Album Reviews
There is a time to be concise and a juncture to be descriptive. Technology allows downloads to be purchased track by track or the whole album if the user wishes. Music is a physical reaction and in turn whatever one experiences in their gut can be felt by a listener who the composer never meets. When you listen to new music with previously unheard titled tracks from your preferred artist you naturally want to hope for the best. Regrettably, even your favorite bands can sell out posing for cameras that will launch them onto a magazine cover instead of covering the content which previously propelled the ensemble to the top of the charts.
Mainstream bands can be endearing souls without selling out if they never had the intention to put a price on their music to begin with. The songwriters who write for themselves then create an album to share their emotions with other music lovers are less likely to sell out because they know what constitutes art. The grounded pop punk band All Time Low [ATL] will unlikely be labeled sell outs because they are committed to their musical convictions. The ATL band members are sweet young gentleman who can play up their goofy side on their videos while remain genuine in person.
Regardless of the device you use to listen to music you want to make sure you will repeatedly listen to the music you buy. Certain individuals prefer to walk into Amoeba and pick up a vinyl copy of a band they enjoy listening to while other opt to order online. If you add a re-mastered version of one of your favorite classic rock albums to your cart then you know what you are going to hear. On the flipside new artist often do not have their music in online stores to sample as easily as successful bands. Re...
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...appeal to the country music crowd they will also appreciate her efforts as a trained dancer. Bundy is a singer/songwriter who can appeal to ladies while keeping the gentlemen’s attention with songs written from the pages of her life. “Boyfriend” and “Rebound” have opposite themes of commitment though both are as funny as they are well crafted. You do not have to be a nicotine addict to appreciate the symbolism behind, “Cigarette” as Laura Bell would be out of breathe if she was chain smoking and would not be able to keep up with her own set of dancers. The song is addictive as the line, “Tried to put you out, tried to clear the air, but I'm breathin your breath as I die a slow death.” Laura Bell Bundy is a singer/songwriter who can dance around an uncomfortable subject one minute and call a cheating partner out on his pack of lies on the next song being shuffled.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that music is a physical reaction and in turn whatever one experiences in their gut can be felt by the composer never meets. even your favorite bands can sell out posing for cameras.
- Explains that mainstream bands can be endearing souls without selling out if they never had the intention to put a price on their music. the grounded pop punk band all time low will unlikely be labeled sell outs because they are committed to their musical convictions.
- Opines that a skilled ensemble can record an album without profuse post-production work.
- Opines that 2010 has released a fair amount of albums worth checking out. every band from no doubt to blink-182 are keeping their illustrious supporters attention with prospective untitled albums.
- Analyzes how guitarist slash ushered in his own self-titled album which makes music aficionados ecstatic. the instrumental track "watch this" featuring drummer dave grohl & bassist
- Compares the nine different versions of slash to the standard u.s. edition, which did not include fergie and cypress hill's "paradise city" and m. shadows' "nothing to say."
- Analyzes how rob zombie's "hellbilly" is a perfectly constructed pun mirroring the musical styles of singers with malevolent musical side. the opening track tricks the body into thinking you are more alert than you actually are.
- Analyzes how the band members of aiden are not choir boys, but they are kind musicians who know how to put on an unforgettable show.
- Compares the dead weather-sea of cowards, a duo's sophomore album with the alternative sound that allows meg white’s vocal abilities to mingle with her animated personality.
- Analyzes how laura bell bundy is a newcomer who decided to "giddy on up" the cmt music video charts.
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- ...election and convenience of P2Ps. Because of consumer’s tendency to download single songs by many varying artists, many may wonder if increased Internet use will eventually exterminate the record album from existence. Personally, I do not foresee the death of CDs and albums as a product. The MP3 format is not quite CD quality, and the singles that are typically downloaded by consumers do not always reflect the talent or best product of a certain performer. Singles are what will make money, but B-sides, the songs that people do not buy the CD for, are also a culmination of an artist’s hard work. B-sides make an album good or bad, and consumers simply do not download B-sides. I fear that buying an entire album will become more rare as these new programs emerge that allow consumers to buy one song at a time, but the album will prevail. Newspapers and Magazines are now available online, but they still appear for retail in stores and by offline subscriptions. Online music purchasing shows no signs of dropping, and the consumers show no sign of listening to less music. The industry just has to take the initiative to make the music more accessible to music listeners at a fairer price.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the music recording industry is in trouble. the riaa succeeded in disbanding the pioneer internet file-sharing program, napster, but is facing confrontation with similar programs escaping american copyright laws.
- Explains that the record industry is in trouble, citing jann s. wenner's editorial in rolling stone magazine.
- Explains that napster was the premiere source of illegal music downloading in the internet. the riaa was quick to accuse the program of violating this country's copyright laws.
- Explains that file-sharing services, or p2p networks, have a combined 70 million active users, compared with 20 million for napster in its heyday.
- Argues that the industry will have trouble shutting down these napster clones because the creators use this as an excuse to escape liability charges, simply because they cannot see or control the illegal activity.
- Explains that the riaa is considering suing individuals who share large numbers of files on kazaa, grokster, or morpheus. the music industry is using any means possible to catch people exploiting p2ps.
- Opines that the recording industry must take the initiative to make the music more accessible to music listeners at a fairer price.
- Explains that music retailing companies are facing hard times, as well. musicland stores closed 1476 stores in vermillion, south dakota, due to insufficient revenues.
- Analyzes how eminem sold 2 million less copies in 2002 than ‘nsync did in 2000. the riaa is quick to point its finger at the growing popularity of internet file sharing.
- Explains that napster and other p2p networks share virtually everything in visual and audio entertainment.
- Argues that the riaa is losing money fast and is determined to take consumers away from their computers and back into the record stores.
5423 wordsRead More - Influence Of Popular Cultureanalytical essaySelling-out is crucial for artists in how they earn their living even if their main focus is on expressing creativity, money is also a large factor
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the immediate social context shapes popular culture, including artists, animators, television writers, and musicians.
- Explains that cultural conventions are assumptions that make social activity possible, which are difficult to break, taken-for-granted rules, and embedded in culture-making tools.
- Analyzes how the technological constraints, the organizational apparatus, and the legal system, allow us to see how society is reflected in popular culture.
- Explains how the organizational apparatus impacts music in the way that it determines what type of music is produced.
- Opines that selling-out is crucial for artists in how they earn their living even if their main focus is on expressing creativity. money is also a large factor.
- Opines that the discussion of the production of popular culture being a collective circle is spot on with their experiences.
- Argues that a reason for keeping the length of songs the way they have always been is an appeal to tradition. the norm is stuck to because of fear and loss of profit.
- Describes the benefits of producing popular culture that is highly influential. does it impact your social status?
- Asks what are the cultural conventions for lyrics in songs, if there are any. the content of some music in today's culture can be extremely vulgar.
862 wordsRead More - 1991 The Year Punk Broke Documentary Analysisanalytical essayIf there is no individuality, then there is no costumer choice. When costumer choice is eliminated, then the problem of exploitation arrives from how these popular music products are commercialized. Raprehab reports, “[...] major record companies are paying radio stations thousands of dollars to play their records!” This contributes to the already established monopoly because when the radio, one of the most effective promotion and mass communication devices, circles around certain products attributed to certain labels exclusively, competition is lowered to a minimum, again. Alternative and independent labels are rarely ever, if lucky, played on the radio, leaving the only way for the consumer to discover alternatives to popular products through extensive research, that is unless the consumer is “not lazy” and willing to expand their horizons and turn their radius of view away from the popular world and dictated products into the underground, “struggling” music
In this essay, the author
- Explains that "1991: the year punk broke" is a documentary about the leading punk figures in the nineties such as sonic youth and nirvana.
- Analyzes how and why the music industry became a monopoly in the 1990s, including the digital music revolution, economic theories, and globalization.
- Explains that by 1980, the music industry was under control of the "big six", which included emi, sony, warner, universal, polygram, and bmg.
- Explains that the music industry must adapt to the shift in the market with new advancements such as the internet.
- Explains that the music industry faced a loss in profit and revenue with the emersion of the digitalization of economy.
- Analyzes how the music industry was mesmerized by the success of napster, which was the pin point of the digital music revolution.
- Explains that the 360 deal allowed record companies to hold on to artists a little tighter as they realized they weren't what they needed, but themselves and their fans.
- Explains that the music industry is fueled upon the intellectual property of song writers and musicians. major and independent record labels are the driving force of the industry.
- Explains that the fine line between major and independent labels was blurred after the introduction of the internet.
- Explains that a monopoly is to the advantage of the one supplier because they can decrease or increase the price values of supplies and products as desired.
- Explains the secret recipe for creating a monopoly in the music industry. theodore adorno believes that there is no individuality in popular music; it is the same product in different packages.
- Analyzes how monopoly results in a lack of individuality and exploitation when resources and products aren't used productively.
- Explains that the industrial revolution created industries and industries created employers and filled their pockets with gold nuggets. the music industry serves no other purpose.
- Explains that digital music theft has been a major factor behind the global market decline of around 31 percent in the same period.
- Analyzes how the merger between universal music group and emi was backed up by the european commission and the marriage of the two companies.
- Opines that globalization makes the way for a worldwide monopoly, which was formed through the consolidation of the big three.
- Explains that since itunes opened, record sales have dropped by 50% across the board. borders and tower records have closed, as have thousands of independent record stores.
3854 wordsRead More - Music Industry Essayanalytical essayWith the invention of the Compact Disc (CD) in 1984 the music industry was able to increase their record revenues again surpassing $4 billion. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), profits in 1988 increased up to $6.25 billion (Krasilovsky and Shemel, 2007). On one hand CD’s have proved to be very successful invention as it indicated that consumers are willing to pay for increased quality of goods and services. However on the other hand it had introduced issues relating piracy. Illegal reproduction of analog phonograph records was a relative harmless issue at this time, as the quality of sound would reduce by ea...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that peitz and waelbroeck (2004) investigated the music sales between 1998 and 2002 with their regression model, using data from 16 countries that provided the largest prerecorded music on the market.
- Analyzes how stevans and session (2005) argued that music downloads were a substitute to purchasing physical records and that copyright laws had an impact on reducing price elasticity of demand.
- Explains that the music industry entered a dramatic change in the 21st century. the industrial age introduced new innovations that were assumed to be associated with long-term economic growth.
- Illustrates the revenue losses made through digitalising music. the world wide web was the biggest threat to the music industry, especially for the record labels.
1018 wordsRead More - Movie Reviewanalytical essayThis is a movie review on Platoon, which is an American war film produced in 1986 and
In this essay, the author
- Explains that this is a movie review on platoon, which is an american war film produced in 1986.
- Describes chris taylor's arrival in vietnam as a volunteer to the u.s. soldiers in the vietnam war.
- Analyzes how taylor was seemingly insignificant in the war zone. the movie shows that he was just taylor.
- Describes the leaders of the platoon, including sgt. barnes, tom berenger, and sergeant elias.
- Analyzes the inefficiency and challenges of the vietnam war as seen in the movie and the book.
- Explains that elias has no commitment to the war as he lost his belief in it and now fights with it.
- Analyzes how the movie presents taylor as a victim of the rivalry between sgt. barnes and s. elias. the movie shows the progress and moral issues in the vietnam war.
- Analyzes how the platoon relates to the conflicting sides of the war as seen in marilyn young's book, the war 1945 - 1990.
- Explains that the movie and the book depicted vietnam's history at the same time.
- Analyzes how the vietnamese resisted the village raids and the night battles in the movie.
516 wordsRead More - MP3s and the Death of Musicanalytical essayMusic has always been meant to be experienced. Before music was recorded, you went out to hear music being performed in person, to feel the vibrations going through you, to see the musicians playing, and to be around life and other people partaking in the same environment. When music was recorded onto vinyl, you had to actually sit down or be near the phonograph to listen to the record. You could pull apart the sleeve, lose yourself in the carefully chosen artwork, pour over the liner notes, or simply just lay back and soak in the sound. CDs and cassettes posed a minor disruption to this because while you still get a similar experience, CD players and Walkmans provided portable listening, but to listen to either, you still had ...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the mp3 is the greatest threat to music today. it has completely changed how the world consumes music.
- Explains that before music was recorded, one had to sit down or be near the phonograph to listen to the record. with the advent of the mp3, this music listening experience has been completely forgotten.
- Analyzes how mp3s remove the connection between songs that was intended by the artist. they allow us to skip songs at the touch of a button.
- Analyzes how the decline of the album versus single song downloads has had a major effect on music journalism.
- Analyzes how mp3 blogs have become a key example of small-scale, curated promotional model, reflecting individual bloggers’ tastes and the incredibly fast turnover of the indie attention economy.
- Opines that the indie record shop is a global institution that reflects history, the current state, and at times, can predict the future.
- Opines that the best way to fix this problem is to support record stores.
- Explains harvey, eric, and hogan, marc. "this is not a mixtape." pitchfork media inc. 22 feb. 2010.
1740 wordsRead More - film reviewanalytical essayFilm review The film the Assassination of Jesse James - by the coward Robert Ford is a historical western drama based on a novel about a real American outlaw who lived during the 19th century . The novel, with the same title as the movie, is written by the author Ron Hansen and first published in 1983. The film is directed by Andrew Domnik and produced in 2007 by, among others, Brad Pitt, who even plays the main character Jesse James. Other characters are performed by Sam Shepard (Frank James), Casey Affleck (Robert ”Bob” Ford), Sam Rockwell (Charley Ford), Paul Schneider (James ”Dick” Liddil), Jeremy Renner (Wood Hite), Garret Dillahunt (Ed Miller) and Mary-Louise Parker (Zerelda ”Zee” James).
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the assassination of jesse james - by the coward robert ford is a historical western drama based on the novel about an american outlaw who lived during the 19th century.
- Explains that the film is about the assassination of jesse james, performed by robert "bob" ford. bob has an obsession of the james brothers' since he was a child.
- Analyzes how bob kills jesse by shooting him from behind, but the expected effect is missing. after a decade, charley takes his own life. significant roles in the film’s action are also
- Analyzes how the film is a historical portrayal that draws attention to the personalities of jesse and bob.
- Analyzes how the character jesse james is heroic, but arrogant. he is a scarred and paranoid political fighter that uses unconventional methods to fight ities.
- Analyzes how the character of robert 'bob' ford is presented as a coward. he has high thoughts of himself and his own capacity. his position as the youngest in the family has shaped his personality negatively.
- Analyzes how charley ford has low self-esteem. he avoids conflict, wants to please everyone, and would rather not offend anyone, except his youngest brother bob, whom he gladly teases in front of others.
- Analyzes how jesse unexpectedly presses a knife to bob's throat, while he speaks of treachery in third person. after getting the frightened brothers into strained laughter, 'jesse' suddenly becomes quiet.
- Analyzes how the storyline has been layered with artistic pictures to amplify the atmosphere. a recurring theme is the four elements; wind that brings nature and clouds into motion, water that ripples, muddy village roads and fire for cooking and lighting.
- Opines that the film from the beginning would have been longer, as some scenes seem to be missing.
- Opines that the film is negatively affected by the choice of some cut out scenes, as it becomes difficult to glean what has actually happened.
- Concludes that this historical western drama about the assassination of jesse james is a story about how vanity, arrogance and complacency can destroy rather than strengthen.
- Opines that the film does not reach the top mark, mostly because of perceived missing sequences.
959 wordsRead More - Movie Reviewanalytical essayThe Call of the Wild tells a story of a strong dog named Buck in the Yukon and Alaska and this movie is an audacious film. In this movie, during winter, people who are immersed in panning for gold have great demand to gigantic dogs who in a position to pull sleds over ice trails. Buck, a robust animal, is exactly what gold diggers look for. The protagonist called Miles is not just a dog-enthusiasts but also a brave and venturous man. He is so simpleminded and candid that makes him become a person with strong adaptability.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the call of the wild tells the story of a strong dog named buck in the yukon and alaska.
- Analyzes how buck learns to survive in the snow and how to become a leader from journeys. miles likes buck at first sight, but he can't afford it.
- Analyzes how miles rushes to buck and impetrates hal to spare buck. fear on the sister's face shows the fright of being dead.
- Analyzes how the movie's costume design is fantastic because people are dressed in distinctive clothes, which shows the gap between the wealthy and the poor and their status.
- Analyzes how the call of the wild exposes the essence of human's life and teaches us that if we want to survive in a strongly competitive society and an cruel natural environment, we need to enhance our strength.
555 wordsRead More - Review on the Movie Radioanalytical essayMovie Review: Radio When you were in high school or just around town, did you ever see a mentally challenged person be treated like dirt? If so, then you should see the movie "Radio. " In one part of the movie "Radio", James Robert "Radio" Kennedy went around the high school football field every day. One day, Coach Harold Jones invited him inside the gates. The football players took advantage of Radio and locked him in the equipment shed while the players threw footballs at it.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how james robert "radio" kennedy, played by cuba gooding jr., went around the high school football field every day and was locked in the equipment shed.
- Explains that the movie is based on a true story about james robert "radio" kennedy, played by an academy award winner, cuba gooding jr.
- Describes james robert "radio" kennedy, a mentally challenged, young black man who spent his afternoons walking past the local high school football field.
- Explains how ed harris, whose character was coach harold jones, took radio in as his own son practically, feeding him and buying him clothes. around christmas time, the town bought many presents for radio so he felt more welcome with the community.
- Opines that radio is a remarkable film that can be seen with the whole family. cuba gooding jr. and ed harris were outstanding together and made the audience feel like they were right there with coach jones assisting radio.
427 wordsRead More - What Digital Music Distribution is and Why it is Significantanalytical essayPrice is another key win for the consumer. With most traditional record companies' cost structures changing, lower prices are sure to follow. Companies may worry that a customer's downloading an MP3 file might preclude the purchase of the song on CD. That theory doesn't seem to hold. According to Gerald de Melo, a consumer with a Web site dedicated to the legal issues surrounding the MP3 format, some people "use MP3s to 'try before you buy'. They wouldn't have considered buying certain CDs if it wasn't for MP3s." According to Michael Robertson, CEO of MP3.com, "we had a chance to meet with one of the larger retailers for [the Rio MP3 player], and we asked them, 'Hey, do you know what people are buying when they come into your store and they buy a Rio, what other things are in their shopping cart?' They did a report and what they found out was that the average person buying a Rio bought five CDs at the same time". That would not indicate that digital music distribution is driven wholly by the consumer preference for free content on the Web.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that digital music distribution renders the traditional record company's business model obsolete. atlantic is executing an ambitious e-commerce strategy.
- Explains that digital music distribution involves the transport of the product, recorded music, to the consumer via a non-physical, digital method.
- Describes how the fraunhofer institut integrierte schaltungen produced the powerful audio signal compression algorithm that would eventually become known as "mp3".
- Explains that mp3's open nature has attracted it a large and growing audience among music lovers.
- Explains that the "big five" are the largest stakeholders in the battle for the future of the recorded music industry.
- Argues that the riaa's secure digital music initiative (sdmi) is an effort to combat the main impediment to more traditional music companies' making their products available online.
- Explains that the changing landscape of the music business is breaking apart old models of doing business.
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