induction assignment

Induction Assignment

Media text:

For my media text I chose XXL music magazine, this magazine specialises in Rap music and is very popular in the United States with the biggest and richest rappers being on there magazine. XXL has been around since the late 90’s, their first issue was released in 1997 and has a well-known website which also has all the information for that week’s issue of the magazine.

Audience:

The audience will be for people with a strong interest in the rap industry, roughly between the ages of 17 and 35. The Audience will be attracted to the magazine by the use of language that will be in the magazine such as slang, informal words, and specific words that relate to a particular artist. The magazine will appeal to people of all ethnicities as rap is a worldwide industry that people from different backgrounds have a great interest in. Eye-catching headings and pictures attract the reader and will make them want to read the magazine.

 

 

 

“Piracy is destroying the music industry”

I am against the motion that “piracy is destroying the music industry”

Releasing music for free on the internet increases the publicity of the artist, despite the artist obtaining no revenue for their work, the artist will receive money from tours shows and gigs that will be made available from the downloading of their material. Furthermore it was proven that the actual sales of music in the industry did not decline since the start of Piracy, they have stayed the same, so piracy is not actually taking money from the industry.

Liam Gallagher told vibe magazine “Downloading is the same as I did, I used to tape-record the songs, the successes that I liked on the radio”. Piracy is the best method for recognition, Kanye West told XXL “Downloading music allows you to take risks and listen to a huge variety of music whereas buying an album is a risk because sometimes you really don’t know what you’re paying for”, Downloading music free allows you to listen to the material before you buy it, this way there are no risks and if you decide to buy it after you’ve downloaded it then you know what you’re paying money for.

Downloading music is easy and more efficient, it can be done from anywhere as long as there is internet access, this means that artists can get their music around quicker, and get recognised faster which will eventually lead to sales and tours.

The Music industry has enough money to make profit even with music piracy going on, most artists are against the fact that music piracy is destroying the industry. The industry is not in terminal decline but still holding ground and producing healthy profits. Here are some recent quotes from famous artists on Music Piracy.

Sean Paul: “Before there was the internet, there was people selling mix tapes and CDs with your music on it- they sell it, they benefit from it. “I get promotion out of it, which is a good thing for me, because people like my song and put on a stage show”

Naughty Boy: “I don’t like the idea of people thinking you’re never going to get rich from music. You can, even with illegal downloading.”

Jessie j: “It’s like going to the hairdressers, having your hair cut and running out. “you can’t make music for free, you can’t live for free. If people illegally download your album it’s very likely that you won’t make another one”.

Piracy is ultimately a touchy subject. There’s a lot that ties up things legally, but it does a lot of good that people don’t realize. In the end, it doesn’t deserve the massive barrage of hate it gets.