Music Albums Research Articles

The algorithmic nature of song-sequencing: statistical regularities in music albums

Based on a review of anecdotal beliefs, we explored statistical patterns of track-sequencing within a large set of released music albums. We found that songs with high levels of valence, energy and loudness are more likely to be positioned at the beginning of each album. We also found that transitions between consecutive tracks tend to alternate between increases and decreases of valence and energy. These findings were used to build a system which automates the process of album-sequencing. Our results and hypothesis have both practical and theoretical applications. Practically, sequencing regularities can be used to inform playlist generation systems. Theoretically, we show that professional musicians and music producers have significant levels of agreement about how to determine the order of tracks in their albums.

On the Distillation of Stories for Transferring Narrative Arcs in Collections of Independent Media.

The act of telling stories is a fundamental part of what it means to be human. This work introduces the concept of narrative information, which we define as the overlap in information space between a story and the items that compose the story. Using contrastive learning methods, we show how modern artificial neural networks can be leveraged to distill stories and extract a representation of the narrative information. We then demonstrate how evolutionary algorithms can leverage this to extract a set of narrative template curves and how these-in tandem with a novel curve-fitting algorithm we introduce-can reorder music albums to automatically induce stories in them. In doing so, we give statistically significant evidence that (1)these narrative information template curves are present in existing albums and that (2)people prefer an album ordered through one of these learned template curves over a random one. The premises of our work extend to any form of (largely) independent media, and as evidence, we also show that our method works with image data.

Дискурсивная специфика компьютерных игр

The present paper refers to the current problem of semiotic signs’ specifics in the context of gaming discourse based on texts from action first-person shooter game Ultrakill developed by Finnish creators. The problem is relevant due to the influence that computer games have on people’s mind – in particular on the minds of the younger generation. Moreover, the study will help to understand the linguistic mechanisms of the impact of video games on players. The study used methods of semantic analysis, semiotic analysis, observation and description techniques. As a result, the research revealed that developers use intertextual units to create patterns that are familiar to the player, but which at the same time have new characteristics. While 66% of all intertext is universally known, obscure allusions play an important role in creating associations for the recipient as well, which proves the importance of intertext in video game discourse. Well-known allusions play a role in creating semantic images in the game, while the lesser known intertext has easy to understand semes that could provoke the player to action in game. The research identified the following types of intertext: allusions to songs, music albums, other games, myths, the Bible and literature. The synthesis of intertext and author’s text in level names gives the player an idea of the upcoming challenges without informing of the level context, and in some cases even intriguing the player. The combination of borrowings and original semiotic units in the names of characters creates images that are familiar to the player, but at the same time, it creates properties that are specific to this particular game. Dialogues are mainly inherent in this genre, but the conversations also have deviations from this genre, which is also done in order to affect the player – the author gives the recipient a familiar behavior pattern in order to replace it afterewards, causing cognitive dissonance to the player. Conclusions are drawn about the discourse mechanisms in video games, how they affect the player and for what purpose the developer uses one or another linguistic technique.

An Empirical Research Approach on Confusion Matrix Using Existing Musical Industry Dataset

This paper analyzes the sales of existing music albums from 1973 to 2019. The data shows that the music industry has experienced many changes over the years, with the most significant change being the introduction of digital platforms. Digital platforms have disrupted the traditional music industry model, leading to a decline in sales of physical albums. The paper also analyzes the sales of each medium through which music was distributed worldwide with different machine learning algorithm classifiers consistently exhibiting inadequate predictive power. the lack of a good prognosis highlights a fundamental failure toward well-infected persons in a class. the presence of non-zero false positive rates indicates negative data are distributed among positive errors. analysis of the data reveals worrying inefficiencies in classifier performance Keywords: Precession, Recall, Accuracy, Track, Digital industry, Cost efficiency and confusion matrix

THE EFFECT OF DISTRIBUTION, DIGITAL MARKETING AND CONSUMERS ON INTEREST IN BUYING KOREAN MUSIC ALBUM IN STUDENTS

This study aims to determine "The Influence of Distribution, Digital Marketing and Consumer Attraction on Students' Interest in Buying Korean Music Albums (Study on Korean Music Fans in the Sigli Area, Pidie Regency)". Where the independent variables are Distribution (X1), Digital Marketing (X2) and Attractiveness (X3), and Purchase Interest (Y) as the dependent variable. The population in this study were students who are fans of Korean Music in the Sigli Area, Pidie Regency. Then the Simple Random Sampling method is used, namely the sampling of members of the population is done randomly without regard to the existing strata in the population. Based on the research results, the regression equation is obtained: Y = 2.028 + 0.316 X1 + 0.232 X2 + 0.415 X3. Based on the results of the analysis above, it can be concluded that of the three variables studied, it turns out that the consumer attractiveness variable (X3) has the most dominant influence of 41.5% on buying interest (Y) Korean music albums for Korean music fans in the Sigli area, District Pidie. The influence between the dependent and independent variables, namely each distribution variable (X1), digital marketing (X2) and consumer attractiveness (X3) on buying interest (Y) Korean music albums for Korean music fans in the Sigli area, Pidie Regency with a correlation index of 92.1% This means the relationship is very strong.

Twelve 'No Skips' Approaches for Developing Social Presence Literacy in Virtual Education

Online education's success hinges greatly on the implementation of a robust social presence, akin to a perfect "no skip" music album, fostering an interactive and connected learning community. These 12 strategies--being authentic, recognizing students as individuals, ensuring availability, fostering higher-order thinking, intending social presence, creating community cohesion, acknowledging the reciprocity of social presence, strategically implementing technology, leveraging curiosity through gamification, promoting immediacy and intimacy, focusing on affective association, and understanding chronemics--offer a comprehensive guide for educators to improve online engagement, thereby improving the student's learning experience and reducing feelings of isolation.

The Influence of Post-Internet on the Aesthetics of Vaporwave

While the cultural phenomenon known as vaporwave is commonly traced back to 2009, its defining characteristics remain a subject of ongoing debate within both popular culture and academic circles. Various perspectives categorize it as a microgenre of electronic music, a meme, an art movement, a critique of capitalism, or even a manifestation of pure aesthetics. As such, vaporwave remains a complex and multifaceted topic for research. In this paper, I explore the influence of post-internet culture on the formation of vaporwave and its aesthetics by analyzing the methods and strategies used to create what is recognized as vaporwave, rather than attempting to label or define it precisely. As a further step in this inquiry, I document an attempt to apply these methods and strategies, resulting in the publication of four music albums. This practice-based approach to analyzing vaporwave through creation and publication helps to better understand some core qualities and aesthetics of this art movement.

Android Mobile Application for Healing Ischemic Stroke Patient by Supporting from Album Music

Objective: This research aims to build a mobile application that can make it easier for the therapist Ischemic stroke to get and collect the music albums presented in the form of a mobile. The application is used to be able to give best recommendation about music albums without any obstacle to get it like therapist have to come to music store for what they need to heal they patients.
 Methodology: The methodology used in this research is interview the user and study literature to take their experience about the problem the have in it.
 Results: The results of this study are in the form of a mobile application that can provide information about the album music’s. Using literature review can increase the purpose of mobile application to make it happen in user needs
 Implication: This study presents a mobile application to make it easier for therapist to find album music for what they need. It is presented as a android application so that therapist can easily access it. This paper provides a valuable reference for therapist and the public to increase heal their patients or they have same illness.

Set that record straight! Cardinal line orientations in music album artwork boost market performance and music consumption

AbstractIn three studies, we examine the effect of music album artwork on album market performance and music consumption. Based on the perceptual preference for visual stimuli with cardinal (orthogonal) over oblique (tilted) line/edge orientations (a phenomenon known as the “oblique effect”), albums with a predominance of cardinal line/edge orientations in their artwork should perform better than albums with more oblique artwork, as indicated by the albums' market performance and consumers' listening behavior. Study 1, using secondary data, shows that the cardinality of album artwork is a positive predictor of the cover's esthetic appeal and of market performance as evinced by its position in the US charts, expert ratings of the album, and the number of weeks the album remained in the US charts. Studies 2 and 3 use experiments to show that consumers listen longer to music when album artwork is relatively more cardinal than oblique. These studies also explore whether the effect is mediated by higher esthetic appreciation of cardinal (vs. oblique) album artwork in turn affecting song liking. Overall, these findings underscore the importance of visual preferences in packaging design for music consumption.

Analisis Tingginya Penjualan Album KPop Dalam Pertumbuhan Ekonomi di Indonesia

This study aims to determine the high sales of K-pop albums on economic growth, identify factors that contribute to high sales of K-pop albums, understand how the popularity of K-pop in Indonesia affects consumer spending patterns, explain the role of social media and online platforms in promoting K-pop album sales in Indonesia. The study uses a mixed method by combining quantitative and qualitative approaches. Quantitative data were obtained from official sources such as the Central Bureau of Statistics and reports on K-pop album sales in Indonesia. While qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews with stakeholders in the music industry, such as distributors, music stores, and K-pop fans. The results of the study found several interesting things including The Courtship, The Relationship, The Marriage, Kpop Album Marketing Strategy Through Online Media and the Influence of Album Quality on the Interest in Buying Physical Kpop Music Albums Quality.

Singing Feminist Ch'ixi+Art Music from las Rajaduras: Renata Flores, Isqun , and the Fractured Locus

Abstract: With music album Isqun , nine in Quechua and meaning mirror of the soul, Quechua singer Renata Flores aims to trace the journey of Indigenous women from the Andes in Peruvian history: the Inca era, colonialism, independence, and Republic. Combining sounds of the Andean countryside and the beats of Latin rap, trap, and hip-hop, her nine songs written in Quechua and Spanish represent a decolonial turn towards undoing westernized epistemologies of knowledge. This article explores Flores's potential contributions to decolonial feminism through the lens of Gloria Anzaldúa's theoretical framework of Nepantla (in-between), María Lugones's fractured locus, and Catherine Walsh's decolonial insurgency. The author argues that Flores's feminist ch'ixi+art music and songs "Chañan Cori Coca," "Beatriz Clara Coya," "María Parado de Bellido," and "Rita Puma Justo" not only reclaim spaces for the language of Quechua in contemporary Peru, but also contribute to remapping Indigenous women's herstories of resistance, disobedience, survivance, and empowerment. Ultimately this article illustrates how Flores's feminist decolonial pedagogies of interweaving memorias cortas and memorias largas denote an action of creation and intervention, opening paths to resignify historically excluded Indigenous women in Peru.

Morphology Analysis Of Derivational Suffixes Process In The "Walls" Music Album By Louis Tomlinson

Morphology is the study of linguistics that concerns about words and the structure of words. The aims of this study is to explore derivational morphology process according theory about types of derivational suffix from Plag (2002) in "Walls" music album by Louis Tomlinson. The method that is used in this study is qualitative research because there is no calculation involved and the technique to collect the data is documentation method because the data source is writen text, therefore that is suitable with the method. The data were collected by a music album with the title "Walls" by Louis Tomlinson which contains 12 songs. This study shows that the types of derivational suffix that were found are nominal suffix such as -ion, -ing, -ity, verbal suffix -ize, adjectival suffix such as -ive, adverbial suffix that is -ly. The implication of the study was based on the data, there are derivational suffixes can found in music album, not only in the literary works. From finding derivational suffix data, readers or listeners will understand more about the structure of a word used in the data source and know more about the meaning of each word

Pelatihan Sound System Bagi Anggota Sanggar Kandang Seni Jabung Magetan

The artwork community service program was carried out at the Kandang Seni Jabung studio, Jabung Village, Panekan District, Magetan Regency, in the form of workshops/training activities on the use of a sound system to create an album of Jaranan Art Accompaniment Music (Reog) in Magetan Style. Workshops/training activities at the Kandang Seni Jabung art studio use the lecture method and practices of operating sound system equipment. The final result of this artwork community service is to create reliable artists and/or sound-engineer artists to make the music album of the Jaranan Art Accompaniment (Reog) Magetan Style. On the other hand, artists can record and produce music albums. They can also become sound engineers in amplifying the sound of musical performances or other arts that use elements of sounds.

Caravan Music Player

Abstract: The purpose of this research paper is to provide an overview of a web-based music player, called the "Caravan Music Player," which is built on WordPress and PHP. The Caravan Music Player offers users the ability to purchase music albums, listen to music, and create custom playlists. The research paper details the features and functionality of the Caravan Music Player, including its user interface, payment processing system, and media player. Additionally, the research paper explores the technical aspects of the Caravan Music Player, such as the architecture, database design, and security measures implemented in the website. The paper concludes by discussing the potential impact of the Caravan Music Player on the music industry and the broader technology landscape, as well as identifying opportunities for future research and development of the platform. Overall, this research paper provides a comprehensive overview of the Caravan Music Player and its potential as a platform for music consumption and discovery.

Musical and Noise Palette of the Soundtrack for Landscape Images in an Audiovisual Work

The purpose of the study is to analyze the criteria for combining folk sound with modern sound, the peculiarities of its mixing and reproduction on the screen; to determine the pictorial properties of music and noise in audiovisual art; to explore the techniques and approach to working on a music album in the genre of folktronics, as well as its auxiliary properties in screen work. The research methodology is based on the following methods: theoretical – for analyzing publications related to the properties of sound in cinema; empirical – for systematizing one's own experience, determining techniques in the work of a sound producer on the composition of visual material; generalization – for drawing conclusions based on the literature; systematization, with the help of which the information block of the scientific research is collected and systematized in the context of technical and creative components regarding the properties of sound. Scientific novelty. For the first time, the possibilities of combining folk and electronic music with a virtual orchestra in the context of depicting soundscapes that will complement an audiovisual work, have been investigated and substantiated. For the first time, the concept of “soundscape” is illustrated in screen form through patterned abstractions, which allows the listener to imagine his or her picture through interactive and creative interaction; the subtleties of building such a landscape and its audio embodiment, the role of sound instruments in creating such work are described. The article reveals the possibilities of folktronica as an independent genre that combines folk sound with a modern sound, its combination with noises within the album, which are reproduced on the screen through visualization. Conclusions. The article analyzes the combination of folk and modern sound, identifies the visual properties of the musical and noise components, and their combination in the context of screen work. The technical aspect of working on the album is studied, and the importance of priority in the context of combining sound components in audiovisual art is emphasized. With the help of relevant sources, the main ideas concerning the audio aspect of the picture are emphasized.

Эволюция коллективов в металлической музыке: между творчеством и коммерцией

In the consumer society, music turns into an entire industry that brings a lot of money. Having originated as an underground and being a cultural phenomenon of the last quarter of the XX century, heavy metal music finaly joined the music industry and was fully commercialized. However, metal groups are the most creative groups that compose and perform their own works themselves. The emerging contradictions between creativity and commercial success affect the fate of these groups, their creative development. At the same time, they can both maintain popularity, that is, the commitment of their fans, and lose it. In this study, based on the analysis of the commercial success of albums of some representatives of the direction of heavy metal music, I identified the main trends in the development of the creative path of these collectives, and I proposed the main archetypes of metal groups. I was taken as empirical data the most authoritative charts of the Billboard Top 200 (USA) and UK Albums Chart (UK) sales of music albums.

Study on Influencing Factors of Healing Music Records based on LightGBM

At present, all kinds of music albums have become an indispensable product of spiritual consumption in public life. It can not only ease the pressure of life and work brought by external life, but also add some different interests to people's life. However, high-quality music is more popular with people, such as Dolby sound quality, and the demand for playing different types of high-quality music in different occasions and environments has greatly increased. This study will identify whether there is audience or artificial noise data during the recording of music albums, and explore the characteristics of various music albums, so that later music producers can better improve their music quality. To more specific, this study firstly collected the related dataset from Tianchi Platform. Then, data visualization e.g., correlation analysis is carried out to observe the data before passing it into the model. Subsequently, a typical machine learning algorithm called Light Gradient Boosting Machine is employed to train the dataset. The experimental results demonstrated the effectiveness of the model used in this study.

The aesthetics of coming to know someone

This paper is about the similarity between the appreciation of a piece of art, such as a cherished music album, and the loving appreciation of a person whom one knows well. In philosophical discussion about the rationality of love, the Qualities View (QV) says that love can be justified by reference to the qualities of the beloved. I argue that the oft-rehearsed trading-up objection fails to undermine the QV. The problems typically identified by the objection arise from the idea that love-worthy qualities could be coarse-grained, when in fact they must be fine-grained. The analogy with appreciation of aesthetic qualities helps to draw out this point. Once the fine-grained nature of love-worthy qualities is properly understood, it is clear that critics of the QV cannot rely on the trading-up objection to motivate its rejection. Moreover, the paper’s core argument helps to illuminate the persistently aesthetic nature of interpersonal affections.

Štampani magazin XZ urednika Petra Lukovića - popularna kultura kao sredstvo političke borbe

In the 20th century, specialized printed newspaper editions dedicated to popular culture and rock and roll typically covered events through announcements, news and critical reviews. Alongside their Anglo-Saxon counterparts, these magazines were also highly popular in the SFRY (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). The tradition of rock magazines in the Serbian language (Ritam, Džuboks, Rock...) paved the way for the launch of the XZ magazine, edited by Petar Luković. Published monthly in Belgrade from 1996 to 1999, XZ effectively built upon previous experiences related to popular culture, consistently adopting a critical approach in two main directions: the evaluation of artistic products and the criticism of socio-political realities. The core tool of the authors' political struggle against an authoritarian regime in a war environment and an economically troubled state was their incisive social commentaries, often presented in the form of music album reviews. Utilizing media content analysis, this paper aims to confirm the value of the XZ magazine as a successful product of rock journalism, actively engaging in addressing major societal issues in the former SFRY.

Cultural Approach in Scientific Research Activity of Interaction Between Popular and Folk Musical Culture in Creativity of Ukrainian Vocal-Instrumental Ensembles of 1960s and 1980s

The purposeof the article is to identify the types of interaction between the national mass culture of the 60–80s, represented by vocal and instrumental ensembles and folk music, and to determine the trends in its development during this period. The research methodology is based on the systematic analysis of domestic pop of the 1960-80's. The descriptive approach provides the disclosure of the most complete picture of Ukrainian pop, which allows different approaches to the problems of its evolution in the author's, performer's, educational, and entertainment context.Scientific novelty. The most complete systematisation of the music of national VIЕ in the context of interaction with folklore (by years of releasing albums, singles), for the first time a list of pop arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs by the most famous ensembles is presented. Besides, the general tendency of penetration of folk song and dance intonations into author's compositions is covered. The combined types, namely the use of author's music and folk poetry and vice versa in one work, are shown. It is proven that the regional factor is not localised in the music of certain ensembles, but is common to many, arrangements of songs of different regional origin are found in the music of ensembles from all regions of Ukraine. Conclusions. The period of the 60s and 80s in Ukrainian popular culture is significant in terms of new approaches to authorship and performance. It is then that it becomes mass. This is the time of the birth of professional pop education, the function of which was partially performed by Ukrainian ensembles, experience in ensembles provided professional skills of performers. Folk music culture has become an integral part of the repertoire of bands in the form of pop arrangements, genre stylisations. Orientation to folklore is demonstrated by all well-known ensembles of that period, the range of folk songs processed by pop musicians is significantly expanding. There is a total renewal of all means of expression associated with the development trends of European pop culture, to which the national fully belongs. Key words: vocal and instrumental ensemble, pop culture, folklore, pop arrangement, music album.