As reflected in this ten week journal, music has undergone many changes and will continue to do so. As Gilles so delicately puts it in regards to podcasts, "To get there, to that millennium in the future, those podcasts will need to cross countless hazards of changes in technology platforms, and archival guardians, not to mention a rash of electronically transmitted diseases” (Gilles, 2008, p. 104). Music will continue to change as will musicians, the business industry, and music admirers and listeners.
Hopefully the music business will realize that musicians need to gain more recognition and money. "The Man" at each record company is the equivalent to all the money scoundrels we see in bail lout companies who were going to declare bankruptcy one minute and then turn around and give all their employees bonuses with money that does not really even belong to them. As more musicians take their careers into their own hands and become profitable because of it, record execs are getting slapped in the face. Sometimes it takes a revolution to get things to change.
It is clear that music has undergone a revolution in years past with the discovery of Napster and free music downloading. Fans and consumers are screaming for a break as well as artists. As Gordon (2008) describes in chapter 20 artists can look towards alternative ways of getting recognized. Artists can be featured on virtual worlds like Second Life or on a popular MTV virtual world of The Hills.
Cyberspace is becoming an interesting place and musicians can take advantage of the future of music through these means and many others.
Gillies, M. (2008). From Pencil to Podcast: Maximizing Musical Resources. Fontes Artis Musicae, 55(1), 101-10. Retrieved from Library Lit & Inf Full Text database.
Gordon, S. (2008). The Future of the Music Business: How to Succeed with New Digital Technologies. New York: Hal Leonard.
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