Music Genres

In a world diversified with many different media texts for ingestion, one would think that the diversification would stop there. But, it doesn't. Inside of each different text, there are tens, and even hundreds of different genres. Specifically inside the text of music, there are HUNDREDS of different genres. Here is my list that I came up with from my brain.

-Rock & Roll

-Pop

-R&B

-Rap

-Jazz

-Soul

-Contemporary

-Hip Hop

-Country

-Emo

-Screamo

-Alternative

-Classical

-"Boy Band"

This list is not at all comprhensive of the overall spectrum of musical genres. After doing a little bit of research, I found some interesting information about genres in music. I was shocked to find literally hundreds of different musical genres listed on Wikipedia's website. The list was so extensive that it was broken into 4 sections (A-F, etc...) Here is an example of the very first of the "A" Section" As you can see, there are 20 genres in the Aa-Ad section alone.

Aa-Ad
Aak - Korean court music
Aaroubi - evolved form of al-andalous classical music which comes from Algiers
Abaimajani
Abajeños - folk music of the Perépecha of Mexico
Aboriginal rock - rock and roll mixed with Australian aborigine music, began in 1980s
Abstract hip hop
Abwe
Acoustic Rock
Acoustic Techno Fusion
Acid croft - mixture of traditional Scottish music with house influences
Acid house - house music using simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters
Acid groove
Acid jazz - jazz mixed with soul, hip hop and funk
Acid rap
Acid rock
Acid techno
Adai-adai
Aduk-aduk
Adult contemporary
Anti-Serious Music

One would assume that with all of these genres out there, that there is no need for more genres to be created. It seems that there are enough genres to choose form that you could find something you like. But as time goes on, and hybridity takes course, new genres continue to emerge, and add to the already extensive list. I think that genres are a very important part of our "media culture," as they provide a common linking point for people to latch on to. As long as people have imaginations, this list of genres will keep growing, and I think that is the way a healthy media text should operate.

~DeLiRi0uS~