...Jennifer Gliere Introduction to Music 5 December 2016 Final Project: Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” Journey is an American rock and roll band that was formed in 1973. It consists of guitarist and backing vocalist Neal Schon, bass player and backing vocalist Ross Valory, keyboard player and backing vocalist Jonathan Cain, drummer Steve Smith, and finally the leading vocalist Arnel Pineda (The Band). The band’s first album was released in 1975 but it was not a big hit. The following seven albums were not so lucky either. “After 1978, when big-voiced, feather-haired lead singer Steve Perry joined Journey, the group became a dominant force in what’s sometimes derisively referred to as “corporate rock”” (Murray). Hence, many contend...
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...1991). Heart rate is the number of heart beats per unit of time, typically expressed in beats per minute or bpm. The average heart rate at rest under normal conditions of adolescents and adults is 63.3 bpm ± 13.1 bpm, with variability of 3.2 bpm ± 2.1 (Leschka, 2006). Other factors also have an influence on the heart beat and heart rate such as the medulla of the brain of the hormone adrenaline. External stimuli or external factors also result in alterations of the heart rate. These include physical and emotional factors. One type of external stimuli that is shown to have effects on the heart rate is sound, specifically music. Music is currently being considered to be used as therapy for coronary conditions as well as on anxiety (Smolen et al, 2002). In addition, music is widely prevalent in the lives of adolescents. Teenagers in this day are age are exposed to music on a regular basis and a majority of adolescents living in the United States own mp3 or I-Pods (Epperson, 2011). Sound has been shown to have effects on the heart rate. The...
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...| How is Digital Piracy Hurting Modern Society? | | | Introduction Digital Piracy is a huge crime that is large hurting the entertainment business here in the United States and in other countries, but the question I ask myself is how digital piracy hurting modern society? What actions are our governments taking to stop people from downloading illegal music, movies, and software? How much of a profit loss is effecting the companies that are producing this digital material? If someone knows what the punishment is for downloading music, movies, and software would they still do it. This research will aim to understand what is digtal piracy is and why it is that people download illegal software, movies, and music. Literature review In the article Examine Digital Piracy: Self-Control, Punishment, and Self-Efficacy, the authors introduce what digital piracy is and how it changes on a constant basis. They show how the “United States government has been cooperating in the fight against digital piracy with the software, music and movie industries with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)” (Zhang, Smith, McDowell, 2009). They discuss how most people think that digital piracy is acceptable, it a soft crime and it does not hurt anyone, and most think that this information should be exchanged freely. The authors also did an online-survey study on college students who were taking Management Information Sciences (MIS) course at a public university in the southern United...
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...fall and it makes not profitable to produce the product anymore. As a number of other companies dominate the market, it becomes increasing difficult for the company in question to maintain its level of sales. This is something in the case of digital music players like the Apple IPod. Profitability will fall, eventually to the point where it is no longer profitable to produce, and production will stop. As a number of companies start to dominate the market, it becomes increasingly difficult for the company in question to maintain its level of sales. Consumer tastes also change, as do new technologies which may make the product become ultimately obsolete (as in the case of CDs and DVDs, and now Blu-Ray).Profitability will fall, eventually to the point where it is no longer profitable to produce, and production will stop. As a number of companies start to dominate the market, it becomes increasingly difficult for the company in question to maintain its level of sales. Consumer tastes also change, as do new technologies which may make the product become ultimately obsolete (as in the case of CDs and DVDs, and now Blu-Ray).Profitability will fall, eventually to the point where it is no longer profitable to produce, and production will stop. As a number of companies start to dominate the market, it becomes increasingly difficult for the company in question to maintain its level of sales. Consumer tastes also change, as do new technologies which may make the product become ultimately obsolete...
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...focuses in its primary line of business (in this case the music industry), and “increasing the number of products and services offered or markets served in that primary business”(Robbins & Coulter, 2009), and horizontal integration by combining with competitors. In 2009, Live Nation announced they were merging with ticketmaster to “expand into a complimentary business” (Rapino, 2009). With the concentration growth strategy, Rapino is able to offer many products such as concert tickets, merchandise, videos, and albums when other companies only offer one or a couple of these products. Using the horizontal integration growth strategy Rapino is able to eliminate competition and keep profit inside the company. “The key to Live Nation’s growth strategy is the ability to connect to those millions of people who attend shows every year” (Robbins & Coulter, 2009). By keeping a database that includes contact information for every fan (or client) that Live Nation has ever had, Live Nation is able to “connect” fans to their artists with greater ease. By strengthening the artist to fan connection, the purchase of merchandise and tickets is easier and helps Live Nation to keep growing and profiting. How might SWOT analysis be useful to Mike Rapino? A SWOT analysis is an analysis of the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities...
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...KPWR 106 Radio Channel Analysis Radios have been around for more than 100 years now and it has played a big role in our modern society. Through radio, news, music and advertisements have thrived. However, as technology advanced time after time, the radio stations had many other stations to compete with. For this assignment, I chose KPWR 106 which is hip-hop station to examine and learn why this station is a successful one. I think there are two types of radio personalities: those that plan an actual show, and those that have no idea what they want to talk until the station starts. A planned show keeps the listeners tuned in and makes the listeners want to come back to it often. PWR 106 is seems unplanned but maintains the good hit playlist and engaging talks. There are several things to keep in mind, which I have learned from this assignment. The time frame was 10:30 to 11:30 in the morning on March 19th,2014. The station was called KPWR106 and it mainly played rap, hip-hop and R&B. The Format of the show kind of unique. The first 15 minutes, it played 2 music back to back and then one 30 second commercial and repeated once more. However after 15 minute mark, it had about 9 commercials non-stop 15 to 30 second playing time each. Following the unending commercials, 9 songs were played non-stop again, each one playing for about 3 minutes. So in total there were total of 18 commercials for about 11 minutes. They advertised auto insurance, school degree programs, loans...
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...Sandra Richardson 090713457 Illegal digital downloads and piracy: What effect is this having on the entertainment industry and is there a solution to the problem? Background. The entertainment industry felt their first blow in 1999 when a student developed Napster, a software program allowing millions of users to illegally download and share music files; sparking the beginning of the hundreds of entertainment sharing websites around the world today. Although shut down due to the Recording Industry Association Of America filing a lawsuit because of copyright infringement and suppressed record sales, this did not stop the development of more sophisticated file sharing softwares able to manipulate copyright laws around the world. Downloading films became possible due to increased storage and memory space available on computers, enabling users to download multiple movies in a matter of hours, even before released in cinemas. Currently, Mass media storage devices are available that hold thousands of music and film files on a small box, transferred from the users computer. So what effect is all this having? Has the popularity of illegal downloading affected the profits and jobs of the entertainment industry? Is there a correlation between entertainment stores losing revenue or even going out of business because of suppressed sales and illegal downloads? Does this have a negative effect on the economy through job loss, reduced income tax, fewer artists growing and is there...
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...The Red Line, By Charles Higson Analysis In this short story by Charles Higson we are introduced to three characters (four, including Cathy) that have nothing in common whatsoever. They come from different environments, backgrounds and families. However, as the story proceeds we discover how fragile, weak and alike they become when their fears take over their lives. I will therefore do a thorough analysis focusing on fear of the unknown as the main theme. In order to do that, I find it important to do a characterization to gain an insight to the four protagonists’ personalities. Berto, Denise and “the nameless guy” are all sitting in the same cabin in The Tube in London. Berto is visiting London trying to find the love of his life, Cathy, an English girl who has visited Berto in Italy where they have had an affair. To his disappointment he comes to find out that she is in a relationship. She leaves him in the Tube after an argument. He feels very self-conscious about speaking English. He has asked for directions and he hasn’t been able to make himself clear, so the man just laughed at him and it has been very humiliating. Another obstacle for him is his pride. He is on the platform and he is deciding whether he should ask anybody for directions and he keeps making excuses of why he shouldn’t. The old women are deaf, some of the men seem drunk and so on. Nobody is good enough. He is actually ashamed of asking for the cherub’s help. (“Why was he ashamed to ask...
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...Creative Spark Talk Analysis: “How Schools Kill Creativity" by Ken Robinson Jeff Talley University of Phoenix PHL/458 May 20, 2015 Faculty Name: Sonya Walker Creative Spark Talk Analysis: “How Schools Kill Creativity" by Ken Robinson At the TED conference in February 2006, Ken Robinson argues that schools are only teaching education and not creativity, which the school system should be concentrating on. He feels the students of today are not taught so much in the arts and music area. There is only a strong focus in educating the students in the math, science and literacy areas. Robinson also goes on to say that the sad part about this is if a young student enjoys either or both of the arts and music area, they are told that those areas will never get them a job in their future. He feels that having creativity (music and the arts) in the educational curriculum is just as important as literacy, math and science and that educators should treat it the same as the core subjects. Students lose their creativity when they are told at a young age that they are wrong because they don’t ever want to make another mistake again. When a child is growing up they don't care that they are wrong. Now, when a child is told that they are doing something wrong they don't ever want to make another mistake ever again. This in turn will cause...
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...Social 4 Technological 4 Environment 5 Porters 5 force analysis 5 Threat of New Entrant 5 Threat of Substitutes 5 The bargaining power of buyers 6 The bargaining power of suppliers 6 The intensity of rivalry among competitors in the industry 6 Structure of industry 6 Conclusion 7 List of References 9 Bibliography 10 Appendix 1 11 Introduction For this assignment I will be investigating the structure and analysing the environment of the music retailing industry. To analysis the industry I will be using three main techniques. These techniques will be a macro and micro environment analysis, porter’s five forces and a PESTEL analysis. Microenvironment The microenvironment is the environment which has a direct effect on the business or industry, such as customers, staff, rivals and etc. The microenvironment is also not confined to one country either because in today’s market suppliers for example often come from all over the world. The effect of the microenvironment is often what leads a business to be a success or failure. The main players in the music retailing industry are Apple, Amazon and HMV (Datamonitor, 2007). The biggest and most recently change in the music industry has been its distribution channels. The only way music could once be purchased was through buying a CD from a music retailer. Now music can be downloaded via a computer, mobile phone etc. The online distribution of music has been such a strong factor it has forced the industry to...
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...JAMAICA 1. Analyze the film: setting, characterization (answer questions in your worksheet). - Use the list of adjectives in your characterization of Ivanhoe Martin - Use the lyrics of the two songs in your characterization of Ivanhoe Martin 1. The movie takes place in 1970’s Jamaican slum, where there is a lot of poverty and crime in the streets. The movie ends near the coast by the countryside. The setting welcomes the viewer into their life, and we feel their passion for music, and their will to fight it to the end 2. Ivanhoe Martin is the main person of the movie, and is played by the famous Jimmy cliff. Ivanhoe lived on the countryside for the most of his life, until he decided to move to the city to pursuit his dream of becoming a famous reggae singer. He soon realizes that the life in the city is tough. He is taken advantage of by people before he learns to live in the big city. Before he starts the singing career he will have to settle down and get a job. But getting a normal job in the city is very difficult to find, and in his search for a job he both goes to the rich neighbor hood and the poor slum. It is very interesting to see in this movie how the city is described and divided in this movie, and it is worth noticing that even though it is the same city, he actually travels from the third world to the western life style. It is also described how the western society in Kingston can control the third world area in form the police. Though the police have...
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...Subject: ARCS Word Count : 4538 Supervisor: Hans Kirkels Draft – Final 19th June 2013 | Abstract: Background - Piracy in the Internet is defined as the evil force that is destroying the entertainment industry. This blame has been put on since the invention of the Internet and its file sharing ability. It has recently been observed that a significant number of reasons can help in proving that piracy does have a good effect on the society. Result – Distributing the three major entertainment industries such as the music industry, gaming industry and the Movie production industry the research helps in proving the question about why is piracy good to the society. Piracy is not only the back bone of the entertainment business but is also the backbone of the internet as by doing critical analysis we find that it even protects us from the government. Conclusions - A theoretical analysis, backed up by observation and intense reading and understanding of how the Internet and the piracy works we can conclude that the piracy has had good effects on the entertainment industry. Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………… 2 Table of Contents…………………………………………………………... 3 1. List of Illustration………………………………………..……………….. 4 ...
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...The Impact of the Internet on the Music Industry: Downloadable Music VS. Records Table of Contents * Introduction 3 * Music Label Industry Analysis 5 * EMI Group Unlimited Business Description 7 * Record Label Business Model 8 * Record Label History 10 * Record Label SWOT Analysis 11 * Downloadable Music Business Description 14 * Downloadable Music Business Model 14 * Downloadable Music History 15 * Competing Online Services 15 * Financial Analysis 16 * The Future of The Music Industry 19 * Conclusion 21 * References 21 The Impact of the Internet on the Music Industry: The Record Label VS. Downloadable Music It was only a short time ago that record stores like Specs and FYE were littered across the country, stocked from wall to wall with all the latest albums from your favorite bands and all sorts of music paraphernalia. People like me would have stacks of compact discs or binders full of the music they owned ready to go wherever they went. Before them there were cassette tapes, and before that vinyl records. If you were lucky enough to be a signed musician, you were a star destined for fame and fortune with thousands if not millions of loyal supporters buying your album and following you on tour. Most importantly for the purpose of this paper, the record labels were some of the wealthiest companies in the entertainment...
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...2014/ 2015 Music Around Me DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC AND MARKETING ANALYSIS FOR A NEW MOBILE MUSIC STREAMING APPLICATION CLÉMENT CHEMINAT 56025 MIKOŁAJ SZYMAŃSKI 56026 COUNSELOR: ADA SCUPOLA Music Around Me C. Cheminat M. Szymanski Table of contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Problematics............................................................................................................................. 4 1.3 Limitations ............................................................................................................................... 5 2.0 METHODOLOGY................................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Primary Data............................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 Secondary data ........................................................................................................................ 7 2.2.1 Research papers ............................................................................................................. 7 2.2.2 IFPI Digital Music Report 2014 .............................................
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...These are some inventers that have had a influince in my liefe I know Steve Jobs didn’t invent digital music or the MP3 format, but like everything he had a hand in; he took it to the masses in a way that no one else did before. There wouldn’t be “Podcasts” if not for the iPod, and the iTunes music store completely changed how people buy and experience music. The record industry may hate it, but iTunes and Apple’s MP3 player changed the world of music Bill gates did change the world through technological innovation and great business strategy and aggressive business tactics, and by charities, he has donated billions of dollars and continues to do it up to this day. He dropped out of Harvard to chase his entrepreneur career and so he and his partner Paul Allen built the world’s largest software business, Microsoft. And Microsoft changed the world completely, like 90 % Of the computers we use today, use Windows Operating System which is made by Microsoft and computers are actually the driving force of the world today, like almost everything is done by computers Edison’s initial work in motion pictures was inspired byMuybridge’s analysis of motion. The first Edison device resembled his phonograph, with a spiral arrangement of 1/16 inch photographs made on a cylinder. Viewed with a microscope, these first motion pictures were rather crude, and hard to focus. Working with W. K. L. Dickson, Edison then developed the Strip Kinetograph, using George Eastman’s improved 35 mm celluloid...
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