Exam 5: Sound Recording

The large Canadian music retailer,Sam the Record Man,closed its flagship store in Toronto following a dispute with the Big Four recording companies.

Which group,led by Tipper Gore and the wives of several other influential members of Congress,claimed that there were links between explicit rock music and teen suicide,teen pregnancy,abusive parents,broken homes,and other social ills?

The heart of the recording industry once was the powerful __________________ units at major labels.

When radio shifted mostly to playing recorded music in the 1950s,__________________ became essential for a new recording to succeed.

Historically,the radio and record industries have always been intimately connected.

The Department of Canadian Heritage states that independent labels are responsible for roughly __________________ percent of Cancon produced in Canada.

According to Allan Cross,where is most of the truly groundbreaking new music of today coming from?

According to Canadian regulations,English-language radio stations must play what percentage of Cancon?

What is the Grammy Bounce?

In 2003,the RIAA began legal action against individuals who downloaded music without paying.

File sharing has had little impact on music retailers.

The CRIA argues that piracy is an issue in Canada because of the lack of copyright legislation with teeth.

After the Canadian content regulations came into effect in 1971,what happened to the number of Canadian number-one singles on the CHUM charts in the following 13-year period?

Independent labels are responsible for a very small proportion of Cancon produced in Canada.

Sun and Motown are examples of which kind of recording company?

iTunes,Canada's first online music site,debuted in 2008.

Do you agree with Alan Cross that the days of Cancon as an industrial and cultural strategy might be over? Explain why or why not.

The Parents Music Resource Center argued that __________________ should be invoked to require that records with offensive lyrics be labelled as dangerous.

The Junos were named after Pierre Juneau,who was head of the CRTC when theCanadian content regulations were implemented.

The recording industry is concentrated in four major companies.