coming from several record companies including “Interscope Records” and Institutions such as The Grammy Awards. The non-market issue of censorship actually became extremely useful in the sale of millions of albums and resulted in Eminem bringing rap music into the mainstream. Ethics and morals in the language used in Eminem’s lyrics are key to the success of his albums. It is the information contained within his rap pieces that draws interest and from consumers and record labels as well as…
mature as a soul singer because of the freedom his label granted him, while Cooke was forced to record pop records during the early part of his career (cite). His label Stax Record was giving him freedom not experience by other for his, or during any other period in his music, which allowed him to mature and develop as an artist. He would become one of the biggest, if not the biggest artist for Stax Records, and would easily sustain their business during his tenure with the label. Early on he…
Basically, one would be able to find themselves in a fitting band, whether it was with a town weirdo or a geek. Indie introduced a way to include everyone who wanted to be a part of rock music (Cohen 1). During the 2000s, the worry to sign with record deals came to a halt when the indie community favorited their acts with digital downloading. This change started with the bank Wilco, when they released their album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot for free. This was a bold move to not only get their name…
In 2011, the way Americans listen to music was changed forever when the music-streaming service, Spotify was released. The name Spotify was created from the combination of the words “Spot” and “Identify”. Created in Sweden, the service has a free option. As defined by Techopedia, “Spotify is a new digital music service that enables users to remotely source millions of different songs on various record labels from a laptop, smartphone or other device”. In general, Spotify allows the user to…
Radio stations and music companies are very much controlled by consumers. At certain times during the day one can call into their favorite station and request a song of their choice. Big industry companies sign artist with huge commercial appeal in the hopes that consumers will buy anything the company puts out in support of their favorite artist. Younger generations in particular are very active and passionate about the music genres they like and support. Music and radio stations have an…
Plaintiff Joanne Bolek had been admitted to Ahuja Medial Center in early November 2013, for complications from congestive heart failure and fluid buildup in her kidneys. Upon discharge from Ahuja, Ms. Bolek was sent to defendant Menorah Park’s facility for rehabilitation. According to Ms. Bolek’s son, Peter Bolek, they sent Ms. Bolek to Menorah Park to have her regain her strength, “because she was very weak.” B. Admission to Menorah Park On November 22, 2013, Ms. Bolek was admitted to…
In 1996, United States Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as a way for Americans to continue with health care insurance during a job transition and reduce health care fraud and abuse (California Department of Health Care Services, 2015). Providing health care services at the administrative level, the organization is responsible for protecting the individuals served private information when working with other health care providers and those supporting…
BPM is an independent record shop and privately run in the early 90’s and later became one of the large markets for the local electronic music. It is a record store, which sells CDs and vinyl. The large growth in sales of the vinyl and CD records contributed to BPM grow into a record distributor with independent records labels at home and overseas as well as supplying their up-to-date music to the record stores. Nevertheless, the record shops are recently losing market share to Web-based shops…
The Pitch I lived and worked as a musician in Los Angeles, California through the1990’s, I am a guitar player/singer -songwriter. During that time I had worked with amazing musicians, engineers, producers, and over time, I had developed a good network of relationships within the industry, which is a great position to be in, because, in LA, it’s not what you know, but who you know. Over the years, I had my own project going, a band called Cranium Lounge. This band was run by myself and my singer…
“What law, you ask, do I satisfy with what I say?”—The Unwritten Law The title heroine’s famous defense speech in lines 995-1005 of Antigone has prompted the view that the play is extremely enigmatic. It is a passage that has been read with astonishment and demands detailed explanation. In her speech, Antigone provides what appears to be a reason for her burying her brother Polynices against the orders of her uncle and King, Creon. Antigone claims, however, that she would not have deliberately…