PolyGram Essays

  • Impact of Globalisation on the Music Industry

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    Define and explain globalisation, then critically evaluate and illustrate the impact globalisation has had on a particular business, the industry it operates in, its country of origin and the country or countries the business has expanded into. In this paper I will be discussing how globalisation has impacted the Music Industry in recent years, and in particular the multi-national giant Universal Music Group (UMG). Globalisation is a noun that is hard to define; it has many definitions depending

  • Bon Jovi

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    Jovi love what they do and it shows. Jon Bon Jovi is the lead singer for the band. Jon was born on March 2, 1962 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Jon Bon Jovi’s birth name was John Bongiovi. A record executive, Derek Shulman, with the record company Polygram changed John Bongiovi’s name to Jon Bon Jovi. Jon’s father is John Bongiovi, a hairdresser, and his mother is Carol Bongiovi. Jon has two brothers, Anthony and Matthew. He grew up in Sayreville, New Jersey. He was in the band, Raze, in the eighth

  • The Effects of Globalization on Music

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    The influence that music has throughout the world is immeasurable. Music evokes many feelings, surfaces old memories, and creates new ones all while satisfying a sense of human emotion. With the ability to help identify a culture, as well as educate countries about other cultures, music also provides for a sense of knowledge. Music can be a tool for many things: relaxation, stimulation and communication. But at the same time it can also be a tool for resistance: against parents, against police

  • Nelson Mandela

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    Walk to Freedom. Little Brown and Co.; New York: 1994. One Nation, One Country. Phelps-Stokes Institute for African, African American, and Indian Affairs; New York: 1998 (Mandela quotes xi-5). Video: "MANDELA Son of Africa, Father of a Nation" PolyGram Video New York: 1996.

  • Globalization and the Music Industry

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    In this paper I will review how globalisation has impacted the Music Industry in recent years, and in particular the US multi-national Universal Music Group (UMG). The term globalisation is defined as “the process by which businesses or other organisations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale” (Definition of globalization). People’s view of globalisation varies depending on a number of factors including where they live, their religion, social status, political

  • 1991 The Year Punk Broke Documentary Analysis

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    Introduction "1991: The Year Punk Broke" is a documentary about the leading punk figures in the nineties such as Sonic Youth and Nirvana. In the continuation of the documentary, the viewer finds Thurstoon Moore of Sonic Youth asking young music enthusiats: “People see rock and roll as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolized by big business, what are the youth to do?". In addition to the question, he states, "I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying

  • Life is wonderful

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    movie ends with that relates to life and me. “Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings”(Imdb 1) Work Cited . N.p.. Web. 16 Mar 2014. . A Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart. Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, Polygram, 1946. Film.

  • Parliament Funkadelic Research Paper

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    Parliament Funkadelic is a blend of rock, funk, and soul. It began in the late 1950’s in Newark, New Jersey, and they have since been dubbed P. Funk. Headed by George Clinton, Parliament Funkadelic also included Bootsy Collins, Eddie Hazel, Garry Shider, and Bernie Worrell. The band’s name comes as a result of being a catchall for the multiple bands in George Clinton’s stable. In the beginning, Funkadelic and their records leaned toward heavy guitar, rock, and psychedelic funk whereas Parliament

  • The Contract Law: Ragunath Genad V Kannappa Chettiar

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    referred to Poosathurai case and said that a court could set aside an undervalued transaction as unconscionable if it was shown or could have been presumed to have been obtained by undue influence. The decision in Poosathurai was further reaffirmed in Polygram Records Sdn Bhd v The Search & Anor . Thus, unconscionability is so closely related to undue influence that it cannot have a separate existence under section 16 (3) but it is limited to procedural and evidential purposes only. Conclusion The doctrine

  • Difference Between Contract And Construction Contract

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    The general rule is that a party is bound by all the terms set out in a contractual document if they have signed it. This applies whether or not they have read the terms or understood them. In Polygram Records Sdn Bhd v. Search & Anor where the Visu Sinnadurai J. stated that: “…The general principle of law, of course, is that a party who signs a written contract is bound by the terms of the contract, except in the limited cases where fraud, undue influence, or misrepresentation may be established

  • Carlos Santana

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    Carlos Santana Carlos Augusto Alves Santana aka Carlos Santana was born July 20 1947 in Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico with a father of musical arts. When at the age of five he took up the violin which then developed his interested in music. Years later after his family moved to Tijuana it was then he began to play with the guitar, the instrument that would lead to his greatness. He was fascinated and surpassed his guitar heroes; they were John Lee Hooker, T. Bone Walker, and B.B. King

  • Rudi Gassner And The Executive Committee Of Bmg International

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    Records, a label that had put its name on the map in the 1950's through one artist: Elvis Presley. The acquisition of RCA elevated Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) into the ranks of the "Big Six" record companies. The other five companies – CBS, Warner, PolyGram, MCA, Capitol-EMI – and BMG were responsible for supplying 80% of worldwide music sales at that time. Rudi Gassner became CEO of BMG International in 1987. At that time the company operated in 17 countries with headquarters in New York. Gassner

  • Life, Death, & What Dreams May Come

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    that unconditional love triumphs over any given circumstance, mortal or otherwise. Works Cited What Dreams May Come. Dir. Vincent Ward. By Richard Matheson. Screenplay by Ronald Bass. Perf. Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra. Polygram, 1998. DVD.

  • Color as Metaphor in Film What Dreams May Come

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    Sensational Color. 2010. 6 Nov. 2010 . All about the Color Red Smith, Kate. Sensational Color. 2010. 6 Nov. 2010 . All about the Color Purple What Dreams May Come. dir. Vincent Ward. perf. Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Annabella Sciorra. DVD. Polygram Filmed Entertainment, 1998.

  • Rob Faboni Research Paper

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    Rob Fraboni was born in california into an italian family. They had some already accomplished musicians in the family. So at the age of twelve he started to play drums in a local band. Then just three years later at the a of fifteen he hitchhiked to hollywood where he would begin his road to stardom. At this point in Rob's life he was young but already had a lot of experience in the recording studio with the local band he was in so he set out to fulfill his dream to work in the big studios with the

  • The Black Panther Party

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    works to a certain extent. I guess there is no plain yes or no answer to my question about whether we can free ourselves from oppression. It's as if you think you've won when you really haven't. Works Cited Panther. Dir. Mario Van Peebles. Polygram Video. 1995.

  • Challenges and Reform in Police Agencies Today

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    Introduce: I think we all can agree that the police agencies ', image has been destroyed in every way you could possibly think of. I truly believe that no one abide by the police agencies anymore. As technology has enhanced over the years, far as cell phone, people are able to see what police officers are really doing while on the force. There have been many video release when police brutality was revealed, as well as how the police agencies respond to an incident. Over the years, community policing

  • Unconscionability Essay

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    1.0 Introduction According to Black Law Dictionary, unconscionability is a doctrine under which court may deny enforcement of unfair or oppressive contracts because of procedural abuse or substantive abuse arising out of the contract formation, such as terms which violate reasonable expectations of parties or which involve gross disparities in price; either abuse can be the basis for a finding of unconscionability. The general principle for unconscionability is, when one party by some reason of

  • Soul Music

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    the message, will always remain. Bibliography: Works Cited Badu, Erykah. Baduizm. Kedar, 1997. Brown, James. James Brown's 20 Greatest Hits. Polygram, 1991. D'Angelo. Brown Sugar. EMI, 1995. D'Angelo. Belly Soundtrack. Def Jam, 1998. Gaye, Marvin. Marvin Gaye Anthology. Motown, 1981. Hathaway, Donny. A Donny Hathaway Collection. 1996 Heron, Gil Scott. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

  • Wondrous Stories: For Whom We Give the Meddle

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    "A decade ago prog was the preserve of the diehard. Now [2011] is set to be a glorious summer of prog." Nick Shilton, Classic Rock Presents: Prog! Between June and September 2011, bands such as Caravan, Arena, Focus, Wishbone Ash, Magma, Jethro Tull, Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, Hawkwind, Supertramp, and Van der Graaf Generator (to name a few) descended upon England either as part of multi-legged tours, or during extravagant Progressive Rock festivals (oftentimes, both). Progressive Rock