Blog archives for June, 2008

House music was developed by club DJs in the city of Chicago in United States. The influence of certain elements like the funk infused dance music style and disco style can be seen heavily in house music. The origin of the name house music is uncertain. Some suggest that the name is derived from the name of the club called The Warehouse.

Frequent clubbers referred this music as House Music and thus the name cam into being. But as mentioned earlier this is disputed. Musician Larry Heard claims that the term House Music comes from the fact that most of the Djs records the music at their house. Generally these Djs use drum machines and synthesizers to record the music at their house and hence the term House Music came in to being. Dj Chip E has another story to tell behind the popularity of the name House Music.

There is now the trend that hip hop music gets the blame for everything that happens in this world. I know you can hold rappers responsible for to a certain level for the effect they have on the youth. I am not saying that rappers do not have any influence on the youth. Rap music was blamed for all the controversy in the ‘90 and people tried to banned it. I even remember the demonstrators were running over Cd’s with a bulldozer.

Now the research shows that rap music is the blame for teen pregnancies, psychologists are saying that after a three-year study they came to the conclusion, that rap music has affected the attitude of boys and girls to sex. The reports are saying that rap music encourage early sexual behaviour by treating women as objects in rap lyrics. Dr. Martino led this study.