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Sisario, Ben. (2014, September 25). U.S. music sales drop 5%, as habits shift online. New York imes, B3. Accessed 13 October 2014 at http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/business/media/music-sales-drop-5-as-habits-shift-online.html?_r=0.

he music sales landscape is constantly shifting, thereby creating considerable concern among music executives. In the New York imes article by Sisario (2014), the current sales figures for different music formats and outlets provide fuel for the theory that sales revenues are dropping because of music streaming services. Digital sales continue to represent the lion's share of sales, with 68% of the market, but downloads fell from 69% to 60% over the last year. Sales of CDs also fell by a full 19%. Concurrent with this trend was a drop in music sales revenues during the same period, from $3.4 to $3.2 billion.

he good news behind what appears to be an appalling drop in CD and digital download sales in an increase in streaming subscriptions,….

The job that Pandora is doing for its customers is that the company is providing a music streaming service. Its user base consists of customers who stream music for free (the main base—their streams are interrupted intermittently by advertisements) and those who pay for streaming (via subscription—the minority base). The users can enjoy unlimited hours of diversified music for free, only having to endure ads every so few songs. By basically allowing users access to a huge pool of free content that can be streamed without charge, Pandora is essentially giving music away for free: it pays for the content (the company is charged a royalty fee for every song that is streamed) and since its user base is enormous and growing by the hundreds of thousands every day, the company is paying a lot in royalty fees—more, in fact, than it is making from its advertising revenue.
The effect is that….

Music and Society
Music has a profound influence on society. As with other forms of art, music has the ability to communicate messages that are both complex and oblique -- the message need not be specific, but may convey an emotion or ethos, external to the lyrical content of the songs. Music gives a voice to generations by allowing those who have the ability to convey their thoughts and feelings through the form, and others to convey theirs through the consumption of the media. Thus, while music can have significant influence over a generation, and reflect its values, likewise the music to which that generation is drawn to reflects its values outward to the world, allowing some of the music (and other art) consumed by that generation to be understood by any society that chooses to consume that music. One cannot replicate the 60s just by listening to the Doors and….

Sony Music India
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Sony Music India or SMI, is a solely retained subsidiary of SME, Sony Music Entertainment. The company initiated set-up in India from 1996 to 1997 in order to market both international and national music titles in India. Because of its success and use of state-of-the-art technologies, SMI has become one of the most advanced music companies India. Customers value the added services SMI offers especially if they decide to launch a digital platform for their music and other projects. India has already experienced a boost in sales thanks to the growing E-commerce in the country. The music industry overseas with iTunes and SoundCloud provide consumers with a variety of choices for music making companies like SMI feel a need to compete and therefore generate their own presence within the music industry. Therefore SMI began an "e-initiative" that enabled music lovers along with other users to visit the website, www.sonymusicindia.com, to….

Intellectual Property It is important to note, from the onset, that revenues for the U.S. recorded music industry have more than halved since the late 1990s (Figure 1.0). In essence, what has often been blamed for the falling revenues is the online music revolution (Mezei, 2018). It is instructive to note that in recent times, streaming services have seen their paid subscriptions go up significantly, with 2016 having been a particularly good year for the said services. These include, but they are not limited to, Tidal, Apple Music, as well as Spotify. Thanks to such growth in streaming services, quite a number of players have in the past expressed their intention to try their hand in this specific market. These include new entrants to this spot, like Amazon.
According to the Recording Industry Association of America - RIAA (2017), in the year 2016, there was an 11.4% growth in U.S. recorded music….

Marketing Music on Social Media Sites
Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others have grown exponentially over the past few years. One of the entertainment genres that has benefited mightily from social media is music, rap, rock, hip-hop, country, and even classical music. This paper explores and analyzes how musicians and groups have exploited social media in their marketing strategies.

Key Reasons Music Marketing Thrives on Social Media

Social Media has carved out an enormous presence in the contemporary entertainment and information scene in the United States. In fact according to a 2010 book -- Facebook Marketing: An Hour a Day -- a Harris Interactive study shows that "…48% of all American adults had either a Facebook or a MySpace account" (Treadaway, et al., 2010, p. 15). Also, as an indication of how extraordinarily fast Facebook has grown, in just eight months the giant social media company went from 100 million….

Social Media on Music Marketing
The objective of this research is to examine and analyze how music artists have social media for marketing purposes. Examples will be used to illustrate the major points made in this report.

The music world has entered into a new era in marketing. Social media such as Facebook, MySpace, and others bring together individuals who are like-minded. Dave Allen reports in the work entitled: "Social Media, logs and Music: Some Philosophical Thoughts" the marketing world of music is electrified with "phrases such as "Social Media, Social Advertising, Facebook Ads, Mass Media Networking Advertising." (Allen, 2008, p.1) Allen, a panelist attending the LISA Service Seminar in Portland and the Hawaii MusicTech Conference in Honolulu. Reported is: "L.I.S.A., which is an acronym for Lessons In Social Advertising, was aimed at marketers and advertisers who [for some reason] don't understand social networks or haven't yet worked out how to….

The Success of Indie Music
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1 Indie Music
What makes indie music special in the music industry is the fact that it is produced outside the studio system. Indie artists rise up out of obscurity through their own grit and determination, their own ability to publicize themselves and gain traction, their own talent and genius, and their own development of a fan base. Unlike the many artists today who are groomed from childhood—their fans brought to them via a range of media conglomerates with overlapping boards of directorates, their music written for them by ghost writers, their look developed for them by stylists, their persona created for them by marketing specialists—indie musicians carve a name out for themselves via the tools of the 21st century—social media, streaming services, and DIY (do-it-yourself) merchandise. One of the legends of the indie music scene exemplifies the raw talent and tenacity of this particular group: Daniel Johnston, who recorded his songs….

Samsung vs. Apple: Which Phone is Better
Apple's iPhones are considered by many to be the epitome of the cell phone experience. They were the first phones to hit the market to really drive the latest cell phone craze: they had touch screens, amazing cameras, and could connect to other devices. However, the rest of the phone industry has not only caught up with the Apple iPhone but in some cases has actually surpassed it. Samsung is one such company whose phones are more technologically advanced than Apple iPhones. This paper will show will Samsung's phones are technologically superior to the iPhone.

First off, Samsung's phone cameras are more advanced in terms of quality than the iPhone. Even though the iPhone has very sharp and crystal clear picture quality, the Samsung phones are even better. Images can be caught at that are so accurate and lifelike that one does a double take….

He had been most inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie. "Woody had a sound and said something with his music." He wanted to meet Woody and thank him for such inspiring songs. Woody had not been well and was being treated in a local hospital. Bob went and saw him and then wrote a "ong to Woody."
uddenly, following that visit, as if overnight, Bob Dylan became a household name. He was selling out theatres across America and England. He was referred to as a genius. It has been said that Bob went down to the crossroads and struck a deal with the devil, in order to arrive at such a place. He continued to evolve from the old acoustic folk singer that everyone loved, to a somewhat loud electric rock star. Columbia Records and many of his fans were not happy about this change. Fans were booing and….

Higher Ed Course
Course Design: 20th Century History and Popular Music

Course Description:

For many students, popular music is scene as being disposable and readily replaceable. The nature of the modern media cycle means that much of what dominates the sphere of popular music is inherently designed to achieve vast commercial appeal with a short shelf-life. However, there are also ways in which popular music has figured critically into moments in history. This is the premise that underscores the proposed higher education course, which would be couched within the broader discipline of History.

The proposed course is intended to draw parallels between important moments in history and the way that the culture of popular music connected to these moments or in some powerful instances such as the British Invasion, oodstock and the Hip Hop movement, even came to define some of these important historical moments. Using different eras in history to formulate the respective….

Mournful as it is melodic, I found myself musing about lost relationships and people that have vanished from my life. My mind strayed to personal matters several times during the show, which lasted several hours including an opening act.
Another set of feelings that persisted throughout the concert related to Coldplay's big-budget stage production. Our tickets had cost a lot of cash, and every person in the building felt that we deserved to get our money's worth. Therefore, our expectations were high. My fellow concertgoers and I wanted to be swept off our feet, and we were. From the moment the show began I was in awe, impressed visually as well as aurally. The tension created by the first few dark seconds, combined with the rising intensity of the violin and percussion-studded "Viva la Vida" that ensued, created an aura of joy and gratitude. e got every penny's worth from….

Interface is "the zone of relation that comes into being between human beings and machines, device processes, networks, and even organizations" (Hookway's, 2014, p.39).
What are popular interfaces?

Popular interfaces like the SoundCloud interface, offer music streams, and free music downloads. Another popular interface, Netflix, offers movie suggestions based on ratings and viewing history.

What is your new interface?

The new interface is a media based interface with several features including a lyrics and musical notes option, streaming music, and suggested songs.

Describe it

The media interface will focus on lyrics and song streams. Many people want to see and learn new songs. Think of the app like Sound Cloud, except the user has the option of viewing the lyrics. Another things that websites often do not feature, is the musical notes, composition of songs. People may want to learn to play a song or sing a song that they like. The interface can then allow….

Strategic Plan of Contemporary Organizations
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Started in the year 1932, The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is a complete 90-member orchestra that is based in Sydney. The SSO has in recent years enjoyed good profitability through both high concert attendance and strong government support. However, despite these successes, the music industry in which they operate is constantly facing a changing external environment that makes SSO future profitability a frequently pondered issue. This paper seeks to project or rather predict the future profitability of Sydney Symphony Orchestra within this competitive music industry. By the end of this essay an educated prediction is made using the general environmental framework and through the conduction of an environmental analysis using Porters five forces model of competition (Porter, 1998).

A collection of dimensions that influence an industry and the companies that are within this industry form a general environment. These dimensions include: Technological, Demographic, Political,….

Future of Radio What Is
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He doesn't mention Apple's iPod, iPod Touch, and iPad, but those devices also pose a challenge for traditional radio broadcasting. People can "…select music that suits their individual tastes and many have wider repositories of music in their own libraries" -- thanks to the iTunes and similar services -- than are offered on the playlists of radio broadcasters (Picard, p. 1).
Moreover, Satellite and Internet radio are offering "hundreds of choices of highly focused music formats," Picard continues, making radio "…a less relevant platform" for music and entertainment than it was previously (p. 1). Besides using Satellite radio -- and being willing to pay for a service that specializes in exactly the music genre listeners prefer -- users are downloading podcasts on a number of topics that interest them, Picard explains. The problems for radio resulting from these alternative audio choices are "compounded" in the United States due to the….

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Music

Music Streaming Services Continue to Grow

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Sales Current Events Sisario, Ben. (2014, September 25). U.S. music sales drop 5%, as habits shift online. New York imes, B3. Accessed 13 October 2014 at http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/business/media/music-sales-drop-5-as-habits-shift-online.html?_r=0. he music sales landscape…

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Marketing

Why Pandora Radio Cannot Turn a Profit

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Length: 3 Pages
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The job that Pandora is doing for its customers is that the company is providing a music streaming service. Its user base consists of customers who stream music for…

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Sociology

Music and Society 1960s 2000s

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Music and Society Music has a profound influence on society. As with other forms of art, music has the ability to communicate messages that are both complex and oblique --…

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Business

Sony Music India

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Sony Music India or SMI, is a solely retained subsidiary of SME, Sony Music Entertainment. The company initiated set-up in India from 1996 to 1997 in order to market…

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Music

Music Industry Intellectual Property

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Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

Intellectual Property It is important to note, from the onset, that revenues for the U.S. recorded music industry have more than halved since the late 1990s (Figure 1.0). In essence,…

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Music

What Impact Social Media Has Had on Music Marketing

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Length: 6 Pages
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Marketing Music on Social Media Sites Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others have grown exponentially over the past few years. One of the entertainment genres that has…

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Education - Computers

What Impact Social Media Has Had on Music Marketing

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Length: 5 Pages
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Social Media on Music Marketing The objective of this research is to examine and analyze how music artists have social media for marketing purposes. Examples will be used to…

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Music

The Success of Indie Music

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Length: 9 Pages
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1 Indie Music What makes indie music special in the music industry is the fact that it is produced outside the studio system. Indie artists rise up out of obscurity through…

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Urban Studies

Why Samsung Phones Are Technologically Superior to Iphones

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Samsung vs. Apple: Which Phone is Better Apple's iPhones are considered by many to be the epitome of the cell phone experience. They were the first phones to hit the…

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Music

Home a Martin Scorsese Picture

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Length: 2 Pages
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He had been most inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie. "Woody had a sound and said something with his music." He wanted to meet Woody and thank…

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Music

Higher Ed Course Design 20th Century History

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Length: 5 Pages
Type: Essay

Higher Ed Course Course Design: 20th Century History and Popular Music Course Description: For many students, popular music is scene as being disposable and readily replaceable. The nature of the modern media…

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Research Proposal

Music

Coldplay British Rock Band Coldplay

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Length: 6 Pages
Type: Research Proposal

Mournful as it is melodic, I found myself musing about lost relationships and people that have vanished from my life. My mind strayed to personal matters several times…

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Music

Interface Is The Zone of Relation That

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Length: 3 Pages
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Interface is "the zone of relation that comes into being between human beings and machines, device processes, networks, and even organizations" (Hookway's, 2014, p.39). What are popular interfaces? Popular interfaces like…

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Term Paper

Music

Strategic Plan of Contemporary Organizations

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Length: 5 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Strategic Plan of Contemporary Organizations The Sydney Symphony Orchestra Started in the year 1932, The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is a complete 90-member orchestra that is based in Sydney. The SSO…

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Communication - Journalism

Future of Radio What Is

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Length: 12 Pages
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He doesn't mention Apple's iPod, iPod Touch, and iPad, but those devices also pose a challenge for traditional radio broadcasting. People can "…select music that suits their individual…

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