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Brad Osborn deposited Content and Correlational Analysis of a Corpus of MTV-Promoted Music Videos Aired Between 1990 and 1999 in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoFrom 1990 to 1999 MTV promoted a series of 288 music videos called “Buzz Clips”, designed to highlight emerging artists and genres. Such promotion had a measurable impact on an artists’ earnings and record sales. To date, the kinds of musical and visual practices MTV promoted have not been quantitatively analyzed. Just what made some videos Buzzw…[Read more]
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Brad Osborn deposited Content and Correlational Analysis of a Corpus of MTV-Promoted Music Videos Aired Between 1990 and 1999 on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
From 1990 to 1999 MTV promoted a series of 288 music videos called “Buzz Clips”, designed to highlight emerging artists and genres. Such promotion had a measurable impact on an artists’ earnings and record sales. To date, the kinds of musical and visual practices MTV promoted have not been quantitatively analyzed. Just what made some videos Buzzw…[Read more]
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Megan Lavengood uploaded the file: Identifying Modes (Great British Bake Off themed worksheet) to
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months agoIdentifying modes (.pdf, .mscx, .musicxml). Asks students to identify 20th-c. modes versus major/minor, circle inflected pitches, and explain how a pitch center is articulated. Music examples are transcribed from the TV show Great British Bake Off (music by Tom Howe). Designed for the still-in-development v. 2 of Open Music Theory.
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Brad Osborn deposited Risers, Drops, and a Fourteen-Foot Cube: A Transmedia Analysis of Emil Nava, Calvin Harris, and Rihanna’s “This is What You Came For” in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months agoA consideration of 14 collaborative music videos by Emil Nava and Calvin Harris, closing with a close analysis of their work on Rihanna’s “This is What You Came For” (2016).
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Brad Osborn deposited Risers, Drops, and a Fourteen-Foot Cube: A Transmedia Analysis of Emil Nava, Calvin Harris, and Rihanna’s “This is What You Came For” in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months agoA consideration of 14 collaborative music videos by Emil Nava and Calvin Harris, closing with a close analysis of their work on Rihanna’s “This is What You Came For” (2016).
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Brad Osborn deposited Risers, Drops, and a Fourteen-Foot Cube: A Transmedia Analysis of Emil Nava, Calvin Harris, and Rihanna’s “This is What You Came For” on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago
A consideration of 14 collaborative music videos by Emil Nava and Calvin Harris, closing with a close analysis of their work on Rihanna’s “This is What You Came For” (2016).
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Megan Lavengood uploaded the file: Analysis of Popular Music Spring 2020 to
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 12 months agoThis is just the syllabus but the entire course can be viewed at http://popclass.meganlavengood.com
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John Covach deposited “The Schönberg Analytical Legacy: Rudolph Reti and Thematic Transformation,” Journal of the Arnold Schönberg Center 16 (2019): 99-111. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month agoThis paper considers Rudolf Reti’s The Thematic Process in Music in the context of Arnold Schoenberg theoretical writing.
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John Covach deposited “The Schönberg Analytical Legacy: Rudolph Reti and Thematic Transformation,” Journal of the Arnold Schönberg Center 16 (2019): 99-111. on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month ago
This paper considers Rudolf Reti’s The Thematic Process in Music in the context of Arnold Schoenberg theoretical writing.
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Megan Lavengood started the topic New officers: Christine Boone, Chair; Matt Ferrandino, Secretary in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month agoThe results of our voting are in, and I’m very pleased to announce the results.
Our group approved the bylaws as they were drafted at the time of voting. I’ve attached a .pdf here, but you can also view and comment on the bylaws in the Docs tab. By no means are these bylaws perfect, and I highly encourage members and leadership alike to propose…[Read more]
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Alyssa Barna replied to the topic Popular Music Interest Group Examples Database in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month agoHi David,
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I am looking into this and will get back to you as soon as I know more.
—Alyssa
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Alyssa Barna started the topic Election and by-law voting in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month agoHello PMIG members!
Nominations are now closed for elections for PMIG positions. Please follow the link to vote for a new chair and secretary (there were no nominations for a new webmaster). You will also vote on the proposed by-laws.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1gvZz1srWhac4u2kEwRz6g0vyutq6lOblMbo18Y_GiJpsuw/viewform
Thank you!
—Alyssa
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Megan Lavengood deposited Timbre, Genre, and Polystylism in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month ago
In the soundtrack for the Sega Genesis game Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1992), the genres represented include calypso, funk, carnival, new wave, prog rock, and more. Soundtracks for video games frequently shift genres this way, to create aesthetic themes for different levels or characters. Turning toward an account of the game’s soundtrack as a u…[Read more]
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Brad Osborn uploaded the file: Osborn: Analyzing Popular Music (F2019) materials to
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month agoContains syllabus, bibliography, schedule, assignments, and repertoire list
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Brad Osborn deleted the file: Analyzing Popular Music: Syllabus, Bibliography, Assignments from
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Megan Lavengood commented on the doc Working Draft — Proposed Bylaws in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month agoNathan Pell passed on the Performance and Analysis Interest Group bylaws in case it helped us. He also mentioned that quorum was an issue in their formation of bylaws. They seem to have decided on 10 people as constitutive of a quorum.
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