Riley+Walpole+-+Own+Choice+Research+Task

I have chosen to research Australian singer-songwriter, Sarah Blasko. Sarah Blasko pursued her solo career in April 2002. Her genres consist of indie rock, indie pop an anti-folk. Indie rock and indie pop are very similar and both fall under the main genre, alternative rock. They both originated in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s. The main instruments used in indie rock are guitar, bass, drums, keyboard and vocals and the main instruments used in indie pop are vocals, guitar, bass and drums. Indie pop differs from indie rock in the way that it is more melodic, less abrasive and typically angst-free. In the mid-1980s "indie" became a word that was used to describe the music produced by post-punk labels. By the end of the 1990s indie rock and indie pop had developed a substantial amount of sub-genres including lo-fi, emo, noise pop, sadcore, post-rock, space rock and math rock. The changes to the music industry and music technology in the 2000s brought a new wave of fresh indie rock bands to achieve success. In the mid to late 80s indie pop was criticized for apparently being associated with "shambling" and underachievement but is now recognized as a vital moment for independent music in the UK. Anti-folk is a music genre that takes the purposefulness of politically charged 1960s folk music and overthrows it. It originated in the mid-1980s in the United States. Its stylistic origins are folk, punk rock, avant-garde and folk punk. The defining characteristics of this genre are hard to identify as the differ between artists. The music usually tends to sound raw or experimental. It generally mocks seriousness in the established mainstream music scene. The main instruments used to create music from this genre are guitar, bass, drums and piano.

The song I have chosen to analyse is //We Won't Run// by Sarah Blasko. This song is described as being indie pop. //We Won't Run// was released in May 2008 on Blasko's third album //As Day Follows Night// as her third single. Her first was //All I Want.// media type="youtube" key="z5RtLfE7K6Q" width="560" height="315"

__**Structure:**__ Intro Verse 1 Pre-Chorus Chorus Verse 2 Pre-Chorus Chorus Chorus Bridge Chorus Chorus 2 Chorus Outro

__**Instruments:**__ Bass Drum Vocals Backup Vocals Keyboard Strings Cymbals Tambourine

__**Chords;**__ //**Verse:**// Bb, Eb, Gm, F //**Pre-Chorus:**// Bb, Eb, Gm, F //**Chorus 2:**// Bb, Eb, Gm, F //**Bridge:**// F, Eb, Dm, F //**Outro:**// Bb, Eb, Gm, F
 * //Intro://** Bb, Eb, Gm, F
 * //Chorus://** Bb, Eb, Gm, F

|| ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||   ||  ||  ||  ||  || ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || ||   ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||  ||  ||   ||   ||  ||  ||  || ||  ||  ||  ||  ||   ||  ||  ||   ||
 * || **Intro** || **Verse 1** || **Pre-Chorus** || **Chorus** || **Verse 2** || **Pre-Chorus** || **Chorus** || **Chorus** || **Bridge** || **Chorus** || **Chorus 2** || **Chorus** || **Outro** ||
 * Bass ||
 * Drum ||
 * Vocals ||  ||
 * Backup Vocals ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Keyboard ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Cymbals || - ||  ||   || - - - || - ||   || - - || - - || - - - - || - - || - - || - || - - - ||
 * Tambourine || - ||  ||   || - - - || - ||   || - - || - - || - - - - || - - || - - || - || - - - ||
 * Strings ||  ||   ||   ||   ||