Presented at the Experience Music Project Pop Conference, April 25, 2014. Audio is available here: http://aramsinnreich.typepad.com/aram_squalls/2014/04/brooklynsound.html
ENGLISH 7_Q4_LESSON 2_ Employing a Variety of Strategies for Effective Interp...
Why Doesn't the 'Brooklyn Sound' Sound Like Brooklyn?
1. WHY DOESN’TTHE
‘BROOKLYN SOUND’
SOUND LIKE BROOKLYN?
Aram Sinnreich
Rutgers University
School of Communication & Information
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EMP Pop Conference
April 25, 2014
9. TRACKING INFLUENCES
Grizzly
Bear
Elliott Smith (Omaha)
Mercury Rev (Buffalo)
Neutral Milk Hotel (Athens)
MGMT
Flaming Lips (Oklahoma)
Sparks (LA)
David Bowie (UK)
Dirty
Projectors
Black Flag (Cali)
Brian Eno (UK)
Fela Kuti (Nigeria)
Vampire
Weekend
XTC (UK)
Peter Gabriel (UK)
Spoon (Austin)
Source:
Music Bloodline,
Rovi
10. THE GREAT MIGRATION
Ben Goldwasser,
MGMT
Ed Droste,
Grizzly Bear
Amber Coffman,
Dirty Projectors
Andrew Savage,
Parquet Courts
Rostam Batmanglij,
Vampire Weekend
11. THE BIGGER PICTURE: DEMOGRAPHICS
2000-2010:
Brooklyn's population grew by 39,000 people.
• White population grew by 38,774
• Asian population grew by 75,838.
• Black population shrank by -49,517
White growth
Asian growth
Black and Latino growth
18. THANK YOU.
Aram Sinnreich
Rutgers University
School of Communication & Information
!
EMP Pop Conference
April 25, 2014
!
Twitter: @aram
sinn@rutgers.edu