2012年7月17日火曜日

Answers to my questions(6)


12  Are there any groups that support/ against music censorship?
 There is a NGO that advocates for the rights of musicians all around the world. Recently they advocated that  3 March every year should be MUSIC FREEDOM DAY since 2013. Here is their official site  http://www.freemuse.org/sw305.asp
 And the most famous organisation that support music censorship is PMRC, which I mentioned many times before.
 However I was surprised that I can't find the official site of PMRC. It seems that they don't have a site. so here is their information from wiki

 "Parents Music Resource Center." wikipedia. Print. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center>.

13 Are there any different between music censorship in1970s,1980s,1990s and now? Is is becoming more and more serious?
 In 1970s the real music censorship haven't started yet, so there wasn't a standard about which music should be censored and which shouldn't.
 In 1980s when the PMRC was found, the music censorship became more serious , at that time, PMRC mainly against heavy metal music because according to some parents some teenagers try to kill themselves after listening to the heavy metal music ( like  Ozzy's case and Judas Priest's case )
 In 1980s when Hip HOP and Rap rise, they became the main object of PMRC.

Here is the Timeline of Music censorship

"History of Censorship in America." n. page. Print. <http://www.nku.edu/~issues/music_censorship/History.htm>.

2012年7月16日月曜日

Answers to my qustions(5)

 11.  Is that any country else has music censorship? What about Japan?
 China have music censorship, too But they mainly censored import album. If the album was considered to be inappropriate. they can't sell it in China. That's why may rap album can't be seen in China. But I think Japan don;t have music censorship because I can get every kind of music here without difficult. 

Answers to my questions(4)

 10.  Did singers united to against music censorship/? If so, does it have any effect?
In the end of 1980s, many heavy metal singers got together to against music censorship and PMRC , Dee Snider,  John Denver and Frank Zappa were the main advocates. At last they come to a decision that instead of strict censorship the PMRC were allowed to put a label on albums said"“Parental Advisory explicit conten"

here is a movie on youtube about how singers fight against the PMRC
Warning: Parental Advisory . 2002. Film. 25 Jul 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3qdtC91ss4&feature=relmfu>.

An interesting introduction video

This is a very interesting introduction video about music censorship.They made a rap to complain about music censorship. It just like what Mr Dias showed us at first. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqq6cQkYVlM

2012年7月13日金曜日

Answers to my question (3)

9. Does any singer or rapper complained about music censorship in public , what’s the result of that?
  Many metal  singers  complained about music censorship and PMRC .  Especially Dee Snider, a famous heavy metal  singer,  is devoting himself to aganist the music censorship and PMRC since 1980s.
 Here is a video about Interviews with artists talking about music censorship and PMRC. 
Censorship in the music business - (PMRC 25 years, Walmart US). 2009. Film. 25 Jul 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlPTTweVi9o>.

2012年7月10日火曜日

Answers to my question (2)

8 . Is there any difference between airplay censorship and album censorship?
    After listening to a lot of rap album. I found out that different from airplay, music in album seems to be no censored cause no "bleep"could be heared even the song is full of F words. I think if the music in ablum be censored too,  it may have big impact on the whole   recording industry  cause no one will buy it .
 But as I metioned before , if the whole was consider to be not appropriate for teenage to listen, "Parental Advisory " label will be put on.
 By the way, I found out in China, If a some in album considered to be inappropeiate, they just cut the whole song off.

2012年7月5日木曜日

My International surveys

Here is my international surveys ,I hope your guys can help me answer it http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JMCKQ6P