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Discussion of the success of Motown records company

모타운 레코드사의 성공 요인에 대한 고찰

  • Received : 2017.05.01
  • Accepted : 2017.06.20
  • Published : 2017.06.28

Abstract

Summary. Most of American pop music, which are dominating the hegemony of the global pop music market, have been derived from the culture of African Americans, most of whom were slaves of European immigrants. The music of black slaves must be the one of the greatest undisputed achievements that have most influenced the American history. Indeed, All of the mainstream pop music works around the world, including those in America, are the descendants of the black music with the gene of the black people. We can say, therefore, the music born through the Afro-American culture has become the music that every person around the world enjoys in the present. Accordingly, K-Pop music culture, centered in idol group, is also based on the black music. This fact suggests that the K-Pop culture can be spread into people in different customs or traditions with little resistance. The success factor of Motown, at the very center of the black music, which integrated the whole global music, is not only their incredibly outstanding music works, but also the self-consciousness the musicians have that they are strongly reluctant to settle down to present reality. This shall lead to the necessity of self-reflection for the Korean music market, which are obsessed with present popularity and only taking advantage of teenager market, and for those engaged in music business in Korea, who are lack of the artistic value and the consciousness as artist.

현재 전 세계 대중음악 시장의 헤게모니를 쥐고 주도적인 위치를 점하고 있는 미국의 대중음악 중에 대다수는 예전에 노예였던 아프리카계 미국인들의 문화로 부터 탄생되었다. 흑인 노예들의 음악은 미국역사에 끼친 가장 큰 영향들 중에 하나일 것이며, 세계 대중음악사에서 빼놓을 수 없는 거대한 업적일 것이다. 미국뿐 아니라 전 세계 대중음악의 주류에 있는 음악들은 모두 흑인음악을 모태로 유전자를 받은 그 후손들이다. 결국 아프리카계 미국인들의 문화에서 나온 음악이 세계인이 즐기는 음악이 되었다고 볼 수 있다. 현재 K-Pop의 아이돌 음악 문화 또한 흑인음악에 그 기본 바탕을 두고 있다고 볼 수 있다. 이러한 사실은, 우리와 관습과 이념이 다른 인종에게도 거부감 없이 우리의 문화가 침투될 수 있는 가장 큰 요인이 아닐 수 없다. 전 세계를 통합한 흑인음악의 중심에 있는 모타운 레코드사의 성공요인은 상업적으로 놀랍도록 뛰어난 음악 작품뿐만 아니라 현실에 안주하지 않는 뮤지션들의 자의식이라 할 수 있다. 지금의 인기에만 집착하여 10대에 편승한 음악시장과 작가의식, 예술성 결여를 지적받는 우리 대중음악계의 음반 관계자들과 뮤지션들의 자성이 필요하다.

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