https://padlet.com/jaylontyler/67lhiakqoc58 Group 34 en-us 2017-12-07 14:38:06 UTC 2017-12-07 15:25:17 UTC hello@padlet.com jaylontyler https://padlet.com/jaylontyler/67lhiakqoc58/wish/214149841 In the music industry today, artists try to fit into the trends and follow the crowd. People who actually choose to break out of the crowd stand out are looked at differently. Being “different” allows artists to create music that reflects who they want to be. In addition to being musical facets, it also is a social commentary about following your own path, marching to the beat of your own drum. Without pioneers and risk takers, music cannot evolve. Often times, audacity to break the mold is seen as bold and brash, and sometimes artists are looked down upon within their communities. Think of the elderly wagging their fingers at the younger crowd during the emergence of Rock And Roll music in the 1950s. There was definitely an aura of nonconformism surrounding Rock And Roll at the time, but now it is a mainstream convention and deeply rooted in American culture. Rock And Roll, at its emergence, explored a new instrument - the electric guitar, which was invented in 1940. New drumset beats and amplified sounds were unfamiliar to the ears. The emergence of this new genre just scratches the surface of what kind of music can be considered “audacious.” Today, artists are going even farther than before to push the boundaries of music. They must anticipate “the reception by a larger musical public” and the “habit response, expectation, and uncertainty” of mainstream critics and audiences (Appleton). Explorations in instrumentation, meter, and voice effects are all tools modern artists use to be audacious and “stir the pot” and create something new. 

]]> 2017-12-07 15:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jaylontyler/67lhiakqoc58/wish/214149841 jaylontyler https://padlet.com/jaylontyler/67lhiakqoc58/wish/214151783 This song by Kanye West could be considered audacious with his use of auto-tune in order to have a contrast in his voice.]]> 2017-12-07 15:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jaylontyler/67lhiakqoc58/wish/214151783 jaylontyler https://padlet.com/jaylontyler/67lhiakqoc58/wish/214153334 This song by Justin Timberlake could be considered audacious by the use of various sounds in the beat in order to give it a more up tempo beat in the song. Also, throughout the song, his voice is changed through the use of auto-tune.]]> 2017-12-07 15:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jaylontyler/67lhiakqoc58/wish/214153334 jaylontyler https://padlet.com/jaylontyler/67lhiakqoc58/wish/214155822 So should more artists step out of their comfort zone and do something outside of the “norm?” Should listeners try to adjust to an artists new music style that is outside of what they usually listen to? When an artist has the audacity to do something different in the music industry, they run the risk of losing a lot. Sometimes that different style is what they need to be able to break away from the rest of the pack in their genre of music and catapult themselves to new heights. Their new style can bring society to closer together or further apart depending on how they use it.

]]> 2017-12-07 15:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jaylontyler/67lhiakqoc58/wish/214155822 jaylontyler https://padlet.com/jaylontyler/67lhiakqoc58/wish/214159239 In our sources, we identify pieces that are (or were) audacious in their genre. Some of these had lasting impacts in the musical canon, and some are attempts to breach the barriers that modern audiences place on music. Some artists have audacity as a credit to their name. Tyondai Braxton, Bjork, and Imogen Heap, among others, have made their career using audacity as a formative element of their art. This “aesthetic identity formation” is what is present in audacious music beginning as early as the Romantic Era (Dibben). For artists to put their social standing and careers by blasting a hole in their respective music canons is a risky move that has big reward. In Bjork’s case, she has established her legacy as one of the most audacious in music with intensive emotive performances. Tyondai Braxton is fusing non-conventional instrumentation and orchestration with pop music.

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