By the late 1960s, referred to as the “golden age” gave birth to the British Invasion.

2. Rock Music is a genre of popular music that originated as “rock and roll” in the United States in the 1950s and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States.

3. It has its roots in the 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music.

4. The dominance of rock by white, male musicianshas been seen as one of the key factors shaping the themes explored in rock music.

5. Rock music is traditionally centered on the electric guitar; which emerged from the 1950s rock and roll.

6. Lyrics often stress romantic love but also addresses a wide variety of other themes that are frequently socialor politicalemphasis.

7. Rock places a higher degree of emphasis on musicianship, live performance, and an ideology of authenticity than pop music.

9. By the late 1960s, referred to as the “golden age” gave birth to the British Invasion.

10. The British Invasion was a phenomenon when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom became popular in the U.S.A. Any observable occurrence are often, but not always, understood as 'appearances' or 'experiences

11. UK groups drew on a wide range of American influences including soul, rhythm & blues and surf music.

12. Helped internationalize the production of rock-n-roll, opening the door for later British/Irish performers to achieve international success.

13. Played a major part in the rise of a distinct genre of rock music and cemented the primacy of the “rock group” based on guitars and drums, and producing their own materials as singer-song writers. musicians whowrite,compose and perform their own musical material including lyrics and melodies.

14. STORYTELLERS

15. The Beatles formed in Liverpool in 1960.

16. John Lennon Paul McCartney Ringo Starr George Harrison

17. Widely regarded as the greatest and most influential acts of the rock era.

18. In the early 1960s their enormous popularity first emerged as “Beatlemania”.

19. The Beatles gained popularity in the UK in 1962 after their first hit “Love me Do”.

20. In 1964 The Beatles became international stars leading the British Invasion of the U.S.A.

21. Best selling band in history with estimate sales of over 600 million records worldwide.Considered the greatest artist of all time.

22. “artist who broke through the constraints of their time period to come up with something that was unique and original…in the form of popular music, no one will ever be more revolutionary, more creative and more distinctive.”~ Robert Greenfield, former associate editorRolling Stone Magazine

23. Writing a Music Review

24. Coldplay's new single skates close to the wintry post-dubstep soulfulness coursing through much of U.K. pop these days: A skeletal beat carries the weight before the guitars kick in and Chris Martin goes from mushmouth croon to cathartic woowoo. They've released another song, "Midnight," where they go all-in with the Eeyore EDM, and their new album (due out in May) is called Ghost Stories. Sadplay, anyone? Coldplay “Magic”

25. Add Nashville's toughest mega-diva to the list of iPhone-hating celebrities that already includes Arcade Fire and Louis C.K. "C'mon, let's take a picture/The kind you gotta shake," she sings on this slow-build remembrance of simpler times. She evokes snail mail and cassettes with the same heart-hitting wistfulness her country elders devoted to farming, and it kills. Miranda Lambert “Automatic”

26. Drake winds up his massive year by giving himself the only award that matters: the gift of reminding himself that he's Drake. Over a Hit-Boy beat that sounds like the Rocky theme dipped in champagne, he informs us that "this shit is not a love song, this a fuck-a-stripper-on-a-mink-rug song." Hey, you can't do that with a Grammy. Drake “Trophies”

27. More examples

28. “Let it be”

29. Lyrics • Music (instruments) • Sound • Melody