Little Kids Rock Charts: “Twist and Shout”
How does understanding the structure and context of the song "Twist and Shout" inform its performance?
View ArticleLittle Kids Rock Charts: “Blowin' in the Wind”
How does understanding the structure and context of the song "Blowin' in the Wind" inform its performance?
View ArticleLittle Kids Rock Charts: "Chain of Fools"
How does understanding the structure and context of the song "Chain of Fools" inform its performance?
View ArticleMicrophones and Modern Life: A Listening Revolution
How did the development of microphones in the 20th century change the way people make and listen to music?
View ArticleFrom “Illustrated Songs” to the Music Video: A History of Sound and Image
How has the relation between sound and image shifted through the history of recorded music, and how did the rise of MTV bring that relationship to a culmination of sorts?
View ArticleThe Beatles' Early Years: Working Towards Success
How did The Beatles' rigorous work schedule during the years 1960-63 build their strengths as performers, as musicians, and as a band?
View ArticleThe Beatles, Teen Culture, and the Birth of the “Rock Band”
How did the Beatles’ image as a “rock band” affect young people in America?
View ArticleTeamwork: George Martin, Brian Epstein and the Making of The Beatles’ Team
How did the input of manager Brian Epstein and record producer George Martin help The Beatles develop and refine skills that aided the band in presenting their music and personalities to a mass audience?
View ArticleFrom the Stage to the Studio
What caused The Beatles to cease touring in 1966 and how did the innovative music they then created during their subsequent immersion in the recording studio both reflect and influence the world at...
View ArticleThe Beatle Image: A New Kind of Star
How did The Beatles establish a new paradigm for the image of "the star," and how did that image support their global success?
View ArticleTurning Songs into Records: The Many Roles of Producers in Popular Music
What does a music producer do and in what ways does one hear the sound of a producer’s work in recordings?
View ArticleThe Fine Line Between Creation and Theft: An Exploration of “Originality” in...
What makes a work of art “original,” and how does the use of “sampling” technology in Hip Hop challenge perceptions of “originality”?
View ArticleGoing Electric: How Electricity Helped Bring The Guitar to the Forefront of...
How did the electrification, amplification and design of the guitar facilitate its emergence as a dominant instrument of popular music?
View ArticleThe Short and Long of It: How 45 rpm Singles and 33 ⅓ rpm Albums Helped Shape...
How did changes in the technology of record manufacturing effect popular music, radio, and the people who consumed both?
View ArticleAt the Heart of the Production: Recording the Voice
How have singers responded as advances in studio recording techniques have enabled increased technological “perfection”?
View ArticleThe Music of Machines: The Synthesizer, Sound Waves, and Finding the Future
How did synthesizers allow musicians to create new sounds and how did those sounds reflect American culture throughout the 20th century?
View ArticleConsumer as Creator: How Cassette Tapes Established New Possibilities for...
How did the cassette tape change the audience’s experience by allowing the listener to record, compile and disseminate music?
View ArticleDressing the Part: MTV and the Disruption of Gender
How did MTV help create a visual space in which artists could, inadvertently or not, challenge established ideas about gender?
View ArticleThe TeachRock Women’s History Month Lesson Plan Collection
The TeachRock Women’s History Month Collection celebrates the women who helped shape American culture through their contributions as performers and producers of popular music. The ten lesson plans...
View ArticleSix TeachRock Lessons for April’s Educational Themes
This April, fill your classroom with the sound of discussions about music and American culture! TeachRock has lessons to help you celebrate Earth Day, National Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation Month,...
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