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Kari McDonald and Sarah Hudson Kaufman. “‘Tomorrow never knows’: the contribution of George Martin and his production team to the Beatles’ new sound.” In ‘Every Sound There Is’: The Beatles’ Revolver and the transformation of rock and roll.
1. Listen to “Tomorrow Never Knows,” “I’m Only Sleeping,” and “Yellow Submarine” (all from Revolver)
a. Choose EITHER “I’m Only Sleeping” or “Yellow Submarine” and make a form chart of the song, using the chart for “Tomorrow Never Knows” on p. 153 of the McDonald/Kaufman article as a template.
b. Compare the song you chose to “Tomorrow Never Knows” – what kind of overall mood do think the Beatles are trying to create with each of these two songs? You will probably need to listen to each song several times to answer this question.
c. How does the use of studio techniques (as described in the article) help realize what you perceive to be the “mood” of each song? For this, you will need to both explain the main techniques used and describe their musical impact on the song. You should point to specific moments in the piece where these techniques are exemplified (i.e. “[fill in the blank] happens at 1:43 in ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’”).
2. Both the Beatles and Glenn Gould were hugely influenced by the possibilities presented by the recording studio, and their careers both took dramatic turns in large part due to their embrace of recording technology. Compare and contrast the ways in which Gould and Beatles exploited recording technology. How did their fundamental philosophies of what it meant to “make a record” differ? How were they similar?
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