Christianity and the Modern Music Industry Christon Linstad Regent University October 7th‚ 2011 Abstract Christianity and contemporary music has had a long love/hate relationship. Music is often charged with being a corrupter of today’s youth and a challenger of Christian moral values. The fear of corruption is still evident today by the campaign Tipper Gore led to put warning labels on recordings that contain offensive material. On November 1‚ 1985‚ before the hearing ended‚ the RIAA
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inadequate compared to men. The music firm is a primarily male-dominated field‚ which is not a problem. The problem arises when women are discouraged to reach higher and thus a “glass ceiling” is put in place. Feminism and other movements are working towards smashing the glass ceiling. Farrugia and Swiss‚ authors of “Producing Producers: Women and Electronic/Dance Music‚” said‚ “researchers who have examined the gendered divisions within the dance music industry thus far have noted that most DJs
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Genre labeling is an approach to interconnecting record companies and its artists across the history of the process of music making‚ selling‚ and consuming. Generic Genre Labeling in the music industry led the creation of three primary musical styles - Folk Music‚ Art Music‚ and Popular Music which was able to maintain socially accepted music regulations. This prompted music fans to question the concept of mass culture and alienated subjectivity of musical styles. Artists like KD Lang‚ an influential
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THE MUSIC INDUSTRY One of the less visible but highly challenging aspects of the Internet is the impact it has had – and is having – on the entertainment business. This is particularly the case with music. At one level its impacts could be assumed to be confined to providing new ‘e-tailing’ channels through which you can obtain the latest CD of your preference – for example from Amazon.com or CD-Now or 100 other websites. These innovations increase the choice and tailoring of the music purchasing
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influence on the music industry has been present ever since he performed his first song showing the mix of explicit lyrics and outrageous productions in a single song‚ while paving the path for many artists of our time with his unique style allowing other artist to explore the road he paved. Prince’s biggest contribution to the music industry is how he changed the desires of his audience through‚ much of at the time‚ his very controversial style. People considered prince’s music as “experimental”
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From the Beatles to N’ Sync teenyboppers have had an iron grip on the music industry that as far as any can one tell won’t be released for many years. There are three main reasons that come directly to mind; age‚ money‚ and psychological aspects. These three motives will be embellished on later in the essay. Before we start I would like to propose a question that will clarify this essay a little better. Why does such a small portion of the America society indirectly control such a major part of
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The name Katie Steel will soon be making headlines in the music industry. The South Florida artist may be young but the inspiration behind her music is wise beyond her years; Steel has developed into a well -rounded musician who has been influenced by gospel superstar like Smokie Norful‚ blues legend Etta James‚ and modern-day powerhouse Beyoncé. All of these different muses have helped Katie develop a distinctive style‚ which sincerely resonates through her powerful vocals. Yet Steel’s talent will
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In the 1960s‚ Cambodia was very prosperous. Every sector was very well developed‚ and what amazes me the most was entertainment industry. At that time‚ movie and music industry did make many countries in Asian region jealous. We had Sin Sisamuth and Ros Sereysothea‚ whom Cambodian people of all generations regard as the Golden-Voiced King and Queen respectively. And there were so many talented filmmakers‚ song writers‚ movie stars‚ traditional dancers‚ and so forth. What about nowadays? When talking
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ultimate man. However‚ these men are often perceived to have feminine characteristics by Western audiences‚ in some cases causing laughter or disgust. Why then are these seemingly feminine men worshipped by teenage girls in Japan? Clearly Japan’s music industry‚ and indeed their very culture‚ has different standards of masculinity or what makes a man a man‚ than these
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