Category: Music

COVID-19 has largely impacted various sectors in the world, including the entertainment industry. Many people have lost their lives due to coronavirus, leading to the introduction of different measures to limit its spread. For instance, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has persistently advocated that crowding should be avoided (Yen, 2020). This recommendation is meant for people who organize large events such as concerts, sports, and weddings. The CDC guidelines are meant to complement the existing regulations imposed by governments and health institutions (Yen, 2020). Thus, COVID-19 is a major issue, and all people should ensure that they practice measures that limit its transmission.

The event organizers are encouraged to execute policies that promote measures that minimize the transmission of COVID-19 amongst the participants and the staff. The event planners are encouraged to sanitize their team and the individuals planning to attend a live concert to stay home, especially those diagnosed positive for the virus. Individuals experiencing replica symptoms to those of COVID-19 are encouraged to remain indoors and minimize movements (Yen, 2020). The event planners are also advised to develop efficient refund means to cater to the attendees who book live concert events but fail to show up because they have tested positive for COVID-19.

One of the guidelines implemented involves a temperature test, which should be conducted before the live concert begins. The attendees are expected to be six feet apart, while the organizers are expected to regulate the event size based on the six-foot apart rule. Being an audience of a live concert, I noticed that the participants number has reduced due to social distance, fear of contracting COVID-19, and quarantine. Additionally, the events are expected to be less crowded as the attendees are discouraged from physical contacts such as handshaking and hugging.

The CDCs set guidelines require the show organizers, staff, and the event participants to wear masks correctly covering the mouth and the nose. Show planners have enforced rules such that individuals without masks are barred from live concerts. Furthermore, live concert managers have also implemented a regulation that babies younger than two years and persons with breathing complications should avoid such events. Another guideline that has been set to help keep the transmission at bay is regular hand hygiene (Yen, 2020). As such, the planners are encouraged to demand their staff and attendees to regularly wash their hands for at least twenty seconds before and after taking tickets. Moreover, hand washing has been used as one of the easiest methods of limiting transmission of the virus.

Having attended a live concert, I noted the adequate supply of health hygiene products. These goods included soap, water points, hand sanitizers, tissues, masks, wipes, and trashcans positioned at appropriate points. Correspondingly, the event had ushers to regulate the social distance and the persons using these materials at a go. The auditorium room had several posters at the entry and exit points in the restrooms. The messages displayed by the signs included proper wear of masks, social distancing, and regular hand washing.

Equally, the event had regular cessation intervals to ensure that the audience had time to relax. Mainly the breaks allowed one artist to exit the stage before another took over. These breaks also served as a time to sanitize sound systems such as microphones and pass the announcements on behavior rules to prevent transmissions. The event organizers also went to the extent of availing the statements in different languages to ensure all people received the message.

The show planners have developed a detailed cleaning schedule. The surfaces that were often touched were cleaned and disinfected regularly. The auditorium room for the live event was also clean and well organized. The number of individuals allowed to the restrooms at a go was minimized to allow social distancing. The event workers also guaranteed that the faucets, light switches, and doorknobs were well cleaned and disinfected before the next person was allowed in.

Before the entry, all the attendees standing in the line were requested to be six feet apart by the ushers. Moreover, the markers were used to inform the attendees of the spots to stand on and avoid. The guideline resulted in lengthy queues and set a slow tone for the event in general. To accommodate a sizable number of attendees, the event planners had several open-air tents outside with seats placed six feet apart. The auditorium room where the live concert took place was well ventilated, with windows and doors open throughout the event.

There is no direct proof that eating increases the transmission of COVID-19. However, the event planners for the day abolished food and drink services. The attendees were encouraged to avoid carrying foodstuff to promote unmasked interactions. Furthermore, the tickets payments were made through mobile banking and online banking services to avoid cash exchange. The event planners had organized emergency and first aid treatment procedures with the local health caregiver hospital to take care of the attendees and the staff if anyone got sick. Additionally, visible ambulances and paramedics were stationed outside the auditorium room.

In general, the live concerts intensity and energy were minimal compared to the other live shows I have attended before. Some attendees termed the concert boring and had left before the event was over, which I had never experienced before. Although the event was not up to my expectations because of the set-out protocols heavily observed, I think the youth and the concert fans can support music concerts by attending such events and many shows held online. Ways to ensure that musicians can earn from the online shows can also be introduced to support their careers.

The measures affected the music since many people did not attend the concert due to the governments restrictions. However, the performance worked well since the protocols were observed, and most of the audience enjoyed the music. Furthermore, the performers encouraged people to be careful and follow the various measures that healthcare professionals have provided. Although many individuals attended the concert, some claimed that they would be comfortable returning to live audience shows when the virus is eliminated. People should also support music in the COVID-19 era by exercising various practices. For instance, I can encourage my peers to educate people about the importance of adhering to the guidelines introduced when attending live concerts. Moreover, we can motivate musicians to use social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube to perform live online shows. Technology has also advanced in many countries, and people can access the internet easily. Therefore, musicians can use social media platforms to reach many viewers, limiting the spread of the virus. Thus, people can learn various ways of enjoying music while still observing the COVID-19 measures.

Reference

Yen, M. Y., Schwartz, J., Chen, S. Y., King, C. C., Yang, G. Y., & Hsueh, P. R. (2020). Interrupting COVID-19 transmission by implementing enhanced traffic control bundling: Implications for global prevention and control efforts. Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 53(3), 377-380. Web.

Have you ever heard that your health insurance may cover Art and Music Therapy? (make a pause for potential response) In the present day, this option cannot be regarded as common, and creative sessions will be covered only if they are proved to be medically necessary. Moreover, while health care providers study the ability of art to impact a patients condition, a considerable number of people believe that this therapy is not necessary as art and music are for entertainment, and they cannot heal. However, (higher tone) I do believe that creative sessions should be available for all patients, and I am going to prove to you that music and art are highly beneficial for human health. (pause)

First of all, creative arts may be used in the treatment provided for patients with mental health disorders. I am sure that almost everyone may confirm that listening to particular songs or drawing helped them to recover from a breakup or distract from disturbing thoughts. In the same way, arts and music may help people who face emotional distress, anxiety, or depression improve their mood, trigger positive associations, and contribute to the healing of psychological trauma. (pause)

While music helps reduce loneliness and emotional pain, arts may substantially contribute to the efficiency of treatment and determine its outcomes. For instance, through drawing, people may frequently show feelings and emotions that they cannot express through words. In this case, when health care providers organize art sessions, they may better understand the unspoken needs of patients and adapt treatment practices in accordance with them. (pause)

Finally, it is generally known that our emotions impact our physical health. In other words, when we feel inspired and motivated, we recover faster. Thus, when patients, regardless of their diseases, are provided with an opportunity to have creative sessions, they will be fulfilled with positive emotions that will lead to positive outcomes in relation to their physical well-being. To conclude, I hope that I was able to describe the benefits of the coverage of Art and Music Therapy by health insurance in the most appropriate way to address your concerns related to its expediency. Thank you for your attention!

I have avoided using personalized suggestions on services like Spotify for a long time. My experience with one of the early services called Pandora created an impression that no algorithm can decipher what I actually want to hear at any given moment. However, I was extremely impressed by the suggestions given to me by the Spotify service. I am specifically talking about the daily and weekly mixes that are based on the music selected by the user.

The modern music industry is extremely diverse, and in theory, almost any kind of music may be found, but it is often hard to describe the kind of music a person likes. I was searching for bands similar to the shoegaze group Forth Wanderers that only has two albums but also a very specific sound that is hard to describe (Forth Wanderers). Surprisingly, Spotify was able to suggest more than one band that shared the qualities that I enjoyed in those songs. There would be no other way for me to find those bands and I am glad Spotify did the job. It is unfortunate that they play such a low amount to the artists because I would support the service more (Sears).

It is possible that categories based on the mood or energy of the song can provide better suggestions than those based on genres. Two bands of one genre can have a completely different appeal from each other, and the mood of the songs may differ too. However, I have rarely had luck finding music I truly enjoy when listening to such playlists. I found that they are most effective as background music rather than active listening. Therefore they have a purpose, but I do not think they should replace standard genres.

Suggestions provided by music services have improved tremendously in recent years. With their help, I was able to find a lot of new music. However, mood-based playlists have proven to be less effective.

Works Cited

Forth Wanderers. Bandcamp, 2017. Web.

Sears, Glen. How Much Does The Average Artist Earn Per Play On Spotify?. Forbes, 2016. Web.

The rock and music pop scene were introduced to and gained popularity on television through massive hit shows for teenagers. The three primary ones were Where the Action Is on CBS, Shinding on ABC, and Hullabaloo on NBC. As more households had access to televisions along with the growth of widespread range of programming, including musical ones, the television played a significant role in distributing the music to the public. The bands that appeared on these hit TV shows went on to see significant success in the charts. The television shows helped to articulate the new sort of youth music culture and almost became a star-making mechanism in a relationship and profits that the music and television industries shared. Some bands, such as the Monkees, the American response to the Beatles, were created with the purpose of television performance as their acting and on-camera comfort as a group were initially prioritized over music. However, the Monkees music took off astronomically beyond anyones expectations. Nevertheless, they were a band groomed by the entertainment industry with an emphasis on television performances which took away much of the authenticity, even when compared to their counterparts The Beatles, who although made visual content, focused on their own music strongly (Covach and Flory 212).

Television drastically went on to change the landscape of the music industry. First, a split formed among artists and fans, with one side focusing on the pop-oriented, performance-focused television music, while the other, typically older audience was drawn to serious-minded music of rock which continued to be played on the radio rather than TV. Television also brought about the phenomenon of fictious bands, such as the popular Archies, a cartoon drawn band popular with young teens (Covach and Flory 214). This has never been done before and similarly created a new genre of music-television entertainment. However, until the advent of cable-network of television resulting in dedicated channels such as MTV, the television phenomenon in the 1960s had its limitations. Most TV sets at the time had poor audio and visual quality, and as recording and radio sound quality improved with hi-fi recording and FM, the disparities were noticeable. Television is not by nature of design a sound medium, and the musical experience is meant to be enveloping leading to the split in the fanbase, where younger audiences who generally cared less about sound quality appreciated the visual medium to their music (Frith 279).

Work Cited

Covach, John, and Andrew Flory. Whats That Sound? New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.

Frith, Simon. Look! Hear! The Uneasy Relationship of Music and Television.Popular Music, vol. 21, no. 3, 2002, pp. 277290.

Definitions

What is Art?

Scholarly work indicates that art originated from the time man learnt to paint in caves, dance around the fire, decorate and narrate stories (Laban, 2006). In its broad sense, art comprises of three important elements. These are Music, Dance and Theatre.

Therefore, a distinct definition of art does not exist in scholarly world, but it is agreed that art is actually a concept that embraces all human activities and allows people to exchange information, ideas and to express themselves.

In fact, art is a concept that allows people to connect with space and time, body and spirit, emotions and intellect and event and experiences. By passing information from one generation to another, art plays an important role in offering interpretations for new as well as familiar ideas (Fazenda, 2002).

It provides people with their own way of perceiving their world, own habits and state of thinking. Finally, art is a concept that defines the culture, traditions and values of a given society or group of people within a given society.

What is music?

Although a specific definition of music does not exist, it is agreed that music itself is a form of art that involves arrangement of tones in an orderly manner or sequence in order to achieve a continuous or unified composition of tones, which conveys some meaning.

However, music conveys different meanings depending on differences between groups of people. Music has the following characteristics  pitch, rhythm, timbre, texture and dynamics. Music is created for the purpose of entertaining, communication and expression.

What is dance?

According to Laban (2006), dance is a part of arts that involves body movements in a rhythmic manner, often following the rhythms of a given piece of music. In fact, dance is a form of expression and communication. Dance in a given culture has the role of providing a means of emotional expression, interaction and connection between the people with their past, their culture, future and their spiritual world.

What is theatre?

Theatre is a form of arts with an emphasis on performance, where live performers present the information to be conveyed to the viewers. The event presented on the stage might be real or imaginary, but communicates experience through a combination of other forms of arts such as dance, music and narration.

National standards for arts

National standards for music

The National Standard for Arts Education has established a set of guidelines for teaching music in elementary schools. First, it emphasizes the singing alone (and with others) as a varied repertoire of music. Secondly, it compels using musical instruments when performing.

Here, it requires that the learners use these instruments individually and in a group as another repertoire of music education. In addition, it requires improvising of variations, melodies and accompaniments. Finally, it requires students to participate actively in reading as well as notating music.

National standards for dance

Dance has seven standards as developed by the national standards for arts. First, it singles out the identification and demonstration of elements and skills of movement while performing. Secondly, it requires the students to understand the principles, processes as well as structures of choreography.

Thirdly, it puts emphasis on teaching the students to appreciate dance as a way of adding meaning to communication. It further emphasizes the application and demonstration of critical as well as creative thinking skills when performing dance. The sixth standard requires establishing the connection between dance and healthy living. Finally, there must be connection between dance and other fields of study.

National standards for Theatre

The first standard puts emphasis on script writing through improvising refined scripts based on imagination, history, literature and heritage. The second standard emphasizes acting by developing and communicating characters that must also be sustained.

Scholarly application of teaching skills in art

In teaching visual and performance arts, it is very important to put emphasis on the subject matter.

Example 1: In Arts

According to Campbel (2005), students ability to acquire knowledge in music education is dependent on their ability to know the specific subject. The teacher ought to ask himself or herself one major question what is the connection between the specific task and the content being studied? Here, the teacher must consider the connection between the subject matter and nature (Gelineau, 2004).

Example 2: In Music

According to Ratey (2001), students ability to grasp things in class relies on how frequently a given topic is repeated. Rauscher at al (2004) confirms that repetition is critical to teaching music.

Specific academic skill: students will be able to comprehend the topic in folk music Miss Susie. They will be able to identify the role of telephones and telephone operators in their society.

Example 3: In dance

Moreover, Moser and McKay (2005) argue that the students ability to develop interest in arts depends on how frequently they take practical sessions. It is crucial to know how the subject area relates to the real life as well as life-long learning. It is important that the students attend art classes and learn well what they are taught there. They need to understand how important such knowledge is in their life and future career.

Specific academic skill: in the dance Ring Around the Rosie, the students will learn the impact of death in human lives. They will learn how people in old times cremated their dead ones. Here, they will connect with the idea of life and death.

Example 4: In theatre

In theatre arts, the audience is an important factor. According to Moser and McKay (2005), it is critical for the students to learn how to determine the type and nature of the audience in order for the performance to be successful.

The main purpose of performing is to ensure the message is communicated to the audience. As such, the students must understand the audience in front of them and learn to attract and hold the attention of the audience.

Specific learning skills: In the children Theatre Little Red Riding Hood, the students will be able to learn the need to be cautious when dealing with strangers. They will be able to identify the good the ill of the society. By acting the theatre, the students will be able to connect their emotions, actions and body signs with the imaginary tale.

References

Campbell, P. S. (2005). Teaching Music Globally. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Fazenda, M. J. (2002). Between the pictorial and the expression of ideas: the plastic arts and literature in the dance of Paula Massano.

Gelineau, R. P. (2004). Integrating the arts across the elementary school curriculum. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

Laban, R. V. (2006). The language of movement: a guidebook to choreutics. Boston: Plays.

Moser, P., & McKay, G. (2005) Community Music: A Handbook. Russell House Publishing

Ratey, J. J. (2001). A Users Guide to the Brain. New York: Pantheon Books, 2001.

Rauscher, F.H., et al. (2004). Music and Spatial Task Performance: A Causal Relationship. Irvine, CA: University of California, Irvine,

Abstract

Woodstock Music Festival was a three day event that took place in 1969. It involved a throng of sex, drugs, and rock n rollplus a lot of mud. Woodstock has turned out to be a 1960s hippie counter-culture symbol during one of the most unstable years in contemporary history.

In this paper, theories regarding the causes of this colossal concert will be discussed and argued, in effect convincing readers to look at the music festival in new point of view and discover the symbolic significance that stirred novelty to a crippling nation.

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In 1969 America summer, numerous huge concerts took place, however none of them were as symbolic and celebrated as Woodstock Music Festival. Woodstock impact on the society and culture of Americans will be remembered in many decades to come. John Roberts, Artie Kornfield, Michael Lang, Joel Rosenman were men who initially established the event.

Their initial plan concerning the concert was to back up the plan of opening a recording music studio in Bethel, NY; this is where the concert in fact took place. Intended to become the biggest event that assembled many people in one specific place and time, Woodstock Music Festival represented three days of love, peace and music in the middle of Vietnam War terrors (Evans, 48).

Woodstock was the most eminent music concert and it took place when Americans were greatly divided; more than four hundred thousand people from all over the country assembled to commemorate Three Days of Peace and Music. Those 3 days of celebrated performances, indescribable mud and memorable experiences enabled Woodstock Art and Music turn into be a symbol of all generation.

The historic event became large for Americans generation as an icon of camaraderie and love of music during a time of disaster, war and generational clefts. Woodstock music festival was a shrilly pacifist show, but its meaning was thinned by the media. Instead of focusing on the political avowals made, typical cultural critics talked-about long hair, nakedness and hippies (Perone, 87).

The event, as it were, had lost its grip in the midst of a normalizing and co-optive media tradition that overlooked existent politics and replaced sensationalism and symbolism. The concert was officially known as The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, it went through various hypothetical incarnations, recorded in an article in the year 1994 by Elliot Tiber.

Many articles wrote lots of different things regarding the concert and large numbers of people from different parts of the country walked for miles to reach the location (Evans, 108). Even though the Woodstock Music Festival was intended to be a ticketed event, ultimately, the planners stopped collecting the tickets because the crowd started to cut away and to trample the fences which made even more people to come to the concert.

The event schedule featured the most celebrated and legendary rock and folk music groups of the 60s. In the first night, the concert was headlined by Ritchie Havens and came to an end many hours later with Joan Baez giving a blazing close-down. Artists began their performances every day at around midday and they made sure they engaged the crowd.

There were fundamental causes for this event and so they had to give their all. The Americans were very segregated at the time and the frights of the Vietnam War were still very fresh in their minds. So much was going on and there was too much pressure surrounding the people. The event was all about love, peace and above all music (Makower, 97).

Woodstock Music Festival was inspiring and remarkable for people who attended because it had performing artists who played for the largest audience of their vocation.

Woodstock Music Festival featured unforgettable acts of the Rock & Roll epoch i.e. Joan Baez, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, The Who, Santana, Mountain, Canned Heat, Arlo Guthrie, CCR, Joe Cocker, Grandpa Simpsons favorite band that daySha Na Na, The Band, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, CSNY, and Country Joe and the Fish and Jimi Hendrix, who sang his terrific edition of the Star-Spangled Banner.

The event was about three days of peace and love, contrasting the Vietnam War and abhorrence.

The Vietnam War was a lengthened conflict existing between nationalist forces who tried to unite Vietnam nation under a communalist government and the US (with South Vietnamese help) trying to put a stop to the spread of communalism.

Engaged in a battle that many saw as having no means to win, United State heads lost their citizens support for the warfare (Evans, 56). Ever since the end of this warfare, the Vietnam War has turned into a point of reference for what not to do in the future when it comes to U.S. foreign battles.

This war left Americans in division and with so much hatred; the festival intended to bring peace and love in the land. The festival was caused by the urge to unite American people and to alleviate the pressure that the people were going through.

Organizers of the event said that people who were buying tickets for the Festival were contributing to a unified front against the hatred, the division and the Vietnam War. Artists played great music and made antiviolence speeches; Country Joe for instance exhorted the audience that if you want to stop this fucking war, youll have to sing louder than that.

Leaders of the movement and other advocates took their turns too and several men smashed their draft cards protesting against the Vietnam War (Makower, 73). Nonetheless, Medias image and reminiscence of this festival focused on the commemorating side of it: the loud music, the rain and mud, the nakedness, drugs and free love.

There were numerous turbulent incidents closely enveloping Woodstock Music Festival. For example the Vietnam War had just got into its 5^th year. It would have entered its 6^th year if Saigon to the Vietcong did not admit defeat on 30^th April, 1975. In the previous year, Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination was very fresh in the minds of many people in the country.

A fugitive convict, confessed to the felony however he later claimed to have been set-up. His confession was however sustained 8 times and in 1998, he passed on in prison. There was also another recent assassination involving Sen.

Robert F. Kennedy: this occurred in LA at the Ambassador Hotel which happened just 2 months after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. A Palestinian migrant known as Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Kennedy, after he had addressed his cohorts, and passed away the following day: Sirhan was arrested and put in jail.

During the festival Lang said that Americans were trying hard to get-out of that Vietnam War. He stated that The whole decade had been filled with efforts to improving the human condition with human rights struggles, civil rights and womens rights.

We were just first realizing that we were trashing the planet we lived on and the ecology movement was just beginning and a lot of groups at the time were turning a bit violent in trying to get their message out, (out of) frustration.

He continued to say that Woodstock served as a diplomatic and a serene way to fight the negative and depressing attitude brought about by those events. The country had gone through so much and even if the artists initial plan was to establish a recording music studio, the cause of the Festival was to bring Music, Love and most of all Peace (Perone, 29).

Actually, by the first day of the Festival, as the performers looked-out-upon the huge multitude, they must have seen that Woodstock Music Festival was not going to be just like any other concert that would be overlooked and forgotten.

Looking from the outside Woodstock Festival might have been seen like just a concert for the young generation that involved hearing and dancing to their favorite musical tunes, but it proved to be much greater than that. Even though music was a significant part of the event, it could not have celebrated for such a long time if that were the extent of its worth.

This means that the Festival was much more than just music and dancing. Woodstock brought out an important message to the people by helping them realize that they could come as one during depressing moments and discover a unified aspiration which was Love and Peace(Makower, 35).

Even though there was law enforcement during the festival because it was feared that there would rioting, the police disregarded drug laws. The audience stayed diplomatic and calm all through the period of the festival in spite of the intense use of LSD and Marijuana.

During the Festival, no conflict was reported even though there was death because a tractor ran over a man. The entire Festival was a moment of peace and cheerfulness. Lots of people attending the event were given a gleam of hopefulness and optimism in a world that disregarded them. Despite the mud engraved in their bodies and the drugs, the long for love, peace and acceptance was in the air.

The atmosphere and the frame of mind created by this is what made the Festival terrific and unforgettable. If it wasnt for this pervasive feeling, the crowd could have dismissed the event like just any other excuse to get together, listen to music, dance and get high on drugs. There were little things that created great difference like the fact that there was no reported damage of properties during the entire festival.

Also, even if there was lots of trash left at the concert site, the venture to clean-up the six hundred acre was completed in 5 days; crew members and attendees also helped with the cleaning (Littleproud, 46). For the majority of people, the impact of the festival was evident in their lives.

Both men and women acquired self-confidence to go out there and make a big difference regardless of what some people may have thought of them. These people made great impact on the US society when just living their ordinary lives. They were educational pioneers with their varying feelings regarding the meaning of music, art and the societys structure.

Woodstock Music Festivals impact that was left on the country could have been just as enormous on the people who watched it as the ones who were in reality present (Bennett, 67). People who went to the festival showed almost everybody around them that they can get together and make a big difference if only they wanted to.

This event came at a time when most young people of America needed ideas of how to bring unity and peace in their land regardless of their differences. Due to Woodstock Music Festival, both men and women were inspired to go out there and make their own music.

Also, there were new musicians who made their debut at the concert; for example Carlos Santana. Much of the music played during the festival was cordial and it happened to be a way of allowing the listeners find a foundation on which to talk about the events surrounding their world (Littleproud, 201).

The Festival feeling has lasted on peoples minds for decades and up until this day, music continues to have a much more intense and influential effect on the people listening to it. It is obvious that without music events like Woodstock, Music wouldnt be what and where it is at present. Efforts to recreate Woodstock Music Festival couldnt be mastered because of one major factor.

This was plainly that there was no profound ground or purpose to the reproduction. Woodstock 94 was the second concert but it was no more than a big endorsement. In spite of Woodstock 69s initial plan of studio promotion, it turned out to be much more than that for the reason that it took place at a time when Americans were searching for answers not simply empty ideas and talks.

With the great publicity of Woodstock 94 in the media, it lost all optimism of be what the original Festival was all about. Woodstock 99 was overly commercialized but this was not an issue, however everything else that was visualized happened. There was great hope for the last try to have another emblematic Woodstock prior-to the closing stages of the millennium.

The optimism and expectations were shattered just as fast as the Woodstock site in Rome, NY. The festivals audience was made up of a small number of patriot Woodstock aficionados that went to all three concerts bearing the name Woodstock. It appeared that the other people that constituted the rest of the attendees were practically all there to get high and tear down anything that surrounded them.

By the end of the festival, almost the entire stage and music equipments were ruined. There were also rape cases and all mementos given like posters, caps and shirts were stolen. The conducts portrayed during Woodstock 99 festival can be referred to as destructive vigor.

It went past foolish brutality to a point of bringing down the splendor of the original Woodstock 69. Sadly now when people remember Woodstock Music Festival, they can help but also recall the damage that took place during its most recent effort at recreation.

Conclusion

In spite of peoples wish to bring back the mood and sensation of the original Woodstock Music Festival, all that remains is its effect on people who took part in it and the affect it had on the society they live in. Woodstock 69 feeling will never be lost despite what happened in the consequent Woodstock concerts.

It was caused by the desire to promote music studios but it played a greater role. At that time so much was going on in US and people were experiences great hatred and division. The Festival brought the feeling of Love, Peace and good Music.

Works Cited

Bennett, Andy. Remembering Woodstock. USA, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2004. Print

Evans, Mike. Woodstock: Three Days That Rocked the World, California, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2009. Print

Littleproud, Brad. Woodstock  Peace, Music & Memories, New York, Krause Publications, 2009. Print

Makower, Joel. Woodstock: the oral history.USA, SUNY Press, 2009. Print

Perone, James. Music of the counterculture era. Chicago, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004. Print

Canadian music is worthy of attention for many reasons. They involve the absence of cultural diversity, the desire to create and develop images but not just to sell them, and, of course, the use of music for personal satisfaction. Such devotion to own traditions and negation of popular culture is one of the first sings of authenticity in Canadian music.

In this paper, the constructions of authenticity in Canadian music will be explained and investigated by means of the deep analysis of a true meaning of the world authenticity, peculiarities of Canadian music, and the consequences, which take place around the constructions of authenticity.

The concept of authenticity aims at defining original from fake, relic from changed, and trustworthy from false; in Canadian music, constructions of authenticity usually depend on the environment, nature of learning, and some other theoretical interpretations, which lead to variations in authentic interpretations and assessments of performance, competence, and expertise.

Canadian music is considered to be the topic for discussion for many people of different age. This type of music, as in any other country, has its own genres and peculiarities, this is why the concept of its authenticity differs from the others even if the constructions of authenticity remain to be the same.

In spite of the fact that the music of Canada was constantly under the pressure of the American culture and traditions, in the middle of the 1990s, the Canadian music industry as a whole was considerably stronger (Shuker 73) and proved its rights to existence and independent development.

One of the most amazing things about Canadian music is the ways of its creations: people do not actually care about popular culture that created not by masses but for these masses, their primary goal is to take into consideration own interests, represent their intentions and thoughts, and be happy to share interesting ideas through their music.

This music is created by Canadians and for Canadians, and if it is created in this way only, its authenticity is to be beyond any doubt, and its components can be easily determined. Modern pop Canadian music dominates the airwaves: the songs of Celine Dion are known to the vast majority of the world, the works of Neil Young cannot stop impressing people, and the voice of Paul Anka is recognizable in many countries.

The concept of authenticity may be understood in different ways, and one of them is closely connected to assumptions about the moment of commodification, when indigenous or folk musical traditions came into contact with wider musical economies (Connell and Gibson 28).

In other words, when we talk about Canadian music authenticity, we mean the value, according to which this music is perceived and analyzed by its cultural and certain social origins. In comparison to American music, Canadian music is not that commercial and comes more from peoples hearts.

This is why it is not enough just to have pretty face, fine body, and nice voice in order to present really authentic music, because its true authenticity lies deeper inside and requires more attention to the essence of music, its impact on people, and peoples perception of this music. When music stirs up a desire, emotions, and thoughts, in this case, this music may be called authentic.

Larry Grossberg is one of those figures in cultural studies, who worked thoroughly on the ideologies of authenticity. He identifies three major dimension of authenticity: the skills, which are inherent to the artists, the construction of sexual body, and peoples feelings and experience (Connell and Gibson 29).

These very ideas are used in many genres of music, which can be called authentic. As a rule, folk, blues, and country music concentrate on these ideas and provide people with a chance to listen and to feel the emotions of the composer by means of sounds and words. However, to create captivating and real Canadian music, certain constructions of authenticity have to be taken into consideration.

Any construction of authenticity in Canadian music may have rather consideration consequences, which may cause numerous misunderstandings and debates (Anderson and Grossman 101), and it is better to evaluated several constructions of authenticity in Canadian music in order to get a clear understanding of why this or that genre of Canadian music has to be regarded authentic.

One of the most significant constructions of authenticity is authentic assessment of performance. A holistic execution of music plays an important role, as it touches not upon a separate piece of music or the process of its creation.

Taking into consideration the peculiarities of the creation and spreading of Canadian music, this very construction of authenticity focuses of composers intentions, peoples reaction to this music, ideas, which are transmitted by means of this music, and the means, which are used to develop this piece of art. Another important construction of authenticity is keeping the place. Authenticity was constantly sought by embedding music in place, yet such efforts never guaranteed commercial or critical longevity (Connell and Gibson 44).

In comparison to popular music that usually depends on contemporary life and other local traditions, authentic Canadian music is and has always to be mobile. The last construction of authenticity in Canadian music as well as in many other nations is change.

The significant mainstream of change is usually caused by cultural actions and heritage and should be always accompanied with competence. Competence is that very construction of authenticity is the one that is closely connected to real world conditions. Canadian music may be under a terrible threat because of impact of American culture, this is why it turns out to be crucially important to find competent enough ways out to maintain changes, which are favorable for Canada.

In general, Canadian music may serve as a good example of music that puts human emotions and experience on the first place. Nowadays, many countries present their national music in order to take leading positions at musical markets and earn as much money as possible. On the one hand, such step should be considered as effective and winning, because their music takes into consideration the ideas of popular culture and aims at satisfaction of masses.

On the other hand, music should functions as a form of entertainment and aesthetic satisfaction (Connell and Gibson 43), and popular culture does not promote aesthetical satisfaction at all. People do not have a chance to demonstrate their own feelings and own experience. And Canadian music is one of the few types of music that still appreciates composers feeling, it is created by people and for people considering such constructions of authenticity like change, performance, and place.

Works Cited

Anderson, Ian and Grossman, Michele. Blacklines: Contemporary Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians. Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 2003.

Connell, John and Gibson, Chris. Music and Place: Fixing Authenticity. In Sound Track: Popular Music, Identity, and Place. New York: Routledge, 2003.

Shuker, Roy. Understanding Popular Music. New York: Routledge, 2001.

Many people think that art, and especially modern popular music, has nothing to do with political and social life of countries. Nevertheless, art has proved that it is a powerful tool in struggle against the evil.

Thus, Glenn Miller, the famous musicians who was killed in during the World War II, made a great contribution which was regarded as an important part of the war effort (Farley). Admittedly, music inspires people to continue struggling and fight for freedom. Bob Marleys War is one of such songs. It has been inspiring people for more than three decades.

The song War first appeared in Bob Marley & The Wailers album Rastaman Vibration in 1976. This song was addressed to all people in the world, but primarily to Africans who suffered during the apartheid. The apartheid in South Africa started in 1960s and lasted up to late 1980s (The History of Apartheid). This was a severe conflict between African people and their oppressors.

The creation of homelands in the 1950s made Africans aliens in their own country (The History of Apartheid). People were deprived form basic human rights. They were to have passports which restricted their civil rights as well. Many people refused to obey and get passports. The Public Safety Act and the Criminal Amendment Act which were signed in 1953 enabled the government to declare the state of emergency.

This, in its turn, enabled the government to imprison people and violate their basic human rights. During this conflict many people were killed and thousands were pursued and imprisoned. Despite the fact that the majority of world population were against the cruelty and unfairness which African population had to suffer from, the conflict lasted for two decades. Of course, many Africans tried to fight for their rights. There were military conflicts and street fights.

However, unfortunately, the parties had unequal forces. This was the major reason why so many civilians were killed, wounded, arrested or imprisoned. Nevertheless, people did not cease to fight and eventually achieved their goals. It is important to state that such songs as War was a great inspiration for people who believed that they were doing the right thing and that they would win.

Thus, the song was created in times when the conflict was taking place. At once it became an anthem for many people who condemned cruelty against African population (Lacey). In fact, even nowadays this song is as significant as it was in the distant eighties in such countries as Ethiopia and Jamaica and it is one of the most popular worldwide (Lacey; Sanneh; Farley; French).

Of course, it reached those it was addressed to. People from all over the world were singing along to every word of the War. People of South Africa were keeping this song in their hearts.

This song was aimed at inspiring Africans to struggle for their rights. Of course, the purpose of Bob Marley was not to escalate the conflict, he sang about his position. Marley thought that people should have resisted and continued their struggle. It was not escalation of the conflict, but rather inspiration for oppressed to fight against the evil. Interestingly, the lyrics of the song is largely constituted by the passages from a speech of Haile Selassie I.

The speech was delivered at the United Nations General Assembly (1963). The initial lines of the song reveal the major idea: Until the philosophy which hold one race superior & Everywhere is war. Marley points out the core reason of the conflict. He stipulates that racism is the major problem which leads to conflicts and such severe outcomes as apartheid in South Africa. Interestingly, the song does not explicitly say that people should take weapon and fight.

The song only states that the war is everywhere if human rights are violated, if superior nations exist, if ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold people in Angola, Mozambique, South Africa remain ruling. However, such statements which are also warnings become the call for action. Marleys vocal is really touching and inspiring. His heartfelt performance reveals his feelings. The musician expresses his mourning and hope while singing the famous anthem. It is important to point out that the song has been performed by many people.

However, only Marleys version became the most popular. The song evoked many debates concerning the authorship. Notable, Marley did not right the lyrics. In fact, he only performed the song. Nevertheless, he is regarded to be the creator of the great musical masterpiece of the twentieth century. The song is associated with the glorious apostle of freedom and equality.

The song is a great example of reggae music. As far as the texture of the piece is concerned, it is necessary to point out that it is homophonic. Its disjunct melody creates a hypnotic effect. It is very calm and harmonic. It is not characterized by complicated composition. As any other reggae melody the piece is played in 4/4 times. The following instruments are used: Jazz bass, drums, guitar, percussion, keyboards.

Percussion serves as the background of a melody and creates the rhythm. Basically, percussion is the basis of the song which prevails. Jazz bass appears in the very beginning of the song and during the chorus. Guitar is not that explicit. The melody and the instruments used in the song are characteristic for reggae songs. As far as composition is concerned it is possible to state that the piece is not unique or innovative.

However, this melody should be only a background for very important lyrics. It is not about artistic innovations, it is about song which is to evoke thoughts and ideas about rebel, about freedom and justice. Thus, the melody serves the appropriate background for the song. The smooth and peaceful melody enhances the meaning of the lyrics. It is often said that reggae is quite hypnotic, the song in question can be also called hypnotic. Percussion creates definite background and Jazz bass stresses the most important parts of the song.

Thus, Bob Marleys War is one of his most famous songs. It became an anthem for Africans fighting for their right during apartheid in South Africa and the symbol of anti-racist struggle for people worldwide. The peaceful melody and lyrics, evoke, nonetheless, ideas about the necessity to fight. This peculiarity makes the piece so popular.

Basically, the Marleys War is now regarded as one of those songs which were created during certain conflict but remain the anthem of struggle for future generations. Notable, the song was performed by many musicians and bands, but it became unique only because of Bob Marley. His vocal and his philosophy made the song that strong and meaningful.

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Farley, Christopher John. Music During Wartime. Time, 2001. Web.

French, Howard. Celebrating Bob Marley, Voice of the Dispossessed. The New York Times, 1991. Web.

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Introduction

Music harmony is the art of simultaneously employing pitches and chords in the enrichment of sound. The study of music harmony, therefore, entails unveiling the intricate characteristics of chords, the way they are built and the principles of their connection.

Harmony is the opposite of melody since the latter is taken as the horizontal characteristic of music while the former is taken as the vertical characteristic of music. Some definitions of harmony even include the word melody such as; Harmony is anything that accompanies the melody (Serge, 1998, p. 1).

Forms of harmony

In many cases, listeners of music are unable to distinguish harmony from other components of music because it is always the intention of the composer of the harmony to hide it from them. Therefore, an explanation of the different forms of harmony may seem like theory despite their practicability.

Some of the forms that harmony takes include chords. These are a combination of notes that are played together. Broken chords can also be used to achieve harmony. Broken chords in this case mean the notes in a given chord that are strategically played one after the other in order to achieve harmony. Among the most basic and the commonest harmonies in music are the triads.

The major triad is a perfect example that can be used to make people understand the nature of triads. It produces a nice sound and thus it is used in major scales as the basic chord. Also usable in exemplifying triads is the minor triad which is used in a minor piece as the basic chord (Serge, 1998, p. 1).

Harmonic progressions

Chords are, essentially, meaningless if they do not help in making the music sound better. This fact is what necessitates the use of harmonic progressions. Harmonic progressions are created as composers of music move from chord to chord in a bid to make the music sound better and create some kind of continuity in the music.

There are a myriad of harmonic progressions in music today, and more harmonic progressions are continually developed by creative artists. Cadences are one of the commonest types of progressions in music. They are utilized before sections end since they give the listener a thought-settling feeling. The two main Cadences that are widely used in the music industry are the authentic and the plagal.

They have similar and simple composition and thus composers have an easy time using them. However, most composers avoid using them because they may give a listener the impression that the music is ending while it is only the section that is ending (Schneider, 2002, p. 1). Due to this concern, most composers are fond of using cadences when the entire piece of music is ending in order to have that appropriate impression at the end of the music.

Inversions

Inversions are almost the same as harmonic progressions in their nature. However, they do not bring a change to the triads and thus they are disqualified from this classification. Basically, inversions are formed by changing the order of the notes within a given triad. This statement means that after the inversion of the notes, the triad is not changed and hence my aforementioned point.

Inversions are useful if the composer would like a given note to be isolated within the triad making it stand out in the music (Schneider, 2002, p. 1). For instance, when playing a piano, the top note has to stand out since it is more audible than the others. To achieve the objective of making certain desired notes stand out, composers usually form the top of their triads using melody notes so that the note can be easily heard.

Conclusion

Although this discussion is a perfect description of the theoretical intricacies of what goes on in a composers mind when composing songs, the theory discussed cannot be successfully used to compose songs. This is because, as we all know, music is largely experimental, and in order to learn harmonic progressions and their chord counterparts, there is need to experiment with less involvement of the mind.

Thus the ears should be worked more than the mind in any efforts to learn harmonic progressions and chord progressions. If you go through harmony theory posted on a website or written in a book, the theory will make you think of music harmony as an undecipherable code that one must spend a lot of time internalizing. This will be a misleading conception because in practice and with experimentation, music harmony is much simpler.

Another important thing to note is the fact that personal preferences are important in music harmony. This is to say that what will be to one person a perfect harmony may not be that appealing to another person. The reason for the application of tastes in music harmony is the fact that harmony is composed of dissonant and consonant forms, each of which may be pleasing to certain people and not to others.

Reference List

Schneider, E. (2002). The four elements of music  melody, harmony, rhythm, and dynamics.

Serge, M. (1998). What is music harmony?. Web.

Music production is one of the most lucrative businesses. It involves several activities from production, recording, distribution to sales. Music production requires professional expertise; most of the musicians do not have the expertise to do this. This is where record label companies come in.

A record label is a trademark company that records produces, distributes, sells, and promotes musicians. It also protects music copyright, scouts and develops new talents. Record labeling is one of the most lucrative businesses with stiff completion between record labels to win musicians signatures. This paper will discuss one of the most successful record labels Sony BMG Music Entertainment.

The formation of Sony BMG Music Entertainment was born out of the 2004 perilous merger between Sony Corporation of America and BMG Music Group. It became the second largest music recording company; universal was the first. Ownership was on 50-50 basis. Sony Corporation of America is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, a Japanese investment giant, ownership held by several trustee accounts and Japanese banks (Anaswerbag para. 4).

It is the world leader in the production distribution and supply of electronic goods especially in sound, audio visual, communication and information technology (Sony Corporation of America para 1). It also has stakes in the financial sector and owns Sony Life Insurance Co., Sony Bank Inc., Sony Assurance Inc. and Sony Financial Investment Inc.

Sony BMG had other interest apart from music. It ventured into selling classic photos of famous personalities. The company acquired these photos from a gallery previously owned by Columbia Records, a company Sony Corp. took over in 1988 (Pompeo para 1). Sony Corp and BMG merger did not capture the expect market share and its fortune dwindled considerably culminating in BMG selling its stake to Sony Corp of America to form Sony Music Entertainment (SME) .

Illegal online music piracy threatened the music industry so much. As a result, SME sort to distribute music online via secure mobile phone technology. Together with Dada, they formed Dada Entertainment, each owning 50% share, to distributed music content via mobile phone platform; Dada was to provide the application technology while SME provided the music (Lawrence and McDaniel 99).

Similar partnership with Warner Music Group and a Chinese digital technology firm Access China created online music distribution platforms for mobile phone customers. It is currently working with Mobile Roadie to develop personalized mobile phone applications that will offer interactive services for musicians and their fans (Sony Music para. 3)

Financially it experienced a 16% drop in 2009 revenue, despite a 5% increase in its market share from 2008 (Peoples para 2). This was an impressive performance bearing in mind the challenges of dwindling returns occasioned by illegal online music piracy.

SME matches forward undeterred by the challenges it has faced in the past. Its management, lead by Rolf Schmidt Holtz, its hardworking Chief Executive Officer, has appreciated the need to embrace innovative ways to distribute content globally. This has lead to collaboration with software companies for online distribution. It also owns a photo gallery that sells classic photos of famous personalities to improve its financial outlook.

The expected Sony BMG challenge Universal Entertainment success in distribution of music content did not materialize. Analyst suggested that BMG Group was affecting Sony BMG performance and hence advised BMG Group to surrender its 50% stake to Sony Corp. of America.

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