Reseach into Genres

Pop (Popular Music):
• Was originally a lighter version of ‘Rock and Roll’ in the 50’s becoming instead more and more a genre, which successful music could be categorised in too.
• Pop acquired its name in 1926 from a piece of music having ‘POP’ular appeal.
Musicologists often identify the following characteristics as typical of the pop music genre:
• a focus on the individual song or singles, rather than on extended works or albums
• an aim of appealing to a general audience, rather than to a particular sub-culture or ideology
• an emphasis on craftsmanship rather than formal "artistic" qualities
• an emphasis on recording, production, and technology, over live performance
• a tendency to reflect existing trends rather than progressive developments

DubStep
•Dubstep is a genre of electronic music that has its roots in London's early 2000s UK garage scene. Musically, dubstep is distinguished by its 2step rhythm, or use of snare sounds similar to 2step garage and grime, and an emphasis on bass, often producing "dark" sounds, but just as frequently producing sounds reminiscent of dub reggae or funky US garage.

Bassline
•Bassline is a type of music related to UK garage that originated from speed garage, and shares characteristics with fellow subgenres dubstep and grime for their emphasis on bass. The style originated in Sheffield around 2002.