Stevie Wonder's The Global Corporatization Of Music

The purpose of this song is addressing the contradiction of the policy freedom of speech while the government is

In an average human lifetime each human experiences important events, in which music plays an important role. Formal concerts follow a special ritual, where the performers are applauded after they finish, and the audience is silent throughout the performance. This is different in other cultures where audiences are accustomed to talking during concerts. Rituals such as weddings, funerals and births use music again to evoke the mood of the event. These events unify people, constructing a social structure and controls people’s behaviour. Music is also used to manipulate behaviour; sometimes a specific type of music is played to subliminally encourage consumers to buy more products. Music is also used as a way to communicate emotions, in a way speech cannot convey, therefore sometimes we need not understand the words of song to understand what mood it evokes.

Through songs many people express their feelings of the world threw the words they have wrote. Many songs talk about civil rights of the people and how change should be an option. In the world we live in today we have social issues that people have to face such as: police brutality, racial profiling, discrimination etc. Through Kendrick Lamar, Public Enemy, The Game, Bebe Winans, and N.W.A they will use their voice as a weapon for change among all people. Music with a message thrives in a live setting, for obvious reasons, and many politically conscious musicians aim to channel the heightened emotions

Music can be observed as one of the oldest pieces of art and entertainment. The industry is evolving at a hasty rate, with all thanks to the exponential growth of technology. Trends have come and gone over time since media productions are compelled to accompany these changes in technology in order to keep profit. With these advancements, the experience for the music industry and the user has terrifically changed. In this essay, I argue that there has been a drastic evolution in how the way music is recorded and consumed over several centuries. Throughout this period, several pioneers have met the needs to organize craze and association of a feasible business standard for the future of the music industry.

The song is embedded with copious amount cultural criticisms on behalf of the artist, along with their respective suggestions for an upheaval as a response. The artist of this particular song has used it as a tool for criticizing capitalism, and subsequently used it as tool for promoting socialism. As presented through the example of “Clint Eastwood” by Gorillaz, music can definitely serve as a powerful instrument of conducting or igniting revolution, as it is able to speak to whoever is listening on a level deeper than surface level. All of which forces the listener to contemplate the legitimacy of their perceived reality, and in turn, prompts them to challenge their idea of what is normal, and what is truly right or

This song was protesting is against the discrimination of black Americans in the ‘60s. The lyrics talk about poor white people as being pawns for the elite white society, to turn them against black people. This song also is trying to justified the poor white people from all the crime against the black and how is not their fault, as they are being manipulated by people with more power. It also talks about how the poor white people is taught in school from the beginning by this rules and that its acceptable to do as long as you have white skin. This song it’s more a folk music instead of rock folk. The reason being is because I don’t hear any rock instrument in the song. But he was known to transform the folk music in to folk rock. In this

The power of music is as strong today as it has ever been before. Throughout history music has been a way for our people to speak out against the government or follow their commands. There is a great irony that a lot of these songs nowadays all tie together to portray the same message, and this is not a coincidence. “Today, hip-hop has taken the lead in protesting police brutality and the injustices suffered by the poor.” Within the selection of songs, the audience can see how the government tries to control us, as well as how there is still much racism going on today.

In the Rolling Stone’s widely popular hit, “Start Me Up,” lead singer Mick Jagger states “You can start me up/ You can start me up I'll never stop/I've been running hot/You got me just about to blow my top”. When listening to this song, does one hear the ravings of a man in love with a woman, or the beginning of an ad for Microsoft Windows ’95? Recently, popular artists are releasing more music with the intent of selling out to big corporations. The Rolling Stones are an early example of this form of music production when they sold “Start Me Up” to Microsoft for $3 million. This song was exploited for the sake

Throughout mankind’s history, music has been used as a vital form of human expression. Whether capturing and conveying feelings of sorrow, rage, triumph, or love, its primary purpose has always been enthralling and resonating with its listeners. Over the years, the emergence of new technologies and musical tastes has brought the world rock and roll, pop, folk, country, techno, and many other widely varied styles of music, each of which presents its own meaning and

Music has been a part of human life and culture for thousands upon thousands of years, and as the years have gone on, music has also gone on to adapt to the changing times. With rapid advancements in the world of technology, it would only be a matter of time until technology played a role in the creation of music. Although, with the ease of making music with technology, also came a time in which music began to sound similar to other music. That time is now; a time of never-ending demand for music and a time where music has the largest impact on its audiences. Modern day music—popular music specifically—has ultimately become a commodified ‘copy and paste’ formula in which technology is the core equation.

When the term corporate or corporation is applied to an industry, immediately images of a machine like structure consuming everything within its path with little or no concern for anyone or anything, except the bottom line come to mind. In a quote taken from an article of the online Alternet news magazine, Julianne Sheppard states; ‘It's no secret that corporate conglomerates basically run consumer goods, swallowing up smaller businesses like voracious monsters in order to maximise their bottom lines’. Further making the point that as consumers we all feed into these companies (Shepherd 2012). In the second chapter of his book Popular Music In Theory, Keith Negus explains that very often the music industry is seen as

In this article, Peterson and Berger show how the organization of the popular music industry affects the music that America hears.

There aren’t many industries that are as changing as the music business. The different tools and devices with which we spend our music are an important part of this. New technology ousts the old, and the motivation to create the next new thing. People are the driving force for change and some of the greatest or worst technological advancements have been found by accident and others have been made by ideas. The last twenty years, the music industry has experienced a drastic change. New leaps in technology have evolved almost every part of the industry, from the artist to the label to the publisher. Similar to other media industries, music has been forced to change with the times, which has resulted in a much different circumstance for the industry

As time continues to change, so does the music industry as we know it. Artists of different races, genders, and differing music styles continue to emerge and create top hits on the charts. However, some of these artists chose not to associate with major record labels, or sell any of their music to them. These are the people bringing about the real changes that ought to be recognized and discussed. For this paper, I decided to look at the group Postmodern Jukebox, their background as a group, their style of music, and route they chose in this business. I believe groups like Postmodern Jukebox are changing the music industry as we know it through their commitment to producing unique music, and allowing for a diverse following that encourages living out your own true identity.

The music industry has been around for over two centuries (PBS). Its volatility can be measured by its ability to shift and change according to its time period, the technologies that arise through the ages and the public’s shift in musical taste. The music industry is comprised of many different components, organizations and individuals that operate within it. Some of these components include the artists who compose the music themselves, the producers that engineer the sounds created by the artists, the companies that handle distribution and promotion of the recorded music, the broadcasters of the music such as radio