KBA G325 Exam Resources

I have provided links below for you to be able to undertake some wider reading around this topic. Some of them are short, some of them are long. Some of them are mainly textual, some are infographics and some are videos. All of them are useful to watch and make notes on in order to develop your knowledge and understanding of how the music industry has changed, and is continuing to change, from the pre-internet era. Resource 1 Resource 2 Resource 3 Resource 4 Resource 5 Resource 6 Resource 7 Resource 8 Resource 9 Resource 10 Resource 11 Resource 12 Resource 13 Resource 14 Resource 15 Resource 16 Resource 20 Resource 21 Resource 22

Steve Albini is the producer (he prefers the term “recording engineer”) behind several thousand records. He is also a member of the band Shellac. In 1993, he published  The Problem with Music , an essay expounding his belief that the major label-dominated industry of the time was inefficient, exploited musicians and led to below par music.  The video below is a recording of the keynote speech he gave at a conference called 'Face The Music' in Australia in 2014 in which he celebrated the fact the internet had both dismantled this system and addressed its inequalities. Beneath the video is a transcript of his speech. Facebook Twitter Pinterest I’m going to first explain a few things about myself. I’m 52 years old, I have been in bands continuously, and active in the music scene in one way or another since about 1978. At the moment I’m in a band, I also work as a recording engineer and I own a recording studio in Chicago. In the past I have also been a fanzine...

Your first task is to independently research the history of the internet from its early beginnings to the present day. I have provided 3 resources below for you to use which increase from basic to more advanced. You can use these BUT must also use your own independent research. you can prevent your research in whatever format you want (notes / essay / Powerpoint / timeline / etc). The purpose of this research is to develop your knowledge and understanding of what the World Wide Web is and how it has developed over time. Resources: What Is The World Wide Web History And Timeline Of The World Wide Web's Evolution The Story Of The Web

The A2 exam is worth 50% of your A2 grade and 25% of your final A-level grade and is made up of 2 separate sections SECTION A - THEORETICAL EVALUATION OF PRODUCTION WORK Question 1a A question that requires students to describe and evaluate the development of their skills over the course of their AS Production work to their A2 Production work. The question will ask students to focus their answer on ONE OR TWO of the following issues: Digital Technology Creativity Research and Planning Post-Production Using conventions of real media texts Candidates can also choose to discuss media products they have made outside of school during these two years. Your response to this question will be marked out of 25. QUESTION 1b This question will require students to select EITHER their AS production OR their A2 production (whichever makes more sense for the question) and evaluate it in terms of one of the following media concepts. Genre Narrative Repre...