Music Artist Struggle
Before I walk out my house, I always grab 2 useful devices. They are my cell phone and my MP3 player. As soon as I step outside, I put the headphones on my year and listen to numerous songs by different artists. Most of the artists that I listen to is well known artists that my friends also listen to. For me, I never listen to a music made by non-famous artist. However, what makes those artists that I listen to, so famous?
Many artists are struggling these days because of music sharing programs that are popular to many people these days. Their musics are constantly being downloaded illegally because we are living in the age of the internet. Also many artists have difficulties of spreading their existance. However things are not working out. They try to perform on a radio station but soon their work is quickly spread through the internet. Tours or concerts that they perform are unsuccessful because their names are not spread through the world. For them, the world is unfair.
Famous artists on the other hand is doing pretty well. Even though some people download their music off the internet illegally, some people download their music off itunes, which is legal music downloading program, to give some respect to the artist. Also the tours that they make around the world is generally successful. The way that they became successful is simple. In order to be successful for music artists, instead of caring about the money they make, they need to care more about satisfying the listener who are spending their time and money to listen to them.
The band called The Arctic Monkeys, which is my favorite band of all time, was famous around the internet because of their unique name and their extraordinary songs. People loved it. Their names and songs quickly spreaded through out the internet. Soon, people from all around the world desperately wanted to see their live performance. After a few performance, the arctic monkeys began to record limited amount of demo CDs and gave them away for free to the people who came to their performance. People who received their demo CDs uploaded them on their computers and shared it through out the web. If it was a different artist, they would be furious about this behavior. However the Arctic Monkeys did not mind. In fact they thought it was a better way for people to hear more about them. Arctic Monkeys began playing through the radio station and people began to know more and more about them, until they became one of the top bands in Britain.
Arctic Monkeys’ attitude made them feel more closer and closer to the people who are their fans. Their attitude is what other artists should follow. In fact, I believe that for the artists, making other people to share their music isn’t always a disadvantage for them. It is actually a huge advantage to them, since more people will know their name and more people will enjoy their music and will come to their live performance. Then if they really enjoy the artist’s music, they will purchase their music in appreciation of the artist’s work.
Marsha’s Question
Thank you so much for visiting my blog. This was the question you asked me
“Help…I am living in Spain and trying to connect a Inves Bluetooth Speaker (JS1219WA) to my Macbook Pro 17 with system 10.4.11 and have successfully linked the device but can’t get the speaker to recognize my Mac. I have restarted the Mac and turned the device on and off but to no avail…
The instructions are totally in Spanish and I have been using an on line translator to get me this far. It’s searching but not finding (red and blue lights flashing)…I figured out enough that I know I need the blue lights to flash only when I have a connection. Usually Mac stuff is so easy!!! Any ideas?? Any help will be greatly appreciated.”s
If your Macbook Pro 17 is properly connected with Inves Bluetooth Speaker (JS1219WA), there should be the sign up on the screen, indicating that your devices are connected. If you don’t see the sign, follow the step that I list below.
1. on your Macbook Pro, go to “system preference”
2. On “system perference” find an icon called “Bluetooth” (It will be under Hardware tab)
3. Once “Bluetooth” screen pops up, click “Settings” Once you are on settings, click “Turn Bluetooth On” After you do this, you might want to put a tick mark on “Show Bluetooth status in the menu bar”,”Allow Bluetooth Devices to wake this computer” ,”Discoverable”, etc.It is recommended you put tickmark on every box.(if you do put a tick mark, it will be more convenient on future use of bluetooth because you will be able to go straight into bluetooth menu by clicking bluetooth mark on status bar)
4. Go to “Devices” and click “set up a new device”
5. Click continue once and you will see tick mark with “mouse, keyboard, mobile phone, printer, headset, any device” I’m 90% sure that you should click headset on this case since you are gonna use a speaker, but Also try “any device” just in case.
6. DO NOT PRESS CONTINUE YET! Before you press continue, Make sure your speaker is on “pairing” status or make it some how discoverable. If you don’t know how to make your speaker into a “pairing” status, read the instruction or manual that your speaker came with. Now, you told me that you are using spanish speaker and you are using translator to translate it for you. (I heard that translator actually don’t work well but w/e) If you have some trouble reading the manual, here is way to make most of bluetooth device into a “pairing” status. Press and HOLD (it is important that you hold it) “multifunction” button for at least 10 seconds until it shows some light. Now you are on “pairing status” (depending on the device, the type of light it produce is different) After you go through all this, press continue.
7. Now your Mac will search the device for you. once it finds it, just follow the instruction the wizard gives you and you are done!
For more information, click “HERE” to watch a video of a person pairing his Mac to another device using Bluetooth. I have never heard of a speaker with your model name. I’m also not sure if your speaker is made by trustworthy company. If you still can’t pair it after the instruction I provided you, return your product and buy a new one. Here is a list of good bluetooth speaker.
1. Samsung BS300 (It is extremely protable and sleek looking speaker. It is very trustworthy. I mean comeon~! Its SAMSUNG!)
2.Nokia MD-5W (It is not that portable, but Im sure that sound quality is amazing and it is trustworthy because it is made by Nokia)
Click “HERE” for more Bluetooth device
I hope this article helped Marsha, once again, thank you for visiting my blog. Also plz write a comment if you paired your speaker successfully or not Thanx 
