3 Jul, 2019
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Taylor Swift’s Music Ownership Controversy

In an impassioned Tumblr post on Sunday, June 30, Taylor Swift reacted to the news that the master rights to her first six albums had been sold by her former label, Big Machine Label Group, to powerful music manager Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings LLC. Swift’s letter addressed the founder of the label, Scott Borchetta, as well as Braun, describing the acquisition as her “worst case scenario” following years of perceived “bullying” from Braun and his artists. She concluded by speaking directly to fellow musicians hoping to avoid this experience. “Hopefully,” Swift wrote, “Young artists or kids with musical dreams will read this and learn about how to better protect themselves in a negotiation. You deserve to own the art you make.”

3 Jul, 2019
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What is your opinion of BTS’ performance in concerts?

I went to the Love Yourself In Seoul concert films and watched a few clips here and since I regularly interact with ARMYs who speak in languages other than english, I have different perspective.

Language

Various ARMYs travelled all over the world to attend BTS concerts and can often feel overwhelmed because of the local language used. For example I can read in 7 languages, out of these 7 I am fluent in 3 and can understand 5 spoken.

BTS seemed to have a language coach whenever they are in one country to help them practise for their fans. For example, In Saint Denis (Paris), Jimin french words were very closed to the ‘standard french’.

BTS seemed to focus on 2 languages on concerts, the official local language of the country they are in and korean which is generally translate to the local language.

This can decrease the concert experience for foreign fans.

There was a Brazilian interview that I watched ( I really struggle to understand Brazilian portugese so it’s not very clear), parents, not young fans, had been sleeping outdoors for two days in line to buy BTS concert tickets for their children and themselves. These parents were often crying, hungry and exhausted.

3 Jul, 2019
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Are there any bands whose biggest hit was a cover song?

Joan Baez hit the US #3 in 1971 with a cover of the Band’s The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down. Levon Helm sung the original which Robbie Robertson & Helm co-wrote.

The Animals sole UK & US #1 was House of the Rising Sun which is a folk standard. Like many folk standards it’s songwriter is unknown but it’s origin may be as far back as the 16th Century.

Icelandic Dance-Pop star Björk has released a series of critically acclaimed Albums but her biggest hit was a UK Top 5 cover of Betty Hutton’s Big Band 1951 hit It’s Oh So Quiet which features renowned percussionist Evelyn Glennie and the Brodsky Quartet.

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Music is an art form and, option come into play.

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time. General definitions of music include common elements such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derived from greek.

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Where Words Fail, Music Speaks!!

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time. General definitions of music include common elements such as pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics (loudness and softness), and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture (which are sometimes termed the “color” of a musical sound). Different styles or types of music may emphasize, de-emphasize or omit some of these elements. Music is performed with a vast range of instruments and vocal techniques ranging from singing to rapping; there are solely instrumental pieces, solely vocal pieces (such as songs without instrumental accompaniment) and pieces that combine singing and instruments. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike; “art of the Muses”). See glossary of musical terminology.