Zach Aaronson November 18‚ 2011 Professor Albert Auster COMM 1011-L02 Introduction to Media Industries The Popular Music Industry and the History of the Billboard Charts Once upon a time it used to be easy to calculate the success and popularity of a recording artist‚ song‚ or album. For most of the 20th century people bought records‚ then tapes‚ and then CDs and these sales represented how many people were listening and loving any given musician. Combined with radio requests and radio
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provide an overview of how the prices in the vertical chain for music compact discs correlates with how prices are divided according to the mentioned links in production chain of the music industry. Secondly I will by use of Porter’s five forces explain the pattern of this. Very few big record companies heavily control the music industry. This is also known as Oligopoly‚ which makes the record companies price setters in the music industry and leaves them with significant more power than that of the
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Today if you look at the music industry most females are singers. Most band if there is a female in the group they are most of the time the singer or a guitarist. There aren’t many female drummers in the music industry‚ but the past few years there has been more female drummers and females getting into drumming. Of the people behind the scenes of the industry‚ women make up less than half of the worker. There are hardly any female A&R (Artists and Repertoire) workers. Females have been underrepresented
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Lyrics in music can illustrate connections to sociological concepts‚ terms and theories that attract different type of people. These connections can affect a persons preferable genre of music. For example in the song "Pursuit Of Happiness (Extended Steve Aoki Remix feat. MGMT & Ratatat)" talks about how a person will do whatever he or she wants not caring what other people think and enjoying the benefits of drugs that in this particular song the benefit is forgetting the past. This song connect
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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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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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