The Information Environment During the Making of a Bob Dylan Album :: Media Recording Music

The Information Environment During the Making of a Bob Dylan AlbumIn analyzing any of Bob Dylans albums and lyrics, one might receive very powerful, timely, political and social messages from the artist. Perhaps it is the way in which he mildews or responds to his fans which allows him to always front a step ahead of the public. Take, for instance, his addition of electric instruments to his medicament in 1964 (Bob Dylan Desire - Ink Blot Magazine). Dylans single-valued function of these instruments, which are significative of the growing breeding environment of the time, outraged folk fans. Nevertheless, Dylan had merely created the most influential folk-rock ever recorded (Bob Dylan Desire). In essence, he moved forward from the mentality, in which a blown-up part of the public during the 1960s still remained, in order to be better able to speak to his fans. He simply tried a new designing for the purpose of making his music sound better and holding on to his listeners. At the same time, though, when bands such as the Beatles had followed Bobs lead by creating blues and psychadelic-influenced music, Dylan withdraw to his country forms (Bob Dylan Desire). In other words, he spoke to the modern world, by progressing with the new, electric instruments, while still reaching his older, perhaps more traditional fans, with his alternated use of country forms. He composes music about betrayal, paranoia, fear and desire, and influentially ties in larger issues of the time, such as racial consciousness. Dylans album entitled Desire is indicative of the artists sense of and connection to the world around him.Perhaps the most influential song on the album, and indeed one of Bobs most politically and socially meaning(prenominal) compositions, is Hurricane. The interesting chain of events which lead to the making of this song indicate the information society of the time, as well as Dylans contribution to his information culture and influence in the public. Rubin C arter, the former champion African-American boxer, would simply never have known to contact Dylan had he not first listened to his lyrics of oppression and class differences. Thus, Dylans music is a powerful form of communication, a kind which would give a man such as Carter a glimpse of hope and justice. Without Carters book, The Sixteenth cycle (Social Conscience Rubin Hurricane Carter), the song would never have been made, and a greater public knowledge of the Ruben Carter case would never have been reached.