...INTRODUCTION The purpose of this report is to identify and evaluate the strategy of DJs. Analysing the external environment, looking at what resources and capabilities give the organisation its completive position, assessing the organisations strengths and weakness and looking at DJs long term sustainability plan to see what recommendations can be advised and considered in the coming years as the organisation faces new challenges in the ever changing retail and financial sector. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS The Business environment is ever changing for DJs. The Business focus is its department stores and financial services. The business environment is anything that affects strategies, performance and decision-making in the business. It is vital that an external and internal business environment study and investigation is carried out before formulating the company’s position and direction to remain sustainable long term. Reviewing the Macro environment, this consists of issues at work that will directly affect DJs activities and markets in which DJs competes in. The PESTEL model will be used to analysis the macro environment effects DJs is currently facing; this will allow the company to predict situations and unforeseen circumstances that may occur in the future. (please refer to Appendix A for diagram) Economic Factors The most important economic factor in the retail industry that affects DJs is interest rates. The cuts of interest rate by the Reserve Bank of Australia...
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...Takes To Be A DJ Being a DJ is not as easy as some may think. There are people out there who dismiss being a DJ as just playing one record after another, which is easy to say if one has never witnessed a DJ in action or even tried it themselves. Yes, it may appear to be easy to the untrained eye, but that’s mainly due to the fact that so many professional DJs make it look like a walk in the park. It’s become second nature to them. Imagine having to play for at least an hour to an expectant audience, an audience that has paid good money to have a good time, and being able to give that audience a good time, using just two decks, a mixer, and music that the DJ has chosen, is quite a skill (Barnes). Few DJs are able to support themselves financially with their DJing alone, and on top of that, they have to spend a lot of time and money on their craft. Of course, there are the obvious pluses; the awe-factor, the parties, the party-boys and girls, the ass-kissing. But there is more to it than that. This is an artform, an expression, a way of life (kbein). Many people dream of becoming a DJ, but to really be a DJ, one must buy the right equipment to handle the big-beat tunes. The first thing a DJ needs to do is to determine the type of gear he wishes to use. Building ones first DJ setup can be a difficult task if the person does not know which equipment to buy. There are four typical DJ setups: 1) computer only; it can be very difficult to DJ with only a computer because the DJ would have...
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... The role of a DJ is extremely important to any event. Of course the role of the Dj has changed dramatically since its inception in the early 30s and 40s but the role they play is still as important as it was back then. The Dj is the tone setter for any event. For example the role of the DJ in wedding receptions, they are the life of the party. The party doesn’t start until the Dj gets there. When planning a wedding, picking the perfect Dj is one of the most important things. Some may even argue that it is more important than the brides dress. Because, having the wrong Dj playing the wrong music can ruin the wedding and has ruined plenty of weddings I assume. But club Dj’s probably have the hardest Dj-ing job out of all of them. They are the majority of time the only entertainment for the night. They are hired to be the main event. Clubs now are all based on what type of Dj is performing. For example when in Las Vegas, you have to know what type of Dj is playing at the club you plan on going to before going to the nightclubs. Being in a nightclub with the wrong Dj playing your not so favorite music can and has ruined many nights; for me at least. Dj’s like DeadMau5, Avicci, Dj Skee and Funk Master Flex are among the top Djs in the world in their respective genres. When people hear that these Djs will be at certain clubs, those clubs will most likely sell out because people know they are going to have the time of their lives if their favorite Dj is performing. As...
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...Brittany Nicholas Ex: 3 Social Network Marketing- Buzz Agents DJ Rqaway DJ Rqaway (rock-away) is a disc jockey from New Orleans, LA. He has been in the DJ community as a Definition DJ for five years. A Definition DJ is a DJ that has built a name for his or her self in NOLA’s hiphop community. They are allowed to wear the official logo “Definition DJ” on their laptops, shirts, hats, or where ever else they want to place their badge of honor. DJ Rqaway is a man on a mission. He is a one-man show who can somehow extend himself to not only please his audience but also the audience of his fellow artists in NOLA. Rqaway has his own nights every Friday at Handsome Willy’s on N. Robertson off of Canal St. where he DJ’s all night long playing club baggers, local hits, requests, and his own favorite mixes he has made. Another one of his jobs include guest DJing for showcases. An example is how he DJs seasonally for MashOut which a monthly showcase featuring the rising underground NOLA talent. Another gig he does is DJing for the talent in NOLA. One of his favorite groups to DJ for is DeepNSpace and what he’ll do is play the music for their set; however, many rehearsals are necessary to make the show look so effortless. He is even featured in one of their videos. For the last year and some months, DJ Rqaway has taken a liking to photography. He realized that he has a gift for detail and he has the resources to make quality pictures. He started off going around to his friend’s events...
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...CDs, television shows, advertisements, and the internet. This shows how big of an impact it has on America and American music. A brief history shows Hip-Hop’s achievements and milestones. Hip-Hop is divided into two: the DJ and the MC. The DJ: Hip Hop began in South Bronx during the late 1970s. It arose when block parties were common in New York City. Deejays would use a technique to isolate the percussion breaks in songs. They did this because they knew that these percussion breaks would be easier to dance to (Hip-Hop music, par 5). This technique was very much seen in Jamaica and was brought to New York by DJ Kool Herc. DJ Kool Herc from Jamaica was known as the father of Hip-Hop. There were other Deejays that contributed to the expansion of Hip-Hop. These Deejays were DJ Hollywood, who invented the term Hip-Hop, and Grand Wizard Theodore, who invented scratching. Scratching is a technique used by deejays to produce distinctive sounds by moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable while manipulating the cross fader on a DJ mixer. New York was not the only city where Hip-Hop was becoming popular; Philadelphia was also contributing to its success. Philadelphia was perhaps the only city whose contributions were as great as those of New York City’s. A DJ by the name of Jazzy Jeff from west Philadelphia emerges and becomes very popular...
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...performance of David Jones. The valuation of the firm is provided subsequently and the underlying key assumptions are considered for sensitivity analysis. 1.1 Forecast on Future Finance Performance This section explained the forecasting bases and detailed forecasts are illustrated in Table 1. * Sales Growth The sales revenue is expected to have an average growth of 3% in the forecasting years. Due to the overall macro-economic factors such as a decline in consumer confidence or an increase in household savings rates, DJS is unlikely to boost the sales growth rate. Although the company is reducing the price of the international stocks, as the company faces increased competition in online retailing, which has resulted in greater transparency of global pricing, there is a risk the price deductions will not be offset by higher volumes. (DJS Annual Report, 2013) However, DJS’s strong market position and the strategic initiatives being implemented will push the growth rate back to positive and become stable in the later forecasting years. * Asset Turnover It is forecasted that ATO will tend to be continuously stable and maintain 2.0 during 2014 and 2018. This is based on the historical data, which shows a steady movement at 2.65 – 2.15. *...
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...* Question 1 * Utilitarianism According to the theory of Utilitarianism, the decision which will produce the best consequences would be broadcasting the prank call as the greatest amount of pleasure will be produced through this decision. The extent of the happiness will be the listeners of the radio station being entertained at the time the prank is broadcasted, which is a huge number of people (Low, 2013). Owners of the radio station will also be happy when the amount of listeners that tune into the radio channel at this particular time increased to listen to the prank calls made by the radio DJs. This extent of happiness will far exceed the extent of unhappiness caused by this prank call, which are only the nurses being pranked and/or the characters being imitated in the prank call. We can also take another feature for the calculation of the amount of happiness being generated, for example, the duration of happiness (Low, 2013). The duration of the unhappiness is longer than happiness because people who are unhappy tend to take a longer time to recover from that unhappiness. The happiness that the listeners have only will last during the few minutes of the broadcast or maybe a few minutes after as well. The total amount of happiness will still outweigh the total amount of unhappiness because the extent of happiness far exceeds and dominates the net amount of happiness. Therefore, it will be ethical to broadcast the prank call based on utilitarianism. * Kantian...
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...Electric Zoo Response Paper Electric Zoo is a musical event that takes place once a year in New York. Arguably the biggest and best musical event in the country, over 100,00 people attended the event this year. This venue features the worlds Top DJs all in one arena performing one after the other. Featuring artists such as Tiesto, Skrillex, David Guetta, Steve Aoki and Sander Van Doorn, This event is mandatory to attend if you are a fan of EDM (electronic dance music). EDM has definitely grown popular in the past few years and provided the joy in life to millions of individuals worldwide. Electronic dance music was created in the 1980s in Detroit by a man called 'Frankie Knuckles”, who is also referred to as the 'Godfather of house'. He went to clubs and made and played music of his his mixer and technic turntables. He would reconstruct sounds by combining two tracks together and adjusting the tempo and layering percussive beats. This was the birth of house music. Still awaiting for the genre to rise, years after EDM was made popular in New York City & London. Before you know it there were many created sub-genres for EDM and were frequently played in night clubs and concerts. Many Djs arose to become the best in the EDM business such as Tiesto, who averages $250,000 a show performing worldwide. This generation, EDM has become a phenomenon and rising rapidly in the market. Many music festivals were created centered around Electronic Dance Music. Electric Daisy, Tommorowland...
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...What is an HBCU? HBCU, stands for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Are there any movies that revolve HBCU? Some movies include; “School Daze,” a musical comedy drama film directed by Spike Lee and another movie is “Stomp the Yard,” a dance drama film directed by Sylvain White. Both movies have an ample amount of conflict in the plot, whether it is being internal or external. During the movie “School Daze,” there is conflict in fraternities and sororities on who can join and who is forbidden to join at Mission College in rural Georgia. The women on campus are separated into two groups, the Wannabes, which are the lighter, curlier-haired sisters (posers) and the Jigaboos, who are the darker, more natural-haired women on campus....
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...The foundation of hip hop was being laid out brick by brick in the 1970’s by DJs in the South Bronx, and sometimes in old abandoned house. These DJs invented sampling music through trial and error, and many times by fooling around with records at home. A DJ known as DJ Kool Herc also known as Clive Campbell, laid the very first building block of hip hop in 1973. That was when he was reported hosting a party with a sound system to DJ the party. His sound equipment was two turntables and a guitar amp. “Kool Herc brought the idea of the Jamaican sound system to America,” says Marcus Reeves. Herc also invented the commonplace DJing technique of break, or breakbeats. He would for example play James Brown “ Give it up or Turnit A Loose” on two turntables and would spin one of the records back to break repeatedly. “His innovation was bringing the breakbeats to the sound of this new movement,” Reeves says. “He would just kind of drop a needle on the record, and just kind of go back and forth.” In 1974 after...
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...This article is about the cultural movement. For the music genre, see Hip hop music. For other uses, see Hip hop (disambiguation). Graffiti of "hip hop" in Eugene, Oregon Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic subculture that originated in African-American and Hispanic-American communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx.[1][2][3] DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, B-boying and graffiti writing.[4][5][6][7] [8] Since its emergence in the South Bronx, hip hop culture has spread to both urban and suburban communities throughout the world.[9] Hip hop music first emerged with disc jockeys creating rhythmic beats by looping breaks (small portions of songs emphasizing a percussive pattern) on two turntables, more commonly referred to as sampling. This was later accompanied by "rap", a rhythmic style of chanting or poetry presented in 16 bar measures or time frames, and beatboxing, a vocal technique mainly used to imitate percussive elements of the music and various technical effects of hip hop DJ's. An original form of dancing and particular styles of dress arose among fans of this new music. These elements experienced considerable refinement and development over the course of the history of the culture. The relationship between graffiti and hip hop culture arises from the appearance of new and increasingly elaborate and pervasive forms of the practice in areas where other elements of hip hop...
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...Family Health Risk Assessment Beverly James submitted to Laura Lisicki MS, FNP-BC in partial fulfillment of NR 478 Community Health Nursing Practicum Regis University October 17, 2012 Family Health Risk Assessment Health risk assessment is an important component in health promotion and disease prevention in the individual, the family and the community. Choices can be healthy or unhealthy and each individual’s exposure may not have the same implementation. “The factors that determine or influence whether disease or other unhealthy results occur are called health risk” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2010, p. 334). This paper discusses the family and the assessment process. The use of the genogram and ecomap will be used to present family data. By reviewing the genogram, biological and age-related risks facing the family will be determined. The ecomap will present the social and environmental risks facing the family. As a final point, an analysis of the genogram and ecomap will be utilized to summarize the family strengths and problems or potential problems. Introduction of the Family and the Assessment Process The J family has the following family members: * Mr. D. J., a 58 year old financial analysis who just recently lost his job, has obesity, hypercholesterol, sleep apnea and borderline hypertension * Mrs. B. S., a 58 year old mother, a full-time Registered Nurse, and going to college part-time, has hypercholesterol and suffers with gastroparesis * R. S...
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...explain the core concepts of strategic management of a retail industry, David Jones. In conducting this research, academic journals, textbooks, David Jones’ company reports and online news are used as the sources of information. This report analyses the external environments such as macro-environment and industry environment as well as examine the internal core competencies, using PESTEL model and Porter’s Five Factors. Moreover, core strategies and their application will also be addressed in the article. Several key challenges faced by the current business climate and some suggested recommendations for the firm’s future strategy to overcome the challenges will also be taken into consideration. Introduction David Jones Limited (DJs) is a high end Australian department store chain and was founded by David Jones in 1838 when it first opened in Sydney to...
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...Individual Assignment – David Jones Limited 1. (a) DJS is a public company that issues shares to the general public and is a separate legal entity. (b) The income statement shows tax being deducted directly from company profit. The equity section show contributed equity instead of owners or partners’ equity. Also retained earnings after dividends or allocation to another equity account. 2. (a) Net assets and total equity have the same dollar value of $775,704,000. (b) Equity is the residual interest in the assets of the entity after deducting all its liabilities. 3. The finanical statements include the assets, liabilites and results of its subsidiaries incorporated in Australia. 4. The interest bearing liabilities comprises bank overdraft and unsecured bank loans. Overdraft and bank loan expiring in 15 December are reported as current liabilitis and bank loans expiring in 15 December of 2014 and 2016 respectively are reported as non-current liabilities. 5. (a)Contributed equity, reserves and retained earnings are reported under Company’s equity’s section. Contributed equity is the amount of total purchased ordinary shares. Retained earnings are the sum of profit retained in the entity after dividends payout. The share-based payment arises on the grant of share optons to employees and executives under share option plan and the cash flow hedge reserves. (b) Total equity of 775 millions in 2012 and 785 millions in 2011 are reported. (c)...
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...What is an HBCU? HBCU, stands for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Are there any movies that revolve HBCU? Some movies include; “School Daze,” a musical comedy drama film directed by Spike Lee and another movie is “Stomp the Yard,” a dance drama film directed by Sylvain White. Both movies have an ample amount of conflict in the plot, whether it is being internal or external. During the movie “School Daze,” there is conflict in fraternities and sororities on who can join and who is forbidden to join at Mission College in rural Georgia. The women on campus are separated into two groups, the Wannabes, which are the lighter, curlier-haired sisters (posers) and the Jigaboos, who are the darker, more natural-haired women are campus....
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