Detroit Music Virtual Tour Series
Series Description Fully immerse yourself in Detroit’s musical past and present with this 4 part series that includes our popular multi-gere, Detroit Music City virtual tour as well as our, “Big Three,” of music with tours focused on Motown, Rock and Techno. Through these virtual tours, you will be introduced to the people and places that influenced and inspired artists and entire genres and subgenres of music that are heard and enjoyed across the globe. And if you haven’t listened to all of these genres: consider this a fantastic opportunity to introduce yourself to a new side of Detroit that you may not have known about.
Virtual Tours Included: ● Detroit Music City: An Overview ● Motown Sounds ● Detroit Rock City: 60’s - Present Day (Parental Advisory: Explicit Content) ● Detroit: The Birthplace of Techno
Tour Descriptions
Detroit Music City: An Overview Detroit proudly claims the title of the home of Motown and Detroit Rock City - but there’s so much more to discover about Detroit’s thriving music scene. Beyond giving the world Motown, our city is also the techno capital of the world and was a staple in the 80s punk scene.
A virtual tour fit for Detroit music newbies and enthusiasts alike, we’ll take a look at some of Detroit’s influential venues, studios as well as some of the genres and artists that were shaped here.
Tour Highlights Include: ● Bluebird Inn ● Detroit Sound Conservancy ● United Sound Recording ● Motown Museum ● Baker's Keyboard Lounge ● St. Andrew's Hall and so much more!
Motown Sounds
Recognized globally, revered locally, you truly cannot mention Detroit in the context of music without mentioning Motown. That said, have you ever wondered how Motown came to be? What other artists, sounds and revolutions inspired and were inspired by its foundation? In this installation of Detroit Music Virtual Tour series, your tour guide will answer those questions and introduce you to the incredible people and places behind Motown, Blues, R&B and Soul music in the city of Detroit and how they each developed over time here.
Topics include: ● Paradise Valley ● Fortune Records ● United Sounds ● Motown Records ● Hitsville, USA ● And more!
Detroit Rock City: 60’s - Present Day It’s easy to overlook the influence of Detroit on rock music both nationally and internationally, but luckily the city has had some great advocates, such as the band Kiss, who inspired the name of this Detroit music tour series installment with their song of the same name. And while Kiss may not be a Detroit band themselves, there are many rock artists from various subgenres that called Detroit home. Not to mention the historic concert venues that quite literally set the stage for Detroit’s rock scenes to flourish. Parental advisory: this tour installment contains explicit content because #rocknroll.
Topics include: ● The White Stripes and Detroit’s Garage Rock scene ● Rodriguez ● Death and Detroit’s Punk Rock scene ● Bob Seger and Detroit’s Classic Rock scene ● The Grande Ballroom ● And more!
Detroit: The Birthplace of Techno If you read that title and were surprised, you aren’t alone. We’ve regularly shocked folks from far and wide with that fact on our walking tours of Hart Plaza where the Movement Electronic dance music festival takes place annually in Detroit. Even if you weren't surprised, you’re still likely to hear about and see some new faces and details involved in evolution and innovation that gave birth to Techno music and inspired many other genres after it.
Topics include: ● DEMF/Movement Festival ● The Belleville 3
● Afrofuturism ● Motor Lounge ● Zane Smith ● And more!