Note: To expand upon what is featured in articles, I was thinking of making an A Future in Noise video channel page at YouTube- what do the readers (and contributors!) think about this?

This is the continuing ongoing History of Rock series that accompanies the workshop on the subject that I teach- previous installments: Part 1: Blues, Part 2: First Wave of Rock, Part 3: Soul/Funk

Topics, artists/bands, and genres discussed and played will include: teen-idol pop, New York Pop, Phil Spector’s Wall-of-Sound production, the surf sound (The Ventures, Beach Boys), and pop rock of the late 60’s (Neil Diamond)

Comments are much appreciated, especially to share suggestions for topics, artists to cover, and potential homework assignments!

Sample of Performances…