...species, the tool has been changing out lifestyle and social structure all the time. With the development of human intelligence, the tool became more and more complicated and human-friendly, and after the industrial revolution, machines officially became a big part of civilization. Among all kinds of high-tech machines, things like cameras and recording machines created huge effect on artwork. In my essay, I plan to show that although mechanical reproduction can lead to the loss of originality of the artwork, reproduction can be considered as a trade off for multiplicity of shared experience. Long time after Benjamin’s essay was published, Stan Link’s “The Work of Reproduction in the Mechanical Aging of an Art: Listening to Noise” supports his idea of how reproduction can have impact on the audiences, except paintings or movies, from a new aspect: music pieces. The truth is, just as what Link writes in his article, the recording of a music piece or any other kind of sound materials will certainly create tiny differences during the process no matter how strict the condition might be, and the audience will certainly feel different due to the change of surroundings. For instance, if a person went to Lang Lang’s Spring Dance in the concert instead of listening to the same piece on YouTube, he/she is more likely to be impressed by the beauty of piano. There is some kind of magic the on-scene music has that cannot be replaced by recording pieces. However, this kind of impression does not...
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...Form- Richard Middleton Pages 141-155 Lecture 1 * Form and contrast discussion of works of art * Form is the shape or structure of work * Content is it's substance, meaning, ideas or expressive effects * T.W Adorns argued popular music deficient because its forms predictable and schematic * In "serious music" the form of a piece is individual- worked out afresh so all details interrelate and cohere * This Process emphasizes the internal qualities and music flow * Schenkerian theory- Sees the surface events of musical foreground as a "composing out" of deeper sets of background relationship between pitches and chords * Genres defined by conventions governing musical process * Repetition important part of music * In "come home father" the two phrases are identical except the final two notes * In "embraceable you" the second phrase repeats the first exactly, but at a higher pitch * In James Brown "Superbad" there are 2 sections, "Verse" and "Bridge" which alternate * Bob Dylans "Subterry neon homesick blues" there is much reliance on miasmatic repetition * With this a sense of groove is created Why do songs have words?- Simon Frith (online readings) Lecture 2 * In the 50's and 60's sociologists concentrated on songs rather than singers and audience * It was possible to read the lyrics and figure out the social forces that produced them Content Analysis * All pop songs classified under 3 main headings...
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...perspective of the volunteer. AUTHUR: 31889638 HMPYC80 Assignment 02 Page 1 Unique Number: 657101 COVER LETTER Mr James Guilder Kenneth Copeland Ministries Milton Office Park Avocet Close Bromhoff 2196 Dear Sir In our most recent meeting you expressed some frustration at the ministries inability to retain volunteers for its various projects. I believe I may be able to assist in this regard. As you know, I am currently an honours student in Psychology at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and as such I have a special interest in the factors which motivate the behaviour of different individuals. As part of my honours course work I am required to complete a research project, which is to be submitted to my peers for review. My research topic for my course work is “Why do people do volunteer work?” Since this research topic could potentially aid the ministry in better understanding how to attract and retain volunteers it seems appropriate to propose and request permission to complete this research project on behalf of the ministry. I therefore herewith include my research proposal. I hope to hear from you soon. Kind regards, Candice Keen 5 Disa Street Morningside Ext 2 2196 Page 2 Sandton Why volunteer? The experiences and motivations of church volunteers. Research Project Overview and Purpose Volunteers are a vital part of how a church or ministry meets the needs of the community in which it operates. The local pastor is...
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...Hip Hop Is Dead: The Impact Of Social media & Technology Because of the home grown music producer, hip hop music production has changed drastically in the past decade as the advent of digital computers and the internet has reciprocated the face of hip hop music production. Hip hop has always been intimately tied to technology however, it is important to note that the creation of hip hop music has never required the latest and greatest equipment. The earliest pioneers of hip hop used the analog hardware abandoned by the recording industry who were in search of even better equipment; two turntables and a microphone has been the equipment of choice for many hip hop artist as well as producers over the years. While Hip Hop has not yet led directly to advancements and innovations in the technologies of music engineering equipment, its producers have revolutionized the use of the technology in ways that incorporate priorities of black culture. How has technology shaped the creativity of hip hop, well one Carlos Bess commented that, while high-end digital hardware and software are becoming cheaper, its price tags are still out of range for the beginner producers. Carlos, who has spent his last 10 years as a studio sound engineer, was convinced that skill was a better determining factor when judging weather someone could escape the bedroom and enter the big time. Carlos went so far as to say that he felt that the new equipment simply created lazy producers who could only...
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...copyrighted material. The question I present to you is this, how can we bring both sides of this picture together with both sides being able to get what they want? To begin lets go back a few years to around 1998. I am sure most of you have heard of Napster. For those that didn’t think was a new file sharing program that was able to download copyright material digitally. The processed worked by taking small parts of the overall file from multiple sources and piecing them back together on your end as a whole file. This was a huge problem to the recording industry and as such saw their record sales fall. Instead of the recording industry trying to work with the leaders of Napster and other programs to come up with a solution, the recording industry along with some artist sued Napster for lost revenue. In the end Napster lost their court battle, but this was not the end of illegal downloading of copyrighted material. Since this time the recording, movie, software and pornographic industries have seen their profits continue to fall due to broadband internet becoming the norm. These industries have not changed their business model to adapt, but instead have increased the number of lawsuits against people that download content. In the research I have been able to locate...
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...Final Strategic Plan The recording industry, as it exists today, is witnessing reduced profits and high barriers in place for new artists. These barriers occur due to the diminishing profit margins and record labels cautious decisions on offering new contracts to artists. The organization that I will be starting is a digital recording and music distribution company. The company will offer recording facilities and internet distribution at a reduced price to new and existing artists. The recording facilities will provide state of the art equipment, professional staff, and worldwide distribution. The company will rely on the use of strategic management and planning. Strategic management is defined as “development of corporate strategy, and the management of an organization according to that strategy. Strategic management focuses on achieving and maintaining a strong competitive advantage” (CBS Interactive Inc., para. 1, 2009). To put it simply, strategic management is focused on creating a solid framework in which individuals and departments within the business will operate at the highest level possible. This type of management is critical to the long term success of a business or firm due to the reliance on strategic planning. According to InvesterWords.com (2009), strategic planning is defined as “The process of determining a company's long-term goals and then identifying the best approach for achieving those goals” (strategic planning, para. 1). Strategic planning...
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...of managing technology and spans wide variety of areas that include but are not limited to things such as processes, computer software, information systems, computer hardware, programming languages, and data constructs. IT drives the innovative use of resources to promote new products and ideas across nations and cultures, regardless of geographic location, creating efficient and effective channels to exchange and giving information. Technology is now the forefront of the modern world creating new jobs, innovations, and networking sites to allow individuals to connect globally. The Manual System are collecting the household level, enumerating its individual members as well as the respective housing conditions using the manual system recording only in a piece of papers and stored it in a cabinet as...
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...Plan Name Institution Professor Course Date Guidelines for Confidentiality During the systemic referral process, disseminating research findings without disclosing personal identifying information is vital in order to enhance information security. Secondly, there is need of storing research records securely and limiting access to the unauthorized personnel that include removing, disguising, and coding personal identifying information (Reamer, 2000). Thirdly, since some data is very sensitive in relation to privacy, obtaining written information, need consent from various people who live in my town with special reference to disseminating findings that include video images and recordings that might reveal personal information during the referral process. In order to enhance confidentiality during this community resource co-ordination, Paper records containing personal information, should be secured in folders during the referral process, kept under the constant control and co-ordination. Lastly, during the dissemination of information during the referral process from one agency to another, it will be absolutely unethical and unprofessional if cell phone conversations are dominant. Individuals using higher technological devices because, cell phone conversations can be easily overheard or rather intercept this (Reamer, 2000). Guidelines for making, tracking, and assessing the success of referrals to each agency Making When I will be defining and making a referral, I...
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...ECT 4183 Module 4 Program Goals and Standards Worksheet Name Title of Your CTE Program ___Practical Nursing (Post-Secondary)_________________________________________ |Program Goal for Practical |SCANS Competency |21st Century Skills |All Aspects of Industry |CPALM |Florida Goal 3 Student | |Nursing – Post-Secondary | | | |Math, Science, ELA |Performance Standards | |(from Curriculum Frameworks) | | | | | | |1. 24.0 Use appropriate |Information: acquires and |Thinking Skills |Thinking Skills: students |LAFS.1112.L.3.AP.6a: Use |Standard 1 Information Manager | |verbal and written |evaluates |Thinking skills include |will think |grade-appropriate general academic and|Florida students locate, | |communications in the |information, organizes and |critical thinking, |creatively, critically, and |domain-specific words and phrases |comprehend, interpret, | |performance of nursing |maintains |problem-solving, creativity, |strategically |accurately...
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...Blue Door Recording Business Plan January 2010 Disclaimer: This document is for information only and is not an offering for sale of any securities of the Company. Information disclosed herein should be considered proprietary and confidential. The document is the property of Liquid Smoke, LLC, and Blue Door Recording and may not be disclosed, distributed, or reproduced without the express written permission of Liquid Smoke LLC. Copy #1 Table of Contents Executive Summary…………………………………………… 1 Company Description…………………………………………. 2 Industry Analysis………………………………………………. 3 Target Market…………………………………………………… 5 Competition……………………………………………………… 6 Strategic Position………………………………………………... 7 Marketing Plan…………………………………………………... 8 Operations and Technology…………………………………… 10 Management Plan………………………………………………. 12 Community Involvement & Social Responsibility…………… 13 Development, Milestones, & Exit Plan……………………….. 13 Financials……………………………………………………….. 15 Appendix………………………………………………………… 21 (Appendix will contain all forms, company policies and documents for the business. Forms have not yet been developed.) Executive Summary The Company Blue Door Recording is a dba of Liquid Smoke Entertainment, a Limited Liability Company based in Atlanta, GA. Its primary reason for existing is to record music. Over the last six years Atlanta has dominated the market in recorded hip hop and R&B. This area has a large number of recording artists...
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...Research Proposal Provisional title- Social media and the hidden spaces of online identity management Topic: Social Networking and Interaction This project is concerned with computer mediated communication (CMC) between individuals via the social networking platform, Facebook. Created by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, Facebook is a social networking forum wherein individuals can share photographs, personal information, conversations and friends (Buckman, 2005). Although other online sites such as MySpace, Friendster and Bebo are also designed to carry out such functions, Facebook is generally considered to be the leading site of its kind, currently consisting of over a billion users worldwide (Facebook, 2013). Facebook has increasingly become deeply integrated into user’s daily routines (Debatin, 2009). Indeed, a recent study found that students spend an average of 38 minutes a day ‘Face-booking’ (Muise et al, 2009). This equates to almost 9 days every year being dedicated to communication activities via the medium. With the internet increasingly being accessed via mobile devices, anytime, anyplace, it is likely that this figure will increase over time. With these ideas in mind, it is interesting to consider sites such as Facebook as capable of revealing important information about how young adults interact with one another in the information age. Platform functions such as wall posts, comments, statuses, private messages and so on provide a vast space for a number...
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...NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS Draft Document – Work in Progress FEBRUARY 2004 ASSESSMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS NCCA Draft Document FEBRUARY 2004 1 Contents Preface 5 1. Introduction 7 Education Act 1998 9 Primary School Curriculum (1999) 10 Developments in assessment since 1990 10 Context and purpose of an overarching statement on assessment 10 The structure of the document 11 2. Recent developments in assessment 13 Assessment for teaching and learning 16 Assessment across the curriculum 16 A range of modes of assessment 17 Assessment and the early identification of learning difficulties 18 Recording and reporting the results of assessment 19 Assessment competencies 19 Professional development for teachers 20 2 3. Re-envisioning assessment 21 What is assessment? 23 Assessment for learning and assessment of learning 23 Assessment and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) 28 Access to assessment information 29 4. General considerations in developing an overarching statement on assessment in primary schools 33 5. Developing a school policy on assessment 37 The use of assessment results for the purposes of assessment for learning 39 The use of assessment results for the purposes of assessment of learning 40 The different dimensions of the child’s learning...
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...DESCRIPTION 1.1 Legal status and ownership IN Audio Production is owned and operated by Nina Begic. This business is a limited liability company located in Sarajevo. 1.2 MISSION STATEMENT IN Audio Production is opened to enhance individuals recording experiences with highest quality music and audio production. All people that come to IN Studio will face a creative studio environment. This studio will provide to its clients recording experience. IN studio offers a variety of recording, mixing and duplication services as well. SERVICES IN studio is a complete audio production and recording facility located in Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Studio will offer services all unique to the individual needs of the clients. This Audio Production will be open to professionals as well as to amateurs. Service will include music and voice recording, mixing a multitude of sounds. When we say to mix multitude of sounds it consists one or more channel, sound design, CD duplication. We will also master audio in postproduction as well, which includes CD, MP3 wav and etc… This business will record audio for radio and TV commercials. Our company is also going to work with local filmmakers and all recording will be done by latest updates in digital technology. All services that IN studio will serve are going to be on contract. Our clients are also going to have access on our website to see what we offer and what are prices for the things that they will want to do...
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...Business Project – HMV Chan Ho Yeung 13431908 Context 1. Introduction 2 2. Comparative Analysis of the company’s competitive position in its various markets 3 2.1 PEST 4 2.2 Porter 5 forces 5 2.3 Value Chain 7 3. Considerations for the company’s position in relation to cross-cultural issues 10 3.1 Hofstede Cultural dimensions 10 3.2 Iceberg model of culture 14 4. The company’s position in relation to corporate social responsibility 16 4.1 Carroll’s CSR Pyramid 16 5. Conclusion 21 6. References 24 1. Introduction People who were born in 1990s or before, they should have gone to CD shops to buy CDs and supported their favourite singers. So that, you must know HMV. HMV, everyone knows that it is a CDs retailer basically. HMV opened in Oxford Street London on 20th July 1921. HMV’s full name is “His Master’s Voice”. At that time, HMV was a part of EMI - Electric and Musical Industries. In 1998, HMV was divested from EMI. It needs to especially mention the logo of HMV. HMV’s logo is based on a dog that called Nipper, is listening to a gramophone. In 1921, when HMV had started, they were a company which sold gramophone and also used HMV’s name to produce TVs and radios. After that, HMV did not sell gramophone, they was transiting gradually to sell CDs. Until now, HMV has changed a lot. They are not only selling CDs, they also sell the other products including film, games and headphones. In 1988, HMV has opened their first overseas store in Canada...
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...developing process which begins from childhood. It accounts for the ability to initially identify ourselves using physical attributes and activities, progressing into descriptions which capture emotions and beliefs only privy to the individual. Open ended self-description questionnaires along with semi structured interviews were conducted with two female children aged eight and sixteen years old. Their responses were analysed and compared to identify whether a developmental trend existed. The results supported Rosenberg’s Locus of Knowledge theory; with age and experience children develop a self-reflexive sense of self separate to their caregivers. Although, methodical choices reduce the possibility of ecological validity. Introduction The general consensus amongst western theorists is the concept of ‘self’ as a progressive process. Fundamentally, the acknowledgement of self-existence, which Lewis (1990) refers to as the existential self. The awareness of ‘me’, the person, the ‘self-as-object’ or the ‘categorical self’ as described by James (1892) follows. This stage reflects a child’s ability to identify themselves, identifiable by others and socially categorised according to their relationships, gender and age. Cooley (1902) suggested ‘the looking glass self’ was another way people viewed their identities based upon responses and perceptions of others. Mead (1932) further suggested language and interaction termed, ‘symbolic interactionism’ provided social development...
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