Music is ubiquitous in our lives, but is rarely viewed from technology and management perspective.
We will study music industry as a whole from the past to present, and to the future.
From the basics of sound and music, history of the music and mankind to the music business development and related technologies, we will learn and discuss about the past and current industry landscape and future possibilities.
We will study music industry as a whole from the past to present, and to the future.
From the basics of sound and music, history of the music and mankind to the music business development and related technologies, we will learn and discuss about the past and current industry landscape and future possibilities.
To understand the music industry which has broad business area including hardware and software.
Through understanding the music industry from birds-eye view, learners will develop the wide viewpoint and be able to extend the knowledge to any other industry.
Through understanding the music industry from birds-eye view, learners will develop the wide viewpoint and be able to extend the knowledge to any other industry.
- Understand the basic principle of sound and music and its value in human society.
Understand the history of music industry from technology and management point of view. - Capture the whole music industry in global scale and envision future development of the industry.
- Build the capability to extend the outcome of the learning from music industry to learner's own business and industry.
| Class schedule | HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) | Amount of Time Required | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "What is Sound and Music" - What is sound - What is hearing - The roots of music and language |
Summarize own music experience. | 60minutes |
| Report: What sound mean to me and my origin in music experience. | 120minutes | ||
| 2. | "History of Music Industry" - History of Musical Instruments From ancient instruments to pre-industry revolution - Origin of audio equipment - Early technology in audio |
Search musical instruments history | 90minutes |
| understand the early days of musical instruments and audio technolgy | 90minutes | ||
| 3. | "Audio Technology" by special guest speaker - Audio Technology and products history - latest audio technology - future audio technology |
Check the Japanese audio makers and their history | 60minutes |
| Report: After hearing the guest speaker's lecture, summarize the strong and week points of Japanese audio makers. | 120minutes | ||
| 4. | "Digital Revolution in Audio" - Record industry and digitalization - Digital technology in audio production |
Search the effect of digital revolution in music industry | 90minutes |
| Summarize the change of the music industry by digital revolution. | 90minutes | ||
| 5. | "Music Content and Copyrights" - What is "copyrights" - Music Copyrights and business - Digital and Network society and copyrights |
Check news about the copyrights | 90minutes |
| Think about the future of the copyrights in music industry. | 90minutes | ||
| 6. | "Music School and Copyrights" by special guest speaker - What is JASRAC - Music School Case - what is the issue - Rights and Cultural development |
Search the news about "JASRAC and Music School Court Case" | 60minutes |
| Report: After hearing the guest speaker's lecture, express your idea how to solve the issue. | 120minutes | ||
| 7. | "Acoustic Piano Development" by special guest speaker - What is the development of acoustic piano - What is digital piano and its difference from acoustic. - Possibility of further development of acoustic instruments |
Check the history of piano | 60minutes |
| Report: After hearing the guest speaker's lecture, express your idea what needs to be maintained and what's not in acoustic instruments. | 120minutes | ||
| 8. | "Musical Instruments Business and MI Makers" - History of Musical Instruments - Japanese Manufacturers - Why Japanese manufacturers became world leader in western instruments. |
Check the culture related manufacturing industry | 90minutes |
| Summarize the common and unique aspect of musical instruments makers in comparison to other industries | 90minutes | ||
| 9. | "VOCALOID and new business development" by special guest speaker - VOCALOID technology and its business model - Why VOCALOID has become an icon. - How new business is built and the difficulties of monetizing. |
Hear about VOCALOID from young generation, if possible. | 60minutes |
| Report: After hearing the guest speaker's lecture, think about how to make bigger success of VOCALOID and suggestion to monetize any new business. | 120minutes | ||
| 10. | "Computer and Music" - Evolution of computer technology and music industry - Music Production and Computer Professional Production, Musician's home studio Consumer becoming "prosumer" |
Search the effect of computer technology in music making and distribution. | 90minutes |
| Summarize the democratization of music making. | 90minutes | ||
| 11. | "Electronic music production and performance hardware/software " by special guest speaker. - History of music electronics - Japanese manufacturers - representative songs and technology |
Search Japanese electronic musical instrument makers. | 60minutes |
| Report: After hearing the guest speaker's lecture, express your idea why Japanese makers became world leader and how to keep the position in future. | 120minutes | ||
| 12. | "What is MIDI" - What is MIDI and how it was made - Global standardization - Meaning of world standard ad the possibility of future business. |
Check what is MIDI | 90minutes |
| Think about how we build the next standard. | 90minutes | ||
| 13. | "AI and future music technology" - Machine Learning, AI and future music - Man Machine Interaction - Art, Creativity and future Technology |
Search AI usage in music industry. | 60minutes |
| Preparation for final report: | 120minutes | ||
| 14. | "Tomorrow's music industries" - Latest forecast from statistics - Change of users and preferences - Learning from and to other industries - What should be the future of sound and music |
Check the future trend report related to music | 90minutes |
| Preparation for final report | 90minutes | ||
| 15. | " Final report presentation" What future music industry should look like and how to realize such vision. - Presentation - Discussion |
Prepare for the presentation | 90minutes |
| Submit the final report | 90minutes | ||
| Total. | - | - | 2700minutes |
| Contribution to class | Report | Final presentation | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20% | 10% | 10% | 40% |
| 2. | 10% | 10% | 10% | 30% |
| 3. | 10% | 10% | 10% | 30% |
| Total. | 40% | 30% | 30% | - |
Contribution to the class, participation to discussion : 40 points
Report and presentation : 30 points
Final presentation and report : 30 points
Evaluation Criteria
Be able to report according to the assignment 60%
Be able to explain correctly and logically according to the assignment 70%
Be able to express own insight in easy-to-understand way > 80%
Report and presentation : 30 points
Final presentation and report : 30 points
Evaluation Criteria
Be able to report according to the assignment 60%
Be able to explain correctly and logically according to the assignment 70%
Be able to express own insight in easy-to-understand way > 80%
No textbook
Reference
"Sound Media History" by Fumikazu Taniguchi, Katsushi Nakagawa, Yudai Fukuda Nakanishi-Ya Publishing 2015 2300Yen
other publications may be introduced accordingly
Reference
"Sound Media History" by Fumikazu Taniguchi, Katsushi Nakagawa, Yudai Fukuda Nakanishi-Ya Publishing 2015 2300Yen
other publications may be introduced accordingly
- One hour prior to the lecture
or anytime via email
- Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
- Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills
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