| The face of music has always been changing, | | | | favourite music legally and free of charge via |
| from the days of Mozart to Buddy Holly there | | | | various video hosting sites and it is a massive |
| has only been one constant factor remaining | | | | form of marketing now. |
| consistent throughout the centuries, the music | | | | Production takes place in many a bedroom and |
| industry is a commercial medium. The musical | | | | have become very accessible to those with very |
| revolutionaries of the 60s might well disagree | | | | little musical knowledge due to the relatively |
| however even at that point people were buying | | | | simple midi based software packages that have |
| records and labels were making millions. | | | | saturated the market. These have made music |
| This is more true than ever in this day and age, | | | | production much more accessible than previously |
| where musical instruments have been replaced by | | | | and with many global forums you can share your |
| grinding women in bikinis, low riding Cadillacs and | | | | music and potentially distribute it with great ease. |
| more bling than you can shake a stick. The | | | | The digital age has rendered other formats |
| changing face of music is not only in the image | | | | almost obsolete. As the CD killed off the cassette |
| and artists but also in the musical equipment used | | | | in one foul swoop, CD is now on the edge of |
| to produce and distribute music. | | | | extinction being replaced by an array of audio files. |
| Musical piracy as it is being called, is dominating the | | | | The death of CDs has been slower than the |
| music industry and there are two schools of | | | | predeceasing format, this might be accounted for |
| thought on it. One being that of the music | | | | because the retailers buying from the music |
| industry and the law who understand the illegal | | | | industry still need to sell products and there has |
| sharing and distribution of music as copyright | | | | been no next generation product that can be |
| infringement, the other being the people who | | | | bought over the counter to replace CDs. |
| believe that music should be free to everyone, | | | | The retailers are encouraging people to buy CDs |
| however it is not clear how they are suggesting | | | | and then rip them onto their iPod or MP3 players. |
| that the Cadillacs and bling are going to be | | | | It is thought that CDs will stick around for a while. |
| financed. | | | | The greatest surviving format has to be vinyl |
| This has come due to the massive technological | | | | which is still massively popular with DJs around the |
| advances in the last decade in the field of musical | | | | globe. This again is under attack by products such |
| technology. The face of music has changed due | | | | as the Tonium Pacemaker, which is the size of a |
| to the accessibility of musical production and | | | | Nintendo DS, however holds 120gig, about 3000 |
| distribution. You can now at a click access your | | | | hours work of music. |