The Music Industry in the Digital Age
The Music Industry in a Digital Age
Table of Contents
* Report Justification
* Summary
* Introduction
* Main Body
* Conclusion
* Bibliography
Report Justification
As multimedia students we have become accustom to the changing technology around us. We are always at the forefront of fads and changes. In terms of music most people carry around with them an ipod or some form of mp3 player. In 2006 46.6 million ipods alone were sold by Apple. In the same year illegal downloads skyrocketed to 6 billion, a 47% increase from the previous year. The available of free music and the move to mp3 players show that there will soon no longer be any room for cd’s. Sadly this means that analog artwork will also be lost, unless artists provide a different means to gaining their artwork. This particular topic is of interest to us as we have seen the transformation of the music tape, to cd’s and now mp3. Even back when tapes were popular people were still getting music for free. It was so easy to record songs off the radio onto tape. Perhaps as humans it was inevitable that we would always find a way of getting products for free. It seems like the music industry is constantly changing and remains a very large part of our digital culture.
Here Is a poll we took on facebook to find out just how many people are still buying physical copy’s of their music.
A total of 50 people took this pole. Only 2 people answered that they still buy vinyl, the same for buying cd’s and for downloading illegally.
So a huge 88% of people are downloading illegally. They commented on using such torrent sites such as isohunt and piratebay. Some people said they download directly off youtube using various youtube to mp3 converters. Some people download off soundcloud. This is where artists upload their own music and can choose whether or not to make it a free download for people.
Summary
The digital age has redefined the nature of work for many
Table of Contents
* Report Justification
* Summary
* Introduction
* Main Body
* Conclusion
* Bibliography
Report Justification
As multimedia students we have become accustom to the changing technology around us. We are always at the forefront of fads and changes. In terms of music most people carry around with them an ipod or some form of mp3 player. In 2006 46.6 million ipods alone were sold by Apple. In the same year illegal downloads skyrocketed to 6 billion, a 47% increase from the previous year. The available of free music and the move to mp3 players show that there will soon no longer be any room for cd’s. Sadly this means that analog artwork will also be lost, unless artists provide a different means to gaining their artwork. This particular topic is of interest to us as we have seen the transformation of the music tape, to cd’s and now mp3. Even back when tapes were popular people were still getting music for free. It was so easy to record songs off the radio onto tape. Perhaps as humans it was inevitable that we would always find a way of getting products for free. It seems like the music industry is constantly changing and remains a very large part of our digital culture.
Here Is a poll we took on facebook to find out just how many people are still buying physical copy’s of their music.
A total of 50 people took this pole. Only 2 people answered that they still buy vinyl, the same for buying cd’s and for downloading illegally.
So a huge 88% of people are downloading illegally. They commented on using such torrent sites such as isohunt and piratebay. Some people said they download directly off youtube using various youtube to mp3 converters. Some people download off soundcloud. This is where artists upload their own music and can choose whether or not to make it a free download for people.
Summary
The digital age has redefined the nature of work for many