Week 4

While listening to this weeks music selection I noticed the guitarists started to show off with their solos. This really ties into the surf culture changing into a macho sport when the competition started to increase in the water. Surf music was about experimenting with sound by means of reverb and echo. Each musician and surfer had to prove themselves as worthy of being noticed. Not only did the surfers want ti be noticed but they also wanted to show how rebellious they were. They would focus on the surf and not care about a thing. With surf rock came songs about cars for surf dudes to further their manly lives and show off about how cool they really were. Surf culture became about who owned what. Who owned parts of the beac and who owned the surf rock scene. The drums started to become a noticeable part of the music rather than just in the background and it set the way for future metal bands.