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The Greed of Music Industry Executives and Declining Record Sales The music recording industry is in trouble. For several years now, sales of new and popular music have steadily declined and show no sign of changing. The record companies are quick to blame the growing popularity of the Internet; music is being traded in a digital form online, often anonymously, with the use of file-sharing programs such as Morpheus, KaZaA, and Imesh, to name a few. The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)

abilities develop. Another way of gaining knowledge of music and to get experience is to start touring with a band and get used to coming up with ideas for records. Brandon Boyd makes another statement in the article, “Brandon Boyd of Incubus” by Jancee Dunn, writer for Rolling Stone magazine. Brandon explains, “We fight a lot when we’re writing our records. You know, it’s five different opinions trying to make their way into one… Bands break up for stupid reasons” (Dunn 26). Experience is a valuable advantage

As a band we have done some research of studio time and what it costs to have a record published and sold in stores. I understand that music is hard to make a living off of because its hard enough to just pay for the things your band needs and that record labels lose a lot of money in trying to finance an album that has such a high chance of failure. But major Record labels are creating a monopoly of the music industry which limits the innovation and advancement other minor

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patient’s privacy. Electronic health records can be beneficial to providers from a cost and efficiency standpoint, but are patients really better off with a paperless system?5 Privacy relates to people; confidentiality relates to data. A patient has a right to privacy and confidentiality concerning their mental and physical medical records. The term privacy has been defined as an

The Digital Age in Music: How Advancements in Technology are Re-shaping the Industry Michael Martin Monmouth University Abstract The ever-changing landscape of music distribution, due to constant advancements in technology, is sometimes hard to keep up with for artist, producer, and consumer alike. New editions of textbooks in Music Business classes are issued each year, and changes are made in the industry before the semester is even over. Because of this, it is vital for the industry to

endorsements among others. More so Agents whose main job is of booking concerts, commercials and tour sponsorships get at least 10% commission deducted from Gaga’s gross profits. So since the small venue tour is not profitable Live Nation, WME, and Hew record label Interscope are likely to go for the arena tour because it has high ticket sales and large capacity and it means high profits if the percentage of ticket sold is 100%. More so to WME it means more money to them due to high gross profit gained

Recommendation: Target the record labels for promotion of HSS reports. Start with the initial enthusiasts like Ken Bunt of Hollywood Records and use their testimonials to win other record labels. Make use of the business connections of the advisory board at Polyphonic to get better reach to decision makers at record labels. Offer free trial reports to convince record labels and an initial lower cost for buyers along with discounts for high volumes ordered over a fiscal year. In the long run, promote

Slavery's Destruction and the Scars that Create New Identities "On a cold January night in 1856, eight Northern Kentucky slaves, including 22-year-old Margaret Garner and her four children, crossed the frozen Ohio River en route to Canada and freedom. The next morning, an armed posse of 11 white men, led by Garner's master, Archibald Gaines, surrounded the Cincinnati house where the runaways were hiding. In the melee that followed, Garner murdered her two-year-old daughter and attempted to kill

1. What value does Hit Song Science create? If you were Mike McCready, CEO of Polyphonic, which target market – unsigned artists, producers, or record companies would you pursue? Before we analyze the value Hit Song Science creates, we should be clearly aware of the substance of Hit Song Science. Hit Song Science refers to comparing the mathematical characteristics of music with characteristics of past music hits to determine a song’s hit potential. From my point of view, the value Hit Song Science