Which Musical Movement Had the Largest Impact on Music, Culture and Business: Phil Spector’s “Wall of Sound” or Berry Gordy’s “Motown”?
- This is a four – six page MLA style paper: typed, double-spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, with standard margins. Your paper includes a Works Cited section (which is exclusive of the four – six pages—in other words, it’s in addition to the 4- 6).
- Add a counter-argument to this paper (where you highlight the achievements of the musical movement/ producer you didn’t choose, but then show how your choice is the superior one): https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/counter-argument
- As this is an MLA paper, a tutorial would be useful. Please spend some time with the tools below:
- MLA general format: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_general_format.html
- MLA sample paper (with annotations): https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/documents/20180702110400_747-2.pdf
- MLA papers using Word: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYLuE-6I1bM
- MLA papers using Google Docs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1jnx7fn1V8
- Citing sources in MLA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG2pIUYUB9Y
- What the hell is MLA? https://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/mla-format/
- How to “hack” your citations: https://www.easybib.com/mla8/source
- You will need well-researched sources as citations for this paper. Let me start you off with a few very useful sources:
- A Phil Spector Biography, nine parts (q.v.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN79g1uL2YE&t=19s
- The Wall of Sound and Phil Spector: https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/building-the-wall-of-sound-phil-spectors-golden-sixties
- Motown/ Gordy Biography, six parts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkd1c4T5HiE&t=9s
- The Motown Museum: https://www.motownmuseum.org/story/motown/
These are four sources. Rock: Music, Culture, and Business highlights these artists on pp. 93 – 103 and is certainly a reputable and excellent informational supplement for this paper. You are most certainly expected to find at least TWO other sources on your own.
- This paper would benefit from digital imagery and hyperlinks to audio and video (considering a third of your argument revolves around music). Please consider some of the techniques we’ve discussed.
- Adding a hyperlink in Word: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUZRHQU5HM
- Adding a hyperlink in Google Docs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0iy3mVXz9w
- DUE DATES:
- Draft due 3/14/24
- Final copy due 4/4/24
As you can see, it’s pretty easy to do and allows you to add interesting media, as well as your cited sources, to your paper.
Phil Spector Biography on Youtube, all links:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN79g1uL2YE&t=19s
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDMOSkw87tE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbXszL7TxYE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKzwhPq1CY4
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrrMdAJTYc
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI4k4SNcbLA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otJkq7MuUAo
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YKwtOA-LrI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liG-Fs1fub4
Motown/ Berry Gordy Biography, all links: