BLOG 16 “The Recording Industry”
The recording industry’s evolution to me is incredibly intriguing. During my first attempt at college (12 years ago) I was very much into music and was in a band. Back then, although there was computers and the internet, music was still mainly recorded in analog formats unless you were rich or had a very famous band. Now days anyone with a computer, smart phone, or tablet can record at a minimum of a 5 track song. 5 tracks meaning you have the ability to have 5 different recording the you can change and mix as you please. The Beatles used a 5 track recorder on several of their albums in analog meaning that it went onto a tape. Analog recording quality was incredibly sub-par in todays music recording standards. Almost all forms of music today are recorded digitally (music saves to a computer) and can have an unlimited amount of tracks that can be recorded.
This is amazing to me. In a very short amount of time the music industry went from analog recording to digital, then to having trouble financially.
Once the ability to record your own music and then share and download either free music or paid music that people illegally downloaded for free became available, sales plummeted and the recording industry had to start being more friendly in terms of pricing. The creation of the original version of the file sharing service “Napster” also directly contributed to the evolution of the recording industry.
I cant wait to see what is the next evolution within this industry.
Here is a video of the recording app “Garage Band” on an Apple iPad:
I totally agree. The music industry and technology in general has changed significantly. There are so many more things we can do now, digitally, that we were not capable of doing 10 years ago. This tour just shows how we have advanced in society.
ReplyDeleteI think it is crazy how far technology has come but I do see where you are coming from with prices. With all the different ways to listen to music and download music there is no point in spending so much money on CD's when you get it for free. The other thing most people don't realize is that CD's are actually cheaper than iTunes in most cases. It is always better to check the stores if you are going to pay for it. I love garage band it was something I learned a lot about in one of my campus classes.
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Jade Parker
Garage band rocks! Plus its really cool that it comes with most MACs. Some of the other windows software can be very very expensive and not even have as many features!
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