Analyze the goals, successes, and failures of musicians, audiences, and the music industry in terms of enacting social change; and Relate contemporary music to previous musical and social influences.

For this units project, you will analyze attempts made by musicians, audiences, and other music industry figures from the 1950’s to the 1970’s who have enacted change in the society around them.
Objectives
Through this project, you will:
Compare, interpret, and analyze a variety of works;
Interpret previous musical styles in terms of their engagement in
contemporaneous community and community issues;
Analyze the goals, successes, and failures of musicians, audiences, and the music industry in terms of enacting social change; and
Relate contemporary music to previous musical and social influences.
INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS: You will choose two social movements for your own individual analysis. These are broadly defined and can be subtle (for example, Motowns successes in getting black artists heard by white audiences or Elviss stylistic fusion of country and R&B styles) or overt (Bob Dylans outspoken songwriting to support the Civil Rights Movement, for example). In a short essay (500 words)from the era of 1950’s to the 1970’s:
1.Compare the approaches and works of two different musical artists or other figures within the music industry as they promoted social change through musical or related activities; and
2. Analyze the specific conflicts involved in the creative activities of each , their opportunities for inciting change and the difficulties that they experienced.
This essay should follow these guidelines for full credit:
Include references to specific songs and links to any musical examples that are not on the courses listening playlists.
It is not necessary to supplement the class materials, but if you need to do further research to make your point clearly and persuasively, use a standard and consistent method of citation and include a bibliography.
Check and recheck your spelling and grammar.
Be sure that your essay makes an overall argument about the relationship between these two figures and the relationships between each and the context in which they worked. Introduce your argument and return to it in your conclusion.