Comparison Of Motown And Stax Records
The 60’s were a rockin’ time. Two record companies were rivals. They were Motown and Stax records. These two companies were big for their times. The two giants were big and had a lot of artists of great music play for them.
Motown and Stax had very different ways of running their business. Motown had Barry Gordy, who made the artists go to a school to teach them how act. "... But a wealth of new music by african-american performers flourished during this period. Among the most important devlopments was the music that came out of Motown Records- an idependent company whose most important era of success parallels that of the beatles." (covach/flory, pg 223) Stax records used a studio band to get the music. The intended audience of the two
Motown and Stax had very different ways of running their business. Motown had Barry Gordy, who made the artists go to a school to teach them how act. "... But a wealth of new music by african-american performers flourished during this period. Among the most important devlopments was the music that came out of Motown Records- an idependent company whose most important era of success parallels that of the beatles." (covach/flory, pg 223) Stax records used a studio band to get the music. The intended audience of the two