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computers and other technological advancements that contributed to the distribution of music led to changes in the music industry, ultimately changing how the artist can get their music to the consumer. One of the first affects felt by artists and record labels was the decline of overall album sales. Consumers were now capable of picking and choosing specific songs they wanted to purchase and listen too. The initial stage (from about 1998 to 2001) of the digital music revolution was the new…

Marketers play an important role when it comes to when fans/consumers have the ability to create, communicate, and publish. Part of that role stems from catering to this new generation of consumers while the other part of that role includes quality control and target marketing. The main job of marketers is to appeal to the fans/consumers, and when they have the ability to create, communicate and publish, marketers must create and advertise product that will allow the consumers to do so. This…

In this letter to Emily White, the author David Lowery tries to connect with people and convey what they are doing wrong. The author does this by using logical examples, his credibility and by appealing to people’s emotions. The purpose of this text is to persuade Emily White and her generation to realize how not paying for their music affects artists and the music industry. The author relies on his credibility in many parts of the letters. He starts out by establishing his good will and…

Case Study I-4 Supporting mobile Health Clinics: The Children’s Health Fund of New York City “Children’s Health Fund is committed to providing health care to the children who need it most” (Children’s Health Fund, 2013, p. 1). The mobile clinics main objective is to provide medical, mental, and oral health services to children in communities where these services are needed who cannot afford medical treatments. Another attribute of the mobile clinic is the preventative services and health care…

These companies are: Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, and EMI. “In essence a Big Four Labe is a corporation that manages several smaller businesses, called subsidiaries. For example, the subsidiary for Sony is known as Columbia Records. The subsidiaries have their own staff, are allowed to sign their own artists, and can make most of their own financial decisions”(McDonald). While these subsidiaries have a majority of the control over their business, they still must report…

what a gentleman in the documentary said, which was somewhere along the lines of how the artists and record labels should have adapted and adjusted to the new technology instead of fighting it. I strongly agree with that statement mainly because of the fact that after Napster was created, there was no stopping this new way to share and download free music. I look at it like this, artists and record companies could sit around and mope and spend millions of dollars on attempting to stop this or…

Since the beginning people have loved the sound of music and the emotional appeals music gives them. Once the music hit the Internet the songs slowly drifted away for the artist. Suddenly there had to be more work done other than producing the songs because now there are ways to find the songs and download them onto consoles without the consent of the artist or labels. Many artists all over the world have been put out of work and had to go back to the bottom in order to fight for their dreams.…

the community had 3 half cabs, a full P.A system and two mics donated to our cause. I bought some basic recording gear and we made a demo. Showed everyone in school. Posted things about our band everywhere. Soon after we gained the attention of a record label. Giddy with excitement we practiced away our nights. Driving the one hundred and fifty miles to where the studio was located, trying to figure out what our band name would be and how we 'd introduce…

Music surrounds us and has an influence over much of what we encounter in our everyday lives. Music is more than just what you hear in concert halls or on the classic radio stations, it is in background of much of what we do. It can be playing in the stores we shop in and influence what we buy, embellish TV advertisements, and enhances movie scenes. It has the power to influence the moods of those who listen and can change the atmosphere of an entire room. This outstanding power of music is…

Romeo and Juliet is a play about star-crossed lovers whose parents have been fighting for decades. The play fits into the tragedy genre because as they try to be together, Romeo and Juliet happen to make things worse, resulting in death of many people. At the time the play was written, the father of a woman generally picked who the daughter was to marry. With Juliet wanting to marry Romeo, it was against her father’s wishes. This paper will be analyzing act 3 scene one and how it plays as a…