Music industry

The Kings of the Music Industry Two of America’s all time music icons, Elvis Presley “The King of Rock and Roll” and Michael Jackson “The King of Pop” and how they changed the music industry. Elvis Presley was born on Jan 8, 1935 to Gladys and Vernon Presley in East Tupelo, Mississippi. Unfortunately at the time of birth Elvis’s twin brother Jesse was stillborn, and Elvis grew up an only child. While Michael Jackson was born on Aug 29, 1958 to Katherine and Joe Jackson in Gary Indiana.…

Beatles: Their Impact in the Music Industry Introduction John Lennon, an English Musician, founded the Beatles Popular Music Band between the 60’s and 70’s. Later on Lennon disbanded the group and embarked on a solo career in music. As a result, he produced the albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine. The direct and outspoken style in his songs expressed his rebellious nature through his music. For this reason, he ended on the wrong books of the law after his move to the United States,…

true American success story that changed the music industry, creating conflict throughout his entire career. He started with nothing, basically. He was born into a poor, struggling family in Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8, 1935. While his father, Vernon, struggled to find work, Elvis developed a very close relationship with his mother, Gladys (Elvis Presley). According to one of…

to many electronic dance music clubs, and high profile DJ’s that play all day and all night. On the strip in Vegas, there are clubs everywhere. The trend of electronic dance music is exploding on the strip. The clubs host some of the hottest DJ’s like Calvin Harris, Afrojack, and Tiesto. The clubs are in the massive casinos, and hotels filled with people and the bright lights of Las Vegas. In Las Vegas, it is a 24/7 party especially when it comes to electronic dance music. Vegas has always been…

Many industries in current years seem to be balancing between men and women running businesses and fields. As titles hold, however, it seems the U.K. music industry is lead by men, not women. With the surprising 59% of women at an entry-level in the music industry, how does the view from the top seem to be a biased majority of males? Not only are white women entering the music industry and never seeing the top, also women of many other races will almost never see the top. Some men blame in on…

downfall of the music industry. However, thanks to file sharing, users have been exposed to music they would have otherwise never known existed. File sharing of intellectual copyrights…

Growing up, I always listened to music - not much has changed since then. My father, a fellow music lover, was the one who got me into the artists I listen to today, most of which are smaller, indie label singer songwriters. While the content we consume is similar, the ways we consume have changed dramatically. The internet has grown tremendously in the past few decades, especially when it comes to the music scene. Nowadays, we have things like iTunes and Spotify to listen to what we want, when…

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…

ownership over a work of art has been present not only in pieces of literature, but in the music industry as well. Issues dealing with royalty payments, copyright infringements and the unauthorized use of an artist's work have been seen in music for decades now. Another method that some artists call…

Piracy Piracy is defined as the copying and distributing of copies of a piece of music for which the composer, recording artist, or copyright-holding record company did not give consent. (Neuwirth, 2014) It is difficult to know exactly when and where the first instances of piracy occurred but there is evidence to show that composers as old as Beethoven where affected. “Both he (Beethoven) and his publisher had to contend with piracy by rival publishers who brought out editions of their own.”…