Music CD Research Articles

CODE CHOICE USED BY CHIYU TAMADE (CHU2) CHARACTER IN THE ANIME “BANG DREAM! SEASON 2 EP 3, 8, AND 9”

In the field of Sociolinguistics, phenomenons of language use such as code-switching and code-mixing are often found in our daily lives. BanG Dream is a multimedia project that focuses on music-themed media products that include manga, anime series, game, musical CD’s and live concerts. In the anime series, BanG Dream, a certain character named Chu2 has interesting background that allow her to have the tendency to perform use of code-switching and code-mixing. This paper aims to find out the types of code-switching and code-mixing found in the utterances of Chu2 in the BanG Dream anime series season 2 episode 3, 8, and 9 and analyze factors affecting doing code switching and code mixing. The research was conducted using a qualitative method through observation to find out the types and the reason for every code-switching and code-mixing found in Chu2’s utterances. The findings showed that there were a total of 23 data, including 13 data of code-switching and 10 data of code-mixing. Three types of code-switching used by Chu2 were tag switching, inter-sentential switching and intra-sentential switching. Meanwhile, there can only be found one type of code-mixing used by Chu2 in her utterances which was insertion. The findings showed that the reason Chu2 performs the phenomenon of code-switching and code-mixing was because of her preferred language to speak English instead of her mother language Japanese, and her social identity as an international high school student which acts as a background to her tendency to constantly switch and mix between Japanese and English because she used to speak English in her school.

A Multimedia History of a Musical Genre - Cool Running: The Story of Ghana's Honk Horn Lorries and Por Por Music By Nii Yemo Nunu, Steven Feld, and Hannah Schreckenbach. Santa Fe: VoxLox, 2020. $40.00, multimedia collection (hardcover book, music CD, and documentary DVD).

A Multimedia History of a Musical Genre - Cool Running: The Story of Ghana's Honk Horn Lorries and Por Por Music By Nii Yemo Nunu, Steven Feld, and Hannah Schreckenbach. Santa Fe: VoxLox, 2020. $40.00, multimedia collection (hardcover book, music CD, and documentary DVD). - Volume 63 Issue 3

S05-2 Tenth anniversary of ‘moment! - motor learning and mental training for people with a beginning dementia'

Currently 1.7 million people in Germany are living with dementia and two out of three such persons are nursed at home. Considering this challenging situation, we started in 2010 the project “moment! - motor learning and mental training for people with an incipient dementia”. Our aim was to develop a special qualification for people who are interested in conducting physical exercise groups for persons suffering from dementia. It has been scientifically proven that physical exercises show a positive impact on people with dementia: Training in groups is motivating and influences the emotional state in a positive way. Furthermore, social contacts are supported and maintained and prevent from social isolation. Therefore, a higher life fulfillment can be increased temporarily, and self-confidence is growing as well. Socio political goals are the integration of affected persons into existing social structures like sports associations, the raise of public awareness for dementia, and to strengthen the possibilities of integrating people suffering from dementia into regular social life. All scientific analysis proves that motion has a positive impact on the process of dementia and is a successful prophylactic and therapeutic support of the common medical treatment.The project includes a qualification for multipliers such as care assistants, trainers in local sport associations, nursing staff and volunteers in care organisations in order to support people suffering from dementia. This training consists of five days (and a total of 40 learning units) and is offered as an attendance seminar. During the course the participants will be trained in basic knowledge and clinical pictures of dementia, above all they receive many ideas for practical motor and mental exercises. Additionally, all participants receive a workbook and a music CD for the rhythm and dance lessons. Within the last 10 years we have qualified about 440 people in 27 trainings. Many “moment!” training-groups have been built - most of them in nursing homes and a few in cooperation with a local sports club.

Book Review: Service (Propria) for Saint Alice, Empress of All Russia, born Heterodox as Alix, converted to Orthodoxy as Alexandra F. Romanova (Orginal; Ἀκολουθία εἰς Ἁγίαν Ἀλίκην, τὴν Πασῶν τῶν Ῥωσσιῶν Αὐτοκράτειραν, Ἑτερόδοξον μὲν Γεννηθεῖσαν Ἀλίκην, Ὀρθόδοξον δὲ Γενομένην Ἀλεξάνδραν Φ. Ῥομάνοβαν)

A critical and thorough review of the book of Dr Alicia Maravelia and of her musical CD (with the Cantor Mr Athanasios Daskalothanasis) is presented. The book is a rare example of Orthodox Hymnography and composition of Byzantine Music written by a woman, following the tradition and norms of the Orthodox Church. It is dedicated to the celebration of the Feast of Saint Alice (Alix/Alexandra F. Romanova), last Empress of Russia and Passion–Bearer Saint and Martyr. The CD contains select hymns chanted by Mr Athanasios Daskalothanasis and a musicological analysis booklet of more than 50 pages, with introductory text. A short description and musicological analysis of her talented works are given, with several comments on the Oktoechos and comparisons to the Ottoman and Arabic Music and Ways (Maqam).

Visible Matters; Radiation in Kobayashi Erika’s Multimedia Project in Post-Fukushima Japan

ABSTRACT Kobayashi Erika (b.1978), delves into the long-lasting transnational effects of radiation on human bodies beyond present time and space. Kobayashi employs multimodal writing and rethinks the relationship between humans, especially female scientists and workers, and radioactive materials. The ‘media-mix’ (Steinberg, 2012: viii) works, the 2014 novel Breakfast with Madame Curie, volumes one and two of the manga Hikari no kodomo: Luminous (2013, 2016), and a music CD Radium Girls 2011 (2012) illustrate how radioactive particles become more visible and audible through the senses exceeding temporal and spatial dimensions. By doing so, her works reconnect our lives with the ubiquity of radioactive materials in order to present a critical view of the use of nuclear energy and a critique of the discriminatory idea of radioactive bodies as contaminated in post-Fukushima Japan. This article focuses on two themes of Kobayashi’s project. It first examines the ways in which Kobayashi’s media-mix works connect matter and animals, including humans, by showing radioactivity as visible light and audible voice and sound. Second, it explores how her project stresses the connection between women (including Marie Curie and other female scientists, such as Lise Meitner, and ‘radium girls’) and their relations affected by radiation.

Heavy Metal Bricolage: Religious Imagery and "Religionized" Visual Language in Music Videos

Popular music’s use of visual media makes its listeners also its viewers. From concert posters, tickets stubs and stage design to music videos, CD covers and clothes, material visual products are utilized by bands and fans alike to emphasize their sound, represent ideas or lyrics, self-stylize, sell the product and generate recognition for their in-group. As with other forms of popular culture, there is intensive exchanges between the fields of religion and heavy metal. Religion can appear within popular culture in the form of explicit or implicit religious themes, content, images, symbols or language; popular culture can appear in religion as the appropriation of different elements by a religion; popular culture can itself be analysed as religion, usually using a very broad functionalist definition of religion; and finally, popular culture and religion can be in dialogue. Focusing on the incorporation of religious iconography and imagery in hevay metals visual language opens questioning of the particular form of bricolage and the motivations of selection concerning individual visual elements. Which factors determine this exchange? How does bricolage help to understand the recycling and restructuring of motifs? And how does this specifically concern religious images?

The Alert Collector: The Gothic Aesthetic: From the Ancient Germanic Tribes to the Contemporary Goth Subculture

Goths. How did we get from warlike Germanic tribes sacking Rome, to an aesthetic or subculture imbued with “the dark and melancholy, a hint of horror tinged with romance.” This column will show you how widely this aesthetic is represented in art, architecture, film, literature and more, and along the way you will undoubtedly find some great resources to add to your collections, from music CD, to academic journals, reference works and the usual popular and academic books. Rachel Fischer has ably put together an excellent resource for anyone wanting to build a collection from the ground-up, or add some new and interesting resources.—Editor

Two empirical issues in the analysis for the effect of free streaming on music CD and concerts

ABSTRACTWe address the two measurement issues in the analysis for the effect of free streaming on the consumption of CD and live concerts. One is measurement type for usage of free files and the other is how to measure consumption of ancillary markets, live concerts. Our results indicate that CD purchase is not affected by free streaming use, not supporting the displacement or sampling effect. Meanwhile, results clearly show that streaming use increases the expenditure for music concerts, supporting positive externality of free files. Regarding the measurement issues, we find better goodness-of-fit when we use the continuous time variable rather than the dichotomous dummy for streaming use and find a clearer externality when we use the expenditure rather than frequency for the consumption of concerts.

The Sea Ranch Songs

Book Review| July 01 2018 The Sea Ranch Songs The Sea Ranch Songs. Aleksandra Vrebalov, music; Andrew Lyndon, video; the Kronos Quartet. Liner notes by David Harrington, Donlyn Lyndon, and Aleksandra Vrebalov. Cantaloupe Music CA21122, 2016, CD and DVD (sixty-four minutes). John Pippen John Pippen Colorado State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Music (2018) 36 (2): 247–249. https://doi.org/10.5406/americanmusic.36.2.0247 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation John Pippen; The Sea Ranch Songs. American Music 1 January 2018; 36 (2): 247–249. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/americanmusic.36.2.0247 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressAmerican Music Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2018 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Gains from digitization: Evidence from gift-giving in music

In this paper, we focus on recorded music gifts during the holiday season and estimate the reduction in deadweight loss due to the transition from physical CD gift-giving to digital music gift-giving with gift cards. Based on our survey data, we find that music CD gifts generate an average deadweight loss between 15% and 38% of the price. According to our estimates of gift music album sales which are based on U.S. data, the welfare gains from digitization, in terms of eliminated deadweight loss as a percentage of total spending on music albums, were between 5% and 13% during the week when digital sales peak in 2014.

Gains from Digitization: Evidence from Gift-Giving in Music

In this paper, we focus on recorded music gifts during the holiday season and estimate the reduction in deadweight loss due to the transition from physical CD gift-giving to digital music gift-giving with gift cards. Based on our survey data, we find that music CD gifts generate an average deadweight loss between 15 and 38 percent of the price. According to our estimates of gift music album sales which are based on U.S. data, the welfare gains from digitization, in terms of eliminated deadweight loss as a percentage of total spending on music albums, were between 5 to 13 percent during the week when digital sales peak in 2014.

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Effects of music on pain in patients with fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic syndrome characterized by diffuse musculoskeletal system pain and painful tender points in certain areas of the body. The aim of the investigation was to determine the effects of music on pain in fibromyalgia patients. This randomized clinical trial was carried out with 37 fibromyalgia outpatients as an experimental group (n = 21) and control group (n = 16) at a University Hospital Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Clinic between 1 June and 1 December 2014. The research instruments used were descriptive characteristics questionnaire, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), music CD which includes water and wave sounds recommended by the Turkish Psychological Association for psychological relaxation, and pain evaluation form. According to the findings, the average age of patients was 43.59years ± 10.30, 94.6% were women and 81.1% were married. The fibromyalgia patients had the disease ranged from 1month to 20years, the average of disease duration was 23.6 ± 45.5months, and the average of pain intensity was 6.89 ± 1.64 on the VAS. Average pain was reported in the experimental group in VAS on day 1 (5.45 ± 2.73), day 7 (4.57 ± 2.71), and day 14 (4.14 ± 2.45), and significant reduction in pain in the listening music group was seen (p = 0.026). A repeated measure analysis of variance controlling for differences between days demonstrated a significant decrease in pain between day 1 and day 14 (p = 0.022). There was no significant decrease in pain among control group participants. The effect of music has been found to control pain in fibromyalgia patients. Music therapy should be suggested in pain management for fibromyalgia patients as an non-pharmacologic nursing intervention.

The impact of moral equity, relativism and attitude on individuals’ digital piracy behaviour in a developing country

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of moral equity, relativism, and attitude towards digital piracy behaviour in a developing country. End-user piracy is more difficult to detect than commercial piracy. Thus, an effective strategy to combat piracy needs a comprehensive understanding of both the supply and demand sides of piracy. The current study focuses on the demand side by investigating the impact of moral equity, relativism, and attitude on consumer piracy behaviour in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach – Using a convenient sample in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, questionnaires were distributed in a large private university. In addition, through snowball sampling techniques, the surveys were also distributed to other adults who live within a walking distance from the campus. The data collection resulted in 222 usable surveys (a response rate of 68 per cent). Findings – In Indonesia, moral equity had a negative and significant impact on purchases of illegal copies of music CDs and pirated software. Relativism affects the purchase of pirated software positively, but its effect on purchases of illegal copies of CDs is insignificant. Attitude towards the act was negatively impacted by moral equity for CDs and software. Relativism only significantly affects the purchase of pirated software but in the opposite direction while it has failed to reach significance for illegal music CD purchases. Attitude towards the software piracy and purchases of illegal copies of music CDs positively affect consumer’s digital piracy behaviour. Finally, Indonesian consumers feel more morally wrong to purchase illegal copies of CDs than to buy pirated software. Practical implications – In the context of Indonesia, higher moral equity has affected piracy behaviour negatively. Therefore, efforts to reduce piracy should focus on highlighting the importance of fairness and justice. One of the main drivers of digital piracy (e.g. buying, downloading, copying, and sharing digital materials illegally) is overpriced products. It has led many Indonesians to believe that it is acceptable to purchase pirated software and illegal copies of CDs. Nonetheless, if companies are able to lower prices; thus make it affordable to consumers, consumers will perceive fairness and justice in purchasing original copies of software and CDs. Originality/value – There are very limited studies investigating factors impacting the purchase of pirated software and CDs in the developing countries specifically Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation in the world and one of the biggest markets for counterfeit products. This is one of first few studies exploring this issue in Indonesia.

How are young music artists configuring their media and sales platforms in the digital age?

Research on how music artists generate sales from their content through different platforms is scant. In this study, configuration theory is used to show that different market access configurations are viable simultaneously and that young musicians differ significantly in how they generate revenues. Using data on the media and sales performance of 338 young musicians in the Netherlands, we show that there is an ‘Emerging Star’ group (7–13% of artists depending on regional scope) and that record labels play an important role in this configuration providing broad media access on all platforms, both old and new. Digital age ‘Independents’ (14% of young artists), mostly without a record label, seem to benefit from the use of social media while exploiting synergies around live music. All artists in the remaining groups ‘Question Marks’ and ‘Hobbyists’ experience low to very low performance on all platforms. This study shows that configuration theory can provide detailed insight into viable and unviable marketing strategies. In particular, it shows that the globally declining music CD platform can still be very important for specific artists that exploit synergies between live performances, on-site CD sales and social media fan relationship management. The implications for marketing theory and young music artists are discussed.

The original guitar hero and the power of music: the legendary Lonnie Johnson, music, and civil rights

Lonnie Johnson (1894–1970) was a virtuoso guitarist who influenced generations of musicians from Django Reinhardt to Eric Clapton to Bill Wyman and especially B. B. King. Born in New Orleans, he began playing violin and guitar in his father’s band at an early age. When most of his family was wiped out by the 1918 flu epidemic, he and his surviving brother moved to St. Louis, where he won a blues contest that included a recording contract. His career was launched. Johnson can be heard on many Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong records, including the latter’s famous “Savoy Blues” with the Hot Five. He is perhaps best known for his 12-string guitar solos and his ground-breaking recordings with the white guitarist Eddie Lang in the late 1920s. After World War II he began playing rhythm and blues and continued to record and tour until his death. This is the first full-length work on Johnson. Dean Alger answers many biographical mysteries, including how many members of Johnson’s large family were left after the epidemic. He also places Johnson and his musical contemporaries in the context of American race relations and argues for the importance of music in the fight for civil rights. Finally, Alger analyzes Johnson’s major recordings in terms of technique and style. Distribution of an accompanying music CD will be coordinated with the release of this book.

Interventions to reduce postpartum stress in first-time mothers: a randomized-controlled trial.

BackgroundThe postpartum period can be a challenging time particularly for first-time mothers. This study aimed to assess two different interventions designed to reduce stress in the postpartum among first-time mothers.MethodsHealthy first-time mothers with healthy newborns were recruited from hospitals in Beirut, Lebanon after delivery. The two interventions were a 20-minute film addressing common stressors in the postpartum period and a 24-hour telephone support hotline. Participants were randomized to one of four study arms to receive either the postpartum support film, the hotline service, both interventions, or a music CD (control). Participants were interviewed at eight to twelve weeks postpartum for assessment of levels of stress as measured by the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10).ResultsOf the 632 eligible women, 552 (88%) agreed to participate in the study. Of those, 452 (82%) completed the study. Mean PSS-10 scores of mothers who received the film alone (15.76) or the film with the hotline service (15.86) were significantly lower than that of the control group (18.93) (p-value <0.01). Among mothers who received the hotline service alone mean PSS-10 score (16.98) was also significantly lower than that of the control group (p-value <0.05).ConclusionsBoth our postpartum support film and the 24-hour telephone hotline service reduced stress in the postpartum period in first-time mothers. These simple interventions can be easily implemented and could have an important impact on the mental wellbeing of new mothers.Trial registrationThe trial was registered with clinicaltrials.gov (identifier # NCT00857051) on March 5, 2009.

The Comparison of Flute Education in Undergraduate Studies in Turkey and in the United States of America

The aim of this study is to compile opinions of flute instructors giving education in undergraduate studies in Turkey and in theto assess flute education in line with these opinions, and to determine and compare teaching methods, techniques and materials used. The data collected through “Flute Pedagogy Survey” were interpreted and comparatively assessed in terms of demographic characteristics of instructors, physical conditions of educational institutions, and flute techniques and teaching methods. The “Flute Pedagogy Survey” was applied to 63 instructors in the USA and 34 instructors in Turkey. Academic articles, books, thesis, and online resources published in Turkey and in the USA were reviewed within the scope of literature review. At the end of the study, it was observed that the majority of the instructors do not take lessons for flute pedagogy during their education in both sampling groups. While methods used in teaching flute techniques show similarities in both groups, the results of the study indicated that the lack of Turkish resources creates a serious problem for instructors in Turkey. It was seen that the institutions where instructors work in the U.S.A. sampling group are better in terms of physical conditions (music library, flute types etc.) and they benefit from different materials such as Naxos, Smart Music and tuning CD, online resources and computer programs in flute teaching.

Technological Development in Information Technology and the Demise of the Music Industry: The Case of Sungura Music in Zimbabwe and Digong Music of South Africa

It’s agonizing to realize that someone spent months if not years of sleepless nights compiling, composing and committed to produce a piece of music art. In most cases before it gets into the market officially it is deplorable that thousands of copies would have been sold illegally and at a bargain price like R10-00 in South African currency (US$1-00) and US$1-00 in Zimbabwe currency. This on-the-street cheap pricing cannot remunerate the effort of the musicians neither does it benefit to the pirates. The issues of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) need to be respected in all forms of art. Before the 1990s, the music industry used to be lucrative for music artists but now some view it as unrewarding because fake artists copy their music (and also some films) and sell it on the streets before it reaches music stores. Copy right laws are no longer observed seriously. This paper seeks to answer the following questions: What should be done to improve music production and supply processes in Zimbabwe and South Africa? Who is to blame for this rampant music piracy in the Southern African countries - the information technologist who reproduces a music CD illegally or the musician? Management of art is complex and a number of musicians are not educated enough and thus have no basic business management knowledge and skills. This paper critiques the illegal act of music piracy in Zimbabwe and South African, and seeks to establish a music industry model of musical art marketing and sales towards profitability for music composers and producers. The article attempts to offer possible solutions to the music piracy challenge. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n15p272

World Music Resources

Access to world music resources such as videos and sound recordings have increased with the advent of YouTube and the efforts of music educators working closely with ethnomusicologists to provide more detailed visual and audio information about various musical practices. This column discusses some world music resources available for music educators, including print, DVD, CD, and Internet sources.