1. Choose a piece of music from a genre you don't regularly listen to or do not like, and write the title and performer of the piece. Then, using the five propositions in Chapter 1, explain why the work you chose is a piece of music.
2. How are the production and reception of music being affected by the advent of music services such as Pandora, Spotify and YouTube and easy-to-use music creation software like GarageBand, Reason and Dr. Drum? Provide an example of an artist you know who may be changing the way we produce and/or receive music.