gotsthedewsdood: How Has The Internet Helped The Music Industry?

jdennis31 12.03.12	opens up opportunity and advancement but takes away from the monetary value of the music industry.
Funeralopolis 12.03.12	obviously in how the globalization of the internet allows bands to reach audiences that otherwise would have been impossible to connect to.
omnipanzer 12.03.12	Do you have any idea how hard it used to be to distribute an album by yourself? It was a major distributor or heel-toe express.
menawati 12.03.12	what funeral said, plus it promotes creativity because of the greater exposure which means musicians are more likely to find their audience if they are far outside the norm
ZilbelPing 12.03.12	The internet allows bands/artists to gather an audience who wouldn't be reachable by any other means. People can spread the word of bands they're digging at that point in time in the blink of an eye, getting the band more attention in a small time-span. Gives bands the opportunity to get noticed, play more shows, sell more albums to their fans (who probably heard of them by word-of-mouth through the internet), and distribute themselves without the need of a middle-man (record labels).
XingKing 12.03.12	If it wasn't for the internet, I never would have pirated hundreds of gigs of music and I never would have told my friends about them and then went to shows and bought the merch.
ZilbelPing 12.03.12	If it wasn't for the internet, I'd be listening to the radio. shudders
menawati 12.03.12	the real answer to the question is that it has totally fucked up the music industry (if we are talking about the established big labels) because their power and importance is declining and they are run by dinosaurs who can't adapt to the new market
WhiteTieBlackJacket 12.03.12	MySpace played a huge role in music as well because even though its like the dumpster of the internet now, it has always been a way to discover music. I would include that in the paper.
ILJ 12.03.12	Gives independent bands a better opportunity to make it. Allows for much larger exposure for bands. Record labels have less of a choke hold on the industry. Music diversity has exploded as people can find any genre they please with just a few clicks instead of being restricted to radio and word of mouth.
menawati 12.03.12	It's much better for the consumer in general and much better for acts with minority appeal but one of the downsides is that record companies are less likely to take a chance due to dwindling profits so concentrate even more on mainstream and manufactured pop. A downside for the consumer though is the sheer amount of crap around since every kid and their dog can put stuff out now which means there is a whole load of shit to wade through to find something any good.
MO 12.03.12	yea you have to properly define the music industry. do you mean artists and musicians or big record labels
Voivod 12.03.12	Do you have any idea how hard it used to be to distribute an album by yourself? [2]
Sleaper 12.03.12	its a free advertising space. people can listen to new things from their computer chairs without having to leave the house or fork out money just to hear it.
gotsthedewsdood 12.04.12	thank you all for the input so far this is exactly what i wanted.
tommygun 12.04.12	menawati dropping knowledge in here
Puzzles 12.04.12	Shit, that sounds awesome. What course are you doing?
Sublime92 12.04.12	write a paper save the world
lucasjcockcroft 12.04.12	I would listen to like 4 bands, instead of 48572947 I do there is no way, you could discover as much music with out it.
HitlerIsPissed 12.04.12	it makes it easier on underground artists, but the mainstream artists lose money. dont really give a shit about them though.
YankeeDudel 12.04.12	well now theres stuff like bandcamp where anybody can upload their own shit and get it out there with no middle man. the downside is it may not have much promotion but its better than nothing. i mean its easier than ever to find some unknown shit and not just rely on the radio/big time record companies to get noticed. im sure the internet has helped bands and artists reach a bigger audience but im not sure how its affecting them money wise. not many people buy albums now but many bigger bands have made up for this by charging alot for concerts.
Sublime92 12.04.12	what's up with the novels tonight on sputnik
liledman 12.04.12	http://thetrichordist.com/2012/04/15/meet-the-new-boss-worse-than-the-old-boss-full-post/ Must read. It would be worth also looking at the Marxist perspective of Theodor Adorno on popular music and culture in "The Culture Industry", and how those ideas translate in the Internet age. Also, there are hundreds of articles on either side of the Spotify/streaming debate, some of which would be worth taking into consideration. The big question though, is this: are you a musician, or a recording artist? If not, then how do you represent them? You must take into consideration the very different perspectives that artists, consumers, labels, and tech companies have. "its a free advertising space." No advertising is free. You throw a pebble into the ocean and hope that somebody notices.
sniper 12.04.12	if filesharing were run by artists and labels instead of pirates, they could make money by selling advertising. why isn't this the case? imagine a huge-scale, legal, free music sharing service that distributed high-quality files for free to any registered user. service is free, but if it was a good service and supported by copyright holders/content producers, a site like this would get tons of traffic. the megaupload guys made fucktons of money selling ads and distributing files for free right? just do this, but put labels and bands in the winning position of owning the site and distributing the files.
gotsthedewsdood 12.04.12	@Puzzles it's just for my first year college english class. I got to pick what topic I did my research on.
menawati 12.04.12	sniper01 i've often thought the same but either the big record companies have calculated they would still make more money the way it is now in spite of all the piracy, or it could be that they are just too stuck in their ways to do something as radical as that.
Cygnatti 12.04.12	I feel like menawati wrote this essay too a while back.