The Independent Music Awards

Music has become increasingly available, beginning with the rapid distribution of sheet music to the invention of the record player to having any song in the world available from an online streaming service. Music has become a daily part of people’s lives, whether an individual is consciously aware of it or not. Music can be heard being played in the background of a commercial, out loud on the speakers at a sporting event, or played on the radio while driving in ones’ car. The prior…

Be Sedated." Other artists include Cream, Boston, White Zombie, and David Bowie. In short, there's a variety of killer tracks to rock out to. Guitar Hero has won numerous awards from a variety of sources, including D.I.C.E., Gamerdad, and Official Playstation Magazine. These awards include (but are not limited to) Best Music Game 2005,' Best Family Game,' and Editors' Choice.' Aside from the killer game play, Guitar Hero features some great animation. There's a variety of characters to…

Chapter 15- Rock Traditions and the Business of Change The music industry itself developed and introduced a new idea in selling albums. Starting from the 1970s, with the DIY revolution, to the 1990s, featuring digital recording, prices and accessibility to digital music became cheaper and easier to use. Thus, electronic distribution was the first to revolutionize. Internet sales thrived as compact disks became less of a desire for people to travel to buy; the sales of physical CDs declined…

Once again, director, Danny Boyle has combined drama and crime with a pinch of romance and created a British film called Slumdog Millionaire. The film is written by Simon Beaufoy and produced by Christian Colson. The movie is yet another example of rags-to-riches, it is about a Muslim boy named Jamal Malik, who grew up on the streets of Mumbai, India with his older brother Salim Malik, as they lost their mother in an anti-Muslim riot. Jamal and Salim met a little pretty girl of their age called…

For this paper my choice for the television show is Ink Master. First airing in 2012, Ink Master is a reality television competition where tattoo artists compete for the title of Ink Master, a prize of $100,000, and a feature in Inked Magazine. The premise for the show is that contestants come on to showcase their skills in tattooing and their unique style of artistry. The catch in the show is that the canvases that the contestants work on are humans who bravely donate their skin to the…

diverse music in the world is in America, 'cause there are so many different cultures here, but what tends to be pushed to the top is often a narrow view of what there really is. So maybe (his travels) just gave me a wider pool of listening" (dmband.com). The only option for Matthews was to find the best musicians around and surround him with…

plaintiff must follow rules which are sometimes called elements. Four essential elements must be proved with negligent cases: standard of care, breach of duty, causation, and injury (damages). All four elements must exist for a plaintiff to recover (be award money) in a negligence case. The first element is standard of care, “The standard of care is the duty or responsibility owed by a defendant (this could be a person or an organization) to another” (Spengler…

Bird directed Ratatouille, which featured talking rats with a passion to cook. The film was released in 2007 and was nominated for many awards. During this time, the studio started producing Cars Toons, which is a series of short films starring the characters from the Cars films. In 2008, Pixar released the film WALL•E. The critics loved how Pixar addressed a dark topic but made children…

If you were granted all of the money in the world, would you let the money change who you are deep inside? Erykah Badu is best known for her soulful music style, showcased on albums such as the Grammy Award-winning Baduizm and 1997's Live. Erykah Badu was born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971, in Dallas, Texas. (She would later choose the moniker Erykah Badu—"kah" is an Egyptian term for one's "inner self," and "badu" is her favorite jazz-riff scat sound.) Raised by her actress mother,…

If you were granted all of the money in the world, would you let the money change who you are deep inside? Erykah Badu is best known for her soulful music style, showcased on albums such as the Grammy Award-winning Baduizm and 1997's Live. Erykah Badu was born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971, in Dallas, Texas. (She would later choose the moniker Erykah Badu—"kah" is an Egyptian term for one's "inner self," and "badu" is her favorite jazz-riff scat sound.) Raised by her actress mother,…