
class).
-Leon Theremin and Clara Rockmore
Discuss Theremins invention, its history and influence on music after; you should listen to
performance by Clara Rockmore and find another song that uses a Theremin
The Swan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSzTPGlNa5U
-Karlheinz Stockhausen
talk about the background of Stockhausen and of this piece, discuss its influence on electronic
music that followed. Examine the effect that the sounds in the piece have on you.
Gesang der Junlinge (Songs of Youth)
(0:00 to 13:20 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Psx24n3rM
-Raymond Scott
talk about Scotts background and his work creating electronic musical instruments. Listen to 2 of
his song and make an analysis (using concepts and techniques weve learned about in class). Try
and discuss his relevance to todays music.
-There is so much Raymond Scott on youtube youll have no trouble finding something-
-Kraftwerk
Autobahn
Trans-Europe Express
We are the Robots
-Parilament-Funkadelic and Africa Bambaataa
talk about the development of synth driven funk music, try and find another funk artist who uses
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