good shifts in the music industry
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SADIE OLEN
Shifts in the Music Industry: The Digital
Revolution
The Technological Age
As we shift to the digital age, the need for tangible items decreases more and more…Music CD’s to iTunes playlists
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The digitization allows for artists to create their own music
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“there are more opportunities now than there ever have been before for small record labels”
Snavely, B. (2004). Lower costs give smaller labels a chance. Crain’s Detroit Business, 20(23),
60. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
…and distribute it
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Rendering the music industry useless
Smaller artists “get lost in the constant shuffle of the label’s priorities and campaigns”, so why not use these internet resources?
(Burr, R. (2006). Independent Spirit. Billboard, 118(25), 34. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.)
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Because they provide financial assistance….
Creator: Sadie Olen using lovelycharts.com
With these programs, however, large investments aren’t even necessary..
Which is significantly more beneficial for the artist
Creator: Sadie Olen with the use of lovelycharts.com
the music industry needs to “invest in digital distribution services alliances to maintain control over distribution in the new digital music industry”
(Bockstedt, J., Kauffman, R. J., Riggins, F. (2006). The move to artist-led on-line music distribution: A theory-based assessment and prospects for structural changes in the digital music market. International Journal of Electronic Commerce,10(3), 7-38. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. )
Otherwise…
The music industry is in big trouble
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/angela_kopp/3975482812/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/novemberborn/242484855/
Greenshot of jamstudio.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wynnie/2391750460/
Greenshot of moonfruit.com
(Burr, R. (2006). Independent Spirit. Billboard, 118(25), 34. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915514014
Olen, Sadie. lovelycharts.com
Olen, Sadie. lovelycharts.com
Snavely, B. (2004). Lower costs give smaller labels a chance. Crain’s Detroit Business, 20(23), 60. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
Bockstedt, J., Kauffman, R. J., Riggins, F. (2006). The move to artist-led on-line music distribution: A theory-based assessment and prospects for structural changes in the digital music market. International Journal of Electronic Commerce,10(3), 7-38. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/momacie/gravestone.jpg