5. Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and
the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that
include indie pop, jangle pop, C86, and lo-fi, among others. Originally used to
describe record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced
and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock. The term indie rock,
derived from "independent," describes the small and relatively low-budget labels
on which it is released and the do-it-yourself attitude of the bands and artists
involved. Although distribution deals are often struck with major corporate
companies, these labels and the bands they host have attempted to retain their
autonomy, leaving them free to explore sounds, emotions and subjects of limited
appeal to large, mainstream audiences.
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7. Pop music (popular abbreviation) is a genre of popular music which originated
in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll. The terms
popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, even though the
former is a description of music which is popular (and can include any style).
Here are the usual conventions of the pop genre:
• 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[
• much pop music is intended to encourage dancing, or it uses dance-
oriented beats or rhythms
