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Holiday From Staff Reports A flurry of USC performin university's annual Christmas iseum Wednesday. And they'll get a little help From the Carolina Band to holiday concert showcases a v\ THE PROGRAM, howe "Carolina community" in lai volve many others in the Dep USC President James He sonaiity Joe Pinner, two yoi university, some elementary-! and Santa Claus will join in t Traditional Christmas carc acts are planned for the hour Best of all, according to i parking. HOLDERMAN WILL serv Pinner acts as master of cerei The various USC performir day themes through singing, ir modes. Vocal erouDS aDoearine wil ' ffffBTIIIHMIiBHIIimW Jmt^ m Singin' the blues red hot Koko Taylor's gutsy delivery ha Music industi Creativ By Robert O'Connor The popular music business 1983. After a four-year slun either creative or sales aspec spelled increased security for industry observers. According to Lenny Waror Records, "if you have the ri business." That statement would hav 1970s and early 1980s. Now, UNTIL 1978, record sales i to 20 percent, local music me After the soundtrack fron 1 tin i icciwuuu mat; ^ ivumour; copies each during 1977-78, r< some industry "speed bum considerably. A dearth of quality music, of marketing aggressiveness v according to Craig Boyd, supi bia Mall, and Tom Gallow* Records and Tapes in Five P< A brighter economy, a si phenomenally successful Ml contributed to the obvious r< and Galloway said. "MTV HAS forced radio explained. He said during the slump 5 the creative initiative, insti familiar music. A stagnant pop music scen< struggling new artists to breal MTV has heavily influeno musical enthusiasm, producer "CONTEMPORARY HIT the album-oriented rock statio or Duran Duran ? acts that 1 Joe Webber, owner of the inc concert g troupes will be featured ii Music Festival at Carolina from their friends. > the USC Dance Company /ide range of the school's ta ^er, traditionally has del rger terms ? and again wi artment of Music presentai >lderman, local television ing performers with ties tc school artists, eight "reind he production. Is, skits, sing-alongs and c -long show. its backers, it's free. Even re as host for the evening, v nonies. ig groups will highlight the I istrumentation, dance and c II be the University Chorus Mb BP? m s framed her reputation as an v hails 198 B _ 'ity, eco celebrated a triumphant ye; lp with little stimulation 1 ts, revolutionary changes the music market, accordir iker, president of Warner 1 ght record, you can do toi e been suspect during the it appears Waronker is rigl rt c c*r\ of or* onr*n ol ' uvivujvu ui an annual i die V irehants said last week, i "Saturday Night Fever" >" sold more than 20 mi jcording companies encoun ps" and the business sl< poor radio exposure and a vere major factors in the sli ervisor of Record Bar in Co ly, an employee of Schoo Dints. iperior crop of music anc isic Television (MTV) all ssurgence in record sales, 1 ? to be more versatile," 1 /ears, FM radio refused to ead favoring established e made it almost impossibli !c through. ed record sales and revita s have argued. radio woke up and realized ns weren't playing Culture < >eople had seen on MTV," lependent record label IJpr showcases n the Col' t^,e ^ent* BH fined 1& ^jtwl II inion. Per- fl ' 9 uiv fgyfffTrwffr??^ ecr" JSi||PBy >thcr ^TTHITifff^^ i the Concert Choir, under the directi vhile Darazs, and the Carolina Alive troi Richard Conant. holi- Diverse instrumental arrangemer >ther USC's band, orchestra and jazz ens and THE CAROLINA Flag and Ri A b Fron arti: stud sem Wei T bus sup \ g"t \ blu leas 1 acclaimed blues singer. beg 3 nnmir. uriQiA/i q n Q y ^527 ^k7 2 ar in "Contemporary hit radio \a rom ' have that the album-oriented rocl lg to playing ... acts that people iros. ? Independent n is of late tit. The cable network station has spa mini-dramas set to familiar tunes }f up fected tastes and styles. Perhaps trendy, but definitely imj and the careers of groups such as Men illion and Big Country, never before heai tered Music video al?o has propelled th< 3wed tists such as Rod Stewart, Stevic Michael Jackson. lack A **' JACKSON'S "THRILLER" is i j. .1983 and remains the dominant sellt 1 s its release, according to Boyd and < j , "Thriller" already has made an< . v ducing six (with a bead on seven) 'I ^aWe, the No. 1 spot on the album charts Second only to "Thriller" is "Syi best-selling album from The Police , David Bowie, Def Leppard ai ^uyu "Flashdance" flesh out the blockbi take and THE NEW aggressiveness of FN sound of popular music toward a sh; e for observers note. "Heavy metal" has resurfaced \ lized groups such as Def Leppard and Q "New wave," once considerec PCfahlickcH <*? *Vi? mnci/<al vk>vMv*auiivv? aictwja ua tuv inujivai Utll that "These areas will continue to Club disputing Galloway's claim that hea' fads that won't hold local attentioi oar. main focus, and where music is goi varietv c a Danc< > Carol <?Wnf sketcl - the pi k JBk charg k JLlk also { ?jB| m \ Schot ,:WS m ing vi fourtl An and a ion of professor Arpad tunes ipe, directed by professor Gentl Th. its will be performed by man embles. serve< Foi fie Corps and the USC 777-4 icclaimed b rings it bac n Staff Reports oko Taylor, the celebrated Chicag' it who won rave reviews frorr lents when she performed hei ester, returns to the Golden inesday night for a solo concert. aylor, a veteran of the classic bac is birthplace of the Windy City, h; ed by critics and audiences alike a the finest contemporary blues si "the undisputed Queen of the B1 he Chicago Tribune dubbed the p( man "the hardest-working lady ii iness today," and her fans are q iport that claim. Haylor has staked her reputation sy, honest approach to the entire p es music. She has been recorded ;t eight albums. ^aylor was born in Memphis, Ten an her singing career with a churcl nn hnnot i E E E*J 8 foke up and realized c stations were not had seen on MTV." scord label executive tt Joe Webber \ M wned "videos" ? musical gt ? that have markedly af- H aortant, MTV has boosted M at Work, The Eurythmics rd from. 1 e established success of ar- 1 : Nicks and, especially, | jndoubtedly the album of :r in Columbia a year after Galloway. i re-made history by proop 10 singles and holding for 20 weeks. Mich ichronicity," the fifth and jyja( id the soundtrack from Listing ranks. , . . hpnir Th 1 radio has redirected the busin arper and rebellious route, mom trv 'r vith the Top 10 status of ' uiet Riot. WI 1 a passing phase, has ,er.? t of the '80s. lastin expand," Boyd insisted, Lo vy metal and new wave are slumj a. "New wave will be the "I ng to be." , said. if use tc e Company will add their own st; ina Coquettes will portray Sa i. mon Gray, 13, and 6-year-old S; rogram for a rendition of "Silen ay, whose father, Donald, is t e of IJSC's opera program, will s >lays piano and cello. Farland, whose parents are both 3l of Medicine, will play violin. T olin since age 4, and plays an insl >f a standard violin. MNER WILL narrate Clement is the Night Before Christmas, h-graders is screened. audience sing-along will includ medley called "Christmas in Son as "O Come All Ye Faithful," emen" and "The First Noel." 2 concert begins at 8 p.m., but n William Moody noted seating i< J basis. r more information, call the 280. lues perfor :k to camp She moved to Chicag 0 Diues nrsi Dig Dreak in ivo 1 USC on two singles for th e last Her biggest single, Spur later. "Wang Dang E all-out effort, becai k-alley secured her reputatic as been But the singer doe s "one one style in her genr ngers" for her versatile vo ,ues." soul numbers such jwerful Rather Go Blind." ii snow "A lot o! people j uick to blues," she said. 4,TI blues forms." on her Taylor has scored alateof Man Is This" and ' I on at among others. Taylor and her E n., and form Wednesday at ^ choir. for USC students an to record sal is&f * < JH ael Jackson's "Thriller" ie music history by spawning six To )LUMBIA AIRPLAY, howev id" national trends, he said. e post-recession economic recov< IACC 1 1T * uuui uitii a^iccu. x oung du ;y to put into their popular music ?' western and classical channels lile industry executives are hopefi n whether the successful album ig recovery. cally, disagreement is similar. < f> is imminent, while Boyd remai hope it is permanent and 1 thir i nere is a new attitude and goc ilent yles to the evening. The nta's reindeer in one arah MeFarland are on t Night." he music professor in ing. The seventh-grader associated with USC's he child has been studytrument one-quarter the Moore's classic tale, " as artwork by area e "Joy to the World" g," which features such "God Rest Ye Merry, nusic department chair; on a first-come, firstmusic department at mar I I IUI IUS ;o at age 18, and got her 3, when she was backed ie USA label. though, came two years )oodle," a hard-driving, ne a million-seller and )n. ;sn't limit herself to any e, and has been praised cal work on slow-burn as Etta James' "I'd ust have a set idea of the hat's why I cover a lot of hits with "What Kind of 41 Got What It Takes," Hues Machine will per9 p.m. Admission is $2 id $4 for guests. es p? BVsk,:'; p 10 singles in 1983. er, remains "a little jry has aided the record yers feel they have more :al interests. Soul, coun have benefitted as well. ul, though, opinions difis of 1983 will mean a Galloway feels another ns optimistic. ik it is permanent," he >d music for everyone."