The classic rock format evolved from AOR radio stations that were attempting to appeal to an older audience by including familiar songs of the past with current hits. In 1980‚ AOR radio station M105 in Cleveland‚ Ohio began billing itself as "Cleveland’s Classic Rock"‚ playing a mix of rock music from the mid-1960s to the present. Similarly‚ WMET called itself "Chicago’s Classic Rock" in 1981. In 1982‚ radio consultant Lee Abrams developed the "Timeless Rock" format which combined contemporary AOR
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Hard Rock cafe was found in 1971‚ and from that point of time‚ Hard Rock applies the famous concept “experience economy” to its global business. The concept focuses on three main strategic points: custom meal from the menu; eating with special rock music; and targeting on tourists. 70% Hard Rock’s customers are from tourism (Heizer & Render‚ 2010). However‚ economic crisis makes Hard Rock change that strategy by widening customer target. While tourism is affected much by economic fluctuations‚ number
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The influence of Rock music on young people Purpose of research * To learn‚ how rock music influences on young people " Nothing changes people’s dispositions and customs so strongly as music." (Shu Ching) Music – is one of the most inspired forms of art. Rhythm‚ melody‚ harmony‚ dynamics‚ a variety of sound-combinations‚ music colours and nuances reproduce infinite scale of feelings and emotions. Rock music — or simply rock — is a loosely defined genre of popular music that developed
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Rock and Roll has influenced everyone’s life whether we like it or not. It is a style of music that has been around since the early 50’s‚ born out of a combination of Gospel‚ Blues‚ Jazz and Country music. In the early days‚ Rock and Roll was a new form of music that had a very simplistic sound which also introduced the electric guitar for the first time‚ combined with a drummer and bassist. Since then‚ it has been drastically changed and evolved into a multitude of different genres including
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Question one – “Are sex‚ drugs‚ and rock and roll really “very good indeed”? Rock and roll music ethics are usually concerned about the most important topics like equality‚ freedom‚ non – conformity and individualism. Drug abusing is a big part of the subculture that falls under rock and roll music. “Straight Edge is a movement spawned within the hardcore scene in the ’80s. Its followers have made a commitment to abstain from using drugs‚ alcohol and tobacco products.” (Cooper). Straight edge was
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The Rock music era affected society in more negative ways than positive ones. Rock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1950’s. It gained its origins from rhythm and blues‚ jazz and rock and roll. The exact date of the birth of Rock music is difficult to determine .It was said that no one planned the Internet‚ but it was conceived and then it took over the world. The same can be said for Rock music (Dister‚ 19). Few would dispute that rock music owes most of it
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(topographical sheet‚ scale 1:50) and their sizes were determined using one scale of the map and also information recorded at the site. Sample of the sediment that was found at locality one (1) were collected random‚ by the students taking up a piece of rock without looking. These were placed on a study board were the long and l short axis of the sediments were measured by the use of large ruler and tape measure then the samples were recorded. The velocity at these localities two and three were obtained
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the 1960s‚ especially folk music and psychedelic rock‚ created a stronger connection with listeners than ever before. New genres of music were being explored and music was becoming more individualized than ever before. Folk and psychedelic rock both strongly influenced American culture of the sixties‚ and the following decades‚ despite having few similarities. Folk music connected people to civil rights and anti-war movements and psychedelic rock connected people to each other; both genres caused
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The premise of this work is that rock ’n’ roll matters‚ and that it means what it says. It seems that rock ’n’ roll music has seldom been given its due as an art form‚ that it is somehow relegated to a category of less "mature" or "serious" artistic pursuits by the media and the intellectual community. Some critics use the generic term "Pop" to refer to any popular music‚ including all contemporary rock musicians‚ as if the fact of rock ’n’ roll’s immense commercial success implies that it cannot
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The Emergence of Rock ’n ’ Roll Aside from the invention of Velcro‚ rock ’n ’ roll music is one of the few things introduced in the 1950s that is still common today. There were a number of great things introduced back then‚ but after 60 years things tend to get outmatched or forgotten. Rock ’n ’ roll is not one of those forgotten things. Rock ’n ’ roll is still one of the most popular genres of music in the 21st century‚ and a lot of sub-genres have split off from that. Rock ‘n’ roll is a term
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