Since Apple introduced their iTunes store in 2003, it was only last year that there was possibly the most important transformation in the industry of online music. Last February, Steve Jacob made an open letter to clarify Apple’s position regarding digital rights management (DRM). After that, major recording companies started to offer online music that [...]
Music distribution comes in two forms; the first one is through the website that gives you the chance to download MP3’s with particular prices. The other one is where you can listen to samples of the latest tracks by artists and have a chance to purchase whatever that suites your taste. The benefit of online [...]
Popular music is a product of modern business enterprise. The main goal is to earn a profit. The primary concern of companies is to select and cultivate the music that has the most appeal with the public which therefore will translate to larger profits for the firm. In this aspect, popular music [...]
In what may be one of the most devastating blow to the music industry, Spiral Frog has spiraled its last straw and is set to close shop. The free music site has lost most of it’s revenue from ad’s, overcome by pressure from the many download sites paid or free. By the way, this is [...]
Yep, the long gone Beatles member has an appearance with a TV ad for the “One Laptop per Child” program that aims to alleviate poverty by getting children all over the world educated and thus able to fend for themselves. With a lot of digital magic, he advertises and promotes the move which the group [...]
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The music business has come up with female singers with attitude. We are not short of supply specially in the pop music scene. Whether it’s Avril Lavigne’s aggressive act, Katy Perry’s subversive persona or M.I.A.’s firepower. With all of the angst and fury [...]
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Mania TV Host, CJ Christy is known as the queen of Indie Music.
CJ Christy is not only considered an expert in independent music circles, but she is a dedicated fan. She goes to at least 3 concerts a week. Christy is an advocate of local and national independent artists, musicians and film makers.
She [...]
Music lovers won’t spend more time going to the market to hear samples and new albums of their favorite artists because most of these, if not all, are available on the Internet. It is also an advantage to the independent artists to promote and distribute their music inexpensively. They may also promote their official sites [...]
By definition, popular music is a genre that belongs to a number of musical styles accessible to the general public and distributed by one or more accepted mass media. It is sometimes abbreviated to pop music. Pop music however is associated to a less broad branch of popular music.
Humanity scholars have proposed [...]