demusic1-1, Exercise 2: Testing a myth

Model answer (one possible choice: "Kraftwerk invented electronic music"; check):

1. Define the claim: invented what exactly? Electronic sound, electronic pop, the use of synthesizers in a band, or a particular style?
2. Find earlier work: electronic music studios in Cologne and elsewhere in the 1950s, early synthesizer music, and Krautrock groups such as Tangerine Dream (check names and dates).
3. Find what Kraftwerk did: their instruments, their image, the albums, the commercial success (check release years).
4. Find influence: musicians in other countries who credit them, and the genres that followed, such as synth-pop and techno.
5. Sources: histories of electronic music, interviews, and the albums themselves, treating each musician's own account as a source to test.

Likely result: a fair claim is "very influential in popular electronic music", not "invented electronic music".