Uses
MP3
Mobile Phones
Laptops
Computers
Laptops
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Convergence of Technology - to conversion from anologue to digital
Convergence of Industrial Activity - move from a hardware company to producing everything such as music, phones, televisions, radios. Eg. Sony
Synergy - 2 or more industries combine to produce a result that they can't achieve by themselves eg. Morrisons Take That - Shine avdevrt. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4 ACDC. Using music may make us go out and buy the piece of music and research the artist it's by. '
Conglomerate - a company of companies. They're made up of many subdivisions such as Sony music and Sony television.
Globalisation - a record company/label that sells its products on a world wide basis across the globe
Analogue Music - vinyl to tape.
Digitalisation - conversion from analogue to digital, vinyl to tape and CD to Mp3. MP3 files are around 3mb whereas wav files used to be around 40mb. A CD is also a digital copy. Digital is easy to copy and means there's a lot of piracy. Happened around 1984.
Vertical Intergration - when a company expands its business into areas that are different points in the production. When they own a few comanies within the chain of companies. An exampe of this is HMV - EMI Records - CD Pressing Plant
Horizontal Intergration - where a record labels owns other record labels within their own for example, Sony owns Epic, Arista and Columbia
Major Record Label - The music industry (or music business) sells compositions, recordings and performances of music. There are 3 major record labels in the world: Sony, Universal and Warner.
Subsidiary Label - labels that used to be independent who were then bought by a major record labels when they started to be successful
Independent Label - usually the type of label a band or artist start on before they're hopefully in the public eye. An independent label doesn't have the support of a major record label and their funding.
Niche Audience - the targeting of a small but significant group of consumers with a media product directed specifically at their interests.
Mainstream Audience - the uncontroversial, generally accepted attitudes, beliefs and values of the majority population. Eg. Rihanna and Beyonce
Fans - short for fanatics. The people who support artists. They're the people who go to artist's concerts, buy their music and murchandise an idolise them.
Active Audiences - audiences that actively promote music to people without being paid by the record label
Audiophiles - people who are interested in high-fidelity sound reproduction eg. early adopters of new things
Early Adopters - people who are very quick with new technology
Consumption - purchasing the products of the music industry
Web 2.0 - Social media are media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques
Meta-tags/personalisation - information within a file that identifies the file. This then allows us to personalise our music tastes.
Streaming - A method of relaying data (esp. video and audio material) over a computer network as a steady continuous stream, allowing playback to proceed while subsequent data is being received.
Peer to Peer - distributing music without buying it for example Limewire and Napster althought this has now become ilegitimate.
Piracy - the unauthorised reproduction of a product
Portability/miniaturisation - making products on a small/reduced level
Multi-track - a record or piece of music made out of mixing serveral separate tracks together
Sampling - The technique of digitally encoding music or sound and reusing it as part of a composition or recording
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) - a computer based setup used for editing material
A&R - Artists and Repetoire - A&R is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label
Record Deal - Contract - Royalties - a record deal is a legal agreement between the record label and the recording artist whereby the artist produces the music and the label help sell and promote it. The record label run everything and take care of things for the recording artist.
Distribution - the action or process of supplying goods to stores and other businesses that sell to consumers
Plugging/marketing - as part of an artists job they have to sell what they produce for example music, books, tours etc. To do this they need to tell the public and this is called marketing. This can via interviews on television on radio where the artists go to sell products to the public. Plugging is for example dropping the name of the bands new album name into a conversation on air so the public know about it
Convergence of Industrial Activity - move from a hardware company to producing everything such as music, phones, televisions, radios. Eg. Sony
Synergy - 2 or more industries combine to produce a result that they can't achieve by themselves eg. Morrisons Take That - Shine avdevrt. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4 ACDC. Using music may make us go out and buy the piece of music and research the artist it's by. '
Conglomerate - a company of companies. They're made up of many subdivisions such as Sony music and Sony television.
Globalisation - a record company/label that sells its products on a world wide basis across the globe
Analogue Music - vinyl to tape.
Digitalisation - conversion from analogue to digital, vinyl to tape and CD to Mp3. MP3 files are around 3mb whereas wav files used to be around 40mb. A CD is also a digital copy. Digital is easy to copy and means there's a lot of piracy. Happened around 1984.
Vertical Intergration - when a company expands its business into areas that are different points in the production. When they own a few comanies within the chain of companies. An exampe of this is HMV - EMI Records - CD Pressing Plant
Horizontal Intergration - where a record labels owns other record labels within their own for example, Sony owns Epic, Arista and Columbia
Major Record Label - The music industry (or music business) sells compositions, recordings and performances of music. There are 3 major record labels in the world: Sony, Universal and Warner.
Subsidiary Label - labels that used to be independent who were then bought by a major record labels when they started to be successful
Independent Label - usually the type of label a band or artist start on before they're hopefully in the public eye. An independent label doesn't have the support of a major record label and their funding.
Niche Audience - the targeting of a small but significant group of consumers with a media product directed specifically at their interests.
Mainstream Audience - the uncontroversial, generally accepted attitudes, beliefs and values of the majority population. Eg. Rihanna and Beyonce
Fans - short for fanatics. The people who support artists. They're the people who go to artist's concerts, buy their music and murchandise an idolise them.
Active Audiences - audiences that actively promote music to people without being paid by the record label
Audiophiles - people who are interested in high-fidelity sound reproduction eg. early adopters of new things
Early Adopters - people who are very quick with new technology
Consumption - purchasing the products of the music industry
Web 2.0 - Social media are media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques
Meta-tags/personalisation - information within a file that identifies the file. This then allows us to personalise our music tastes.
Streaming - A method of relaying data (esp. video and audio material) over a computer network as a steady continuous stream, allowing playback to proceed while subsequent data is being received.
Peer to Peer - distributing music without buying it for example Limewire and Napster althought this has now become ilegitimate.
Piracy - the unauthorised reproduction of a product
Portability/miniaturisation - making products on a small/reduced level
Multi-track - a record or piece of music made out of mixing serveral separate tracks together
Sampling - The technique of digitally encoding music or sound and reusing it as part of a composition or recording
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) - a computer based setup used for editing material
A&R - Artists and Repetoire - A&R is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label
Record Deal - Contract - Royalties - a record deal is a legal agreement between the record label and the recording artist whereby the artist produces the music and the label help sell and promote it. The record label run everything and take care of things for the recording artist.
Distribution - the action or process of supplying goods to stores and other businesses that sell to consumers
Plugging/marketing - as part of an artists job they have to sell what they produce for example music, books, tours etc. To do this they need to tell the public and this is called marketing. This can via interviews on television on radio where the artists go to sell products to the public. Plugging is for example dropping the name of the bands new album name into a conversation on air so the public know about it
Monday, 16 January 2012
CHOOSEN RECORD LABELS
Major Record Label
Universal
Subsidary Record Label of Universal
Def Jam
- JLO
- Big Sean
- Taio Cruz
- Ludacris
- Ne-yo
- Bon Jovi
- Jay-Z
- Young Jeezy
- Rihanna
- Justin Bieber
Universal
Subsidary Record Label of Universal
Def Jam
- JLO
- Big Sean
- Taio Cruz
- Ludacris
- Ne-yo
- Bon Jovi
- Jay-Z
- Young Jeezy
- Rihanna
- Justin Bieber
Friday, 13 January 2012
PAST QUESTIONS
Jan 2009 - Production snd distribution methods
June 2009 - Importance of technology covergence to audiennces and institutions
Jan 2010 - Domination of global institution selling to national audiences - agree/disagree
June 2010 - Significance of continuity development of digital technology for audience and institutions
Jan 2011 - Issues raised by media ownership in production and exchange of texts
June 2009 - Importance of technology covergence to audiennces and institutions
Jan 2010 - Domination of global institution selling to national audiences - agree/disagree
June 2010 - Significance of continuity development of digital technology for audience and institutions
Jan 2011 - Issues raised by media ownership in production and exchange of texts
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