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The Cars and Roy Thomas Baker (1978 – 1981)

Of all the music I was exposed to during my adolescent years, perhaps no other band influenced my decision to enter the music industry...

Pixies' "Doolittle (1989)"

The Pixies’ 1989 album Doolittle predates the “grunge” scene of the 1990s, but it was influential to many artists and acts of that era...

Kraftwerk (1974 – 1981 Period)

Kraftwerk is a pioneering electronic music group from Germany founded by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (Duarte et al., 2011). ...

Electronic Music Innovation: MIDI

MIDI is the acronym for Musical Instrument Device Interface. Developed in 1982, it is a protocol that allows separate electronic music...

Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On (1971)"

Prior to What’s Going On in 1971, Marvin Gaye fit the “Motown niche” – Clean-shaven and “image-conscious fashion” (Edmond, 2001). He...

"The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)"

The band The Velvet Underground was a project produced by the pop artist Andy Warhol in 1967 (Howard, 2004). The “Velvets” had a...

The Beatles' "Revolver (1966)"

Prior to the release of The Beatles’ Rubber Soul in December of 1965, the band was mostly known as a “boy band” with light pop songs such...

The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds (1966)"

In 1966, The Beach Boys took a departure from their standard surfing songs and songs about girls with their album Pet Sounds. This...