THE EVOLVING MUSIC INDUSTRY:

Over the past ten years, the music industry has changed drastically. From CDs, compact disc players like the walkman, and boom boxes to MP3 players and satellite radio. Before, the only music that we listened to was the music that was on a CD or cassette tape we had. Now we have the world of music at our fingertips, literally. Within a minute of typing on your computer, or smart phone, you can already be on your way to downloading multiple songs. Not only have we seen how the music industry has exploded in terms of technology, but also in the genres of music and what is popular to listen too. Ten years ago there boy bands and pop princesses were all the rage. With every preteen ( and lets face it, every woman ) on earth jamming out to N*SYNC and the Backstreet Boys on their CD’s , it seemed as though that was the only kind of music our society was interested in. Now, with everyone becoming a musical artist, there is an endless amount of variety. On my ipod alone I have everything from the classic N*Sync to indie bands few have heard of to the 80’s classics like Heart and Bon Jovi to rap and Christian music. Artists now have been transitioning themselves from one genre to another. Rap artists are collaborating with indie artists to make mash ups, or a new genre entirely like Christian rap. Before the show Glee, who had ever really heard of a mash up? On that note, ten years ago, even 5 years ago, we didn’t have shows that revolved around music like we do now with the award winning series Glee. This show focuses on a group of high school students singing their hearts out to today’s popular, mainly top 40 charts, music. To see how much we have evolved in the music world over a short period of time makes it very interesting to see where we will be in another 5 years. To quote Kelly Minnis, “Will there be iPod chips implanted behind our ears? Casual sharing of files wirelessly contained in tiny hard drives in our bodies?”, is this our future? Do we think that this is the next step? For all we know, Apple already has this in development.

Source: http://www.theeagle.com/spotlight/Music-industry-evolving