Music industry

Effects of Illegal Downloading on the Music Industry Illegal downloading is commonly known as piracy, it describe that the steeling music from artists, songwriters, musicians, record label employees and others whose hard work and great talent who make music possible. Nowadays, downloading music is available for everyone on internet. However, it is still illegal. Downloading music on internet is what most people are doing because they do not have to pay, and they can choose only the songs they

Creative Industry- Music Industry | | Student Name: Lily Lee | Contents: 1.0 Introduction: 2 2.0 Music Industry: 2 2.1 Music Industry Value Chain 4 2.11 Beginning: 4 2.12 Production: 5 2.13 Circulation: 5 2.14 Distribution: 5 2.15 Consumption: 6 3.0 Technology Globalization impact on Music Industry: 6 4.0 Trade Globalization impact on Music Industry: 8 5.0 Conclusion: 9 6.0 Reference: 11 7.0 Appendix: 12 Appendix 1: The Core Cultural Industries 12 Appendix 2: Music Industry Value Chain

On-Demand Music Streaming and the Modern Music Industry In October 2014, Taylor Swift released her latest studio album 1989, and by year’s end it had become 2014’s best-selling album with over 3.6 million copies purchased. Many fans had also anticipated listening to her newest work through the popular on-demand music streaming service Spotify. Instead, a week after the album’s premiere, Taylor Swift pulled her entire discography from the site (Mansfield). Her actions have since sparked a debate over

The evolution of the music industry follows the familiar pattern of digitization. Innovation began with the introduction of the vinyl record, transitioned from the cassette tape to the compact disc and landed us in an era of digital downloads. The emergence of music streaming services like Spotify has progressed the industry even further, giving consumers the ability to access music on demand using download-free online platforms. Spotify faces criticism from artists as a result of the overlap of

The recording music business was originally dominated by record labels beginning in the 1950s. According to Aspray, the original structure of the recording industry stood as an oligopoly controlled by the six major record labels: Warner Music Group (WMG), Electrical and Music Industries Group (EMI), Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Group (SMG) and PolyGram (PMG). The Big 6 controlled all promotional and distributional efforts of recorded music and this control

biases. Now when you take a look at the surface of the music business there seems to be diversity with gender, but behind the scenes, this bias has changed very little. This behind the scenes industry consists of music production, mastering, mixing, A&R, administration and many other record label jobs that are given. The gender biases that exist in today’s music industry serve a harsh reminder of influential sexism, most prominent biases are the attitudes towards women because of pre-existing male

In the past, music has been a costly business, where only people with a lot of money could enter and be successful in the industry. Changes in the music industry coupled with new computer technology have made it much easier for people without a lot of money to compose, produce, and distribute their creation. In order to get a better understanding of the music industry in comparison to 2014, one has to look at its history. There were many things that happened from the 1980’s onward, and they brought

Music Industry: Independent vs. Major Record Label Music is at our fingertips. We can turn on a radio or select a song on a menu and it chimes back at you the melody of the song you selected. A man named Scott de Martinville of the 18th century was fascinated by the way photographs preserved images, and he felt as if he could do the same with sound. The invention of the phonograph was the beginning of the music industry. Musicians could now use a machine to record their sounds and then publish and

Technology has evolved over the years especially in the music industry. We went from buying hard copy CDs to developing music streaming services. The music industry changed once Napster was created. Napster allowed people to easily share Mp3 files from each other's computers. It was a free streaming service that enabled you to download anything you wanted without having to pay a dime. It made CD sales plummet and hard copy CDs became obsolete. Napster was the foundation of torrenting. It made Limewire

Introduction: The music industry consists of the companies and individuals that make money by creating and selling music (Wikipedia). The current music industry which emerged around the middle of the 20th century has been undergoing drastic changes for the past two decades. When the Internet, and peer-to-peer file-sharing services such as Napster, Kazaa and Limewire, began their rise at the turn of the millennium, many predicted that the music industry, among other entertainment sectors, was headed