Considering race when discussing concepts within music only provides a fractional scope of a much more complex subject; it’s been argued that in particular ‘pop music has relied on the merging of black and white traditions’ –there is no key racial factor that the birth of modern popular music can be attributed to, it simply exists through the blending of different cultures. This is not just the case within musical genres but also in artists and performers, Elvis Presley was ‘a white man with a negro sound’ and probably one of the most successful and influential artists of all time, his ability to sing so called ‘black music’ came not from his ethnicity but from his economic and social status- a factor which serves better use in discussing ideology within music rather than considering racial factors which can perhaps serve instead to understand only the origins of some musical genres.
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A generally well argued post that would have benefitted from some reference to at least one of the many theorists working in this area.
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