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The Trending Killer, Diana Ventura Jun 2019

The Trending Killer, Diana Ventura

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Censoring Hate In The Music Industry: Shifting Perspectives In Pursuit Of Cultural Equity, Joey A. Tan Jun 2019

Censoring Hate In The Music Industry: Shifting Perspectives In Pursuit Of Cultural Equity, Joey A. Tan

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Music is intended to be expressive and unconstrained, a tool of communicating emotion and bridging humanity. As such, censorship is widely despised among music creators, listeners, publishers, distributors, and other music industry stakeholders. “Freedom of expression,” however, proves to be an applicable argument for both sides of the matter when the censorship concerns hate directed at marginalized communities. Analyzing the concept of censorship through the lens of those with privilege and power fails to recognize the extent to which hate speech impacts its victims and the indirect recipients of the message. As a powerful influencer of popular and youth cultures, …


Big Business In The Music Business, Kortney Burton Jun 2019

Big Business In The Music Business, Kortney Burton

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The Music Industry Has A Mental Health Problem, Manny Manriquez Jun 2019

The Music Industry Has A Mental Health Problem, Manny Manriquez

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Music And Politics: A Potent Combination To Commercial Success?, Veronica Martinez Jun 2019

Music And Politics: A Potent Combination To Commercial Success?, Veronica Martinez

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What Is A Music Supervisor?, June Benoit Jun 2019

What Is A Music Supervisor?, June Benoit

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Closing The Music Industry Gender Gap, Sami Fong Jun 2019

Closing The Music Industry Gender Gap, Sami Fong

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Gender Inequality In The Music Industry, Issadora Tulalian Jun 2019

Gender Inequality In The Music Industry, Issadora Tulalian

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15 Seconds Of Fame, Graham Mclaren-Finelli Jun 2019

15 Seconds Of Fame, Graham Mclaren-Finelli

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Redemption: A Deep Dive Into The Magnum Opus That Saved Kanye’S Career, Graham D. Mclaren-Finelli Jun 2019

Redemption: A Deep Dive Into The Magnum Opus That Saved Kanye’S Career, Graham D. Mclaren-Finelli

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: A Journey Inside The Creative Genius Of The Beatles, Kevin Sandri Jun 2019

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: A Journey Inside The Creative Genius Of The Beatles, Kevin Sandri

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Meet Cody Simpson, Veronica Martinez Jun 2019

Meet Cody Simpson, Veronica Martinez

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Childish Gambino Says Goodbye, Diana Ventura Jun 2019

Childish Gambino Says Goodbye, Diana Ventura

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Childish Gambino ends his music career with his This Is America tour. In this review, we delve into how the audience reacts to his goodbye and how he is determined to give us his most spectacular farewell.


Travis Scott's Astroworld Tour, Prajeet Sandhu Jun 2019

Travis Scott's Astroworld Tour, Prajeet Sandhu

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Justin Timberlake's 20/20 Experience, June Benoit Jun 2019

Justin Timberlake's 20/20 Experience, June Benoit

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5 Seconds Of Summer Concert Review, Johanna Stjernström Jun 2019

5 Seconds Of Summer Concert Review, Johanna Stjernström

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Asap Rocky At The Golden 1 Center, S. Mbaye Jun 2019

Asap Rocky At The Golden 1 Center, S. Mbaye

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Vista Kicks & Bad Suns Concert Review, Issadora Tulalian Jun 2019

Vista Kicks & Bad Suns Concert Review, Issadora Tulalian

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Letter From The Editor, Keith Hatschek Jun 2019

Letter From The Editor, Keith Hatschek

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Gender, Politics, Market Segmentation, And Taste: Adult Contemporary Radio At The End Of The Twentieth Century, Saesha Senger Jan 2019

Gender, Politics, Market Segmentation, And Taste: Adult Contemporary Radio At The End Of The Twentieth Century, Saesha Senger

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This dissertation explores issues of gender politics, market segmentation, and taste through an examination of the contributions of several artists who have achieved Adult Contemporary (AC) chart success. The scope of the project is limited to a period when many artists who figured prominently in both the broader mainstream of American popular music and the more specific Adult Contemporary category were most commercially viable: from the mid-1980s through the 1990s. My contention is that, as gender politics and gendered social norms continued to change in the United States at this time, Adult Contemporary – the chart, the format, and the …


On The Hallelujah Efect: Priming Consumers, Recording Music, And The Spirit Of Tragedy, Babette Babich Jan 2015

On The Hallelujah Efect: Priming Consumers, Recording Music, And The Spirit Of Tragedy, Babette Babich

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An overview of The Hallelujah Effect concentrating on priming or sonic branding, media, online porn as well as marketing and media programming, with a special excursus on the space of music --and radio in Adorno's Current of Music, and a detailed discussion on Nietzsche and music in antiquity as he explores this with reference ot Beethoven in The Birth of Tragedy.


Hillbilly Music & Early Live Radio Programming In Bowling Green & Glasgow, Kentucky: Country Music As A Local Phenomenon, James Nelson Jan 1994

Hillbilly Music & Early Live Radio Programming In Bowling Green & Glasgow, Kentucky: Country Music As A Local Phenomenon, James Nelson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this study, the author examines the development of country music in the area surrounding Bowling Green and Glasgow, Kentucky, from approximately 1930 to 1960 and its relation to the newly emerging medium of radio. Emphasis is placed on several performers whose careers were linked to the radio stations which began to broadcast in Bowling Green and Glasgow during the 1940s.

In the past, country music scholarship has tended to focus on phonograph records as a source of material for study and as the primary means of musical transmission. As a result, the careers of many of the lesser known …