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MUSIC IN THE WEST includes CLASSIC "WESTERN" SONGS, Too
In Chapter 2, you’ll learn why music does not “progress” the way science and technology progress. Instead, artists, including songwriters and performers, aim to create classics. (Artists who don’t aspire to create classics are hacks.)
Music in the West (the Western World meaning North America, Europe, and Oceania)—the popular songs of English-speaking nations of the West—serve as this book’s reference base for examples and illustrations. Especially the classic songs of Western popular music listed at www.GoldStandardSongList.com.
Classic songs by Western songwriters: that means the likes of Bob Dylan, 2Pac, The Beatles, Hank Williams, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, the Gershwin brothers, James Brown, Wu-Tang Clan, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Bob Marley, Duke Ellington, Tom Waits, and a thousand others.
How Music REALLY Works!, then, is a Classic Western.
That means, to get the most from this book, you will need a horse. If you don’t already have one, Sadie and Ellie Sue over at the Dodge City Horse Store can probably fix you up. If they don’t have one to your liking, two stagecoaches leave Dodge every morning, one eastbound to Wichita and the other southbound to Amarillo. Good horse stores in both towns.