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  • Three Ways Of Manipulation
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    I feel that a CD player is a manipulative device. There are many ways a CD player can manipulate, but I have chosen to talk about three specific methods. The first method is the commercial success of the artist. If an artist has found popularity or a lot of recognition a person may think its cool to feel the way the artist does about certain things. A person may change their fashion or anything to show they want to be as cool as the artist is or has as much popularity as the artist is. These are...
  • 80's Pop Music
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    Music The 80's were very important years in music history. Known as the decade of excess, the 80's brought a more visual experience to music. From fireworks at concerts to MTV, the 80's made sitting next to the radio a thing of the past. Musicians became more into their image then ever before. The 60's were the natural, feel good music era. The 70's were the dance crazed disco era. By the time the 80's rolled around, people needed something new and crazy. People's hair was outrageous, and the 80...
  • Napster And Charge Users
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    Simple Solution for Napster Lately, there has been a significant amount of concern regarding software programs that promote the sharing of songs at a minimal cost to the consumer. These networks allow users to swap computer files in the form of MP 3's among one another via the World Wide Web. In return, this allows for users to download music for free. One such music service that has become the subject of debate was developed by Shawn Fanning and was made available to the public in 1999. This pr...
  • Digital Recording Of Music
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    This is a revised version of MP 3. The original Sucked ass so I took some liberties with it so as not to get an F. This one should be much better... Mp 3: A Boundary or a Bridge? One of the newest, most exciting and innovative ways to get music these days is not in the mall and not at a huge mega-sized electronic store, it's not even by a mail order CD club. It's the computer. It sits conveniently on a desk and now allows access to every imaginable genre of music, twenty-four hours a day, rain o...
  • Most Moving Characteristics Of Rap Music
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    Running Head: MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RAP Musical Characteristics of Rap Paper 1 Jesse Lipscomb e Morehouse College Musical Characteristics of Rap Hip-hop culture, once confined to the streets has broken into the commercial realm with force. Hip hop records top the charts week after week, rap videos have taken control of MTV, BET and the BOX, and there are dozens of hip hop magazines on the newsstands. A stroll on any city street in the United States reveals the proliferation of hip-hop style...
  • Musical Artist
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    Music copyright is something that will always be in question. Many people believe that music is for all to hear and should not be restricted on how we obtain it. Napster is the greatest controversy in the United States at current. Many musicians and people believe others should have free access to all music. Music is an expression of feelings and it is an art, And art is something that is there for others to observe whether it is by looking at it with their eyes or listening to it with their ear...
  • Offensive Music
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    Jason Thomas Free Speech or Just Offensive? A highly debated topic as of late has been the staggering rise of offensive language and topics of the music industry, which have infiltrated through. Should the artists of this music be punished for corrupting the minds of the people who listen to it? Or should the musician's rights be protected by the first amendment? The main problem to be seen is that this music has become extremely popular to the youth. With this popularity comes blow after blow f...
  • Bmg And The Other Big Music Firms
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    Executive Summary The music industry has experienced dramatic shocks that will ultimately transform its structure. The transformations have been sparked by new technologies and Internet use distributing music as a digital good. The MP 3 audio format and the wide distribution network that has become available via the Internet are driving changes in the recorded music market structure and, thus, are simultaneously having significant impacts on the players in the traditional recorded music value ch...
  • Leader Of Country Music
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    On May 18, 1952 George Strait was born into a loving family in Potent Texas, U.S.A. Strait the second son of a schoolteacher was raised in Pearsall, Texas. As a young teen he developed an interest in farming after his father took over the family ranch. Strait had listened to country music his whole life but the record that really cemented his love for the music was Merle Haggard's A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddler Player in the World, that's when it all began. George Strait dropped out of colle...
  • Music
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    Taking a trip to the local music store to purchase the latest CD of favorite artists is becoming a thing of the past. I used to love going to a music store to browse through different CD's and genres but now with a computer and the internet, why waste time and gas dollars to make that trip. "Today over 56 percent of American homes have a computer". Like music, everything and anything can be bought conveniently through a personal computer with internet access and people are buying more than ever....
  • Musical Artists
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    As defined in Merriam-Webster's dictionary, culture is "the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group". These customary beliefs could also be described as a set of morals or values commonly practiced by a group. Social forms are understood as being the institutions in which interaction and socialization between people take place, such as at school, church, or work. The material traits within a culture would include clothing, food, and art to nam...
  • Music Companies And Their Artists
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    Music companies should not be held liable for the effects of their material. Certain forms of music are being cited as a cause of violence in today's society. Some individuals want forms of music, such as so-called "Gangster Rap" to be censored. However, what the public needs to understand is that rap artists are only telling of incidents that actually happen. Unfortunately, in today's society sex, violence, and crime are all part of everyday life. The artists are not forcing anyone to commit vi...
  • Popular Artists And The Program
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    Since the creation of the Internet people have found different ways to use it at their advantage. More recently people have used it to download music from any artist off huge servers, the most popular of which was Napster. This program was originally created by Shawn Fanning as a way for him and his friends to share MP 3 files. Now it has grown to the most popular place to share pirated music over the Internet. So how has this program affected the music industry? An article arranged by David Gra...
  • Today's Artists And Their Music
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    Is music an art form? When answering this question take into consideration Bach, Vivaldi and Bocelli, all artists who were allowed to express themselves without being censored. Censoring today's artists and their music hurts them in many ways; it limits their expression and also hurts their record sales. There are many parental and religious groups who fell that censoring music is necessary to protect today's youth. The music displays foul language and expresses pro views on sex, drugs and gangs...
  • Music With Artistic Communication
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    What is your favorite song? What type of music speaks to you? Music has been used to mean various things from "a pleasing sound" to "a printed document showing how a piece is to be performed". I think defining music is as difficult as defining art. Because just as art has many meanings. So does music. Everyone has their on interpretation about music. What is the definition? , music is a versatile form of communication. Music is all around us. We hear it on the radio, television, and in stores. W...
  • Music's Impact On Teenagers
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    "Music goes deeper than emotion into the energies that animate our psychic life". (Sessions) American adolescents are slowly adapting their everyday life to music. Since there are an extreme amount of music artists; numerous teenagers are engaging in making music their lifestyle. Music's impact on teenagers change their perceptions on life in many different ways: it shapes who they are by their choice of style and appearance, their internal feelings about themselves and how they behave socially ...
  • Music Of Brazil
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    The music of Brazil is characterized by two basic historical and cultural elements, namely the African (Congo, Angola) and the European (Portuguese) and their fusion. Types of neo-African music contained in Brazilian cult rituals such as candomble are examples of such mixing. Aside the music from the native populations mostly dislocated in the Amazon basin, Brazil offers regional styles such as the Northeastern, which in turn features important sub genres like the for ro or the martial dance of ...
  • Music From The Internet
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    Everyday millions of kids are committing theft in broad daylight. Their parents don't care, they " re stealing too, or asking their children to do it for them. No one tries to hide it and no one calls it stealing. People who wouldn't shoplift a stick of gum or take more than one newspaper from a street rack think nothing of stealing music. This is an issue that is rocking the music industry and cannot continue if we, as listeners, want to hear new songs and new artists. By now, most people know ...
  • Kind Of Music And Lyrical Content
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    There are various ethical issues in the production of songs with explicit lyrics. Music is believed to have an effect on a person's sense of self. Do people become violent because they listen to violence in music? It's a fact that explicit lyrical content in black music for example, does have a negative impact, particularly on young listeners and that explicit imagery in music videos devalues black music and black people by reinforcing racist stereotypes. Whatever is "cool" and in the playground...
  • Their Music Rap Artists
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    Rap music has received lots of criticism for often containing obscene language, and shocking themes of homicide, drug use, rape, guns, violence, and murder (Robert 2). Many people believe that rap music has had a negative influence on today's youth, causing listeners to be anti-social or even violent (Hip-hop 1). One source talked about a thirteen year old student at West Side Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas who shot fifteen people at his school. A teacher at this school, Debbie Pelley, tes...

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