- advances in technology
- user based production
- no more reliance on record company
- musical expertise is not needed e.g Garageband and logic > a loop based software which is evident in manufactured pop artists
- cost no longer an issue
Distribution :
- internet as a primary medium, web 2.0 e.g youtube
- no longer expensive can be free ; largely accessed as 'free' music
- not legal in most cases- filesharing through limewire
- now making physical formats obsolete e.g tapes, CD's > which impacts on retail outlets
- difficult to track and monitor
- industry forced to enter new ways of marketing, in keeping with interactive nature of distribution
Consumption :
- Follows trend of using new media technology e.g. "Youtube".
- Linked to image more explicitly through visual media
- Saturated/ diluted experiences of accessing music - devalued?
The 'big' 4 record companies: Sony, Warner Bros, Universal and EMI.
The big four are very powerful, in the music industry smaller record companies take only 20% of the indstury.
The development of the music industry is linked to the development of techonology.
1980 - The compact disk emerged.
1982 - CDs able to be played on computers.
1988 - Sales of CDs over took the sales of Vinyl.
1990 - Recordable CDs became available.
1997 - MP3 players emerged.
1999 - "Napster" service was launched- revolution that led to legal battles over copyright
2000 - Broadband was introduced to the UK.
2001 - Apple launchediPod and iTunes
2003- CD sales has fallen by one third.
2005 - iPod shuffle made downloading cheaper and more access able.
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