Music in the 21st century has truly made music "global" You could also say this about youtube. Pretty much anywhere around the world you have the internet now. youtube is a global site and music is mass produced on youtube. It has become easy to get yourself out to the public with these new portals (i think thats what you call them).
With all these great and easy ways of getting music. The producers of the artist, for example sony, MGM, etc.. are going to have to adapt. They are scared that this simple and free way to produce music will make them not be able to pay the artists as much money, and this in turn will create less incentive for the artists, and lower quality and the music produced. They stay stick with itunes its a win/win situation both ways. It may be the right thing to do but for now it is too easy to get free music and people are going to continue to do it until it becomes a danger. For now they need to be promoting with the concerts, putting on shows. Finding new ways to make money.
Music is changing and so is the world. Hopefully with music becoming more global we can have a more unifying world!
It's crazy to think of how far music technology has come to get itself here with the mp3 player. I also think that artists are going to have to start coming up with new ways to make money or they're going to have to get another job too.
ReplyDeleteIt really is amazing how much music is out there, just on the internet alone! It makes you wonder what the generations before us did.
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