Conclusion
How the music industry has been affected by the dawn of social media and the internet can be summarized in how artists have worked to gain exposure, how the music industry has responded to the change, and how the sales of music has been affected due to the internet and social media. Many aspects of the business have changed: from what platform the music is released on, to how its released and listened to, and by how the music industry is adjusting and finding ways to use social media and the internet to its advantage. Like so many other industries, the music business' way of operating was rattled by the internet and social media. It was forced to connect to its audience in ways that were not thought possible even only 10 years ago. Who knows what the future can hold? Maybe tomorrow there will be the next Youtube sensation, or maybe another website will come out where you can talk with fellow music lovers about one artist or another. What is known is that the music business is in danger partly due to social media, with sales being negatively affected because of this. In order to combat this problem, the music industry must strive to continue to invent new ways to introduce and expand an artist's brand. What will happen to the music business due to social media has yet to be fully seen. Many new and innovative ways have yet to be discovered in the land of social media.
About the Author
Hey guys! I'm Jeremy Watts and I attend VCU (obviously!). I'm from Virginia Beach, Virginia and have lived in VA for my entire life. As you can probably guess, one of my favorite things is listening to music. That was the driving force behind why I chose the topic I did. My music tastes varies and I'll pretty much listen to anything except country and reggae. My favorite genre is Rock and Roll of course. I listen to punk, classic, soft, and indie rock. Some of my favorite bands these days are Vampire Weekend, The Shins, The White Stripes, Blink 182, The Black Keys, Portugal. The Man along with so many others. Along with my love for music, my other hobby I'm really into lately has been listening and collecting old Album vinyls. I've always been a huge fan of classic rock, something I got from my parents. Some of my favorites from the "old days" are The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Foreigner, Queen, Reo Speedwagon and a bunch more as well. The Doors is no doubt my favorite, as it was my dad's when he was young as has since been passed down to me. Below are a couple of things that I have.( Sorry I couldn't figure out how to make the pictures look straight)
My love for music new and old was one of the main reasons I chose my topic. I have always thought that you have to understand how music was made and released in the past in order to understand where music is today. That's way I chose some of the artwork I did. The first part of the project deals mostly with music today. The second part deals with the the past and how the industry has changed, which is why I chose to show the pictures of vinyls.
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