Essays on Music Industry

How the Popular Music Audience has changed with Time

The music industry has attracted a large number of listeners over the decades. However, the audience has evolved considerably over the years due to developments in music production and distribution technologies over time. Some of the factors that have facilitated change in music audience include music style, performance style, musical instruments, as well as rhythm and pitch that have changed with technological revolution (Mauch, MacCallum, Levy, & Leroi, 2015). As the technologies in the music instrumentation and production transformed over time, the melody and rhythm of music artifacts changed as well; making it more appealing to a particular group of ...

1. Copyright is not optimized to foster musical creativity. Discuss this statement with reference to examples. The mechanism of copyright control can pose significant threat to innovation and creativity in the music industry, because the copyright can fail to sufficiently recognize the relevance of uses of the musical piece as a creative force. Innovation in music, for example, has been performed in many scenarios by creators taking the creative risks by using existing materials in such a manner that does not fit effectively within the assumptions of the dominant copyright about creativity. Creators that operate within such paradigms of ...

Essay 1: Music Sync Assignment

The use of music in the media industry has become an imperative aspect of communication and entertainment. Music is basically used in various activities in the mainstream media either for purposes of entertainment, advertisement or during commercial breaks. Watching various programs in different television networks such as ABC, NBC or FOX and CBS the use of music is almost similar. For instance, music is used in marketing of various products, basically playing at the background while running a particular advertisement; on the other hand, the other use of music in these television networks seems to be based on facilitating ...

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Troy Carter was faced with three touring options for Gaga after Kanye West officially withdrew from the already confirmed Fame Kills Tour (Elberse and Christensen 12). If I was Troy Carter, the best option among the three would be the second option, a theatre tour, in which case Gaga would perform but at a reduced scale than compared to the first involving an arena tour. In this case, Gaga at the time, was a relatively new artist and there was a possibility of not filling up arenas as the public was yet to understand her as an artist, her ...

Cambodia had passed through the most difficult time in its history on Khmer Rouge years. It was the time while the people had no basic rights. It was the most violent years in the history of Cambodia that brought great impact on the life of every Cambodians. They had been away from the culture, art as well as the normal lifestyle because of the brutal attitude of leaders on the Khmer Rouge years. There had many branches that were banned during that years. It includes religion, professionalism, banking, education, family relationships as well as remembering the past of the ...

Sexuality and Politics in Music Marketing

Paper Due Date Introduction The music industry is a complex and multifaceted structure of relationships, views, perceptions, tastes, and opinions, which creates the audience and artists. While each of the artists aims at bringing individuality and its unique style to surprise, attract and retain his listeners, there are numerous concepts and elements of our social environment, which build on collective interest and create debate. Understanding of the differences between the worldviews on such critical social elements, as political environment, sexuality, religion, allows companies use this knowledge as marketing instruments of modern businesses. To narrow down the discussion, this document ...

Innovation Process: Developing New Products and Services

Innovation Process: Developing New Products and Services

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This paper analyzes the case of how the music industry has gone through various technological thus forcing the business leaders to rethink of the forward strategies. The transformation from the usage of radio cassettes in the 1960s to the present day MP3 wide usage has seen the music industry and business grow in leaps and bounds. The golden age reached its peak after 1990. This paper uses business models, specifically, the Porters five forces in order to understand how the whole product shifting basis of completion and central role of user experience ...

Elvis Presley the king of Rock N Roll was born in 1935 Tupelo, Mississippi. His first interaction with the music happened at the local church where he sang along with his family (Wallace, p.101). Elvis was an only child. He comes from a poor family, that did not stop him from reaching a peak in his career and becoming an internationally acclaimed artist of all times, but before that he had to go a long way from a truck driver to a talented singer. Indeed, he used to think to become a truck driver that was eventually replaced by ...

Dolly Parton: Career and Influence

Abstract Dolly Parton is an American singer and songwriter whose overwhelming success, especially in country music, makes her a perfect example of how women can succeed in the music industry. This paper explores Parton’s career, which was influenced by her poor upbringing in a family of twelve siblings, as well as her desire to convey messages of female equality. Dolly Parton was born in 1946 in Tennessee, and pursued music from the age of six. She has released 43 solo studio albums, received numerous awards and appeared in both television and film. The paper addresses the theme of ...

The Importance of Innovation for the Company

Innovation plays an important role in the changing nature of the music industry because at one point or another, innovation enabled the industry to tap into new market channels such as e-tailing and other websites that provides the same retail service through the Internet. In addition, innovation also opened the music industry into new possibilities in media distribution not only through CD purchase channels, but also distribution of digital contents. Technologies such as MPEG Level 3 Protocol enabled the music industry to distributed tracks over the Internet, which supersedes the conventional distribution channels and use of physical storage.

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Reggae music is a musical genre characterized by colorful individuals who have created a huge impact not only in the entertainment scene, but also in the political, social and economic fronts. Among those who have established themselves in the music industry as movers, shakers, and influencers is Bob Marley. Originally from Jamaica, country strife in political and racial turmoil, Marley embodies Jamaican’s sentiments through his music and songs. He was a complex but engaging entertainer. His performances were unique and bold, which earned him a reputation as one of the best reggae artists of his time. Marley’s ...

The global digital music industry continues to evolve rapidly, resulting in extensive expansion of record companies into new markets, creating new business models, monetization of the market by the main participants, the increase in attractiveness of digital music. Both users and artists are interested in increasing the audience of digital music market. Digital music is one of the key sources of revenues of the global music industry, which is growing dramatically. It should be noted that in context of increased competition, the competitive advantage is the key prerequisite for companies working in the music industry to safeguard their positions. ...

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Sean P-diddy Combs is well known as Puff Daddy and P.Diddy in the music industry. He is a hip-hop legend with exclusive love and talent for music. He has accrued extensive success in the music industry following his passion and hard work. Over time, he developed interest in fashion after being a model consultant for certain fashion companies for a long time. His passion in fashion grew pushing him to start his clothing lines Sean John and ‘Sean by Sean Combs”. Also, he has a movie production company and two restaurants in the United States. As the founder of ...

An art movement is a specific period characterized by artists who are driven towards a common goal. The fashion industry has made numerous attempts over the years to associate itself with visual arts and popular artists (The Art Story Foundation, 2016). The collaboration between artists and fashion is mutually beneficial for both parties. Fashion applies art more than most practices in the world to reach a wider and a more popular audience. These collaborations have seen the fashion design industry evolve, innovate and provoke its numerous designs and collections (Blechman, 2013). These collaborations have further been encouraged by common ...

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People receive a number of messages every single day from just about anyone and anything. For instance, when people see a No Smoking sign in a public place, it is a message that they will consciously receive. This means that these people know that they are being told not to smoke within the area. However, there are many times when people receive messages unconsciously. These messages are called subliminal messages. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word subliminal to be the things that can influence a person’s mind unnoticeably (“Subliminal”). Subliminal messages are used in several ways ...

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International Management Abstract The film and music industry have both evolved drastically during the past decades. From vinyl records to CD’s to digital mp3 files in the music industry, and from cassette tapes to mp4 files in the film industry. The evolution in both the film and music industry is most likely a result of the practicality demanded by the society. Individuals often seek easier and cheaper alternatives. In both of these relevant industries, the most practical solution is of course to have instant access to demanded content that is merely software and requires no type of disc. ...

In 1985, the Dire Straits sang about their desire to be on MTV, watching the channel from a working class person’s point of view. MTV has dominated society and promoted countless number of bands over time, creating the rock star generation and pushing the music business toward commercial success. Music television is a prominent part of modern society, as every hit song has an accompanying music video, and these videos are becoming more and more productive. Before music videos were such an important part of society, television was at the forefront of creating a movement to put musicians ...

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Aesthetic music is important in providing listeners with the unique experience that makes them enjoy the rhythm and harmonization of songs. Many people are interested in listening to music that has the ability to present the beauty and human enjoyment desired by fans (Bowman 2). Music needs to fulfil emotional needs of listeners and create the aesthetic valuation in terms of tone, tempos, the taste and judgement (Davis 61). The fact that music has the ability to affect emotions and intellectual capacity of the society means that artists ought to compose and perform songs that offer unique exposure while ...

The Music industry is ever full of juicy dramas. Friends and partners alike are turning foes day after day in what is majorly caused by a strong feeling of betrayal. It is normal to hear of conflicts between two or more rappers in the music industry as each musician is always looking for a top selling point to gain niche popularity. However, it always turns so unprofessional when two collaborating rappers are engrossed in a conflict of a song they were to release together. Gucci mane and Young Jeezey once found themselves in this kind of conflit in 2005 ...

Multi-Ethnic Food in the US

The United States boasts one of the world's most racially and ethnically diverse populations as people move from their home countries in search of greener pastures in the stateside. And with them, they bring their culture that includes their literature, music and food. Ethnic food in the country is only increasing, and it has led to the establishment of many restaurants that lure both the natives of the country and offering their fellow people a taste of their home. By estimation, this year alone the ethnic food industry should bring in a revenue of about $3.9 billion dollars and ...

The role of music in the life of American society cannot be overemphasized. Today, we are seeing, how the music made its way into all sectors of society and is wholly or partially present in the various activities of ordinary Americans. It is hard to find anyone in the US and around the world, who would not love to listen to music. Ever since the Ancient Greeks, people began knowing music not only as just a set of sounds, but as the whole phenomenon with its complicated structure, classification and other things. Throughout the conscious history, music accompanied mankind, ...

Women have been in the music industry for decades as singers. When the rap era became popular it was not long before women were joining in on the rap style. These women were mostly of African American race and opened up a new music genre for the listeners across the globe. A female rap duo had made a huge hit in the late 1980’s. The two women called themselves Salt-N-Pepa. The had hit after hit on the billboard charts and rapped about songs that may have been controversially explicit in that era of music. They two women had ...

The movie Straight Outta Compton was released in 2015. The movie is based on the life and struggles of hip-hop and rap music in the town of Compton. The movies portrayed how the music industry changed because of the rappers who made the music a sensation. The stories the rappers such as Dr. Dre and Eazy-E had created were lyrics of truth. The controversies that were brought forth regarding the lyrics that were being recorded caused an outrage in society. The trials and tribulations that had to be overcome for these rising stars to beat all odds and finish ...

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Music has always been part of the human and society system. It makes the various occasions to be more meaningful. It also mirrors human emotions as various music relay the internal thoughts and emotions rooted from the different experiences of man. In fact, music is part of the day to day activities of man. There are various types and genres of music. Some are made and played for specific reasons while there are some that can be aired and played at any moment of time. Whereas the number of music accelerates rapidly in today’s generation, there is a ...

Rock music has evolved over the ages and can be traced back to the years of the 1940s. Rock music emerged after fusion of different music genres like country music, jazz, blues western swing, rhythm and blues amongst other (Covach 3). The early rock musicians are like Little Richard, Bill Haley, and Chuck Berry. They are credited with the popularization of rock music in the world as they presented unique fashion styles, dance moves and even integrated pop culture in their music. Though this genre of music was in existence in early 1940, it came to acquire its name ...

In the current world, music has become an important issue for people. Individuals use music for various reasons such as leisure, concerts for making money, and career. A career in music can involve being an artist, producer, djing, and directors. Each of the listed roles has different requirements and tasks that an individual will perform. At times, and individual may have more than one careers in music such as being a songwriter, producer, and artist. Germany is one of the countries where people practice music as a career. I was born and raised in Germany with a Turkish origin. ...

Video title: Music Tech Investments in 2014/2015 - Midem 2015Music Tech Investments in 2014/2015 - Midem 2015.

Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDXIdgLLmIs&list=PL8828QLbgLTrzaGb9NwU_wz6z_kDvEMsS&index=56 The video is a lecture about venture capital investments in music and how various services and business models are seeing their rise thanks to the investors they have attracted. The lecturer is To O’Meara, Editorial director of Strategy Eye, a British business intelligence company, which focuses on startups and venture capital. The information he provides in his lecture is based on statistics the company has been gathering for the past few years and this statistics can help define and predict future investment trends in the music industry. The interesting thing about the music industry is that it ...

Hip-hop music also known as rap music has been around since the 1970’s. The United States had heard the music which focused on rhyming while speaking the words. This type of music generally consisted of dance beat music and words of lifestyle. This new style of music had formed its own culture and category in the music industry. Many rappers and hip-hop artists were from an African American heritage. There were several techniques that were born because of the era of hip-hop. The music had created DJ’s scratching records to make different sounds while the artists performed ...

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This section of the report covers market competitiveness analysis for e-sonic encompassed with to determine deserved pay-policy mixes, conduct external market analysis, generate pay grades and ranges for each job. The new business venture requires hiring personnel in all business disciplines, aimed to recapture the market, using market competitive compensation strategy.

Market Competitiveness Strategy

In order to determine the market competitive package for 15 positions under consideration, it is important to first define the pay policy mix, conduct analysis of the external market, and generate pay ranges and grades for each job position.

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Pay-Policy Mix The pay policy mix for the administrative ...

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The associated issues of copyright protection and digital rights management are pressing ones these days. Particularly for the music industry, there is a growing trend among consumers to download music illegally via torrents without giving a second thought to the ethics or legally of their actions. On the other hand, many have suggested that unreasonable laws and the length of time that copyrights last explain the many copyright violations we see today. This essay will examine the nature of copyright law and its original intended purpose in English common law, as well as how the founding fathers of the ...

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Spotify has been founded in Sweden in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. They intended to end the era of plummeting music industry because they both were big music fans. As pirating was difficult to tackle, they offered better solution to pirating that was actively developing. Spotify became a platform for listening and sharing music as it is convenient for people. It is clear that such internet invention has become a subject to many challenges, including some legal issues. At the same time, the company needs to keep itself profitable and withstand the increasing threat of new competitors. ...

Which agreement is most generous, relative to the average wage in the relevant industry?

Wage increases Hours of work Labour process (see Boxall and Purcell 2011 Ch 1, p.13 - 16). For the dominant occupational group cover by the EA, is the labour process..

Does the EA have more, the same, or less job titles than its relevant Modern Award?

Note two distinctive substantive rules for each agreement Note one distinctive procedural rule for each agreement Note one clause that relates to work health and safety. Rate the agreements in terms of: Enterprise Industrial Relations Enterprise Industrial Relations In the mining industry, employment is full-time, casual, or part-time. From the beginning of employment, the employee is given a six month qualifying period within which their employment can be terminated ...

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Evidently, since the beginning of the transition from analog to digital media society, people have become more productive. The transition is an improvement that has uplifted not only the music industry but also all sectors of the economy. This is because; the transformative potential presented by the so-called “digital moment” cannot be underestimated. It has created the platform for all members of the society to express their concerns, share information effectively and conveniently as well as interact with each other in the best possible way. However, criticism suggests that the “digital moment” has increasingly made information to be free. ...

The Montreux Jazz Festival, founded in 1967, has grown to the second largest jazz festival in the world after the Montreal International Jazz Festival of Canada. Over the years, a wide variety of musical forms has been integrated into this festival. Currently, the Montreux Jazz Festival includes almost all forms of music even while jazz remaining a major part of the festival. Today a number of world’s famous musicians perform in the festival, and this festival has currently audience strength of over 200,000. In each year, new additional events are included in the festival so as to ...

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Life is a pause and no one knows of the time or place of the next action. No one knows what tomorrow will bring, the past however is full of memories that shape the person that we are today. People look at their state I life and react as one of two ways, as in the book they are not pleased with their state in life or the other alternative is to be completely happy with your life as it is now. Pause is powerful beyond imagination as if a shuffle playlist keeps haunting you. Because of the uncertainties, ...

Introduction The music business industry makes it possible for the produced work to reach the end users. This is done by selling the compositions recordings and performances of the music. Once an individual has done a piece of music, he signs a contract with a recording company which helps him/her to put the music in a format that can be accessed by the consumers. Once the recording is done, there is need to have the piece of work reach the consumers. The songs are placed in CDs or in MP3 format so that the customers can play them using their computers or ...

In Patrik Wikstrom’s article “The Adaptive Behavior of Music Firms: A Music Industry Feedback Model,” the author attempts to appeal to an audience already-educated in business, but not necessarily the music industry, basing his strategies on pure information and affecting a more personal, if informative, discourse with the reader. This is accomplished through a variety of techniques which are intended to lend him credibility, while still providing the audience with as much information as they require to understand the concepts that he is attempting to convey.

This approach is seen very easily in his manner of addressing the audience; at ...