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Category: Music and Society

Posted on05/07/202411/19/2024

Sightless Success: A Portrait of a Visually Impaired Music Entrepreneur

Abstract This qualitative study explores the experiences of visually impaired music entrepreneurs in navigating the post-COVID multimodal creative economy. Through in-depth interviews with Matthew Weihmuller,…

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Posted on10/23/202302/21/2024

Interview with Donald S. Passman on his 11th Edition of “All You Need To Know About The Music Business”: A discussion on AI, TikTok, and more

In this interview with Donald S. Passman, we discuss his 11th edition of “All You Need to Know About the Music Business”. Read below as…

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Posted on09/28/202310/22/2023

Impersonation is the Highest Form of Flattery, or is it? The Danger of AI Generated Music

From AI generated essays to art, this technological revolution has and will continue to create many legal issues for its engineers and affected creatives alike.…

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Posted on06/28/202310/22/2023

Digitization and Globalization: Where is the African Music Industry?

Over the last couple of decades, advancements in the entertainment industry have fundamentally changed both society’s perceived value of the arts, and the ways in…

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Posted on04/13/202304/15/2023

Big Data and Independent Artists: Insights from Brazilian Funk and Sertanejo

In the early 2010s, the concept of being an ‘independent artist’ boomed, with many artists relieving themselves from the commercial expectations that came with being…

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Posted on11/14/202204/13/2023

Substantial Similarity: Is a Consensus Really Necessary?

Recent news has been overtaken with song theft cases, from claims that Dua Lipa stole “Levitating” to Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” getting called out…

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Posted on10/13/202210/13/2022

The Global-Local Approach to Growth in Africa at Large

Almost overnight, Chukwuka Ekweani’s (better known by his stage name, CKay) “Love Nwantiti” became the soundtrack of a TikTok original dance craze.[i] The hit song…

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Posted on02/14/202202/18/2022

Coldplay’s Sustainability Initiatives Bring Forth a Potential Shift in Live Music 

As the world starts to slowly reopen after nearly two brutal years of being in the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing people are very excited to…

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Posted on07/09/201909/16/2019

Music & Refugees: Improving Lives in the State of Uncertainty

By: Daniel Pines An Introduction to the World of the Refugees             Almost two years ago I took a trip to Greece with three of…

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Posted on09/20/201810/11/2018

The Urgency of Inclusion

  Gender diversity in the entertainment industry has recently been a heavily discussed topic. As these issues are being brought to light, many are coming…

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Posted on01/29/2018

Tom Petty – Standing Ground

One of Rock’s legends, Tom Petty, is no longer with us, having passed October 2, 2017.  We all know him as the frontman for the…

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Posted on08/07/2017

Music and Public Sector Radio

Broadcasting, especially radio, is a premier medium for the communication of music in society. Broadcasting and music, of course, have been closely related since radio…

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Posted on08/07/201708/07/2017

The Rise of Curated Playlists

Artists have traditionally commanded attention, serving as the primary inspirations and icons for diverse communities of fan bases around the world. However, with the unrelenting…

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Posted on08/07/2017

Securing the Future of Live Music

The recent terrorist attack at Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, England, was one too many. It felled 22. A year and a half earlier, 89…

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