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The article presents an analyis of the prevalence of piracy in music trade which has affected global sales of CDs. It points out that technological developments such as file sharing, MP3 players, and CDRs have increased music piracy. Accordingly, most common forms of music piracy are Internet piracy and compact disc (CD) piracy. It discusses the association between music piracy and organized crime, which is defined as profit-driven illegal activities motivated by profit maximization. It explores the vulnerabilities of music trade which include the nature of the product, degree of law enforcement, and pricing. It suggests that it is necessary for music companies to change their business plan through music online marketing in order to minimize the incidence of music piracy.

In the online article "Playing Music can be good for your brain/Stanford study finds it helps the understanding of language", by Sturrock it goes over research done by Stanford. In their study they had two groups of adults, musicians and non-musicians. They found that musical experience helps "the brain improve its ability to distinguish between rapidly changing sounds that are key to understanding and using language."

This aritcle examines the realtionship between music and learning in the classroom. Shows the benefits of integrating music with students learning.

The article I am Reading is about music and copyright laws. Also, how the internet has changed the way music is distributed and how this affects the copyright laws.

Robert Gupta talks about music playing a healing role in everyday lives, and what the connection can teach others. He ends with an awesome violin performance. Must See!

This article talks about how "we" our generation has cause CD's to go out of business. Record companies are not selling much anymore because we now get our music freely as we like of the internet. Torrents, Limewire, Itunes all are site we can access music.

In this video, it clearly shows how new music in today's society is influenced, sampled & remixed through old "classic" music.

Here is a photo music of Thai Featuring V8 using Se7en music instrumental. The song is called Going Crazy. Its a great song. Just listen to the lyric. This song is subscribe to 454 life entertainment.

New(ish) forms of digital music. CHIP music. Made from 8 bit game devices.

The video is about how music touches someones heart. With the sounds of music, it would cause an individual emotion to rise up and start show sympathy around others.

This article discusses the effect of music on improving memory. It states that people can recognize a song even when it is sung in different ways which shows that the brain focuses on certain constant properties of a song.

Interactive music video from Arcade Fire that uses your home as part of the footage

This article talks about a remix program teaching people how to remix their own music. It also talks about how young folks are using these remix to express themselves.

This music video expresses how people go online and act like someone that they are not, so that they can seem more popular in a way.

That is quite true for most people.

This video talks about the Internet Star Keenan Cahill's rise to fame and genetic disorder. Keenan uses his music videos to heal, to escape his worrisome reality.

A short film by Sara Snyder and Stephen Molldrem-Identity formation, what defines gender, gay identity.LGBT Ideas for filming- Some parts shot in gray & white, then other parts in color as they talk and dressed up. The music is calm and you can hear their voice over the music.

In the video, Ken Robinson says Schools kill Creativity, the speaker, Ken Robinson, talks about how not only the United States, but education systems all around the world, hinder children's creativity because that won't get them anywhere in life. He brings up this notion of creativity in schools being the most important thing, and programs like music, dance, and theatre are on the bottom of the totem pole where Math and English are perceived as the core subjects in schools. He challenges that notion. Why are Math and English at the top? The point of this video is to make people re-think creativity in school and the fact that education will not have a future if we keep dismissing the use of creativity in schools.

Flash mobs, in which people in public places break into song or dance routines, and disappear suddenly, have become a more regular occurrence in Iowa, often as a form of promotion.