...World Music Genre Study NAME MUSIC INSTRUCTOR’S NAME DATE OF SUBMISSION INTRODUCTION This research paper is a specific study of one of the African dance musical genre-reggae, which was first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many other popular genres. Therefore, Jamaican popular music since 1960 can be roughly divided into four eras each of which had a distinctive beat – ska, rocksteady, reggae, and dancehall. (Chang and Chen W, 1998, x) But this African dance musical genre “reggae” has gained immense popularity since it was first introduced in the music world and since then it is one of the most popular genres of music. Hence, it is one of the most significant music genres in Western musical market. In my paper, the focus of the reggae music genre is from 1965 till 1975 as these were considered as the major years or a decade for reggae music when it flourished. This was the time period during which the culture of reggae music was civilized and spread widely in the parts of Jamaica. Bob Marley is known as one of the best artists of this genre and the impact he made and contributed has made beyond the shores of Jamaica and globally as well. Reggae was created by the Jamaicans and still it is the only music genre which is so much popular and not created by Europeans or Americans. It has gained immense popularity since its introduction and in the recent years as well that it is the first model in which a third...
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...Schoenberg’s revolutionary break with tonality. Address the musical context in which Schoenberg was working. Give an account of the break itself through relevant examples, and discuss some of the compositional problems Schoenberg encountered and his solutions to them.” Jordan Roche Perhaps the single most influential composer of the 20th century, Arnold Schoenberg was born into a modest, lower middle-class Jewish family in Vienna on September 13, 1874. Though his mother was a piano teacher, for the most part he taught himself music and only took counterpoint lessons with the composer Alexander von Zemlinsky. As a young adult, he made a living primarily by orchestrating operettas while composing his own works. During this early part of his career, his works were a fusion of the divergent styles of Brahms and Wagner, and he gained the support of both Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler. Though Strauss would later denounce Schoenberg's music, Mahler took him under his wing and continued to support him. This essay will cover Schoenberg’s break from tonality from a musical perspective, the problems he faced with this new harmonic language, and his solutions to them. Schoenberg was in his mid-thirty’s when he made the break from tonality. This means there is a time period of about 15 years where he explored, thought about and expanded his relationship with tonality. As previously mentioned, Schoenberg was influenced by Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss; two defining composers...
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...The Effect of Music on Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition This Document Originally Appeared in NATIONAL NETWORK FOR EARLY LANGUAGE LEARNING Volume 6, Number 3 Spring 1993 Suzanne L. Medina, Ph.D. School of Education Graduate Education Department California State University, Dominguez Hills 1000 East Victoria Street Carson, CA 90747 Fax: (310) 514-0396 E-mail: smedina@forefrontpublishers.com It is currently a common practice to use songs in the classroom to support second language acquisition. The literature abounds with positive statements concerning music as a vehicle for first and second language acquisition. At the same time, empirical support for music as a vehicle for second language acquisition is lacking and there is concern that music may be simply a supplemental activity with little instructional value. In this study, the effect of music on the acquisition of English vocabulary in a group of second grade limited-English proficient children is reported. Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition In recent years, second language researchers have concerned themselves with the acquisition of vocabulary and have distinguished between vocabulary that is acquired incidentally and vocabulary that is acquired intentionally. During the preschool years, children rely exclusively on the oral language they listen to in order to acquire their first language. This acquisition of language takes place before children can read and without explicit instruction of any...
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...XU Marketing Management Content Table 1 Brand History and Philosophy * Introduction of Giorgio Armani Group * Major events on timeline 2 Customer perception of brand extension 3 Communication and advertising channel * Traditional and non-traditional * Different brand message delivery 4 Evaluation and allocation of brand communication Brand History Founded in 1975 by Giorgio Armani is an Italian luxury brand fashion house well known by high-end apparels. Since its launch, Armani explored to target numerous of customers by creating Varity of product lines and category extensions. Meanwhile, this brand still holds its core values in the industry of lux by standing out by its sophistication. The Giorgio Armani sense of style features an elegance that the wealthy and high society nobles find appealing. It also has the great loyalty from America, far east (China, Japan) and even Middle Eastern all enjoy dressing with Armani Brand Couture. Giorgio Armani who has not gone public with his company holds the entire empire privately. Major Events 1975 – Armani and Serigo Calcotties establish Giorgio Armani S.P.A 1979- Armani established in the Unite States 1980- American Gigolo brings Armani fashions to the big screen 1989- Armani begins acquiring control of its factory as part of its strategy to maintain control over product quality and distribution 2000- Launch of armani cosmetics and Armani Casa home interiors collections. Establishment of...
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...Analysis of how and where the influence of bass culture has occurred in the United Kingdom Name Institution Introduction Bass culture began as one of the key musical paradigm shift of the rave and breakbeat hardcore in the United Kingdom in the early years of the 1990. Since its introduction in the 1980’'s, bass culture has undergone significant transformation in terms of style and incorporating dance elements from different music genres such as dancehall, hip hop, funk, and electro music among other music genres. Some of the pioneers considered having brought the bass to the UK between the years 1980-1990 include Joey Beltram, CJ Bolland, L.A. Style, and Richie Hawtin. However, historical analysis shows the period 1898 to 1992 as the period of “cross pollination” of the bass culture. This period saw the incorporation of the UK hard-core sound into the bass culture. The process included incorporating hard-core sounds from different countries such as the Belgium, Germany, and the Holland. Therefore, this essay discusses the ways in which the bass culture had developed in the UK and period when it witnessed greatest significant influence on the culture. How the Bass Culture occurred in the United Kingdom over the Last 6 Decades The bass culture was introduced in the UK by the influx of the Jamaican reggae musicians in the early ages of the 1950’s. However, it did not emerge as expected due to constraints such as violence...
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...Gerald J . Gorn The Effects of Music In Advertising On Choice Behavior: A Classical Conditioning Approach C OMMERCIALS typically contain both product specific information and background features such as pleasant music, attractive colors, and humor. This paper examines the impact of the background features on product preferences. One experiment was conducted to determine whether background features of a commercial affected product preferences when only minimal product information was presented. A second experiment examined the relative importance of background features and product information in different situations. The impact of product information in a commercial on beliefs and attitudes would typically be interpreted within an information processing framework. It is suggested here that a classical conditioning framework could account for the potential impact of background features on product attitudes. Classical Gerald J. Gorn is a professor in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia. The author would like to thank the Institut D'administration des Entreprises, University AixMarseille, France, for its helpful assistance in formulating and pretesting the project. 9 4 / Journal of Marketing, Winter 1982 Do features like humor, sex, color, and music in a commercial merely increase our attention to product information in a message, or can they directly influence our attitudes? The results of...
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...Running Head: THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON READING COMPREHENSION The Effects of Classical and Contemporary Music on Reading Comprehension of College Students Louis Sandro Y. Aboga Bakhita Mae Alexie N. Llames Aquinas University of Legazpi The Effects of Classical and Contemporary Music on Reading Comprehension of College Students Music is more pervasive now than at any other point in history, functioning not only as a pleasurable art form, but also serving many important psychological functions (MacDonald, Hargreaves and Miell, 2002) and influencing cognitive functioning (Rauscher, Shaw, and Ky 1993) Music and Reading Comprehension Etaugh and Ptasnik (1982) found that individuals who rarely studied with background music showed better comprehension when they learned in silence, while those who frequently studied with music performed better in the presence of music. Hall (1952), exploring the possible uses of music in schools, found that performance on reading comprehension tests was significantly improved when background music was playing; 58% of the 245 8th and 9th graders taking part in the study, showed an increase in scores a reading test. Physiological Aspect on Music and Memory Numerous previous studies have tested to determine if the above conditions do in fact play an integral role in being a catalyst or antagonist to understanding complex literature. First the topic will be addressed from a biological perspective: processing in...
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...Music: Play Superman main theme audio, from live orchestra. (0:00-1:26) {Fade music out} Narrator Trevor Withers: Music has always been an important part of film. Soundtracks in Film allow the mood to be set for a particular scene, or In the beginning stages of film before the invention of “talking film” music was used in silent films to demonstrate mood, event or element. Music: {Fade in Music from Birth of the nation} Narrator TW: The first film to have a specific score written for it was Birth of a Nation. The majority of silent films were accompanied by anything from full orchestras to organists and pianists Music: {Cross layer Charlie Chaplin in The Dictator music from the globe scene} Narrator TW: The 1920’s saw the establishment...
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...ABSTRACT: This assignment tries to assess the current market status of Microsoft Corporation. As well this assignment will try to assess its current market position as per its business units, functionality, and also its different operations sectors as well its strategies for its rivals. Also this assignment will do financial comparative analysis study and benchmarking with nearest rivals like apple Inc., Google Corporation and Oracle Inc. and will applied to discover key factors for proposed area of developments and further improvements. Here the analysis tools like Porter 8-force analysis, PESTEL-analysis will be applied and the expected outcomes of analysis and benchmarking with nearest rivals will be incorporated in an analysis of Microsoft followed by the recommendation for better improvements and future business benefits and betterment of company strategy. INTRODUCTION: Overview of Microsoft Corporation: Microsoft gave new direction to new age computing in every aspect. It is the largest software corporation in the world measured by revenues. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. The Company generates revenue by developing, manufacturing, licensing, and supporting a wide range of software products and services for many different types of computing devices. The Company’s software products and services include operating systems for personal computers, servers, and intelligent devices; server applications for distributed computing environments;...
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...Occupations Music and Meaning on the Factory Floor Marek Korczynski Work and Occupations 2007 34: 253 DOI: 10.1177/0730888407303944 The online version of this article can be found at: http://wox.sagepub.com/content/34/3/253 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Work and Occupations can be found at: Email Alerts: http://wox.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://wox.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Citations: http://wox.sagepub.com/content/34/3/253.refs.html >> Version of Record - Jul 23, 2007 What is This? Downloaded from wox.sagepub.com at University of Nottingham on March 2, 2014 Music and Meaning on the Factory Floor Work and Occupations Volume 34 Number 3 August 2007 253-289 © 2007 Sage Publications 10.1177/0730888407303944 http://wox.sagepub.com hosted at http://online.sagepub.com Marek Korczynski Loughborough University Business School This article examines an unexplored topic within industrial sociology—the terrain of music for meaning making on the factory floor. The article is based on ethnographic research undertaken in a blinds factory. Although contemporary popular music appears to speak only rarely to the arena of work, this article shows that workers reappropriated music to articulate their experience of working in the factory. Many workers independently created meaning systems through music, which displayed...
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...Alisa Ali Dr. Jennifer Gliere Introduction to Music 5 December 2016 Final Project: Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” Journey is an American rock and roll band that was formed in 1973. It consists of guitarist and backing vocalist Neal Schon, bass player and backing vocalist Ross Valory, keyboard player and backing vocalist Jonathan Cain, drummer Steve Smith, and finally the leading vocalist Arnel Pineda (The Band). The band’s first album was released in 1975 but it was not a big hit. The following seven albums were not so lucky either. “After 1978, when big-voiced, feather-haired lead singer Steve Perry joined Journey, the group became a dominant force in what’s sometimes derisively referred to as “corporate rock”” (Murray). Hence, many contend...
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...Music in Different Cultures Popular Music and Contemporary U.S. Culture Popular Music in its Many Facets In its broadest sense, popular music is an umbrella term referring to a vast range of commercially mass-marketed musical genres contrasting with classical or art music and intended for mass consumption (e.g., rock, rock and roll, hip-hop, grunge, heavy metal, rhythm and blues, punk, soul, techno, funk, rap, house). This wide-ranging term encompasses a plethora of musical styles involving various rhythms, vocal styles, instruments, and technologies. Characteristically, popular music is a global cultural phenomenon and an accessible form of commercial music aimed at a worldwide audience. Traditionally, British and American forms of popular music have tended to dominate the industry. Corresponding to social, economic, and technological change, popular music is intimately linked to the identity of musicians, performers, or artists, as well as audiences and fans. Popular music is ubiquitous; from shopping malls and advertising to gymnasiums/fitness classes and political campaigns, popular music is a common feature of people's everyday lives and a significant aspect of consumer culture. For fans and enthusiasts, popular music can be a leisure-time pursuit occurring on evenings or weekends; alternatively, it can constitute a lifestyle, or way of life (e.g., Deadheads—a group of fans of the American band Grateful Dead who saw the band at...
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...the work of others has been used, it is properly acknowledged and referenced. Andrew Kennedy Student number:20057880 Andrew Kennedy Student number:20057880 Table of Contents Introduction 2 Executive summary 3 Organisation profile 4 Management profile 5 Macro analysis 6 Micro Analysis 7 Management theory 8 Conclusions 9 References 10 Introduction I am doing my project on Microsoft. I decided that I would go my project on them because I am a big fan of them and I have brought a lot of their products over the years. The research that I will be doing for this project will consist of secondary research. Secondary research is research through the internet and it can also consist of reading an academic article or reading a newspaper article the main aims for this project is the find out as much information on the company as possible. Executive summary This project I will go through the organisation profile of Microsoft and the 7 different areas that it is broken up into. I will be also doing a management profile on Bill Gates founder and former CAO of Microsoft. I will talk about what he did a t Microsoft and what made him a great leader. I will also do a micro and macro analysis of Microsoft. Then I will talk about what management theory practices they use and how they implement them The finally I will do my conclusion to this project and give the...
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...who was born in February 13, 1932 as Radio-PTT Vision, and then jump to TF1 since 1975. In 1987 Jacques Chirac, then prime minister, ordered the privatization of a channel to liberalize the market; the choice fell on TF1, that became part of the Bouygues Group. TF1 has created new, high added-value activities in its main business of producing and broadcasting TV programs. Since 1991, TF1 is France’s leading mainstream television channel, with a share of the average 25%. It is also an integrated media Group that has built up a range of activities in high-growth segments alongside its core business. The TF1 group’s activities now span the entire value chain in the broadcasting industry: In short, the TF1’s business can be divided in three main different divisions: Broadcasting & Contents: Free-to-air channels (TF1, TMC,NT1,HD1), Digital (e-TF1, my TF1, Wat), Other Media (TF1 Publicité, Metronews), TF1 Production, TF1 Audiovisual Rights, TF1 Films Production; Consumer Products: TF1 Video, Téléshopping, TF1 Entreprises; Pay-TV: Eurosport Group, Theme Channels in France, LCI, TV Breizh, Histoire, Ushuaia TV, Stylìa, TF6, Serie Club. Broadcasting& Content is the bigger part of business. LE GROUPE  1) Upstream: - audiovisual and film production, - acquisition and trading of audiovisual rights, - movie distribution; 2) Downstream: - sale of commercials, - publishing of DVDs and music CDs. Turnover (€m) In terms of business model, the TF1 channel is now at the...
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...Introduction: The study aims at analyzing influence of different learning style in acquisition of upper intermediate Bangladeshi EFL learners. A two-phase interview was conducted in which Phase One included a self-created general questionnaire that was used to identify learner's profile, learning history and linguistic background. Phase Two consists of focused questions which are prepared by emphasizing on learning style, learning process, learning aid, learning environment and emotional state which help acquire language skills. In the processes of analyzing, researcher used a self-created questionnaire to find out what type of learner the interviewee is. Phase One interview took place at 3 p.m. August 2, 2014 at interviewee's residence at Banani, Dhaka. The researcher came to know about the interviewee Rameesa Y Chowdhury through a friend of her. Rameesa is her friend's cousin and she met her at her friend's place. After being informed about her educational background and proficiency level, researcher became interested in interviewing her. She made a call to her showing keen interest to take her interview. Rameesa happily agreed and said when she would be remained free to give interview. The Researcher also informed her that the interview would not have conducted in specific time and she can take as much as she needed for answering each question and the information that she provides through giving answers in interview will be audio recorded. Then he got her appointment to...
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