Rose Boniface

Cambridge expresses the idea of a protest song as ‘a song that expresses disapproval, usually about a political subject’ There is no real beginning to protest songs, many have used songs to express emotions for years using simple and well-known songs or hymns during war and slavery to uplift spirits. ‘Free America’ by Joseph Warren is claimed to be the first in America, however there have been many others than may not have necessarily been recorded. Protest songs developed as more genres appeared and have been adapted to fit many styles such as soul and rap. Overall most songs contain strength in their songs (are preferably rock or rap or more defined in the amount of power they possess, however more common genres like pop are more likely to reach a wider audience due to the charts and more focus on the tune). The songs are usually paired with a surge of issues to protest about (presidential announcements, rights movements, and world issues such as 9/...

Warner Music Group Corporation was founded in 1958 to try and boost income for the struggling company of Warner Bros. It remained part of Time Warner until it was sold in 2004 to an investor group. In 2005 the company went public again as the Warner Music Group Corporation. Stephen Cooper is now the CEO – he joined the company in August 2011 and also helps supervise companies such as LyondellBasell Industries (a chemical manufacturer) and is a Management Partner with Cooper Investment Partners, a private equity firm. Now Warner Music Group is the third-largest music conglomerate in the USA and fourth-largest across the globe. The company was worth 4 billion USD in 2018 and owns a wide variety of labels, such as Atlantic, Parlophone, Warner Records Artists include Ed Sheeran, Rudimental, Radiohead, David Bowie, and others. They also own WEA – Warner-Elektra-Atlantic - a distribution and marketing network, and ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance - a global distribution co...

Chris Milk is a visual artist who started his career by directing music videos and creating TV advertisements for companies such as Nintendo. His first videos were for artists such as The Chemical Brothers, U2 and Audioslave, and he also created the Johnny Cash Project, a music video designed to combine different artists drawings to create a music video. From there he moved on to creating an interactive music video for Arcade Fire, an interactive art piece called The Treachery of Sanctuary, and even exploring mediums through virtual reality in Beck’s live music video. This has been shown in other examples too like ‘The Exquisite Forest’ and ‘Summer into dust’. His work all revolves around the same concepts, using technology in engaging ways and involving the audience, and believes in exploring the futuristic way of storytelling beyond film and current means. References used: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jun/30/-sp-chris-milk-digital-artist-taking-music-videos-...