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This paper addresses the role of the modern music industry and its refusal to recognize that mp3 file sharing is not a threat but rather is the next generation of music. This paper takes the position that these companies should embrace this new technology in order to benefit from its use rather that continuing to fight against it.

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This paper examines how the development of blues in the first half of the 20th century paved the way for the musical styles of modern music. In order to understand these influences, it breaks them down into the five main categories of country and rockabilly, early rhythm and blues (R&B), British rock, American rock, and punk rock.

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"Early blues has also influenced rockabilly. Rockabilly is the basic fusion of rock and roll and country blues. Around 1965 a new group was forming on the west side of Jacksonville, Florida. A pair of brothers named Lacey and Ronnie VanZant started Lynyrd Skynyrd, a roughed-up group of high school students who did their best to rebel against societies standards. Ronnie and Lacey grew up singing in the all black choir at their church as well as sitting on the porch of Shorty Medlocke's house listening to him play his raucous "swamp country" blues. They also both remember listening to the AM radio in their father's old diesel truck when they would go on trips up and down the Eastern Seaboard (American). They pooled these styles together to form the sound for which they became famous."

Tags:country, guitar, rock

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This paper discusses how the positive aspects of self-management can be an advantage to artists that seek long-term success in the music industry. The paper uses the examples of Mick Jagger, Pink Floyd and U2 (McGuiness is actually considered a fifth member by Bono and the others) to relate how effective self-management may be a far more lucrative choice for musicians. According to the paper, they must be willing to take on more responsibilities, but they will certainly have more control over their music and contractual dealings.

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"This music industry analysis will examine the differing aspects of successful music management. By presenting various examples of famous musical acts with effective management, one can realize the benefits of loyalty in the techniques and decisions that create successful musical acts. A critical study of how modern music mangers create positive financial and legal choices for their clients is essential to the longevity and influence of such bands as U2, The Rolling Stones (Self-Managed), and other international musicians with strong management. In this manner, one can realize how management can be effective, without betraying the musical integrity that musicians need to focus exclusively upon. "

Tags:jagger, stones, management

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An examination of Nietzsche's philosophies of music which are still applicable today, and can be seen as the foundation of modern music theory. Nietzsche extensively employed the terms "Dionysian" and "Apollonian" in his conjectures about music. These are terms that are in reference to Plato and his suppositions about simple, ordered and unassuming music (Apollonian) versus irrational, anarchic, chaotic music (Dionysian).

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"German Philosopher/Musician/Composer, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was particularly interested in what he believed to have been the higher quality of life that prevailed in certain periods of history, such as the Italian renaissance, the classic era of the Greeks, and Moorish civilizations in Spain. While most art forms were included under a single umbrella in Nietzsche's philosophies, he wrote extensively about music and musicians as a unique and separate entity."

Tags:apollonian, dionysian, friedrich, history, music, philosophy, theory

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The paper looks at ancient Japanese music, including the type of music known as Noo and the n mai dance drama. The paper identifies several different instruments that make up the music of traditional Japanese dance dramas and early court music and shows how Japanese music represents many changes in Japanese culture. Finally, the paper examines modern Japanese music and how karaoke may be one of the most enduring contributions Japan has made to modern music around the world.

Outline:
Ancient Japanese Music
Noo (Sometimes Called Noh)
Nomai Dance Drama
Japanese Musical Instruments
Japanese Music and Culture
Modern Japanese Music

From the Paper
"During the court music phase, several key instruments played a part in the orchestra. These included huge dadaiko drums played with large beaters, combined with smaller drums, gongs, and other drums, along with wind instruments like flutes and mouth organs, and stringed instruments, like lutes and the koto, noted below. Each of these instruments combined to create strong, often heavy rhythms that helped create the movement and performance of the dancers in their roles.
"By the fourteenth century, (the Kamakura period), musical performances became more attractive. Buddhist chanting became popular, and so did theatrical arts, such as lyrical dancing. Author Malm notes, "In general, the music of the Kamakura period is marked by a new emphasis on vocal and dramatic music" (Malm, 2000, p. 37). During this long history of development of the arts, several musical styles and performances began to develop and mature. During this time, Japan was changing from a dynasty culture to a feudalistic society led by the Shogun class, so as Japan's culture was evolving, their music was evolving as well, indicating how these two aspects of Japanese history go hand in hand.
"Then came a period of religious music, mostly Shinto and Buddhist, which included chanting and dramatic dance, which helped form the lyrical dance dramas that became so popular in the country. This religious phase indicates how music was changing as the country's culture changed and grew, and illustrates how the country's leadership influences were changing, as well."

Tags:nomai, Noo, karaoke, dance

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In this paper the author looks at what Guillaume Dufay's music meant in terms of music history. The author starts with a look at the Gregorian chant from Medieval times which was the main form of sacred music, how it developed and what it gave to modern music. The paper continues with a look at the other forms of music that have developed over the years and contributed to the work of Guillaume Dufay. In particular the author highlights the development of church music in the Renaissance period which, as he points out was the basis for Dufay's music compositions. The author discusses the life and works of Dufay's music as a move towards a clearly defined tonal and functional harmonic structure. The author believes that this helped prepare one of the most important stylistic developments in music of the following century. In conclusion the author reminds us that we are lucky to have the musical pieces that have been curated and restored. A number of Dufay's as well as other composers from that era had masterpieces destroyed because of the political climate.

Outline:
Table of Contents
Introduction
Gregorian Chant
Motet
Troubadour Influence
The Development of Musical Notation
Polyphony
Machaut
Guillaume Dufay a Biography
Dufay's Music
Dufay and Faux-bourdon
Dufay's Motets
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Dufay began composing at a time when musical style was in a period of relative stability and changing that style was not readily accepted. Dufay cannot be thought of as one of the great revolutionaries in Western music; the term 'originality' in the classic sense of the word was not familiar to him. This is not to say, however, that Dufay was in any way lacking of originality or he was in any way reactionary. Quite to the contrary, he played an integral role in the development of faux-bourdon and the cyclic mass. He was one of the first composers to handle four-voice texture with any kind of convincing skill before the end of the 15th century. Furthermore, his attempt to move towards a clearly defined tonal and functional harmonic structure helped prepare one of the most important stylistic developments of the following century. Dufay's works and compositions have come to be known as the supremely polished works of a long period of slow and serene stylistic change."

Tags:masses, literature, renaissance, style, artistic, chamber, ceremonial, melodic, design, choirs, composers, liturgical

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This paper examines the history of blues and rock music and how modern rock and pop have devolved away from their blues origins. The writer explains how blues music was born from African rhythms and the tragic atmosphere of slavery. Music was improvised on the spot to encompass the task or event at hand, and blues music thus became a combination of an awareness of the brutality of life coupled with a consciousness of its moments of grace. The exact birth of rock music is more difficult to define and started as a mix of the raw emotion of blues, the folk ideals of country music, and the innovative style of jazz. The writer traces its evolution through the folk revolution, the British (or Beatles) revolution, the 70s and 80s, and on to the present day, where it has lost much of its immediacy, honesty and emotion.

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"The earliest form of American black music was a blend of their own African traditions and the missionary zeal of the Europeans. During the peak of the slave trade many Christian missionaries took it upon themselves to convert the African pagans into good Christians. The musical result of this was the development of what was loosely termed "Negro spirituals." This music was a combination of native African rhythms and European liturgical music. It mingled the diatonic scale of European music with the pentatonic scale of African music--a development that would mark all later black music. Spirituals were the first example of African music adapted to the social environment of the New World."

Tags:Zeppelin, music video, MTV vision musician genre freedom rebellion

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This qualitative study seeks to examine the hip-hop dance form ethnologically and from the anthropological view, through administration of a survey/questionnaire and a review of peer-reviewed literature. This study finds that hip-hop is interwoven throughout the very fabric of modern media, music and art and is an integral expression in societal interaction and expression. Hip-hop is modern and yet primitive and will be around for many years to come.

Table of Contents
Abstract
Objective
Introduction
Research Questions
Research Instruments
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Literature Review
Discussion
Conclusions
Bibliography

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"The respondents to the data collection instrument (survey-questionnaire) were asked what was it that influenced them in listening to hip-hop music. The answers given were affirmations that imitation in society is alive and well in the present day. Because the hip-hop radio stations were readily available, the respondents state that this exposure was key in their music influences at an early age. When asked what influenced the respondents in their preference of the hip-hop dance form the answers given in unison stating that MTV was an influence and stating that imitation was the beginning of this dance form adoption by the respondents."

Tags:Dance, hip, hop, American, culture, music

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This paper discusses the history of Celtic music and its migration to the Appalachian region of North America. The author points out the cultural memory embedded in the Celtic tradition. The paper examines the impact of Celtic music on musical styles of the modern period.

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"The purpose of this research is to examine connections between Celtic music, which originated in Britain, chiefly Scotland and Ireland, and which migrated to the U.S., chiefly to the Appalachian region of North America and the intergenerational aspects of musical heritage with reference to the human-development theories of Erik Erikson. The plan of the research will be to set forth a history of Celtic music from its origins in Britain and the history of migration of the music to the U.S. and then discuss the resonance that such music ..."

Tags:Celtic, Music, Appalachian, music, American, music

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This paper rejects the idea that a post-modern culture is not valid outside of America. It discusses the origins of the Post-Modern theory and the theorists who write/talk about it at length. The paper also explores the presence of different forms of post-modern culture outside of America including in architecture and music.

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"What is postmodern culture? Postmodern culture is the blurring of lines between what is real and what is simulated, it the ever increasing intextuality of our lives - the inextricable binding of the media, mass culture and daily life. In postmodern society there is "an incredulity towards meta narratives" (Lyotard 2004) "and truth is what we invent, not what we discover" (Spender 2004). Postmodern culture is present in every Westernised society, its relevance is global; American society and culture provide excellent examples of the extent to which postmodern culture exists but it is not alone in postmodernity."

Tags:baudrillard, eco, jean, umberto, media, architechture, music