Music Industry Homework

         Developments in technology have changed the way the music industry operates because the further the technology advances the easier and more advanced the music industry can become. For example if the recording and modifying equipment evolve and become much more powerful and much more technologically advanced the better the music will become, the sound quality will get much better and the way the music is produced will become more readily available and in better forms.
          The relationship between artist and audience has also changed due to new technology evolving, this is because when new tech comes out ad makes the artists music more readily available and better it entices the audience to get it, it makes it so much easier to get and enjoy.
         The way in which the technology in the music industry evolves helps the artists and audience connect more freely, the technology will help the music produce better sounds, better equipment and better artists all round, this will increase sales and fans, which will ultimately help the industry in whole.
         As technology advances, the actual industry will also advance as a whole, for example with new production and editing equipmet, this will evolve the way in which the industry produce the artists first and future albums, gaining maximum revenue from their signings.
         Over the past 20 - 30 years the music industry has chnaged and evolved hugely and extremely rapidly, for example the merging of massive music companys like the Universal music group has helped take music onto the next level, this has also been a big factor in trying to stop illegal downloading.
         Illegal downloading has damaged artists and record lables far and wide, it decreases revenue and quality, if downloads continue illegally it could in fact mean the end for the smaller record labels, and most certain damage te revenue of larger ones.
         Universal music group has had a huge input on expanding and developing the music industry that you see today, for example it has links and hundreds of smaller record labels under it supporting and helping them. Universal music group is now owned by Vivendi, which because of owning this huge company is now one of the largest producers and suplliers of music in the world.
         During this expansion over the pas 20 or so years there have been a number of music sharing websites cropping up that are legal, and provide music for free but at the same time support the artists and company, for example, a website called Spotify, has helped get up and coming artists into the mainstream whilst, letting snipits of new songs be streamed through their website, this is extremely beneficial for all partys and it expands the artsist and companys audience range.
         Itunes has helped provide downloaddble, affordable and excellant quality music, for a small price for many years now, and this music is now available everywhere, due to it being on phones and ipods.