1. The history of the recording industry is incredibly diverse, including more groups and types of music than could be covered in this chapter. If you were to add to this history, what group or type of music would you include? Trace the history of either one on the Web and prepare a brief report defending your choice. Use your own search techniques, or go directly to a site such as www.heathenworld.com/heathen.html* for the origins of band names, or to the All Music guide at www.allmusic.com,* to search for the roots of genres (East Coast rap, psychobilly), or any group.
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2. Go to the Student portion of the Online Learning Center and choose Chapter 6. In the left navigation bar under News, Articles & Links, click Weekly Update Archives. On the next screen, under the topic of Music, read 12-01-03, "Continuing Flux in the Recorded Music Industry." Using information from both Chapter 6 and this article, write a brief essay on what history would lead us to predict for the future of the music business.
In addition, scan the list for other articles of interest pertaining to this chapter.
Industry
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3. What is it that enables an artist or group to become commercially successful? Search the Web for new, undiscovered groups at sites such as www.napster.com and www.GarageBand.com.* Write a brief statement explaining why, in your opinion, this group could or could not become successful.
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4. Go to the Student portion of the Online Learning Center and choose Chapter 6. In the left navigation bar under News, Articles & Links, click PowerWeb Articles. On the next screen, under the topic of Federal Communications Commission (FCC), read 01-07-02, Recording Industry 2001—Aberration, or the "Permanent Pits"? In your opinion, will the recording industry continue to suffer bad years as it did in 2001? Quote this article directly in answering this question.
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Controversies
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5. As discussed in Chapter One (p. 30), there are several different interpretations of the term "censorship." Search the Web for examples of music censorship, or go directly to a site such as Rock Out Censorship at www.theroc.org. Choose one example and answer the following questions: a) Do you believe that this is truly censorship? b) It is dangerous? If so, why?
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6. Go to the Student portion of the Online Learning Center and choose Chapter 6. In the left navigation bar under News, Articles & Links, click Weekly Update Archives. On the next screen, under the topic of Censorship, read 03-08-04, "Is Howard a Martyr? Clear Channel Gets Religion." After reading this article, respond to this question that the author poses: "Is Howard Stern an indecent loudmouth DJ with a new act? Or, is he a martyr to Clear Channel’s political agenda?"
In addition, scan the list for other articles of interest pertaining to this chapter.
