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  • Censorship on the Internet

    Censorship on the Internet

    During the past decade, our society has become based solely on the ability to move large amounts of information across large distances quickly. Computerization has influenced everyone's life. The natural evolution of computers and this need for ultra-fast communications has caused a global network of interconnected computers to develop. This global net allows a person to send E-mail across the world in mere fractions of a second, and enables even the common person to access

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    Essay Length: 2,790 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: January 10, 2009 By: Artur
  • Senegambian Music and Performance Scholarship

    Senegambian Music and Performance Scholarship

    Senegambian Music and Performance scholarship As my interest in Gambian drumming and dancing grew throughout my graduate career, I realized that there was very little research completed and published about it. Roderic Knight presented the ethnomusicological community with the first in-depth research into Gambian music, particularly in the genealogy of and performance practice of the kora (21-string spiked harp) and the role of the jali. Knight however, was also the first American scholar to publish

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    Essay Length: 2,631 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Bred
  • Uk Music Business Overview

    Uk Music Business Overview

    This report will look at each association and organisation in turn and assess their relevance to an artist/writer running their own record label. The report will discuss the various aims, functions, purpose, finances and structures of each organisation while also showing what interest they have in intellectual property. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) was formally incorporated in 1973 when initially its aims were to combat the growing problem of music piracy. Since then, the

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    Essay Length: 8,563 Words / 35 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Censorship in the U.S.A

    Censorship in the U.S.A

    Sex, Erotica, nude women, three some, these are some keywords for finding pornography on the Internet. The censorship of pornography has had positive affect on the United States of America and that is a good thing because pornography leads to crime, and since pornography has no positive affects on society, and censoring pornography is not against the constitution. Crimes and pornography have a direct and apparent link. Eighty-one percent of Criminals rate pornography as

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    Essay Length: 611 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Music and Teens Today

    Music and Teens Today

    Today music is a necessity in many people’s lives. People listen to music all the time, from students who listen to it while studying, to adults driving to work, and those who listen to music to plainly enjoy life. Personally, I am listening to iTunes on random while writing this. My point is everyday, almost everyone will encounter music weather intentionally or voluntarily it surrounds us. Music is used in many different ways; one people

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    Essay Length: 2,905 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Hip Hop Music Should Be Heavily Censored Here on Out

    Hip Hop Music Should Be Heavily Censored Here on Out

    Hip Hop Music Should Be Heavily Censored Here On Out Hip hop music is a way that a person can express themselves. Over the years hip hop music has created many opportunities for individuals to make money. Hip hop music has many people that likes and dislike the language usage. Hip hop music should be heavily censored because of the language used in the records, disrespecting of a culture and the misrepresentation of themselves and

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    Essay Length: 503 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Vika
  • When Did Country Music Begin to Evolve into an Industry

    When Did Country Music Begin to Evolve into an Industry

    American music of today has spawned from music of the past. As explained in chapter four of the A History of the Music in American Life by Ronald Davis, Jamestown is the founding spot of American music. Yet compositions were not conceived until the early eighteenth century with the musical compositions by the drastically differing composers, Billings and Hopkinson. Francis Hopkinson was a popular composer of the time but does not change or influence

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    Essay Length: 1,410 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Bred
  • Music and Murder

    Music and Murder

    Documentaries serve to draw a response through the use of literary techniques in order to present a particular point of view. Michael Cordell’s Music and Murder subscribes to this principle, the documentary focuses on three men serving prison sentences for taking a life and how music has changed and shaped their outlook on their own lives. Music, structure, verbal language and selection of detail all work on the viewers emotions which serve to draw a

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    Essay Length: 859 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Janna
  • Discuss the Relationship Between Music and Noise

    Discuss the Relationship Between Music and Noise

    Discuss the relationship between music and noise To be able to discuss the relationship between music and noise I must first give the definition of both. ‘Music; an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony and colour’ Dictionary.com 2006 Where noise is defined as ‘A sound of any kind.’ Dictionary.com 2006 Noise and music can be looked at as either the same

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    Essay Length: 947 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Victor
  • A Musical Journey: Today’s and Yesterday’s Music

    A Musical Journey: Today’s and Yesterday’s Music

    A Musical Journey: Today’s and Yesterday’s Music When observing the CD covers and photos of Tupac Shakur, Marvin Gaye and the group called the Sugarhill Gang, you will perceive that they all have something in common. Shakur’s facial expression always comes across as being a serious person that appears to have a lot on his mind. When one stares profoundly into his eyes, some may see the deep thought process that seems to be going

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    Essay Length: 1,614 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Anna
  • My Musical Autobiography

    My Musical Autobiography

    Ever since I was a young kid, I was extremely fond of music. Music was all around me: on the television, in school, at the store, and especially in the car. Not only did I love to listen to music, but I loved to play it as well. I am not saying I was any good at playing music, because I was not. But to a young child, hitting their hand on anything could be

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    Essay Length: 657 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Music and Its Effects on Life

    Music and Its Effects on Life

    The effects that music has on life are unimagineable. Music has been widely recommended as a technique to enhance the psychophysical state of participants in sport and exercise. However, there is scant scientific evidence to clarify its proposed benefits The purpose of this paper was to present the conceptual framework underlying the psychophysical effects of music, to discuss published findings since the review of Lucaccini and Kreit (1972), and to consider limitations in previous research.

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    Essay Length: 441 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: David
  • Music Industry Struggles to Get Cell Phone's Numbers

    Music Industry Struggles to Get Cell Phone's Numbers

    September 14, 2004 WSJ #1 “Music Industry Struggles to Get Cell phone’s Numbers” There is a new trend bringing together cell phones and digital music called ringtones. These ringtones are customized ringers that a customer can download directly to their cell phone. This business has seen quick and expansive growth in the past 2 years and is expected to grow for at least a couple more years. Initially cell phones came with just a

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    Essay Length: 486 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Description on Chopi Timblia Music, Shona Mbira Music and the Venda National Dance: Tshikhona

    Description on Chopi Timblia Music, Shona Mbira Music and the Venda National Dance: Tshikhona

    What is ethnomusicology? It comes from the word, Ў§ethnographicЎЁ, which is the study of music within its social content and it is an account based on research. It documents traditional music and focuses on what the meaning of music is. Ў§ethnomusicological research also involves history, and for many studies history is the focus. Often ethnomusicologists study cultures other than their own, a situation that distinguishes this field from most historical musicologyЎЁ (Meyers, 1992: 3). In

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Monika
  • Napster: Free Music

    Napster: Free Music

    Free Music Shawn Fanning came out from backstage to present an award with a Metallica shirt on. It was one of the funniest moments of the entire award show. The reason it was funny is because Metallica is suing Napster. Shawn Fanning created Napster to make it possible to download music for free, and Metallica is trying to help destroy the program he made. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), many artists, and many

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    Essay Length: 1,078 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Top
  • Music of Nagaland

    Music of Nagaland

    Music of Nagaland Nagas are much admired for rich repertoire of music, folk dances, folk songs, folklore and folk tales. Each tribe has their own way of maintaining its idiosyncratic cultural traditions and customs through various forms of performing arts, which are an integral part of the Naga heritage. Folk Chants( songs) Chants formed an integral part of the Naga society and culture, and were interwoven into the very fabric of their daily lives. Be

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Jon
  • Hot Topic: Everything About the Music

    Hot Topic: Everything About the Music

    Hot Topic: Everything About the Music Hot Topic was founded in 1989 in Westminster, California as a store specializing in accessories. In 1990, they added rock tees which at the time could only be found in catalogs, small record shops and at concerts (Hot Topic, 2006). By 1994, their assortment of merchandise was 50% apparel and 50% accessories. Hot Topic evolved into a retailer geared towards customers “who are passionate about rock music, pop culture,

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    Essay Length: 1,890 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Janna
  • Country Music

    Country Music

    Country Music Country music is a unique and traditional type of music. It combines many different genres, and it blends them all into one great genre. Country music takes beats of rock and roll, it takes the soul of the good ole drinking music, and it takes the heart of old gospel. Although many people are disgusted by it, country music is one of the most complex genres of music today. Country is defined by

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    Essay Length: 693 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Yan
  • Music

    Music

    For this concert report I chose to go to a performance of student composers held at the Kimball Recital Hall. I chose this one because I wanted to see some of the talent that my peers have in the music realm, and also it was one of the only concerts I have been able to attend because I usually work at night. It was impressive to hear pieces composed by students. I cannot imagine creating

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    Essay Length: 1,063 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Bred
  • Library Censorship: A Blow at Free Thought

    Library Censorship: A Blow at Free Thought

    Billy Dinsmore Ms. Anderson AP Language Arts 30 April 2007 The First Amendment is one of the most valued, important, and most threatened amendments in the United States Constitution. The American people are often censored and “protected” from this sickeningly harsh reality. The FCC censors nudity, crude language, and information that is considered potentially harmful to the interests of the American government and/or its people. Recently, however, the standards for what is considered sexually and

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Music in the United States

    Music in the United States

    With the start of the 20th century music began to play a huge part in the rapidly maturing United States. The music of the 20th century was not only there to entertain the people but it was more. It was used now to influence and manipulate the listeners, the artists had a goal to entertain and to enlighten the listener so that they could get their messages heard. Music is one of the best

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • Controversial Music

    Controversial Music

    lbums with explicit lyrics or content started having black and white parental advisories on them in 1994 (http://www.riaa.org/Parents-Advisory-4.cfm). Are these labels necessary? Is controversial music molding our society and causing teenagers to turn to drugs? Is censorship necessary to protect the youth of our nation. Generally, younger people are against censorship on this issue. Music is an outlet and even an anti-drug for many teens -- however, parents and society feel differently. Should parents censor

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    Essay Length: 1,866 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: regina
  • Censorship and Religion

    Censorship and Religion

    Abstract: This paper includes a brief history of censorship, summarizing the ancient stories of a Qin emperor, Socrates, Galileo as well as a more recent spin, which includes media censorship. It gives the explanation of the two types of censorship with a recent and historical example. Censorship and religion are defined and connected in order to form the thesis. Thesis: Most of those in favor of censorship have strong religious affiliations. Then the views of

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    Essay Length: 2,790 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Top
  • The Music of the Baroque Era

    The Music of the Baroque Era

    The Music of the Baroque Era The style of polyphonic music containing elaborate ornamentation and contrasting elements, that is how Baroque music is defined. The Baroque era was a kind of transitional era in art and music. The Renaissance means rebirth and is typically regarded as such. The Baroque era in music is not a set style in music but many diverse styles which may be broken down into at least three distinct periods. A

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Controversial Music

    Controversial Music

    Albums with explicit lyrics or content started having black and white parental advisories on them in 1994 (http://www.riaa.org/Parents-Advisory-4.cfm). Are these labels necessary? Is controversial music molding our society and causing teenagers to turn to drugs? Is censorship necessary to protect the youth of our nation. Generally, younger people are against censorship on this issue. Music is an outlet and even an anti-drug for many teens -- however, parents and society feel differently. Should parents censor

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    Essay Length: 1,785 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Mikki

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