Task 3 - Magazine Brainstorm

For the third task, I used the Kerrang magazine to brainstorm it's contents.

Task 2 - Music Magazine Covers.

I created this using Glogster in order to show two different music magazine genres and how they are different as well as being similar. I chose a pop and an indie music magazine as they are quite different, yet quite similar. I have included things about the fonts, layout and colours... etc This is the url link:  http://www.glogster.com/helenikapris/wide-glog-by-helenikapris/g-6k9sm6ml40cekib5u1r2d8h

Task 3 - File sharing

This is the article that I read:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3028e704-fdd0-11e1-8fc3-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2nooVWpk3


The article that I read is about how file sharing affects the music industry and how they are trying to put a stop to it. In the UK, in the first six months of this year, more than 33million albums and about 10million singles were downloaded illegally using BitTorrent. Because of the illegal file sharing, there has been an annual loss in retail sales of more than £500million in the music industry. The article explores the issues of the UK downloading illegal music for free and expresses that music labels are worried about the damage of file sharing and what it will do to their long-term sales. They also explored that it is mainly under-30’s who are downloading music for free as they have grown up with the mind set that downloading music for free is alright. The music industry is now tackling this problem by getting the network providers to block file sharing websites. The number of users has declined by two thirds which shows that this action is affective. There are also take-down notices which are formal requests to remove music content from the web. The article also writes about how by 2014, internet service providers will be able to send warning letters to the users who download illegal music. Even though they are working to stop file sharing, they are also trying to find a way for users to download an easy-to-use legal download site. This article suggests that there should be a stop to file sharing as it is ruining the music industry. It also suggests that there should be an alternative website for users for how they download their music.

I created an album cover represnting the band called The XX. I chose this band as I thought it had potential creatively and also is a large music success. Personally, I designed this album to the factors that appeal towards me, so I have included pictures of The XX as it gave the audience a sense of who they are and their identity. This is the album I have designed to my liking.

TASK 3: Similar artist signed to a major record label

This is a poster that I created using Glogster to present a similar duo artist that is signed to a major label. I included information such as how they started out in the industry and why a major label picked them...



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TASK 2: HONEYBLOOD - SIGNED TO FAT CAT RECORD LABEL

This is a presentation that I created using Prezzi to present the duo act Honeyblood, that are signed to Fat Cat Record label. I included information such as who they are, what music they have released so far, their influences, how they got started and noticed etc...


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TASK 1: FAT CAT RECORD LABEL

This is a poster that I created using Glogster to present Fat Cat Record label. I included information such as what artists are signed to the label, when and by who it was founded by, the genre of music that they produce as well as some background information about the label.

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