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Scando pop Flashcards

1
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Roots of the Swedish pop in Stockholm

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Polar studios

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names of artists that Polar studios has helped

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Led Zepplin adam ant, abba, Genesis- the music video for gimme gimme gimme was filmed in this studio

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the tool that transformed the production quality in the Polar studios

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the harrison mixing console- created in 1975 in Nashville

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Culture

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deep love of pop music- carly rae jepsen quoted them as being ‘gods of pop music’

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the cheiron Studios

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found in kungsholmen it is the birth place of the music that crosses between the club and the radio - something that the Swedes do very well

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Cheiron studios founder

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Denniz pop

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Shculze cites the cheiron cliché

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don’t bore us, get to the chorus

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8
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younger students are entitled to

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230 free hours of music education

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9
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Public subsidies

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nearly a third of all Swedish children are given publicly funded music lessons after school

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10
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if you can’t afford instruments

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children are encouraged to rent the instruments instead

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The impact of the obsession over music

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is that the young children can afford to make mistakes and create freely with music- without any financial pressures

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12
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lending out chords

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producers like max martin often just offer chord progressions to artists who use them to give their ideas melody.

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Spotify

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enabled artists to reach a wider audience

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Music globalisation

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the time spent in the united states by Sweden has given the country a disproportionate amount of success- measured on the number of records reaching the top ten

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Success of ABBA

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inauguration of museums and also the celebration with tours today and films help to remind the young Swedish musicians of the role the country plays in the music world.

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16
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introduction of MTV

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in Swedish households in 1987 - this gave Swedes another way of accessing music channels and seeing what the rest of the world had to offer

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17
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Swedish music miracle

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took place between 1990 and 2003

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position in the world in terms of music exports

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sits 3rd to date, behind the uk and the US

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In May of 2012

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50% of the billboard top, 10 were songs produced by Swedes

20
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Mainstreaming of the music

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Swedish house mafia and Avicii responsable for bringing Swedish music into the mainstream

21
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Fiddles emerged

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during the late 17th century and the first recorded fiddler was Hjort Olsson

22
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the folk tradition

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made up of swedish bagpipes, accordians and fiddles

23
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Jan johansson

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key figure in the revival of folk music- put it in his early jazz music that started a strign of music festivals in Stockholm

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Melodifestivalen

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is a Swedish song contest that selects the representative of the Eurovision song contest

25
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Anti piracy laws

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introduced across Scnadinavia- in 2009 forced people to turn to spotify and ‘legal’ streaming

26
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such was the success of Swedish band ABBA

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that the Swedish government had to arrange for royalties from the soviet union to be paid in oil commodity rights

27
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Schalger

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important factor in success- meaning hit in German it was a very popular sound during the 70s across Europe- ABBA took this and combined it with their love of bands like the beach boys, to create a sound that heralded their folk origins but also lead swedish music in a new direction.

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depth to ABBA

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that hints at deep sadness- even in their song, Mamma MIa.

29
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when ABBA hit the big time

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all four of the band had already had over a decade of experience in the industry- this allowed them to get out their really bad songs before starting ABBA- Benny was the first to enter a band, at the age of 18 in in 1964

30
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vision of pop in ABBA

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they perceived the songs to be more than a song, a record- as an arrangement based on timing and breaking boundaries. the Song ‘the name of the game’ highlights their obsession over music being an arrangement

31
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boundary pushing

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four part vocal harmony- in lay all your love on me

the xylophones in money money- not been used in a pop song before

32
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Lay all your love on me

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keeps in mind the easy going pop relaxed sound but also plays with the tension of classical music that have so often existed apart in pop music- it gives it a sense of pace

33
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Painful issues dealt with

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easy to forget when listening- but the songs actually deal with divorce. Frida grew up with divorced parents and her childhood was characterised by darkness- divorced Benny too

34
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Dancing Queen

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has a great first line- ‘friday nights and the lights are low…’
got hints of the beatles
the disco with bee gees
the lyrics simply talk about a girl wanting to dance even when the time is not right

35
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Nord Keyboards Clavia

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The company manufactures
keyboard and drum products
that are used by stars such
as Prince, Pet Shop Boys and
Madonna. - founded in 1983
36
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propellerhead

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best known for its software- reason- which helps musicians all over the world to collaborate

37
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sound cloud

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founded in Stockholm

38
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amount of money devoted to Norwegian music by the government in 2017

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13 billion - 20 times that of Australia- a country 5 times bigger.

39
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Name of Norway’s biggest music festival

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Øya- takes place in Norway

40
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stylisitc tic

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use in knowing me knowing you- the same triplets are used as they do in ‘look at me noooow’ of mamma mia

41
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the marimba

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used commonly throughout their songs

42
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Instruments that fit the Lyrics

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in Mamma mia the simple guitar lightly played but in quick succession gives the sense of loosing control- which is partly what the song is about

43
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Sweden loves role models

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Bjorn Borg in tennis and Ingemar stenmark rose to fame in the 70s and then followed a wave of participation after that- the smae can be said for pop music with ABBA and the likes of Ace of Base

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Language factor

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they speak english well in Scandinavia

45
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New technologies

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Ikea and H&M show the they have long been keen to advance fashions and trends

46
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Tight-Knit

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Export music Sweden- non profit that helps Swedes produce and work together

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