David Bowie's Music

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developments, artists such as David Bowie, a stylistically theatrical male vocal artist that became a popular distinguished artist as he used a lot of reverb on his vocal, and bass; which is a typical stylistic characteristic of this genre. He stylistically used syncopation as the main rhythm to his songs.

Pop culture became based around entertainment, fashion, and sports; which Bowie became a big part of. He stylistically used syncopation as the main rhythm to his songs. Hard rock was also a popular genre at the time; which was developed from influence of jazz, folk and blues; which had some similar elements in the glam rock genre- with the use of bass and electric guitar.

Bowie and Michael Jackson at the time were very similar in regards to openly expression themselves as artists, that set new trends and freely expressed himself through art culture, fashion and new styles of music which became very popular with the identity and influence youth culture; expressing art, sexuality, gender and music. All elements became acceptable in society; showing that individual artists had a lot of power to choose their own direction in the industry and Bowie is a perfect example of this, …show more content…

For example: In 1981, MTV was launched; that plays music videos. It became a new advance in music in society, as it was something that had never been done before; combing music with motion picture. Once aired, it made big impact on the music industry and development of pop music culture. New technology did have its benefits, but it affected some areas of the industry- for example: it made significant impact on vinyl sales, and previous decade technology sales like cassette tapes for example. As MTV music chart became a place for both artists and fans to be inspired by new music that was emerging, it quickly became a mainstream popular music