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from these campaigns are used to finance record production, launch tours, create merchandise and all other costs artists need assistance with. These websites are helping change the path of becoming a recording artist. On the positive end, artists are having more control over the content they produce and are not reliant on large music labels for support. By using crowd-funding websites this eliminates the search for a record label and complying with the labels creative demands and time constraints.

The music recording industry is in trouble. For several years now, sales of new and popular music have steadily declined and show no sign of changing. The record companies are quick to blame the growing popularity of the Internet; music is being traded in a digital form online, often anonymously, with the use of file-sharing programs such as Morpheus, KaZaA, and Imesh, to name a few. The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) succeeded in disbanding the pioneer Internet file-sharing program

they. -Christopher Thacker 3/15/10 10:36 PM are not planning anything to advance in the new digital music world. Many former CD buyers are now easily downloading music online from Sony's competitors and illegal downloading sites. Also, Sony's record label is practically unknown to the public, whether people own its music or not. Says who? Is this according to your research? -Christopher Thacker 3/15/10 10:36 PM We have done research on the recent conditions of the company as well as the online

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 dis- tribute records. With records

for their audacious performances. In many cases, artists are presenting false images to their fans as an investment for future album sales. Female artists are sexually objectified by their audience which increase their viewership which leads to record labels pressuring artists to keep a sexy image. It is important to realize that, ultimately, female artists are sexually objectified by their audience. Since the 1980’s, there has been a significant rise of music videos and new mediums of music playback

innovations that allow access to convenient outlets for music downloading, such as iTunes and Amazon. As music has evolved from being delivered on cassette tapes and CDs to mp3 files that can be downloaded directly onto computers and smartphones, record label companies are

The Greed of Music Industry Executives and Declining Record Sales The music recording industry is in trouble. For several years now, sales of new and popular music have steadily declined and show no sign of changing. The record companies are quick to blame the growing popularity of the Internet; music is being traded in a digital form online, often anonymously, with the use of file-sharing programs such as Morpheus, KaZaA, and Imesh, to name a few. The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)

It seems that this kind of activity or business is replacing the conventional way of music distribution, which is selling records through store. In Indonesia, digital distribution business is starting to develop. Music publishers, recording companies and consumers are already aware of this phenomenon. Music downloading is familiar in consumers’ life, whether buying music

influential label in music history. They have signed musicians of all different generations and genres so their artists appeal to my generation, my parents generation, and even my grandparents generation. How do they know how to produce music that anybody can enjoy? And at the end of the day, what is more important to them, making a profit or making great music that they are proud of? Sony Music Entertainment was founded in 1929 by the merging of several companies and was known as American Record Corporation

Developments within the music industry are seemingly frequent and numerous due to diversity and the various issues faced. For a sector that consistently adapts to demand, it was logical to decipher a development which not only alters significant factors within the industry, but also a development which endures (and even encourages) smaller advancements. The increase in readily available technology has had a significant effect on the music industry. Unlike other developments, advancing technology