Prompt Post #4: Consider Delivery and Style

Music Journalism Collage

         In most cases all job fields are reported by multiples sources of journalism. Whether it's professional research or for fun they evoke a powerful message that they want their audience to understand and even more agree with. I came across one article about the power of music on the brain. The tone and the overall style of the piece was very poise and professional. The article pulled from a variety of resources and quoted multiple authors therefore it's not just one voice but a variety of voices. This gives the article more credibility because of the resources it pulls from and also it makes the language of the text more universal. Overall, the piece flowed like a research paper giving it a very knowledgeable and straight forward message.
        The other article right from the beginning it gives the reader incentive to read because it's saying. "This should be the greatest time in music history" (Byrne ¶1) Unlike the other article this one has a more a gimmick phrasing than an introduction. It's saying "Hey! I huge news to tell you read me." This article major argument was about how technology has affected the music industry.  It is saying the music world is one the most competitive job fields in our society today. Classical music or any form of music that is not “Top 40” or mainstream is even more difficult to make a successful career out of. In some respects orchestras, operas, musicals, and even big band jazz ensembles are considered a dying art.  With things like technology, it's crippling the music industry making it hard for people to make a living in it.  This article was pretty vague in showing the statistics on their thesis and relationship with technology and music.  It was just a superficial article with no real substance therefore the first article is more trustworthy because of the thorough context and cited resources.

Byrne, David. "Open the Music Industry’s Black Box." The New York Times. The New York Times, 01 Aug. 2015. Web. 17 Apr. 2016.