"Retirement sucks!" These are the famous words from one of the most captivating musical artist living today. Ozzy Osbourne has taken this world by surprise with his stunning actions, energetic motivation, and of course his music. His presence in the music industry inspired many artists today, and has taken everyone by surprise. In this paper I will discuss some history about the recording industry, background on the Ozzman himself, and how he has sparked the recording industry.

Thomas Edison has to be credited with starting the recording industry, because without his invention of the phonograph, there might not be music on the radio, or on tapes and CD's today(Biagi 143). In 1887, a man by the name Emile Berliner replaced Edison's phonograph with the gramophone and in 1947 Goldmark introduced the LP, or Long-playing record(143-4).

Working in the recording industry takes a lot of time, patience, and money. Starting with making records, to 8 tracks, to 4 track tapes, and now to CD's, there have been many changes in bettering the production. There are five separate levels of responsibility the industry must go through before

Four years later, rumor had it that Ozzy was returning to the music industry. People eagerly awaited to see his return and hear his new album. After going on tour, he decided to start huge festivals, like Lollapalooza, called Ozzfest. He brings new bands, old band, and just last year reunited with former band mates of Black Sabbath("Ozzy"). After much complaint about reuniting with Black Sabbath, Ozzy caved in and made it official to reunite. This year Sabbath will be headlining Ozzfest("Ozzy).

There are four major issues that face the recording industry today: piracy, payola, contents of recording, and authenticity of performances(150). Piracy is the recording of music without the consent of the musician or business(149). To put it bluntly, the recording industry, as well as the musician, lose money when a person records the musicians music and sells it to someone else. Instead of buying it at a store, the person has a copied tape of the same music without giving money to who it should go to. Payola is when a disc jockey collects fees and favors to play certain records. Contents of Recordings is when the recording industry has to put warning labels on the cover for music with explicit lyrics(153). Authenticity of Performances is when a person lip sings someone else's song and takes credit for it. An example would be Milli Vanilli. They never actually sang on the record and got credit for it(154).

With everything that happened in Ozzy's life, he ended up getting what he wanted. Fame, publicity, money, etc. He is what every man dreams to be and he's happy. Ozzy is doing what he wants and living like no tomorrow.

it reaches the public(148). One is the Artists and repertoire, which develop and coordinate talent. The Operations manage the technical aspects of the recording, such as: sound technicians, musicians, and even the people that

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