Distance Learning – Week 7 – Music Industry – Exhibition and Exchange 4/5 – 10/5

Hi, well done to all of you for keeping on top of this – we recognise it is not easy for some of you but we are impressed with the majority response to the work online.

This is the outline for this week in case you want to plan the way ahead. All posts will be on classroom and some resources will be copied onto the blog too,  to ensure that you know what to do. We will also set overviews on MILK. Don’t forget to amend the blog league so that your teachers can keep on top of what you are doing.

  • Monday  – Catch up on posts or rest.
  • Tuesday/Wednesday
    •  Task 14 – Exhibition and Exchange – Scavenger Hunt Collage  0.5 hr – submit to classroom
    • Task 15 – Converged Technology – Generation Game  – 0.5 hr – we trust you to play the game and amend the blog.
  • Thursday/Friday
    • Task 16 – Glossary of terms – Quizlet – 1 hr – submit to classroom
    • Task 17 – Complete case studies on slideshare Exhibition & Exchange and Converged Technology and Digital Technology –  1 hr – submit to class slideshare on classroom
  • Friday – Bank Holiday but catch up on outstanding posts.

 

Distance Learning – Week 6 – Marketing and Cross Media Convergence and Synergy

Intro to this week’s work:

Marketing

These are just a few ideas to use for case studies for exciting and innovative ways artists have managed to use marketing to raise their profile.  They are completely up to date so should be valued case studies for the essay.  The template for analysing the case studies is on classroom. If every student does one story then you will have a lovely library of examples to choose from.

IMPORTANT MARKETING TERMS

  • Cross Media Convergence – when media platforms/channels/companies work for each other i.e. music in a film, music in a video game.
  • Synergy – when music producers/artists work with other industries to endorse products or promote their own i.e. merchandise, branding, influencers etc.
  • Viral Marketing – a marketing campaign that uses the interactive nature of the Web 2.0 to encourage news, information, details of an artist, recording, performance to be spread as far and as wide as possible. It relies on it ‘speading like a virus’ as social media users, click, open, push, pull and pass on information.
  • Guerrilla Marketing – a ‘one off, new worthy, headline grabbing’ marketing stunt, campaign, event that often goes viral and creates an on-line buzz or modern day word of mouth.

Some Context

First of all – what is advertising, marketing and how is the term integrated advertising such an important term in relation to promotion music and finding the target audiences?

Task 10: Watch this video.

Task

You will be allocated two case studies to read and complete a slide for on the class case study slideshare.  One will be allocated on the slideshare and one will be from the attached document below. These particular examples come from some very recent marketing campaigns and may indeed contain examples that you, yourself have been exposed to and engaged with.

  • Session 1 – Task 10 – Watch Mr Gregson’s intro and Integrated Advertising (above) and make notes – template on Google Classroom. (0.5 hr)
  • Session 2 Task 11 – Read and watch the Anima (Radiohead) article and video for a recent marketing campaign and answer the questions on the sheet (see Google Classroom). (1hr)
  • Session 2 + 3 – Task 12  – Case study slideshare story (Slideshow) – read and make slide. (1.5 hr)
  • Session 4 + 5 – Task 13 – Case study from Sandbox – read and record slide (1.5 hr) – See Google Classroom for voicethread link – to be released Friday 1 May.
    • Completion for Monday 4 May
  • Monday 4 May – day to catch up

We will start the final stage of the Music Industry – Exhibition and Exchange on Tuesday 5 May.

 

Distance Learning – Week 6 – Intro to Marketing

A Slideshow on Marketing

A talk through the slide show.

 Glossary of Terms:

  1. Marketing – Creating awareness and buzz around a product
  2. Advertising – Paying for space in media products to place your message
  3. Public Relations – Maintaining a favourable public image
  4. Promotions – Positive representations of a product in a range of media
  5. Branding – Sell a lifestyle, not the product.
  6. Owned Media – Media content / platforms owned by the advertiser / group
  7. Bought Media – Buying space in other media outlets / platforms
  8. Earnt Media – Getting your promotional message spread by others
  9. Viral Marketing – Earnt media – Using social media platforms to spread a message
  10. Guerrilla Marketing – Surprising or unconventional methods of getting the message across
  11. Synergy – Two or more products working together to create a greater combined impact
  12. Cross Media Convergence – Similar to synergy, different media forms (music & film) working together to promote each other.
  13. Word of Mouth – Best sort of marketing there is.
  14. Traditional Advertising – TV adverts, posters, radio ads, newspaper / magazine. Still very powerful & expensive to buy!

Distance Learning – Week 5 – Distribution

Well done for completing the first section of the Music Industry – Production and Ownership. We have been delighted with how you have responded to it and your grasp is clear from the essays we have marked. Well done.

Week 5

We will be setting some more tasks on classroom for you to complete and then mark off on the blog.  This week’s work will look at Distribution in the Music Industry.

Distribution/Digital Technology

This stage of the process in the Music Industry relates to the way the music will actually get to the customer. In our day, it was recorded in studio, pressed in a vinyl factory, put in a van/train, delivered to a shop/radio station and then could be listened to.  Time consuming, heavy, costly and bulky but all organised and funded by the record label (although the artist would eventually pay from their profits).

Now with the digital revolution, it can happen much more quickly, cheaply and a track can have so much more coverage, reaching more audiences worldwide with literally the click of a button.  Artists can manage digital distribution on their own but also engage the services of digital distribution companies.  But with global access comes issues with piracy too and lack of ownership.

So this week we will be splitting the learning up as follows:

  • Session 1 – Distribution Video 1 – make notes – Task 7 – complete notes sheet (0.5 hr)
  • Session 2 – Distribution Video 2 – make notes – Task 7 – complete notes sheet (0.5 hr)
  • Session 3 – Listen and watch x 3 videos – make notes Task 7 – complete notes sheet and then submit once all 5 videos have been watched and notes written (1.5 hrs)
  • Session 4 – Pros and Cons table of traditional and emerging models of distribution – Task 8 – complete Distribution worksheet (1 hr)
  • Session 5 – Read your allotted case study on the Class case study slideshare and make notes (1 hr)
  • Session 6 – Compile slide and add to the Class case study slideshare (0.5 hr)

Please try and do a little each day and then update the blog league. Check classroom daily for the new tasks.

We miss you.

Mrs C, Miss H and Mr G.

Virtual School – Weeks 3/4 – Easter – Task 6

This is also on classroom so look there too.

It goes without saying that you should all endeavour to bring your blogs up to date. If your Music Video work is still incomplete then do your best to edit the lip sync and get your own personal pitch up along with any music video analysis that is overdue.  Whilst this work is ‘parked’ at the moment, it would be good to get this done and dusted so we are all ready to march on once we are back at school and able to do practical work.

Happy Easter holidays. Look after yourselves.

Keep in touch if you need help.

Mrs Cobb, Miss Hales and Mr Gregson

Virtual School – Week 2 – an overview

Morning folks!

Happy Monday & happy last week of term.

The week ahead:

  • Monday – finish and submit slides on different kinds of labels; conglomerates / indies / DIY.
  • Tuesday – Production & Ownership definitions table
  • Wednesday & Thursday – Read & summarise allocated production / ownership case study
  • Friday – review class case studies & add examples to earlier definitions.
    • A short essay will be set for completion over Easter on Production/Ownership for submission 23/4/20 – see classroom at the end of the week.

Anyone with outstanding blog posts for the Music Industry and Music Video also need to get these up to date by the time we return after the Easter holidays.

New assignments and work on the Music Industry  will start on Monday 20 April – see you on the other side!

 

The Music Industry Part 2 – Please read and listen to this before you tackle the task in classroom

The Big Three – AKA The Major Labels

The Big 3 labels are dominant players in the music industry.

They are in turn owned by massive media conglomerates.

But, what is a conglomerate?

Slide show on conglomerate in classroom.

So, what does a record label actually do?

And who are the Indies?

This article outlines some of the best indie record labels on the scene.  Click on the arrow on the right of the photo to see who the label is.

Task 1

In groups complete the allocated slide for one of the record labels you have been allocated. The Slideshare is in classroom.

NOTES

Remember when you see a term like ‘institutions’ in a question, then you are being asked to consider those who are responsible to making the media (labels, producers, performers etc).

When you see the term ‘ global institution’ you are specifically looking at the ‘Conglomerates, The Big 3.’

When you see the term ‘audiences’ you are looking at those who consume the music – you.

KEY TERMS/BUZZ PHRASES – OWNERSHIP/PRODUCTION

micropayments, creative control, platforms, music establishment, back catalogue, rights/royalties, contracts, business model, digital revolution, democratisation, digitalisation, globalisation, The Big 3, global institutions, institutions, audiences, investment, antiquated, out of date, investment, music ownership, innovation, adapt or die, pioneering moves, adaptability, indies, niche, promotion, transparency, streaming, downloads, labels, conglomerates.

The Music Industry – Part 1

Introduction to Audience and Institutions (The Music Industry.)

Task

Watch the video below and answer these questions.  

Music Ownership & Production – A changing model

This video alone, could give you several really helpful different case studies to use as evidence in an essay about the issues around:

  • Ownership (Kobalt, Universal)
  • Institutions (Capitol, Sony)
  • Production (Jacob Whiteside, Radiohead)
  • Distribution: (Spotify)

So what am I up against?

You need to understand the market for your magazine.  This task will require you to do some research into what is available currently as print magazines and also online for your genre of music.

You will then analyse their formats and content to give you some ideas of where and how your magazine will need to be compiled.

Task

  • Use this document to craft your narrated response.  Take a copy.
  • Then illustrate a google slideshare with plenty of examples, photos, inserts, screen shots, snips tools of the competition.
  • Save this presentation as a pdf and then import into voicethread.com
  • Narrate your commentary over the top of the slideshare making sure the images are relevant to your examples on the slides.
  • Embed the voicethread into your blog.