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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"commercial music"”.
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THE RISE OF WAVETABLE SYNTHESIS IN COMMERCIAL MUSIC AND ITS CREATIVE APPLICATIONS
<p>Wavetable synthesis is a powerful tool for music creation that helps composers and producers develop their own unique sounds. Though wavetable synthesis has been utilized in music since the early 1980s, advancements in computer technologies in the 2000s and the subsequent releases of software …
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From place to placelessness: Malawian musicians, commercial music, and social worlds in southern Africa
… scales. As an ethnographic study focusing on musicians, this work demonstrates how musical sounds and practices are integrated into the construction of individual and group subjectivities. Using musical practices as tangible references to various social worlds among specific individuals, this …
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At the Crossroads Commercial Music and Community Experience The Quonset Auditorium - A Roadhouse on the Dixie Highway
… regular tour route of R&B, gospel and country musicians in the post-World War II era (1947- 1959), illustrates the important role of roadhouses during a time of growth and change in popular music. It situates memories and experiences from the Quonset Auditorium in relation to regional and …
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The performative nature of talk on commercial music radio in South Africa : the cases of 5FM, Metro FM and 94.5KFM
Commercial Music Radio is one of the largest radio formats in the country, attracting millions of listeners per week, yet little academic attention has been afforded to its components such as music, talk and accompanying sounds that garner listeners. This thesis pays particular emphasis on …
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Music Technology in the Classroom
… years have exhibited unprecedented growth of music technology in the fields of commercial music, professional recording studios, personal home studios, and music education in the public school music classroom. With the establishment of school district programs providing students with access to …
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Vocal Minimalism: An analysis and pedagogical approach to minimalist vocal techniques in new works for choir
Musical characteristics born out of the creation of Minimalism in the mid-1900s have been and continue to be important to the progression of contemporary-classical and commercial music. While the aesthetic movement in reaction to serialism and modernism has passed, musical aspects and techniques …
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"Producing ""Local"" Repertoire: Czech Identity, Pop Music, and the Global Music Industry"
… creativity relate to the corporate production of music transnationally. Utilizing a multi-sited ethnography to examine the relationships between the Bertelsmann Music Group (Prague, London and New York) and Czech pop/rock music culture, it illuminates the factors that inform their structure, …
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Home is Where the Tone is: The Emergence of Professional Home Recording Studios
… of professional home recording studios in the music industry landscape. Additionally, I investigate why these unique spaces are a viable option for creating professional and top-quality commercial music and why some artists and engineers prefer to work in them over or in tandem with commercial …
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Upbeat and Quirky, With a Bit of a Build: Communicating Meaning and Meeting Information Needs in the Music Industry
Music is widely used to accompany moving images, in films, advertising, television programmes and computer games. The process of choosing and using a piece of pre-existing commercial music for this purpose is known as synchronisation. The addition of music to a piece of film enhances the final work …
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The Music Copyright regime in Multiversal Bangladesh: A gainful succession or a system seeking evolution?
This thesis investigates the following: The Music Copyright regime in Multiversal Bangladesh: A gainful succession or a system seeking evolution? Research to date discusses the provisions of the existing copyright law in general, identifying inefficacies in implementation and enforcement without …
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Making Music Sustainable: The Case of Marketing Summer Jamband Festivals in the U.S., 2010
<p>Commercial music festivals in the United States have been growing in popularity since the 1960s. Today, many weekend-long music festivals are annual events spanning a variety of genres and often occur at the same locations each year. My research compares and contrasts how jamband music festivals …