Hey guys, doing an essay and we gotta write about people who basically helped along music technology from all eras. Ive got all the eras except for the 50s.

Any help guys?
(P.s Ive already done les paul for the pre 50s and cant use john cage.)

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The past weeks have been going by so fast
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I gotta believe Les Paul would be the best option.....

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Ah darn I was going to say John Cage and his experience with Experimental Music. Why not go with Elvis?

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Rated "M" for meaty.

I would go with elvis but he didnt really pioneer any musical technology.

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"Oh, it's a windy and sunny day
And I can hear the faint sound of distant waves
The past weeks have been going by so fast
It's all the same, the bright sky and shining sun
I have a feeling it's gonna be a fun day"

Does it have to be a composer? If not you could do Leo Fender.

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Rated "M" for meaty.

It has to be a composer, we have to give examples of their songs otherwise i would have jumped upon leo

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"Oh, it's a windy and sunny day
And I can hear the faint sound of distant waves
The past weeks have been going by so fast
It's all the same, the bright sky and shining sun
I have a feeling it's gonna be a fun day"

How about Carl Perkins, among his classics is "Blue Suede Shoes" which Elvis made famous.

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Hmmm, karl Perkins. Thats not a bad idea but the thing is, what music technology did he pioneer?

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"Oh, it's a windy and sunny day
And I can hear the faint sound of distant waves
The past weeks have been going by so fast
It's all the same, the bright sky and shining sun
I have a feeling it's gonna be a fun day"

If Les Paul is off the 50s list,the only other innovators I can think of are Paul Bigsby,Nathan Daniel of Danelectro fame and Tom Jennings of Vox.

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I bet you if you work this guy through you'll get an A+:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen

World famous, new technology and started in the 50s. Check him out!

good luck with your work!

-Nutter

PS: Elvis was only ever credited on one or two songs as a writer as far as I know. One was "That's Someone You Never Forget". His recording techniques were not hyper-revolutionary, although they had to rig up two microphones in front of him because he couldn't stand still when he first started out.
A revolutionary technique in regard of Elvis would be the gigantic reverb featured in such early recordings as "Heartbreak Hotel", where an actual staircase was used. But Sam Phillips of Sun studios was hardly a composer...

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I absolutely love that piece!

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- Andreas Segovia

first use of a phaser on this song from 59

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrSolarcoas ... uHcIWBtn4g

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"Oh, it's a windy and sunny day
And I can hear the faint sound of distant waves
The past weeks have been going by so fast
It's all the same, the bright sky and shining sun
I have a feeling it's gonna be a fun day"

Buddy Holly was doing some pretty slick stuff. Les Paul was the pioneer of sound on sound recording and the electric guitar. Leo Fender, and as was mentioned before Paul Bigsby,Nathan Daniel from Danelectro and Tom Jennings of Vox. George Delmetia Beauchamp who is given credit in many circles as inventing the first electric guitar dubbed "The Frying Pan" and was the a co-founder of National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker guitars. Most of these guys were before the 50's. Check out Alvino Rey and his talking pedal steel guitar. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc2t2r ... -pup_music

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