The Real Blues: To Add Electronic Sound and Rock Elements or Not

The Real Blues: To Add Electronic Sound and Rock Elements or Not
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The Real Blues: To Add Electronic Sound and Rock Elements or Not
Introduction
Music per se is an indication of one’s way of life. It can be created by human ancestors and the present generation, but the same remains as a way of life that can never be forgotten since music creates a commonality of the human spirit that cannot be set aside and taken for granted. Blues became visible at the beginning of the last century, but as times passes, new elements had been added and eventually change is inevitable. From then on, scores of folks have forgotten the real blues after hundreds of years. Many musicians then believed that keeping the tradition alive while maintaining the old-times blues alive and continue vivaciously is something that we should do as the successor of the older generation. Therefore, whether or not adding electronic and/or rock element in old-times blues do not create real blues; the author claims in the affirmative.
The Blues in Early 1990s, its History and Changes
The old times blues or the so-called traditional blues or country blues is known as the pure ethereal and original music of rural African-Americans which originally came from the Southern USA. At present, this was played globally (Matheis, 2014).It all began when a man named WC Handy, he played a guitar using a knife, the same marks his first time hearing the blues. The earliest blues music is intended to entice adults to appear at the dance hall and enjoy socialization. This likewise creates employment and income to many musicians of the olden times. At the beginning of the century, the blues is already played by the poorest individuals’ using whatever thing that can create sounds: it can be a tambourine, empty bottles, washing tub, spoons, and anything.
Time lapsed; blues music was eventually used played at work at in the church. It eventually came from Africa, where an ancestral singer sang a line of acknowledgement and confirmation and others repetitively sang the same. In the blues, the second voice is deliberated as the instrumental voice, and then reckoned as call and response. When playing blues, one will sing or say a word or lyric and thereafter play music. This evolved into the 12-bar blues where sadness was turned into stoicism and misfortune into humor. The blues is more than sadness; it is more profound than anyone could ever think. It can turn sadness into entertaining jokes and much more. Blues musicians differ from others since they tend to repeat the lines before laying punch lines at the end. One good example is the song: St. Louis Blues of Bessie Smith in 1925. It is a happy music, but the subject matter and lyrics cover sad feelings: “I hate to see the evening sun go down, I hate to see the evening sun go down, It makes me think of all my left go around.” It is tuned in a happy sound but when one lingers, he or she can easily point out that its lyrics form a sad story.
In 1929, the beginning of great depression came about. Many lost their jobs and the music industry was greatly affected. During this time, the folklorist, deemed as the new record scout drove south who are the only white peopl...