The Art of Music

http://www.southernmuseumofmusic.com/Spotlight/01-Genre/0-images/Soul-01.png Title of the text: Soul Music Author: Mark Edward Nero Title of journal/ publication : N / A URL/Web Address: https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-soul-music-2851218 Main idea: Soul Music is one of the genre of music that has the combination of rhythm and blues (R&B) and gospel music. It was popularized by the Africans-American composers and singers.  Evidence/s that support/s the main idea: "More than any other genre of popular American music, Soul is the result of the combination and merging of previous styles and substyles in the 1950s and 60s. Broadly speaking, the soul comes from a gospel (the sacred) and blues (the profane). Blues was mainly a musical style that praised the fleshly desire whereas gospel was more oriented toward spiritual inspiration." "Soul music ruled the black music charts throughout the 1960s, with artists such as Aretha Franklin and J...

https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music118/v4/75/f8/bb/75f8bb45-40a0-c8aa-b729-ca44ecf02f10/8033772932196.jpg/600x600bf.png Title of the text: Ambient Music Author/s: Mike G Title of journal/publication:  Ambient music guide URL/Web Address: http://ambientmusicguide.com/history-of-ambient Main Idea: Ambient music is a genre of music that is intended to relax, the genre creates an "atmospheric", "visual", or "unobtrusive" quality that can enhance the mood of a person.It was created by Brian Eno, an english musician, sound designer and conceptualist.  Eno's concept of ambience is music that can be either actively listened to or used as background, depending on whether the listener chooses to pay attention or not. Evidence/s that support/s the main idea: "Brian Eno defines it as music "designed to induce calm and space to think". Still, ambient is perhaps the slipperiest of all musical genres. Certainly ...