About pop music:
Pop music comes
from the word popular and simply means that the music defined as ‘pop music’
was just the music that was most popular. It ranges back from the 1800s and has
a wide spectrum in terms of tones, pitches and styles.
As a genre, pop music is very eclectic, often borrowing elements
from other styles including urban, dance, rock, Latin and country; nonetheless, there
are core elements which define pop. Such include generally short-to-medium
length songs, written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), as well
as the common employment of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and catchy hooks.
So-called "pure pop" music, such as power pop, features all
these elements, using electric guitars, drums and bass for instrumentation; in the case of
such music, the main goal is usually that of being pleasurable to listen to,
rather than having much artistic depth. Pop music is generally thought of as a genre,
which is commercially recorded and desires to have a mass audience appeal.
Pop music has been dominated by the American and (from the
mid-1960s) British music industries, whose influence has
made pop music something of an international monoculture, but most regions and
countries have their own form of pop music, sometimes producing local versions
of wider trends, and lending them local characteristics. Pop artists include
Katy Perry, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, One Direction, and
Bruno Mars. Pop music is often aimed at youth.
According to Simon
Frith pop music is produced "as a matter of enterprise not art", is
"designed to appeal to everyone" and "doesn't come from any
particular place or mark off any particular taste". It is "not driven
by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward ... and, in
musical terms, it is essentially conservative". It is, "provided from
on high (by record companies, radio programmers and concert promoters) rather
than being made from below ... Pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is
professionally produced and packaged". Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide
appeal “and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.
My
magazine will be influenced by the magazine “classic pop” which focuses on
eighties electronic electric. I chose this because of the eccentric make up and
the abstract outfits. I also think that pop music is very catchy and makes
people feel good because the style is very upbeat. I’d like my magazine to have
a feel good feeling to it and for it to influence people. Sources used: Wikipedia
