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The Consumer Culture and the Media

radio are very powerful media and have the ability to shape consumer attitudes. This paper identifies three trends that have arise...

Apple Case Study

the iTunes and ipod phenomenon. Obviously, Apple took the opportunity to get into the music business. While it is true that iPod ...

Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun: A Sociology Paper

the question "what is wrong with you?" Chris Cornell first seems to state that mankind has been infiltrated by evil when he refers...

An Examination of Baroque Musical Forms

Motet While Gregorian chants were intended entirely for liturgical and worship purposes, this was not the case for later Renaiss...

Strategic Initiatives in Digital Media: Apple Computers, Inc.

that can do no wrong. Once a distant second in the home computer market that was facing irrelevancy as big-box companies like Dell...

Censoring Rap Music Because Freedom of Speech Has Gone Too Far

audiences will play only heavily censored versions of rap songs. The U.S. government has also actively sought to censor rap music...

Michael Jackson, The King of Pop

of Pop. He wanted the title. There are musicians who are dubbed one thing or another by fans, and then, as in the Michael Jackson...

Indian and Sikh Music

the classical Indian vocal music that comprises Sikh services (Singh and Singh). As this indicates, in Sikhism, music constitutes ...

THE DOORS, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND AND BUSINESS MODELS

around, its no longer the sure path to stardom for a band. Furthermore, there are a variety of musical magazines, segmented to eve...

Moulin Rouge (2001) and Setting a Cinematic Mood

Berkeleys choreography book, he creates mood through unusual camera angles, and heightens the films pace through "speeded-up, step...

"I'm Sexy and I Know It" - An Examination of Feminist Themes

more aware of themselves than they are of one another. Finally, at the behest of their leader, they begin to walk down the boardwa...

Dance Music in Musical History

This research paper briefly describes the dance music within the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods. Two pages in length, ...

Issues in Ethnomusicology, Agawu and McClary

(Agawu, 1992, p. 246). At this point, Agawu states that the purpose of his essay is to critique ethnomusicology writing that has f...

Analysis of Merriam's Preface

were the focus of their analyses (Merriam "Definitions" 193). Furthermore, as Jaap Kunst pointed out in 1950 text, musicology "doe...

Music and the Sexualization of Women

The number and diversity of those involved in the debate surrounding the sexualization of women is overwhelming. Research abounds...

Twentieth Century Music, Various Aspects

This research paper/essay consists of two parts. The first half of the paper pertains to three works in which the composer turned ...

Musical Systems: Scales, Maqamat, and Ragas

This research paper offers a brief overview of scales, maqamat, and ragas, which derive from Western Arabic and Indian music respe...

The Djembe, An Overview

This research paper presents an extensive overview of the djembe, which is a drum that originated in West Africa. The paper offers...

Jazz and Blues

This research paper describes the relationship between blues and jazz within the context of the history of these genres. The write...

Musical Evolution from Romantic to Modern

In five pages this paper examines how music evolved from Romantic to the Modern eras with several artists including Debussy and Ch...

Musical Evolution from Baroque to Classical

through the performance of ecclesiastic music because of their contributions within that context. Johann Sebastian Bach pro...

Comparing the Music of J.S. Bach, Ludwig von Beethoven, and The Beatles

To understand why this is so important, one must understand that before the Baroque period, music mostly consisted of ballads...

Tonality in Music and Art

the opposite of reality since telephone polls to not actually shrink in size over distance, although this is the real visual effec...

Eighteenth Century Musical Influences

In four pages this essay examines the impact upon the Enlightenment upon the music of the eighteenth century and how it reflected ...

Overview of the Musique Concrete Genre

In nine pages this research paper examines the unique genre and 'noise music' predecessor created in the Forties by Pierre Schaeff...

Poetry of 'Come Talk to Me' by Songwriter Peter Gabriel

In four pages this paper discusses how these song lyrics by Peter Gabriel can be regarded as poetry that is independent from the m...

Timelessness of the Grateful Dead

In ten pages a fan of the Grateful Dead's music discusses the classic band's influence and legacy. Six sources are cited in the b...

Youth, Children and Music Videos' and Lyrics' Impact

In five pages this paper examines the impact of explicit music videos and song lyrics upon young children. Five sources are cited...

Connection Between Rock Music and the 1970s' Drug Culture

In ten pages this paper examines the 1970s' counterculture in America and considers the link between rock music and drugs as evide...

Blues Musical Artist Muddy Waters

In five pages this research paper examines the life of blues legend Muddy Waters and discusses his profound influence on music. F...