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Music is everywhere. And although there are more common ways of hearing it, such as the radio, many people don’t realize the impact that other things such as television has on what music they listen to and what music is considered “hot music” at certain points in time. When music television first started in the late 50’s it came with a booming scene of popularity, not only for the show that was playing the music but also for the artist that was performing or if their song was being played. Then…

wide-spread opinion that file-sharing has had deleterious influence on the music industry. On closer inspection, there is little evidence to substantiate this claim though. Firstly, most artists apparently do not have long-term contracts with any major record company, nor do they receive generous remuneration from radio stations. In fact, for many aspiring musicians uploading their music free of charge may, indeed, prove advantageous, providing avenues for exposure and publicity they crave.…

Before taking music 111, I only know little about music with few preconceptions. First preconceived idea which I hold was players who can play by ear are naturally genius or just a special gift. However, from the lecture, “Oral Tradition” and Lilliestam’s article I got the idea how the players can play by ear. In his article, "On Playing By Ear", Lars Lilliestam compared music to spoken language. He described as if we learn a variety of phrases, we can use the language in certain situation. Same…

Don’t you just hate all the fakes out there? All the fake friends, or fake promises. What about the fake voices? I’m not talking about when people say things that aren't true, I’m talking about the people out there that are making thousands off of being fake. Autotune has completely taken over the music culture today and I have a problem with that. Over 90% of artists today use or have used autotune in some capacity. Why is it we are taught not to be fake all our lives and then turn around and…

getting your name out into the public eye can often be very difficult. Recording studios rarely sign contracts with unknown bands because the music industry operates on popularity. If a band isn't achieving some level of local success, then the big record companies assume that they just aren't what the listening public is interested in hearing. To break this cycle, many bands are turning to online media as a method of promoting their music and building their fan base. If your band is trying to…

Our topic is the depiction of women in music videos over the last thirty five years (1980s to now). We chose this topic because we were interested in seeing if the image of women in music videos has changed since the first music video was released in the 1980s. We chose to focus on music videos because they are an important part of the music industry, especially in the department of sales. Music videos increase the sales of songs as well as be viewed by millions of people around the world. Music…

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". Old forms of music are fading away and the younger generations might know how to work a record player in today's form of music, because of this many musicians are making the right choice to move digitally. This allows artists to make more money and…

Where it all began kaley hop Per.4 Nov. 13th Have you ever heard music from the 30s and 40s? 1930s/40s music was really the foundation of our music now , things would be so different without it. Music was so much different than it is now. Music before was a lot more jazzy, swing, and funked up. Music artists entered solo instead of being in a band. Being said, a lot of the genera’s of music that we have today really weren’t around one bit till recently music took the wrong turn in…

Taylor Swift’s record label has finally explained why the country-turned-pop singer decided to pull her entire music catalogue from the Spotify streaming service. During the week of her release of her successful album 1989, Swift took down the single “Shake It Off,” along with all of her other music. Scott Borchetta, president of Swift’s label, Big Machine Label Group, has stated that removing her songs was a “big fist in the air” that he believes other big-name artists will likely follow. In…

Many people believe that streaming is a good thing and use streaming services; they are able to listen to music at a cheap price. What they do not know about streaming is that many newer artists are struggling to maintain a career since streaming became popular. Some newer artists can barely make a few dollars if their songs do not get a lot of plays. Each time you stream a song, the artist gets barely a fraction of a penny. Consider this with newer artists that have not been discovered yet. The…