LAB THIRTEEN


Due Date: Dec. 9; bring papers to lecture


Choose one topic and prepare a report of 2-3 pages in length of double-spaced type. Be sure to indicate which example you have chosen in the heading of your paper and follow other expectations for format and good writing.

Option One -


Discuss the role the Internet may (or already does) play in shaping the network of relations comprising the music industry. Be sure to offer specific examples to support your points.

Option Two -


While most people consider technological developments as improvements or advances in modern life, some might argue that technology also changes our lives in undesirable ways. In what ways has technology changed the way Americans engage in musical activity? Do you think we actively engage with music more or less than did our ancestors 150 years ago? Please defend your argument with specific examples.

Option Three -


In the Music Library take The Nature of Music Cassette series edited and produced by Deborah Lamberton and Karl Signell. Listen to EITHER the 30 minute program on Music and Commerce (program #3) or the one on the Music and Technology (program #10). Compare at least two of the points raised on the tape with issues we have discussed in class or that Willoughby raises in his chapter on the music industry. You will find the printed program guide included in the cassette box a great aid in following the tape-recorded narrative and musical examples.