Explore the connections of popular music trends and the cultural events of recent history.
Generation Music is a exploration of significant events from the 1960s to the 2010s in both music and history. The book's focus is to draw connections between these two influences and understand the context of them side by side, this allows the reader to perceive these lyrics and songs as someone who is familiarized with the events going on at the time. It is easy to see music from a new perspective when understanding the historical events of the decade surrounding it.
Starting with the concept of perception...
The idea was mind mapped through the perception of sound. From there the mind map flowed through the perception of music and music in time. Does music sound the same or carry different meaning to the people listening to it in the decade it was released? Does the historical context of a time period influence the music being listened to? Its interesting to explore the connections of historical events and the culture elements being affected, especially with a timeless medium such as music.
