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By providing examples form the text how has Nashville's sound changed over time, and what does Petrusich consider to be Nashville sound, do you agree with this definition?
Nashville's sound has changed over time in the sense that musicians were adapting new styles and mixing styles of music to create there own sound. "Atkins figured the only way to increase country music's national sales was to combine sounds, relying on postproduction tweaks, scaling back steel guitars and fiddles, smoothing and softening song structure, and insisting on tight choruses" (Petrusich 102). Petrusich describes how the musicians tweaked the music and created there own style to attract a new audience and to give the public something new to hear. This sparked the evolution of country music.
In chapter 6, Petrusich gives a clear definition of Nashville sound, "a cleaner pop-country mix marked by shiny, melodramatic production, with gloppy keyboards, swooning strings, and tightly harmonized vocals" (Petrusich 103). This type of sound was engineered by Atkins and Bradley and they described the sound as "the sound of money" (Petrusich 103). I have never heard of any types of Nashville sounds so I can't give my opinion on the definition. However, if you play a bunch of instruments, it can sound like jingling coins.
Nashville's sound has changed over time in the sense that musicians were adapting new styles and mixing styles of music to create there own sound. "Atkins figured the only way to increase country music's national sales was to combine sounds, relying on postproduction tweaks, scaling back steel guitars and fiddles, smoothing and softening song structure, and insisting on tight choruses" (Petrusich 102). Petrusich describes how the musicians tweaked the music and created there own style to attract a new audience and to give the public something new to hear. This sparked the evolution of country music.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 6, Petrusich gives a clear definition of Nashville sound, "a cleaner pop-country mix marked by shiny, melodramatic production, with gloppy keyboards, swooning strings, and tightly harmonized vocals" (Petrusich 103). This type of sound was engineered by Atkins and Bradley and they described the sound as "the sound of money" (Petrusich 103). I have never heard of any types of Nashville sounds so I can't give my opinion on the definition. However, if you play a bunch of instruments, it can sound like jingling coins.
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