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November, 2018 Archive

Nov 28

11/28/18

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Targeting is when you take a simple product that everyone likes and subdivide it in a way so that you can appeal to those who are more nit-picky about what they like. An example would be Cheerios. The cereal started out as a simple ceareal that has no real taste to it and as of […]

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Nov 26

11/26/18

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Watermelon Man is an example of a song where the music and beat of the song is so catchy that later on, artsits are taking that beat and making their own songs with it. This shows how music travels through history and how history changes it. A piece of music or a simple beat can […]

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Nov 07

11/7/18

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Sampling has been a part of the growth of music decades. It helps artists bring back music they grew up with and putting their own spin on it. Most artists do use small parts of older songs and recreate them but it is common for artists to also create songs that don’t even try and […]

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