Wednesday 15 February 2017

Kramer (2002-16/17)

According to Kramer (Kramer 2002, 16–17), postmodern music:
  1. is not simply a repudiation of modernism or its continuation, but has aspects of both a break and an extension
  2. is, on some level and in some way, ironic
  3. does not respect boundaries between sonorities and procedures of the past and of the present
  4. challenges barriers between 'high' and 'low' styles
  5. shows disdain for the often unquestioned value of structural unity
  6. questions the mutual exclusivity of elitist and populist values
  7. avoids totalizing forms (e.g., does not want entire pieces to be tonal or serial or cast in a prescribed formal mold)
  8. considers music not as autonomous but as relevant to cultural, social, and political contexts
  9. includes quotations of or references to music of many traditions and cultures
  10. considers technology not only as a way to preserve and transmit music but also as deeply implicated in the production and essence of music
  11. embraces contradictions
  12. distrusts binary oppositions
  13. includes fragmentations and discontinuities
  14. encompasses pluralism and eclecticism
  15. presents multiple meanings and multiple temporalities
  16. locates meaning and even structure in listeners, more than in scores, performances, or composers.

Wednesday 8 February 2017

Death of Uncool Shuffle Mix:

1. Maneater- Nelly Furtado- Dance Pop.
2. Feel Good Inc.- Gorillaz- Alternative Rock.
3. Omigod You Guys- Legally Blonde: The Musical- Musical.
4. 505- Arctic Monkeys- Indie Rock.
5. Black Water Lilies- Aurora- Indie Pop/Electropop.
6. When Did Your Heart Go Missing?- Rooney- Power Pop.
7. Under Your Spell- Desire- Italo Disco.
8. Ghosts- Laura Marling- Folk Rock.
9. Kings Of The New Road- The Courteeners- Indie Rock.
10. Stop Crying Your Heart Out- Oasis- Rock.
11. It Gets Cold- Eliza and the Bear- Indie Pop.
12. Fluorescent Adolescent- Arctic Monkeys- Indie Rock.
13. Cocoon- Milky Chance- Alternative Rock.
14. Fever To The Form- Nick Mulvey- Folk.
15. Alexander Hamilton- Hamilton: The Musical- Musical.
16. One Dance- Drake- R&B/Hip Hop.
17. Kathleen- Catfish and the Bottlemen- Indie Rock.
18. Shot Reverse Shot- Jack Johnson- Surf Rock.
19. With You- Ghost: The Musical- Musical.
20. Ghost- Katy Perry- Pop.