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was negatively affected because it was slow to adapt and capitalise on the efficiencies of digital distribution and purchase. Before the internet and digitalisation the major record companies such as Time-Warner, EMI group and Deca used distribution methods that involved consumers listening to the radio, buying vinyl records or audio-cassette tapes at music retail shops, reading about the music and artists in newspapers or music magazines attending concerts and watching musicians perform on television

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

Holographic performances are a convenient method to boost profits for event companies and partners such as promotion companies and contractual businesses. They do not have to pay out large sums to high profile musicians and tickets sold are expensive. “It is estimated that a two-year world tour featuring the digital Michael Jackson could rake in half a billion dollars” (Sherwell, 2014). With such profit potential, it is likely that the popularity of holograms will increase among event organisers

any entrepreneur of the late nineties, they took to the internet, and founded Napster. A free website that used file-sharing technology to allow people to get their favorite songs by sharing files over the internet. The website was so successful, record companies began to take notice of their dwindling sales. By December of the same year, Napster was sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and basically anyone else who produced music for copyright infringement. Although the

In this day and age the music industry is constantly developing, especially with the new discovery of technology; changing the way the world listens and shares music. These developments, in turn, have both positive and negative effects on musicians who are desperate to make it in the music business. One of the most pinnacle developments in the past two years has been the use of Online distribution and how it allows unsigned artists to promote themselves. Online distribution has ‘brought about

➢ Production Project The proposal of the production project is to design an official website for the Independent Record label, titled A production by Big money then produce music for the website, mix and master to sound professional, then get the music prepared for the website. During the progress of creating the website it was decided to design something that relates to the author, which would be useful for the author career path. The production project will benefit the author to develop and understand

happy with the way things are sounding and other things like that. Another big part of a music producer's job is always looking for new talent to help develop and improve to eventually get them to sign to the label they work for. They also have to always be working with radio broadcasters and record

Before the conception of the Internet, music was sold wholly as a physical product. The gramophone record commonly known as ‘Vinyl’ dominated all music sales up until the 1990s. Vinyl was sold as EPs (Singles or Extended play) and LPs (Albums – Long play). In the 1980s the Compact Cassette exploded in popularity, invented by Philips in 1962 the compact cassette had been around with little success. In the 1980s there was a massive surge of high fidelity portable cassette players being sold, most notably

order to cultivate strong relationships with record labels and venue managers; coordinate important venue bookings and set up record deals. Notwithstanding, is quite common musicians in early career stages to manage their career themselves and book their own shows. However, there is a significant importance of having an agent from the start, as suggested by Teri Saccone: “Some industry experts advise that you should find an agent prior to getting a record deal as booking artists for venues requires

companies flourish due to the sale and popularity of these electronic devices. If a person wants to hear music they will turn on a stereo or TV, choose a CD or DVD to play, or listen to a songs downloaded in ITunes. All of these devices use electronics to record, play, and change the way music is heard. A look through history will show how far society has come in music alone. The development of technology has changed the way the music industry operates and the way society hears and buys music today. Society