I. Introduction Performing arts are art forms that artists convey their artistic expressions with their voice and/or the movements of their bodies to the live audience. Performing arts may include music, dance, theatre, musical theatre, opera, magic, etc. Among these performing arts genres, music has a very long history; it is an art form that uses sound as the medium. Every performing art has a characteristic of one-time, meaning that performing arts cannot be existed in the form of physical substance
Pop Culture China is a book written by Kevin Latham. It gives readers a comprehensive and accessible introduction in various aspects of Chinese popular culture, for example, cinema and newspaper, also discusses the changing of consumption in cultural production. The purpose of this book is to reveal how the policy and technology play an important role in shaping cultural practice of contemporary China and will continue to do so in coming years. The topic will be discussed in this book review is
“The essence of America lies not in its headlined heroes…but in the everyday folks who live and die unknown, yet leave their dreams as legacies.” No words could be more representative of the career of the speaker, Alan Lomax, the legendary ethnomusicologist who recorded thousands of hours of southern folk music. Lomax’s extensive work over the course of over sixty years not only revived interest in previously obscure artists and genres, but laid the groundwork for later American performers, ranging
PAY FOR PLAY: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF THE PAYOLA SYSTEM ON THE MUSIC AND BROADCAST INDUSTRY IN JAMAICA A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts in Cultural Studies of The University of The West Indies Shavane Jamaine Daley 2015 Institute of Caribbean Studies Faculty of Humanities and Education Mona Campus ABSTRACT Pay For Play: An Investigation into The Impact of The Payola System on The Music