a) How do filesharing, online downloading and the ‘networking’ of new material change the way music is consumed?
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The ability to consume music through the internet changes the way we consume this medium. It changes the social interaction that music can create, for example, when going to a record store there is the interaction with the sales assistant who may have an opinion on the music that you are buying, this interaction, whether good or bad, can give you an idea of the sub-culture that you are in. But when file sharing it is possible to chat to the person sharing the file so there is still that sense of communication through music.
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b) How and why could any band ‘make it’ through social networking/content sharing sites?
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A band or musician can 'make it' through social networking sites because of the user interaction with the band, if the band make their music accessible to the masses, on websites such myspace music, then it is possible for them to be discovered. If their music is on the internet then its is accessible for the whole world (or anyone with an internet connection) to hear them, compared to a band that hands out demos in their home town. It is also possible to tell their fans when their gigs are so that people from anywhere can go and see them.
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c) Has/will this change popular music?
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There will always be more popular musicians/bands than others, so in this sense popular music wont change, but the way the music is distributed will change there will indefinitely a move to mp3's being the main form that music is listened to, just as the cd took over form the vinyl, this is what the mp3 will do to the cd. so this means that anyone wanting to distribute music can do this through the internet.
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The ability to consume music through the internet changes the way we consume this medium. It changes the social interaction that music can create, for example, when going to a record store there is the interaction with the sales assistant who may have an opinion on the music that you are buying, this interaction, whether good or bad, can give you an idea of the sub-culture that you are in. But when file sharing it is possible to chat to the person sharing the file so there is still that sense of communication through music.
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b) How and why could any band ‘make it’ through social networking/content sharing sites?
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A band or musician can 'make it' through social networking sites because of the user interaction with the band, if the band make their music accessible to the masses, on websites such myspace music, then it is possible for them to be discovered. If their music is on the internet then its is accessible for the whole world (or anyone with an internet connection) to hear them, compared to a band that hands out demos in their home town. It is also possible to tell their fans when their gigs are so that people from anywhere can go and see them.
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c) Has/will this change popular music?
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There will always be more popular musicians/bands than others, so in this sense popular music wont change, but the way the music is distributed will change there will indefinitely a move to mp3's being the main form that music is listened to, just as the cd took over form the vinyl, this is what the mp3 will do to the cd. so this means that anyone wanting to distribute music can do this through the internet.
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