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Parasite Rex is a great book for anyone taking a parasitology course or anyone who is looking for interesting theories on evolution and how today’s organisms and their revolutionary mechanisms have come to be. Carl Zimmer is able to make parasites relevant to many more people outside of the parasitology field with his engaging anecdotes and ideas. I love Zimmer's style of writing. He describes parasites as a puzzle; revealing little details about their impressive features and their interaction…

accrue more revenue. One big issue with this is that it makes music files easily available to the general public to a point where they are able to illegally obtain these files for free without getting direct permissions to do so from the artist or record label causing the artist to lose money. Although it is widely believed by the general public that recording artists are instant millionaires, statistics reveal that it is actually quite the opposite. Artists’ royalties have been, and are…

as the “Deal Memo”, with the defendants, Victory Records Inc. on July 17, 2006. Under the “Deal Memo”, A Day to Remember was to produce at least five albums through Victory Records Inc. A Day to Remember is seeking to end their business relationship with the defendant as they claim they have fulfilled their contractual obligations and released at least thirteen albums through Victory Records Inc. A Day to Remember also alleges that Victory Records Inc. has attempted to copyright certain band…

a CNN article titled “The Invention That Changed Music Forever”, author Jacopo Prisco emphasized, “Kanye west first used auto-tune in his 2008 album 808s and Heartbreak, which was included in the Rolling Stone’s list of the 40 most groundbreaking records of all time.” 808s and Heartbreak marked a new period for rap music. It was a time when rappers, specifically Kanye, wanted to blur the lines between genres. This auto-tune ballad of an album paved the way for new artists to enter the music…

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…

With the music industries having undergone vast technological change courtesy primarily from the immense online network of the internet, artists have adapted innovative means to share independently using affordable software and cost-free social media platforms to promote their art and further their artistic identity. Online communities have formed alongside these platforms allowing music makers to engage with like-minded individuals as art and music production moves forward to increased…

As technology changed over the years so did the way music was brought to the “consumers”. One of the most significant changes to how people listened to music came in the early 1980s and was a part of the formula that led to the second life of Aerosmith, MTV. MTV brought the music and music videos to the worlds living rooms. It became one of the fastest-growing cable channels in history when its subscriptions exploded from 2.5 million to over 17 million within two years (Larson 280). It raised…

mess around on stage after they meet their fans. Shawn had to begin taking classes online because he didn’t have time to go to different places and do school in Canada at the same time. Then in 2014 Shawn quit Magcon and signed his first record deal with Island Records at the age of 16. He won the youngest artist debut in top 25 on U.S. Billboard hot 100 list for “Life of the Party.”(one of his songs) He went on tour with Austin Mahone and Fifth Harmony in 2014. After that, he collaborated with…

Music recording has come a long way. In 1877, Thomas Edison made the first successful recording of the human voice using a tinfoil cylinder phonograph. Since then, there had been several developments in sound recording technology. Most of the earlier inventions in music recording were cumbersome and expensive and only large music studios could afford them. However, the recent innovations such as music recording software have made it possible for nearly everyone with interest to create and store…

Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, has been moved to a hospice care facility near her home in Roswell, Georgia, just outside Atlanta. The 22 year-old has failed to regain her health after being found unresponsive, face down in her bathtub on January 31. While the details of the incident remain unclear, it has been rumored that Brown's boyfriend Nick Gordon had violently assaulted her hours previously. Gordon is currently facing a lawsuit. Meanwhile, five months later, young Bobbi…