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Mp 3 Format Mp 3 Files
1,516 wordsThis chapter introduces the dispute between Napster, Inc. , and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the copyrights issue, the subsequent effects on todays music industry sales, and the abuse of such software on college campuses across America. Napster, Inc. was founded by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker in 1999. Shawn was only 19 years old when he wrote the program Napster at Northeastern University. Napster is a software program that allows individuals to freely trade sound file...
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Motion Picture Movie Camera
873 wordsCinematography: Everything You Need To Know (sin-uh-muh-the'-ruh-fee) Cinematography is the technique and art of making motion pictures, which are a sequence of photographs of a single subject that are taken over time and then projected in the same sequence to create an illusion of motion. Each image of a moving object is slightly different from the preceding one. Motion-picture projector projects the sequence of picture frames contained on a ribbon of film, in their proper order. A claw engages...
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Elvis Presley Radio Station
415 wordsSam Phillips, a very successful man, accomplished so much in just one lifetime that most people could only dream about doing. Sam had worked at a radio station called WREC, but was fired for frequently being absent. While working at the radio station he had met a girl named Marian. Marian was with Sam when he discovered an empty store, which he would turn into a studio. Marian then quit her job at the radio station and single handedly staffed the business. Many people came to Sams tiny studio to...
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Heart Of Darkness Vs Apocalypse Now
781 wordsIn the article, Narratological Parallels in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppolas Apocalypse Now Linda Costanzo Cahir compares and contrasts both the novella and the film. Both writers had the same theme and meaning in mind, but their structure and technique was what made the stories different. In both the novel and the film, we see the central character (Marlow or Willard) as a man drastically altered by a past experience. Each story begins with the main character explaini...
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Yoko Ono Lonely Hearts
1,235 words... Beatles embarked on their final U. S. tour, playing their last live show at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on August 29 th. From then on, the band announced, they were going to keep away from live performances to concentrate on more elaborate studio productions. Rumors were spread in the media as the band disappeared from the public. The Beatles spent much of early 1967 in the studio, recording their amazing, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. This groundbreaking concept album complete...
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Janis Joplin Port Arthur
1,324 wordsBlues legend Janis Lyn Joplin was born on January 19 th 1943, the eldest child of parents Seth and Dorothy Joplin. Janis was born and raised in the small Southern petroleum industry town of Port Arthur, Texas. Her father was a canning factory worker, her mother a registrar at a local business college. Her non-abbe rational upbringing coupled with the atmosphere of Port Arthur at the time; generally restrictive, intolerant, and un nurturing must " ve made even Janis' early childhood difficult. By...
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Recording Industry Association Industry Association Of America
1,045 wordsShawn Fanning, a freshman in college, launched Napster in the beginning of 1999. Napster allows Internet users to share and download MP 3 (music) files directly from any computer connected to the Napster network, which could be hundreds of thousands of people. You can use Napster by downloading the software from the Internet site, and then connecting to the network using this software, which allows the sharing of all your MP 3 files with anyone else on the network. Unlike many other file sharing...
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Beach Boys Solo Album
797 wordsThe Beach Boys formed in 1961. The band members are; Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson who are all brothers, Al Jardine and Mike Love. All but Al Jardine lived in Los Angela's. They were first called the Pendletones which was a shirt brand, but a record label executive named them the Beach Boys. One of their first big hits was 'Surfin' that was credited for starting the 'surfing craze. ' 1962 they released the album Surfin Safari with the song 'Surfin Safari' hitting the U. S Top 40. 1963 'Surfin U...
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Jimi Hendrix Rock 'n' Roll Legend
1,220 words... second album, Axis: Bold As Love, came a year later in December 1967 after much hard work. The original album recording was lost, and deadlines caused the band to have to remix it in its entirety in just under eleven hours ("Jimi", Rolling 45). It was certified platinum, and Hendrix gained even more loyal supporters. He was completely dedicated to his music and not only slept with his guitar but also spent his every waking moment playing it (Wolters, "Discography"). He had already begun work...
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Recording Industry Association Negative Effects
800 wordsIntroduction: For centuries people had dreamed of capturing the sounds and music from the environment. Many had attempted it but no one had succeeded until Thomas Alva Edison discovered a method of recording and playing back sound. What had started out as an apparatus intended as part of an improved telephone led to the development of an instrument which would change the world, making it a happier, even a better, place to live. Revolutions: (Case of Mp 3 sharing software development) A revolutio...
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Akai Mpc Midi Production Center
1,028 wordsThe following is a summary of the advanced features of the AKAI MPC 2000, which include a built in sampler, sequencer and more. Here is a detailed general description of the AKAI MPC 2000. Large 248 x 60 dot LCD display with graphics. 6 functions keys under the LCD display provide various functions on each page. Built-in 1. 44 megabyte floppy disk drive to store both sequences and sound data. Built-in SCSI interface for storing data to external hard disk. Here is a detailed description of the AK...
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Berry Gordy Father Of The Motown Sound
1,231 wordsBerry Gordy Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 28, 1929. He was the seventh born out of eight siblings. His parents migrated to Detroit from Georgia during 1922. They were part of a mass exodus of African Americans who left the South in the 20 's and traveled to northern cities in search of better economic futures. During that time jobs were plentiful in the factories, mainly the big four automotive plants that like, Chrysler, Ford, Chevrolet, and General Motors. Berry and Bertha Gord...
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Recording Industry Association Legally Obscene
956 wordsAlbums with explicit lyrics or content started having black and white parental advisories on them in 1994 (web). 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 their children or society,...
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African American Blues Jazz
1,108 wordsAlthough the enslaved African people who were brought to America could not bring their musical instruments with them, they did not forget their musical traditions. Some slaves were not allow to speak their native language in American and added their own traditions styles to European American songs and Dances. They passed on traditional African musical styles from generation to generation. Gradually, several styles of African American music emerged in the United States. Today, two of the best sty...
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Jazz Musicians Louis Armstrong
1,110 words... f music including popular music and the blues. It was has changed over the years and has many different sub-styles, such as Dixieland, swing, bebop, Afro- Cuban, cool, free, jazz, and fusion. In jazz the performers often improvises to create new or different sounds that add to the emotional expression of the song. Jazz musicians create their own version of the melody while they all know, and then they turn improvising around that tune. Sometimes jazz performers make up a complete new melody ...
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Haile Selassie Bob Marley
2,016 wordsBob Marley was a hero figure, in the classic mythological sense. His departure from this planet came at a point when his vision of One World, One Love - inspired by his belief in Rastafari - was beginning to be heard and felt. The last Bob Marley and the Wailers tour in 1980 attracted the largest audiences at that time for any musical act in Europe. Bob's story is that of an original, which is why it continues to have such a powerful and ever-growing resonance: it embodies political repression, ...
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Sense Of Smell Musical Talent
680 wordsSteveland Judkins Morris was born on May 13, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan. He is more popularly known as Stevie Wonder. Stevie was blinded shortly after birth. His blindness was caused by a medical accident when he was born. He had to be put in an incubator and he didn? t get enough air. In 1954 his family moved to Detroit. He developed his musical talent early in his life. By the age of 11 years old, he could play the harmonica and piano and he was a talented singer. Stevie was introduced to Moto...
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Smells Like Teen Kurt And Courtney Nirvana
888 wordsCoMe AS YoU ARe: The Story OF Nirvana February 20, 1967 Kurt Donald Cobain was born in Aberdeen Wa. , a small town outside of Seattle. Kurt was a very artistic child who loved to draw. Kurt's parents bought him a Mickey mouse drum set when he was about five. I kind of pushed drums on him because I wanted to be a drummer said Kurt's mom Wendy OConnor. Kurt's parents later got divorced when he was eight. Kurt took the divorce very hard, It just destroyed hi life says Wendy. Kurt was used in a war ...
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Parts Of The Body Microscopic Organisms
1,436 wordsA body has been discovered from a lake. How would you? Identify the body. It is important to try and establish the identity of the victim as quickly as possible. Physical identification is the most common method used to identify a body but this is not always possible as the body may be too decomposed or disfigured. If the body has not been in the water for long articles of clothing, jewellery, scars or tattoos may help to identify the victim. Bodies submerged in water tend to decompose more slow...
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Avant Garde John Coltrane
1,482 wordsJohn William Coltrane John Coltrane was one of the major innovators of contemporary jazz and the New Wave, which was a movement of more freedom in improvisation. John William Coltrane, b. Hamlet, N. C. , Sept. 23, 1926, d. July 17, 1967, is considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the past 35 years (only Miles Davis comes close), one of the greatest saxophonists of all time, and a remarkable innovator. Coltrane is a very interesting person because he traversed many styles of play...
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