Hard Rock vs. Soft Rock

Piper becomes the manager of her school band. The band is a hard rock band, but in order to get a recording made to be played on the radio, Piper had her band perform a soft rock song. Complete opposites! Piper realizes her band is not made for soft rock, so she plans to have them re-debut their hard rock side, and it makes them famous. Here is a bit of back ground on both types of music...

Hard Rock:
                                         
        Hard rock had its earliest roots in the 1960s and it is usually played by the electric and bass guitars, drums, vocals, and sometimes a piano or keyboard. It is a loud, and aggressive form of rock music, with guitar emphasised and often distorted. Drumming is done with strong rhythms, and works with the bass guitar. The vocals are often a growl or raspy. Usually involves a kind of screaming. Some famous bands that were hard rock bands are Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Bon Jovi, and Guns N' Roses to name few. This is the kind of music that appealed to the high school where Dumb was enrolled as well as the members of the band.

Soft Rock:

         Soft rock also had its earliest roots in the 1960s. It's typical instruments are electrical, bass and acoustic guitar, with drums, and a piano. It uses the techniques of rock music and combines them with folk rock and pop for a more toned down sound. They focus on love, everyday life, and relationships in their themes. The electric guitars are not as prominent and are more high pitched. The acoustic guitars, pianos, and synthesizers are more heavily used. Major bands and songwriters in the soft rock genre are Cat Stevens, Journey, Billy Joel, Chicago, and James Taylor. This is what the band turned into for a radio debut, but it was a disaster.

Here is a bit about hard rock and soft rock. If you ever read Five Flavors of Dumb it really will help, and I hope you found it informative and interesting!