Chosen Genre and background information

For my chosen genre I have chosen Electronic music, this is because it encompass a wide range of different genres, with use of guitars, rap vocals, and several other cross overs it is one of the most diverse genres in use today, artists such as the prodigy, beck, Beastie boys, daft punk have shown how electronic music can range from almost all aspects of other genres whilst still being electronic music.


Electronic music, any music involving electronic processing, such as recording and editing on tape, and whose reproduction involves the use of loudspeakers. Any music produced or modified by electrical, electromagnetically, or electronic means can be called electronic music. Historically, electronic music is one aspect of the larger development of 20th-century music strongly characterized by a search for new technical resources and modes of expression.Electronic music is represented not only by a wide variety of 20th-century works, and not only by serious concert pieces, but also by a substantial literature of theatre, film, and television scores and by multimedia works that use all types of audiovisual techniques. Perhaps the most important development in electronic music is the use of digital computers. The kinds of computers employed range from large mainframe, general-purpose machines to special-purpose digital circuits expressly designed for musical uses.