History of music project?

I'm doing a project about the history of music in the past 50 years, it is based around rock music, but including the styles of music that have crossed into the rock genre, also including the influences of certain bands...

There's a lot of stuff that I'm not familiar with, British psych-folk, Krautrock, Northern Soul, and anything that was popular globally but not in the US.

I'm also exploring the lesser known music that goes into avant-garde territory, and the lesser known bands that wound up influencing the more mainstream artists.

Hip hop, rap, R%26amp;B, disco Country, folk, etc, one hit wonders, and including pop music too.

This is a time capsule of 50 years of music that's going to be 10 DVD discs.worth of music plus 5 just for music videos and concert footage.

What I want to do is not split it up by decades but by genres. That's the part I need help with.

History of music project?

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A great place to search for artists and history is:

www.allmusic.com

History of music project?

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Can I mention The Blue Nile. Dripping with sonic perfection and melancoly. Paul Buchanan's vocals touch the extremes in songs called 'Regret' and 'Happiness'.

A major influence on Marillion as they recorded Misplaced Childhood, and Peter Gabriel went to see every UK show on the 'Hats' tour, which is evident when you listen to 'Us'.

Listen and enjoy, but for some reason, chicks don't get it.
Don't overlook Zydeco and Conjunto.
my God! what a huge undertaking! I hope you will let me know when you're done as I'd love to see it. I guess you have to start with the blues, then move on to 50's music when white folks recorded black folks songs because radio stations wouldn't play music by blacks. most say they stole black music. they did. but it brought rock n roll to the masses. then everything gets sorta blurry, rock had a foundation to build on and went in so many different directions. undeniably, drugs had a big effect on a lot of music in the 60's, but it helped spread it in so many different directions. the 70's, in my opinion, was when rock really exploded. it was obvious by then rock was here to stay, and it shook off the bullcrap like folk and bubblegum pop and artists started making music for reasons other than selling records. this brought us bands like the velvet underground, the ramones,MX5, new york dolls. it also gave birth to some killer funk, and it's twisted sister disco, which filled the POP genre at the time. some of these 70's "unopular" rock bands ended up being the most influential bands to artists from then to now. and just as important are the british bands of the same time. while i personally believe the sex pistols are one of the most overrated bands in history, they made a difference. they took what the ramones started and brought it to england. although it always seemed to me they were more interested in the shock value, they have a solid place in history. now, the clash, they were true artists. they made a real impact on rock that is still seen today. all you have to do is listen, and you'll see what i mean. then came the 80's, and mostly a return to what will sell. hair bands. need i say more? granted, there were some great bands then, but they didn't sell. black flag, social d, x, concrete blonde, michelle shocked, sugar, bodeans, dead kennedy's, misfits, b52's, n more. but these opened the door for alternative and grunge and a renewal of punk and everything else that's not mainstream. unfortunatly,in recent history, it seems pop music is all that matters. largely due to the fact that radio is now more business than entertainment. they only play what they want you to hear. i've found that the only way to find out what is really out there in new music is to listen to satelite radio. at tenleast they're not slaves to sponsors. i couldn't even tell you how much music i've discovered on satelite radio. anyway, good luck with you're project, and remember, there is to much music coming out everyday not to at least give it a listen.