Technology And Proliferation Of Popular Music

Every adult, over the age of 18, has seen the changes the music industry has gone through since the introduction of the internet, digital downloading, and online streaming. We have heard that Tapes, CDs, MP3s, and the internet were going to destroy the industry. Have they destroyed it yet? According to Ian Morris, Author of the article, "Technology is Destroying the Music Industry, Which is Great for the Next Taylor Swift", music is changing but the only thing the internet is destroying are the record labels. Which he explains as a good thing for the industry. Morris talks about the roles the record label plays and why it 's on the way out. The biggest change in music since the internet was the development of Napster. 2014 marked fifteen years after the rise and fall of this online file sharing platform. The article "15 years After Napster: How the Music Service Changed the Industry", by Alex Suskind, talks about the failed program and why the biggest change in the music industry made record labels scared. So what does this all mean and why should people care? Well for starters when it comes to musicians and record labels, the company makes most of the money, as well as most of the decisions. Music was never meant to be something that was used for money. Music is made enjoyment and should be shared without extensive rules and regulations. Music existed before man and will exist after. It is not something that should be governed by big companies looking to make money. The

Some believe that about 30,000 to 60,000 years ago, music was first discovered. The love of a song back then could only be heard live or if you learned to play it yourself. Since then, there have been many inventions for you to listen to your favorite genres, songs, and artists anytime you like.

Perhaps an even greater example of technology’s influence on the music industry is told with the

Taking a look back into at the history of America can make one realize just how privileged society is today. Not long ago, people did not have the luxury of technology. Technology has greatly influenced the way people learn, communicate, and act, but people are not the only thing that technology has had an effect on. Throughout American history there have been many technological advancements that influenced the making, recording, and mobilization of music.

There are countless ways how technology has changed both the music industry and the radio. This has been a controversial issue debating whether this impact is positive or negative.

Technology is a brand new field nowadays, it is a field that people will need to study and develop since it brings our life much easier. But nothing is perfect, technology also draws a lot of attentions toward intellectual property. People are more concern about the impact of technology on modern music due to the growth of electronic formatting music. Everybody can modify, copy and cut music from CD or an electronic file. At this point, the traditional law is no longer apply to the current situation.

We are currently in the Digital Era of music. Music recording has been transformed from music stored on vinyl records and audio cassettes to the first introduction of the Compact Disc. The Compact Disc was a huge shift in how music would be recorded, distributed and heard. Following the Compact Disk (CD), technology continued to advance with more inventions to aid our listening enjoyment. Among those inventions were the MP3 player, iPod, iPad, smartphone and the current ultimate digital music store, iTunes. Each of these digital advancements in music have intertwined their ability to offer consumers music that is handheld, portable and digitally store hundreds to thousands of music files into an electronic music library. However, all that glitters is not gold. The ability to download music from the Internet has created a piracy frenzy. Online file sharing sites, such as the now out-of-use Napster, have given consumers a way to steal music from the artists. “Napster opened us up to a world where we had the luxury of sharing music files amongst a massive community of nearly 80 million users (at its peak) without ever spending one penny” (Alex Bracetti, 2013). The history of music is not the only element that has been affected by digital technology. Digital technology has also

Music has played a vital role in human culture and evidence based on archaeological sites can date it back to prehistoric times. It can be traced through almost all civilizations in one form or another. As time has progressed so has the music and the influences it has on people. Music is an important part of popular culture throughout the world, but it is especially popular in the United States. The music industry here is, and has been, a multi-million dollar business that continues to play an important role in American popular culture. This is also a art form and business that is forever changing as the times and more importantly, technology changes. Technology has changed the way music is made as well as how it is produced,

After this period of music came to a conclusion, more modern genres of music developed like jazz. Ever since there have been different eras of popular music like: Jazz, Blues, Rock, R&B, Hip-Hop/Rap, and most recently Pop. Not only has music become much more diverse, yet it has also turned into a gigantic multi-billion dollar industry. According to Select USA , the music industry reached 15.1 billion dollars in 2013, and according to Billboard, a superstar artist can earn anywhere from 14 to 70 million dollars a year. This shows that music is greatly influencing our society, however recent studies have found that it's also a considerable influence in our

Throughout the course of history there have been many technological advances that have made a tremendous impact on human culture and the way our society functions. Inventions like the automobile, television, and the internet have all contributed to improve the quality of living as we know it. One major contribution to media and our culture was the development and rise of sound recording. Since it’s inception sound recording has evolved and adapted to fit our ever growing need for media. Thanks to this reason it remains heavily integrated into our culture. As sound recording developed, it pushed music, one of the oldest forms of media into a constant cycle of rebirth. As popular forms of music and its’ artists begin to heavily influence our

Technology has had a profound effect on our civilisation and culture, and this has been reflected in the changing state of the music industry. This includes the development of virtual instruments, the accessibility to digital audio workstation technology, file sharing, online music streaming, the growth and development of social media platforms, and digital instruments. We live in an age where it is becoming increasingly easier to produce, obtain, share and discover music. This paper will explore some of the ways in which technology has influenced the music industry, with a focus on the diminishing need for musical talent.

Music is a part of life for every culture and every generation. From just about the start of mankind we have made music and with every technological advancement, we have evolved the way music is heard, made, and distributed. Within the last couple decades I have witnessed the music industry change drastically from cassette tapes to digital mp3s. What caused this dramatic evolution of music? What are the effects on the industry itself, and the consumers like you?

this is that people were not buying complete albums anymore. On the contrary to revenue decreasing, more units of music were bought during the MP3’s popularity. The MP3 benefitted the industry at one pint, but it is streaming that is keeping the live music industry alive.

Nowadays, teenagers are living constantly surrounded by technology. Even if the younger generation may not see it, technology has had an impact on different factors. The widespread use of digital technology in the music industry has allowed consumers to reproduce digital versions of copyrighted songs inexpensively, with the help of many software and websites. There has been an increase in digital copying activities and those are most of the time claimed responsible for producers’ loss in revenues. While some people claim that the increase of digital technology has killed the music industry, in fact it has lead to innovation and new ways of consuming and sharing music, such as

In the midst of the United States’ “dot com bubble” (years 1997-2000), there was a surge in technology that brought about file sharing and digital downloads. Threatening the survival of the music industry and introducing a unique set of challenges for the industry to overcome. To remain relevant in the new global market of digital music online, the music industry would have to evolve and change with the introduction of each new facet technology had to offer. The introduction of digitally compressed music files, so easily attainable for a small fee or downloaded legally (pirated) for free, made the music industry reevaluate how to make a profit and protect copyrights. Social media created a visible opportunity for both consumers and artists to maintain digital relationships while providing a platform for consumers to follow and discover new musicians and bands, naturally, making the internet a promotional medium for artists. As the corner record shops closed to make way for virtual storefronts and instant downloads; the internet, digital downloading, and social media made an enormous impact on the music industry that has changed the way consumers purchase, source, listen to, and produce music today.