Welcome to English Wednesday!

Welcome to English Wednesday!

The tonight host: Artem Klepicov
(You can call me ‘Tim’ – it’s my casual name for foreigners and English nights)

2018 – bachelor degree in linguistics.
2020 - master degree in linguistics.

Music industry. Pop music.

Tonight’s topics:
Pop culture and its role in modern life.
Music as a product of music industry.
Songs, albums covers.

Pop culture
music, TV, cinema, books, etc. that are popular and enjoyed by ordinary people, rather than experts or very educated people
(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/)

Pop music — is a genre of popular music. First time the term pop music in English has sounded in 1926. The roots of pop music go deep into the history.
The basic unit in pop music is a different song or single. The average song length is from 2 to 4 minutes.
Since the early fifties pop music has been the enthusiasm and the entertainment of the young.

Please, name some pop music artists:

Let’s do some warm up activities
1. Split into groups.
2. Please, keep some distance between members of the group

Please, discuss the questions:
Do you like pop music?
What pop music do you consider good?
What pop music do you consider bad?

Let’s watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbXo2VOJZ5c&ab_channel=TopCulture

Please, discuss the questions:
What period in the history of pop music do you like more?
What is your favourite genre of music?

Let’s watch the video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7mw1D3HTGng

1. Why did the girls from 60"s like the Beatles so much?
2. What is the reason for such a fan interest?
3. Do we have the same situation with pop artists today?

Verse-Chorus Form
What Is Verse-Chorus Form?
The verse-chorus form is a songwriting structure built around two repeating sections: a verse section and a chorus section.

verse - A verse is also one of the parts into which a poem or song is divided.
chorus - part of a song that is repeated several times, usually after each verse

Let’s make a song
Choose four lines for a verse.
Choose four lines for a chorus.
Tell us your concept of the song.

Don't judge a book by its cover

Gary - Getting down to business
Gary, now Dr Gary Solomon, released this masterpiece in 1978. The big trousers and striking pose clearly weren't enough to keep him in the music industry though he is still getting down to business. That business now involves medical treatment by "Cinematherapy" the art of watching films for therapy reasons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hdGmd94n24&ab_channel=JoeyPauli

Let’s create your idols band
An idol (Korean: 아이돌; RR: Aidol), in fandom culture in South Korea, refers to a celebrity working in the field of K-pop.
K-pop idols are characterized by the highly manufactured star system that they are produced by and debuted under, as well as their tendency to represent a hybridized convergence of visuals, music, fashion, and dance.

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