Arctic Monkeys: The Modern Music Generation
The Modern Music Generation
It seems that during every decade music changes in its own way, and starting in the 2000s music began to change and take form into many different styles and genres. The 2000s contained so many massive improvements and changes to the music industry, like the release of the Ipod, and the popularization of social media and online sites like youtube and limewire, and the introduction of streaming services like Pandora, Spotify, Rdio, and so many more.
With so many different ways to listen to music came many different ways to discover and find new music, and an artist that uploaded to youtube could be as popular as one that was on MTV, it was and still is a time filled with endless opportunities for new …show more content…
During the early 2000s many british bands emerged with a lot of indie rock bands like Bloc Party, and Franz Ferdinand. It drew inspiration from 90s post punk bands and started the post punk revival movement in the US and overseas. One of the most popular bands that represented this british punk rock was the band Arctic Monkeys, which owed much of their success to social media, internet social networking and youtube. Arctic Monkeys quickly came out as one of the most popular british punk rock bands of the 2000s and continue to be one of my favorite bands of all time.
With technological advances in this era it became extremely easy to create high quality music with nothing more than a passion and a single laptop. This provided the means of bands becoming very popular just using sites like facebook and youtube and without a record label, these bands are typically called indie or independent, meaning they are not tied to a label.
Nowadays you can find hundreds if not thousands of music making programs to use all across different platforms, some computers even come with these programs pre-installed on their product meaning your average Joe can sit down and learn how to make music, and maybe even be successful at …show more content…
It was highly dependent on the huge technological changes and developements that happened over the years with music, more specifically the introduction of computer technology and synthesizers. Some of the most popular electronic rock bands of the 2000s included, the postal service, Ratatat, and many more artists. Even some subgenres of rock like hardcore and metal have been heavily influenced by electronic music.
Because of the large expansion of subgenres of rock during this period, there where so many influential artists in many different genres of rock to mention. Talking about Arctic Monkeys before they really set an example of what indie rock meant , with the mix of old school styling and guitar work with modern vocals and attitude, it attracted a large audience mostly found on social media and
It seems that during every decade music changes in its own way, and starting in the 2000s music began to change and take form into many different styles and genres. The 2000s contained so many massive improvements and changes to the music industry, like the release of the Ipod, and the popularization of social media and online sites like youtube and limewire, and the introduction of streaming services like Pandora, Spotify, Rdio, and so many more.
With so many different ways to listen to music came many different ways to discover and find new music, and an artist that uploaded to youtube could be as popular as one that was on MTV, it was and still is a time filled with endless opportunities for new …show more content…
During the early 2000s many british bands emerged with a lot of indie rock bands like Bloc Party, and Franz Ferdinand. It drew inspiration from 90s post punk bands and started the post punk revival movement in the US and overseas. One of the most popular bands that represented this british punk rock was the band Arctic Monkeys, which owed much of their success to social media, internet social networking and youtube. Arctic Monkeys quickly came out as one of the most popular british punk rock bands of the 2000s and continue to be one of my favorite bands of all time.
With technological advances in this era it became extremely easy to create high quality music with nothing more than a passion and a single laptop. This provided the means of bands becoming very popular just using sites like facebook and youtube and without a record label, these bands are typically called indie or independent, meaning they are not tied to a label.
Nowadays you can find hundreds if not thousands of music making programs to use all across different platforms, some computers even come with these programs pre-installed on their product meaning your average Joe can sit down and learn how to make music, and maybe even be successful at …show more content…
It was highly dependent on the huge technological changes and developements that happened over the years with music, more specifically the introduction of computer technology and synthesizers. Some of the most popular electronic rock bands of the 2000s included, the postal service, Ratatat, and many more artists. Even some subgenres of rock like hardcore and metal have been heavily influenced by electronic music.
Because of the large expansion of subgenres of rock during this period, there where so many influential artists in many different genres of rock to mention. Talking about Arctic Monkeys before they really set an example of what indie rock meant , with the mix of old school styling and guitar work with modern vocals and attitude, it attracted a large audience mostly found on social media and