Last Architecture Post

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This post will just be summing up all of the topics I have gone over in my last five blog posts and what I have learned.

In my first blog post I just laid out the general plan for my future posts. The economic principle I choose was that Institutions are the “rules of the game” that influence choices. I decided my three sub-questions would be: 

• How do architects  have to change the way they design buildings in order to impact the environment less?
• What are the economic impacts of designing environmentally friendly buildings and houses?
• How do architects take into consideration societal/cultural trends while designing buildings? 

In blog post number two I talked about the factors designers need to consider when they are designing buildings. I mainly focused on conserving natural resources and paying attention to the environment. I cited a Ted Talk where an architect listed all of the stats saying how much water and electricity we put into our buildings. I analyzed this info and said that it is much better for the planet and conserves a lot of resources if we design buildings with solar panels and special materials.

In post number three I expanded on the idea that we need to design buildings with the planet in mind but, this time I mentioned that doing this has long term economic benefits. By using materials that are friendly to the environment we save money in the long run even though these materials are more expensive.

In post four I wrote about the cultural impacts of our structures and how they can influence their surroundings. I stated that all structures send a message based on how they look on the outside. A structure like Apple Park exclaims innovation when you look at it.

In post five I wrote about a specific design project. In this post I talked about the New Apple Headquarters or Apple Park. This structure was a landmark in the design field for a few reasons. It had a unique design. A giant circle covered in solar panels. I hope to see more projects like this one pop up in the future.

The regulation of PED's in professional sports

Alex Rodriguez (Source: NPR)

With institutions being my economic policy, "rules of the game" so to speak, my previous four blog posts have all covered different sports that have bans on PED's and how it affects the athletes.

Those sports included football, baseball and cycling but those are just a select amount of sports that have issues with its athletes abusing the drug policy. Realistically, every professional sport has athletes that "cheat" and not abide by the rules.

Best said in my last blog post, ATHLETES WANT TO WIN.

We are merely just fans, we should not care what kind of substances they use. In the end, we are not complaining when we get to watch them make one handed touchdown catches or crank 500 yard home runs.

An athlete that is one of my favorites and provides to be a great example is Julian Edelman of the New England Patriots. He has gone to the super bowl almost every year for the past five years. You don't think he wants to be able to compete at his highest level? You don't think he wants another five rings on his fingers?!?

LET EM' PLAY!

What role should institutions like Congress, EPA, etc play in promoting the use of renewable energy?

SOURCE: Financial Express

The economic principle I'm exploring is institutions are the "rules of the game" that influence choices.

First, according to the US Energy Information Administration, "renewable energy is energy from sources that are naturally replenishing but flow-limited. They are virtually inexhaustible in duration but limited in the amount of energy that is available per unit of time."

Sounds pretty good right? Then why aren't we taking advantage of these brand new energy sources? There are many reasons why and why not, for my final post I will focus especially on what role institutions like Congress and the EPA should play in promoting the use of renewable energy.

After years of attacks on environmental safeguards, it's time to restore and strengthen the most important protections, and install solutions that benefit all American families, especially those most vulnerable to the effects of pollution and climate change.

The new Congress should make these steps a key part of its agenda, advance towards eliminating climate pollution by 2050, defend the EPA’s capacity to protect the public’s health from pollution and toxic chemicals, and preserve environmental safeguards that protect our air, water and land from polluters.

As far as why the government would invest in renewable energy resources, these would include energy security and affordability, the potential for job creation, future economic strategic positioning, and addressing environmental and other externalities. Having an institution as large and important as the government promoting renewable energy resources would increase the amount of investment put into it by a lot and the whole world would benefit.

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How have the recent changes in the music industry been affected by the principals of supply and demand

The Telegraph

While I may have had to adjust my research question to make my topic more broad and applicable, I have learned much about the way the music industry has been shaped by supply and demand in recent years. Firstly we have seen a large increase in the price of concert tickets because of the decrease in the sales of complementary goods. We have also seen much more broadly how streaming services have impacted the music industry. The increasing popularity of R&B/Hip Hop, the shortening of songś length, and lastly why the industry is heading in the direction of streaming. All of these trends are closely related to supply and demand.

How Has Technology Changed Music Over The Last 20 Years?

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During my research on this topic, I focused on three main areas.  How our methods of listening to music have changed, how producers methods of creating music have changed, and how our experiences at concerts have changed.  In the past 20 years, technology has had such a great affect on every aspect of music.  From how the song gets written, to how it gets recorded, to how it gets put out for people to enjoy, technology has affected every step of this process.  Not to mention the incredible visual stimulation that many artists add into their concerts.  Every single light pattern, color, and blast of fire that you see up on stage was programmed by a team of people behind a computer.  Not to mention the animations that many artists have playing on a giant screen behind them throughout their entire show.  The technology created in the past twenty years has been instrumental to the evolution of music production, and every aspect of the music creation process.  After seeing what has happened just in my lifetime, I am very excited to see what is going to happen in the music world in the next 20-30 years.

skiing costs.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/20/climate-change-is-taking-a-toll-on-the-20-billion-ski-industry.html

I have concluded from my reasearch that climate change plays a big part on the economics of skiing.  the better the climate the longer the season you can have.  Since we have been experiencing global climate change is has efeced many of the ski resorts.  they have adapted to the climate change by using technology such as snow machines to help extend the dates on their winter season.  Some resorts rely on snow making to keep their buisness running.  The cost to operate a ski hill is very expensive with lift tickets costing 190 per day in vail, colorado

Snow sport seasons are getting shorter, due to warmer temperatures. That is already having a distinguishable financial impact on residential and resort properties that profit from snow.

Vail Resorts, the largest player in the U.S. ski field, reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings in its latest report but had to lower its full-year guidance because of a weak start to the season. The company’s CEO, Robert Katz, attributed that “to guest concerns after two prior years of poor pre-holiday conditions.” 

Judgement Day

Hunter Belvis

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 Throughout this journey of discovery, I have learned that robots should not be overlooked since human efficiency and overall cost are nowhere near a robot’s. This has resulted in large drops in human employment at certain companies and shows a potential vision for the future of human employment, but this vision is not necessarily guaranteed. While it is alarming to see these drops, it is also important to mention the fact that humans and robots are also working together to improve efficiency and production as well. Only time will tell whether or not these soulless machines will take over production industry and we face judgement day.

Summary

Overall I have learned that you need to be wary when trusting big companies. A lot of big companies pay researchers to make their product look healthier and make a competitive product look bad. I also found out that certain labels are not always correct and truthful. When you buy an organic product, there could be a possibility that you are actually just paying too much for a conventional product. When you buy a product make sure it is a very reputable brand so you do not end up paying too much for a false label.

Fashion Changing Through Times

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WIth my blog posts, I started with the 1920’s, going all the way to the 1960’s. I didn’t get the chance to talk about the 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, and the 2000’s/2010. I will be berfiely talking about those eras and how fashion all comes back in style in the end.

Fashion History

Retro

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The 1970s had some of the biggest hits in the fashion industry that we see today. Though it’s not completely different form the 1960’s, they still has some big differences. While the 60s where bigger in colors, the 70s focused more on patterns, and got more scandals. Since, patterns started getting more popular, fashion designers had to look at other countries to see what kind of colors and patterns that they used for their fashion. Most of the countries that fashion designers looked at where third world countries because they used the most patterns in their fashion. Patterns where in, while bright colors where getting less attention. Some bright colors that where still in the picture where yellow, blues, and pinks. Other than that, most women settled for patterns or simple colors.

I had stated earlier that women were getting more scandals with their clothing. Well, during this time period, women and men where getting more comfortable in their bodies, and started showing it off. Some of the most popular outfits that come to mind when thinking about the 70’s is the disco outfits.

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Elton John, Diana Ross and Cher are here sporting some of the top fashion items in the 70’s. Cher is showing her skin, and it was okay for females to do that. Women were finally able to show off their bodies and not get judged for it. The 70’s were finally taking a turn in the right direction for women positivity with their bodies.

The 1980’s where kinda the same as the 1970’s from the Fashion History  and Retro

The only differences where the clothes where getting shorter and bright colors where in. The 80’s had big hair, bold makeup, and bright clothes. The 60’s bright colors came back in fashion for the 80’s fashion, just shorter. Some normal colors were still in style, aka the classy look.

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Some of the most iconic looks of the 80s where short shirts for both men and women, and bright colors.

I guess you can say that the 90s also followed that look. The 90s had a lot of similar pieces and statements from the 80s. Bright colors are still in, but the grudge look comes up. Rock and roll took over and the teens had to dress the part. Some classy looks where in too, if your thinking about clueless and the the tv show, Friends. Showing skin was still okay in this time period, as you can tell by the spice girls. By the 90’s fashion was starting to become what we now know as today. This is also the time period where different branches of fashion was becoming normal. There where the jocks, the prep girls, the skater boys, and the nerds. Different types of clothing, fashion, and clicks started to appear and normalized in everyday life. Some of the fashion trends that happened in the 90s is happening and in right now. Crop tops, bright colors, and different patterns all coming together. Though some of the things that are popularized in the 90s, where also popular back in the day when they first came to life.

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The 2000s/2010s had the same things the 90s and every other era had. The 2000s was kind of a hot mess after the 90s. The fashion stayed the same, just some things fell out of trend. The only things big and tendy in the 2000s was the electronics coming to life because the fashion basically stayed the same. Now, the 2010s/now is a different story. Newer things started to show up that had put a twist on the fashion today. Some of the things in style are leggings and street wear. Street wear used to be a 90s things because that is when rap started to get big. Wearing big, baggy clothing was in, but now it’s all about tight and big clothing going together to make it trendy. Bright colors are in, and so are pastels and every other color. Not one thing is cool, it’s many things. Something big that just up recently is an E-girl. It’s basically girls being trendy on social media, wearing grudge like clothing. All the fashion that is in style today, is fashion that was in style 10, 20, 30, all the way to 60 years ago. You may not see it at first, but if you think about and look back on some fashion pieces. Most of your mother’s closet are the clothes at are back in style.

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So the final thought that I had came to from writing all these blog post, is that fashion all comes back in style. It doesn’t matter what you like or what you wear, because it’s all going to come back and become trendy again. Fashion never goes away, and neither does the type of style that you are into.

Exotic Pet Trade Final Post

                                                         Source: www.animalangels.org



SYNTHESIZING RESEARCH ON THE EXOTIC PET TRADE The economic principle I researched was “Institutions are the ‘rules of the game’ that influence choices.” My overall research question was “How does the varying legality of exotic pet ownership around the world influence the exotic pet trade?” Overall, I found that laws provide little deterrence to economic interactions if they’re not enforced. Despite people’s awareness of existing institutions and laws, if there is enough of a psychological and monetary incentive to complete a transaction, they will choose to ignore such restrictions. 

 Though I essentially came to the conclusion of the exact opposite of the economic principle I chose - i.e., laws can’t stop the market - there are quite a few influencing factors that have created such a unique situation. For one thing, typically, we assume that when a law is made to prevent something, it will be enforced. Or, even if it’s not well enforced, we assume that there will be substantial punishments for getting caught “breaking” it. However, such is evidently not the case with the black market for exotic animals. As I wrote in a previous post, “it's pretty difficult to get caught smuggling endangered animals.” For every headline about someone caught with live reptiles down their pants at an international airport, there are are numerous other smugglers who manage to escape the country with their cargo. According to National Geographic, “The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is staffed with fewer than 400 law enforcement agents; by comparison, the Drug Enforcement Agency has 11,000 employees.” Laws are hard to enforce when there’s nobody to do the enforcing. Additionally, the business of animal smuggling has been described as “low-risk, high-reward”, and thus appear very attractive to “drug traffickers”, who find the drug business to be much riskier. On top of all that, smugglers face practically no penalties relative to other criminals. As quoted from the article, “if you're an animal smuggler with no prior convictions and you get caught with an equivalent cache of illegal butterflies, you might not even spend the night in jail.” Even a serial lawbreaker like “Hisayoshi Kojima, the world's most wanted butterfly thief” only faced “21 months in prison and a fine of just under $39,000” for “7 smuggling-related charges in 2007”. While there may be institutions that provide “‘rules of the game’ that influence choices” in most scenarios, when the institutions are present but largely passive - like in the animal black market - they have little influence on consumer choices.

 It’s not like laws against animal trafficking don’t exist. As previously covered, “There are several federal laws that prohibit the selling and interstate transfer of certain exotic animals in the U.S.” which “include the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, the Wild Bird Conservation Act and the Endangered Species Act.” Authorities are not unaware of this issue. Despite these institutions, “According to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the exotic pet trade is a multi-billion dollar industry, second only to drugs and weapons on the black market. It's a $15 billion dollar business in the United States alone, with breeders and dealers selling animals over the Internet or in trade magazines.” Part of what may influence this disregard for the laws (along with their poor enforcement) is the mystique and collectors’ craze surrounding exotic animals. Worldwide, “global demand for exotic pets is growing.” “In the Persian Gulf, big cats have become the latest must-have accessory for the super-rich” and “In the U.S., it’s believed there are more wild animals in homes and roadside attractions than in zoos...And Europeans are importing reptiles in greater quantities than anyone else...” Sometimes, the prospect of making so much money can overcome fears of getting caught. Though institutions are supposed to be the “rules of the game”, when said institutions can be circumvented, this economic principle breaks down.

Summary

The economic principle I researched was “People generally respond to incentives in predictable ways.” My overall research question was “How do companies use advertisements to get you to buy their products?” Overall, I found that even though I had known going into it that advertisements often use a peripheral route of persuasion, there are far more techniques than I had expected.

From the content down to the colors, companies use all kinds of interesting techniques to persuade us to buy their product. The red and yellow of the McDonald’s ‘M’ can make you hungry and happy enough to pull over and purchase a Happy Meal. Seeing smiling faces drinking soda can make us buy that soda for ourselves. Receiving a million emails over and over again can both annoy us, but also unconsciously drive us to buy the product. And many more.

Over the course of this research, I learned many things I did not know about subconscious advertising techniques, and it has really given new meaning to the economic principle, “People generally respond to incentives in predictable ways.” Some of the techniques I researched can most certainly get you to do things through incentivization, whether you’re aware of it or not!

There really is not ‘answer’ to my overarching research question, but I hope you all enjoyed learning about a plethora of knowledge I opened up while researching as much as I did!

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The economic principle I’m exploring is “Institutions are the ¨rules of the game¨ that influence choices.”
My research question to help me study the economic principle is “How does the social media site instagram influence users to buy specific products?”

In my last 5 blog posts, I learned a lot about this topic. I learned how instagram uses ads to promote products, how they use celebrity endorsements, and how people like to stay on instagram to feel “in the loop” and connected to their friends.

In my first blog post, I learned how Instagram tailors their ads specifically to each user. According to the article in business.com, instagram targets its ads based on certain traits which include gender, age group, and interests. Additionally, since Instagram is owned by facebook, if you have a facebook and link it to your instagram, it will have more information on your likes and dislikes.

In my second blog post, I learned that instagram tries to tailor their ads to not only the specific person, but the younger generation in general because they are the highest users of instagram. In order to tailer to youth, they get celebrities to endorse products using their platform.

In my third blog post, I learned why instagram is so addictive to people. According to an article published in Business Insider titled “The Psychology of Why Instagram is so Addictive”, Baer states that “capturing images has been habit-forming for over a century”, and it stems from the anxiety that “if we don’t capture this moment it will disappear forever”.

In my last blog post, I explored Snapchat, and why it is also one of the leading forms of social media. I learned from J.J. Delacruz, a graduate student at Texas Tech University in the US, that “People use Snapchat a lot because of its entertainment and functional needs."

In conclusion, I learned a lot about social media, specifically Instagram, and how it is so successful.

Synthesis Research on Designer Products and the Fashion Industry

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The economic principle I researched was “Because of scarcity people choose. All choices have an opportunity cost.” My overall research question was “How Does Scarcity in the Fashion Industry Affect People’s Choices?” Overall, I found that people will spend large amounts of money on expensive things because of the time and work spent to make them especially if they come in limited quantities. In addition, I found the different trade offs people could make instead of buying expensive clothing. 

To begin with, designer brands are expensive because of the amount of time and effort put into creating them. They are considered art, and luxury designers spend months slaving over the design of a product in order to perfect it. In addition, designer clothes tend to have be made in better quality materials which mean that they are going to last longer. Finally, most designer brands are made in their homeland instead of being mass produced in China so it keeps thing more exclusive and have limited supplies. Moreover, there is a good amount of designer products that are handmade.

Another reason why brands are expensive is because of their exclusivity. Designer brands, especially streetwear designer brands, tend to use the “drop tactic” by announcing a limited release of a certain product at a certain date and time and using social media and other platforms to broadcast the release. In addition, brands would collaborate with other brands in creating limited edition items such as a Louis Vuitton and Supreme hoodie. Ultimately, because there are only a limited amount of each product, the resale value is very high which makes some products cost 5x more than their retail.

There are many alternatives to buying designer clothing. An example is a plain white Gucci and Guess shirt from blog post 4. It is essentially the same shirt but Guess isn’t at the same caliber as Gucci so it cost $420 more. Another example from blog post 4 is the Zara shirt and Amiri shirt that have exactly the same designer and material. The only difference is that Amiri is known as a higher caliber brand.

Free Trade

The economic principle I learned was that "People gain when they trade voluntarily. My overall question was How does Free Trade help Americans. Overall I came to the conclusion that free trade is good for the economy and people.

Based on my research I found that free trade would help out many people and countries. This allows everyone to benefit at their own specific task. This will provide more products and more incentive to create new products.

Secondly I learned that free trade provides newer more innovative jobs. Also quality of the goes up by a large margin since countries don't have to pay the hefty tax.

Summary on Shoes topic

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Blog #2 was about the price of shoes and how people respond to incentives in predictable ways. New shoes endorsed by celebrities are overpriced and quickly becomes limited in supply. There is a much bigger difference in how much companies spend on the products than what they sell the shoe at. Blog #3 was about the most successful shoe company and how people respond to the best company. Nike stays ahead of their competitors in terms of technology and marketing. Nike buys out competing sport product brands. Nike focuses on product quality and creating products that help athletes perform better. Nike provides a wide variety of products to a large number of sports to capture greater market share. Nike maximizes marketing money with sports endorsements and uses social media to present their digital marketing.

Blog #4 was about how Jordan found a shoe company and how all choices have an opportunity cost. Jordan wanted to wear Adidas in the NBA but they weren’t making an offer. Adidas was caught at a bad time with founder Adi Dassler dying in 1978 and his wife and kids having to take over the business. When Jordan negotiations became tense, the wife got very sick and died later in the year so negotiations had fallen apart. To read more on what I thought was the most interesting topic I researched, visit this site. (http://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/dollars/post/_/id/2918/how-nike-landed-michael-jordan)

Blog #5 is about why leather is the best. Leather has a history as being the best shoe material and so it is still the most popular shoe material of today. Leather is flexible yet durable. It is sturdy. It is elastic so it could be stretched without tearing. It's breathable material and regulates temperature. Leather shoes can adjust to the comfort of the shoe wearer.

SYNTHESIZING RESEARCH ON ADVERTISING TECHNIQUES

 The economic principle I researched was, “People generally respond to incentives in predictable ways." My overall research question was, “Are consumers significantly influenced to buy things from advertisements?” Overall, I found that Advertisements surprisingly have a stronger effect on you than you realize. 

 From my research I found that yes advertisements do have a strong effect on the viewer. This is attributed to a few things such as how easy it is for the audience to relate to the product and how relatable the advertisements is. First off companies try to tie their brands to a specific lifestyle. For example Coca Cola advertises their brand to families because everyone can relate to it. Another very successful example is Red Bull because every year they host extreme sporting events in their name. They give the contestants free Red Bull to drink, and the fans makes the correlation in their brain that people who are good at skateboarding or motorcross drink this product.

 Second companies use extensive information about their product in order to sell more. This for example is explaining to the viewer what their product can do, and why it is better than the competition. Companies nowadays may use sponsored youtube videos. The reviewer will tell their audience everything good and bad about a specific product, and this will influence many people to buy their product. This is opposed to that of advertisements from the last century where companies would just say their name and what they are selling. This helps the company establish ethos amongst all of their competition.

Synthesis Research on the Music Industry

The economic principle I researched was “because of scarcity, people choose.” My overall research question was “How does spotify change the way we consume music?” Overall, I found that consuming and distributing music is now easier than ever with new streaming services.

First of all, a new musical renaissance has come out from music streaming. Steams have been steadily increasing as much as 42.6% in one year. However, a corresponding drop in physical musical sales has also been seen. So, what does this mean? More people are moving towards steaming as well as some people are changing medium to streaming. It makes sense: you can sample music to see if you like it and when you find what you really like you can buy it somewhere else.

 Secondly, the music industry itself has some beef with music streaming. Apparently, there have been some rumors about certain artists signing direct deals with Spotify. What this means if it is true, is that music labels will become obsolete in the coming years. Also this can lead to platforms preferring certain artists over others. This isn’t the only problem the music industry has with these new services. Some platforms, like Spotify, have adopted a censorship policy of sorts. This caused some songs to be removed or blacklisted from the recommendations.

Synthesizing Research on The Business Behind the Music Industry

SOURCE: Ultimate Guitar

The economic principle I researched was “people usually respond to incentives in predictable ways.” My overall research question was how does the music industry incentivize artists to create popular music? Overall, I found that more than ever before, artists are encouraged to conform to mainstream music trends in order to be successful in the current music industry that is rapidly changing the way music is made, distributed, and listened to. 

First, the way artists are making money today is rapidly changing because of the growing popularity of digital music. In years before the recent digital boom, the main way artists would make money would be through the sale of physical albums. Now, however, because most music is streamed digitally, artists have to rely on touring and selling merchandise to make the bulk of their money. Of course, artists also can make money from selling royalties of songs to other artists or labels. The way that music is distributed today, also contributes to the way that artists make money, and how music is heard. In days of music past, artists would have to go through a distributor before getting their music heard by their fans. Today, artists and labels can upload their own music directly to streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music. This has definitely had a huge effect on the music industry as it is music easier today to have you music heard by an audience- and essentially, just about anyone can create a band.

Next, record labels have a huge impact on how artists make music. Traditionally, the common belief has been that in order to find success, an artist needs to be connected to a label. In many ways this still holds true as labels help artists with funding, booking tour dates, and provide a huge financial advantage over artists that are not signed to labels. On the other hand however, a lot of mega-music labels have only one goal in mind- making more money. Because of this, I would argue that some of the benefits of being an independent artist, or signing to an indie label, would be that you have more freedom over the music you create. Finally, the streaming services of today have shifted the way that artists create music, and has possibly even worsened the quality of music that is created. An example of this, as I mentioned in my fifth blog post is how artists have jumped into the new digital format by making albums with much more songs than in previous years. This shows how these artists are incentivized to make money rather than make quality music because they understand that the more songs they release at once, the more listens they will get. And as I found in my third blog post, artists make money for every time their song is played (or streamed) on one of the many digital streaming services today.

To conclude, I think that like other businesses, the music industry is ultimately run by money. Money is what causes record labels to sign new artists, and it’s what inspires artists to write hit songs. In the end, like any other business, the music industry needs money to keep going, and as long as our favorite bands and artists continue to create music we love, the music industry won’t be changing anytime soon.

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SYNTHESIZING RESEARCH ON MUSIC PRODUCTION

The economic principle I researched was Institutions are the "rules of the game" that influence choices. My overall research question was How have new incentives such as technology and business models influence music production over the past decades? Overall, I found that music production has become a lot more easier and accessible for society due to modern technology advances. Not only that, a whole industry was made creating an array of jobs.

After tons of research, I found all the sorts of jobs one can obtain that involves sound production. In my 5th Blog Post I discussed how one can become an audio engineer who mixes and masters sound at live events; a commercial producer who produces sounds for music, advertisements, games and film; a teacher who can teach others how to make music; as well as a sound designer who designs sounds for games and film.

I even learned about how since the technology is so accessible to us these days we can start making music off a laptop. In Blog Post 5, I defined the term “bedroom producing”. What defines a music producer is someone who oversees and guides the process of producing and recording a song. However, over the past few decades music production has become more accessible. High quality can music can be made on a laptop with little software. A bedroom producer is someone who produces music not using any sort of extensive software. It’s as if they don’t need a recording studio, and that it could all be done in a bedroom.

New technology has also made the process of recording music a lot easier. I mention several times throughout the series of my blog posts about DAW’s (Digital Audio Workspaces). However, I discussed what they are in great depth in Blog Post 4. Essentially, DAW’s provide pre-installed plugins where synths or any type of sound can be produced. This allows songs to be made in the matter of an hour. Back in the day it took much longer because it was very difficult to make that one sound you needed. Back in the day, you had to have a good knowledge of sound design where as opposed today you have that done for you.

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