How Did Music Affect The Music Industry
The Music Industry
In the Middle East, North Korea and other communist countries that are run by dictators; the government monitor everything that their people listen to, they are only really allowed to listen to classical music as it doesn't display any type of message (good or bad) or inspire people to want to speak out about the suffering that they face. Contrary to those places, artists in England and other countries across the world have been inspired by politics to make protest songs and art, displaying influential meaning to the world to make them want to be involved in change, these types of songs date back even before the bible.
The most famous protest songs to date, influenced by political status at the time all have a very strong …show more content…
iTunes basically made a platform for music makers and users by giving them a space on the "digital shelf", from DIY artists, minor labels and major labels to all compete with each other. Even The Beatle's songs and old classics are on the iTunes library. More than 25 billion songs had been sold by February 2013.
CD sales have been dropping rapidly since 2010, when digital sales and downloads first began to take over. Annual album sales fell by %13 in 2010, but Adele's latest album 21 managed to storm the charts to become one of the best selling albums ever! I think the reason most people refuse to buy cd's now is because it's simply not practical in this day in age, people want their music digitally owned so it's compatible with all their gadgets (unless you still have a Walkman). One of the most essential things to understand and know being an artist in the music industry is the importance of royalties and …show more content…
Whenever you hear music anywhere; in a restaurant, shops, cafe, radio etc, all the music is licensed, they have paid the copyright holder to play their work. If an establishment were to play any type of music without permission, that is a breach of the copyright. As an artist, licensing your music is one of the most beneficial things that you can do, the main reason is the exposure that your work gets, e.g., if your music was played on an advert for a minute, 30 seconds or just 10 seconds, it could have the capacity to boost your career (hoping that the right people see it). Aerosmith earn’t more money from being on the game “guitar hero” The money you get for it can vary, if your work is featured on a soundtrack to a movie you could receive twenty — thirty-thousand pounds compared to something of a smaller scale like a minor advert in which you could earn several hundred - several thousand. In addition to earning money and gaining exposure you're also building your résumé and hopefully gaining a positive reputation in order to be more
In the Middle East, North Korea and other communist countries that are run by dictators; the government monitor everything that their people listen to, they are only really allowed to listen to classical music as it doesn't display any type of message (good or bad) or inspire people to want to speak out about the suffering that they face. Contrary to those places, artists in England and other countries across the world have been inspired by politics to make protest songs and art, displaying influential meaning to the world to make them want to be involved in change, these types of songs date back even before the bible.
The most famous protest songs to date, influenced by political status at the time all have a very strong …show more content…
iTunes basically made a platform for music makers and users by giving them a space on the "digital shelf", from DIY artists, minor labels and major labels to all compete with each other. Even The Beatle's songs and old classics are on the iTunes library. More than 25 billion songs had been sold by February 2013.
CD sales have been dropping rapidly since 2010, when digital sales and downloads first began to take over. Annual album sales fell by %13 in 2010, but Adele's latest album 21 managed to storm the charts to become one of the best selling albums ever! I think the reason most people refuse to buy cd's now is because it's simply not practical in this day in age, people want their music digitally owned so it's compatible with all their gadgets (unless you still have a Walkman). One of the most essential things to understand and know being an artist in the music industry is the importance of royalties and …show more content…
Whenever you hear music anywhere; in a restaurant, shops, cafe, radio etc, all the music is licensed, they have paid the copyright holder to play their work. If an establishment were to play any type of music without permission, that is a breach of the copyright. As an artist, licensing your music is one of the most beneficial things that you can do, the main reason is the exposure that your work gets, e.g., if your music was played on an advert for a minute, 30 seconds or just 10 seconds, it could have the capacity to boost your career (hoping that the right people see it). Aerosmith earn’t more money from being on the game “guitar hero” The money you get for it can vary, if your work is featured on a soundtrack to a movie you could receive twenty — thirty-thousand pounds compared to something of a smaller scale like a minor advert in which you could earn several hundred - several thousand. In addition to earning money and gaining exposure you're also building your résumé and hopefully gaining a positive reputation in order to be more