On the surface, one might not think that the great Italian opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi and the acclaimed indie group Dinosaur Jr. have much in common. One concert, for instance, took place in an intimate performing arts center to an attentive and quietly reverent audience while the other in a loud, rough-and-tumble rock venue to a lively and informal audience. Indeed, there may appear to be no similarities between the effortlessly skilled classical stylings of the UNT College of Music and the deliberately ramshackle indie sound of Dinosaur Jr. However, with these two concerts, we see Christopher Small’s concept of “musicking” in full effect and, critically, two different forms of the same musical elitism.…
Music has become “man's red flower” of modern times. Apple products have taken the technological world by storm and have begun to revolutionize the musical world within the past decade. On May 28, 2014, Apple announced the purchase of Beats electronics and Beats Music for 3 billion U.S. dollars. In acquiring the famous music business, Apple began to promote their new addition with inspirational commercials. The 2015 Apple Music ad opens up with a radio host announcing Pharrell Williams’ new single, “Freedom.”…
Americans perceive downloading music as an everyday act, but it’s actually quite a criminal action. Consequently, downloading music allows the public to listen to their favorite artist for free or for a small price. Stephen Seigel elaborates by saying, “Under the agreement, Napster will begin to charge a monthly fee for use of it’s service--$4.95 seems to be the number being tossed around-- though how the money is ultimately divvied up will surely be a source of future contention.” (“Nipping at Napster”). This statement may convince the general public that downloading music is fine because the website is now charging a fee.…
Talent and Acquisitions: Recruiting Interns and Full Time Employees Recruiting Full Time Employees I assisted Sony Music’s talent and acquisition team with recruiting candidates for full time position and internships. When recruiting for full time positions, I identified several candidates on LinkedIn and compiled them into candidate decks. Before I performed a LinkedIn search, I discussed with a TA member the job description criteria of a particular job position.…
Since the negative impact that Napster had on the music industry, the music industry has started to grow again. The number of sales has increased while piracy has gone down. A report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry showed that global sales of recorded music increased for the first time since 1999 by 0.3% in 2012. Digital sales played a major role in this increase as this sector grew by 9%. This sector includes iTunes and music streaming services such as Spotify.…
The music industry has changing in so many ways today. Music is now available on smartphones and computers it's hard to ignore. To become successful in this society today musicians must get their music out there and change to what the people want today. Musicians should change their tune and adapt to society today. There is no doubt about music changing from hand held records or CD's to streaming on the internet and buying music off of apps like "iTunes".…
Apple Music Apple is a revolutionary company in digital music and has changed the structure of recorded music market with iPod and iTunes in the 2000s. Apple’s iPod and iTunes have led digital music market as the leading provider of MP3 players. However, Apple is now a newcomer in streaming music market with Apple Music, launched in 2015. Since 2005, global digital music revenues have been growing so fast (Exhibit 1-a Global Recorded Music Industry Revenues 2005-2015).…
" According to The Changing Landscape of the Music Business, “The music industry is the midst of a large upheaval.” Before, you would have to go to a shop and buy the latest Michael Jackson record, then you went to Walmart and bought the latest Taylor Swift CD, then up to recently you would buy Beyoncé’s latest album on iTunes. What do these all have in common? They were bought, they weren’t free.…
With his iconic double “L’s” and distinctive electro house beats, Laidback Luke is back in Arizona on Saturday, July 10th at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale. Laidback Luke is a staple in the electronic music industry as he has been in the electronic music industry for over two decades and has collaborated with multiple big name DJ’s such as GTA, Yellow Claw, Axwell ^ Ingrosso, Benni Benassi, and many more. House music is a staple in the electronic music industry as it goes back to the early 80’s starting with the distinctively repetitive 4/4 drum beats with off beat drums and melodic base lines. Laidback Luke is no stranger to house music and his latest single does not disappoint. Dubbed “With Me”, this single features Tania Zygar and…
Since the first appearance of digital music, piracy has been an issue. In 1999, when napster became the first peer to peer sharing service, the sales of downloads and CDs decreased significantly (Bender and Wang). People were in consternation with free access to music, so they stopped buying cd’s anf records. Soon after debates of whether or not these industries were leading to decrease in music purchases began. Since this cite did not require payment of any kind, the company did not pay the artist how’s music was being shared.…
The driving force behind this push for abandoning record labels is the internet’s universal…
I really fear for the music industry, and fell sad to predict that eventually more and more labels will meet the same fate as Roadrunner Records. They'll all run out of money and will end up being unable to support the bands on their roster”(Illegal Downloads Are Bankrupting Record…
Copyright has many rules when it comes to the music industry. If producers aren’t careful then they may just end up with copyright penalties ranging from $200 to $150,000 for each stolen piece, court costs, the song can be taken down and the person that illegally used someone’s original work can go to jail. Music sampling can easily violate copyright terms if producers don’t get the correct permission. Music Sampling is when a music producer takes a few notes or maybe even a whole course from an older song and puts it into their new song. Whether you realize it or not music sampling is everywhere.…
When home computers became readily available, burning CDs and peer to peer sharing between friends was even more popular and was damaging the music industry. But the revolution of high-speed Internet and everything that came with it left a greater scar on the music industry. When music streaming became popular, there began to be an increase in the industry. Streaming music through sites such as Spotify and Pandora offer music fans a legal and paid service capable of generating the money that the artists deserve. Both Spotify and Pandora offer 2 types of services for consumers, which give back to the artists in both ways.…
IMRO are an organisation set up to copyright the music of their members. IMRO’s role is to promote their member’s music and look after the royalties involved in the music industry. Some examples of who they represent are music publishers, composers and songwriters. Three functions of IMRO: • IMRO copyright’s the music of their members, which usually consists of a music performance. IMRO want to protect the work of their members both nationally and internationally.…