Monday, October 29, 2012

Changes Brought About By New Technology And How They Have Affected The Music Recording Industry

By Bessie Bradshaw


Learning more about new technology and the effects that it has had on the music recording industry can give you a much better understanding of the effects that digital media has had on the recording studios and music production companies. Changes that have affected the way listeners find and enjoy new recordings have had a huge impact on this market. Learning more about it may be to your advantage as a listener and an artist.

Conventional means of playing recordings depended on listeners having access to a physical copy of them. Over the years, most of the new technology and changes had to do with the form and format of this physical copy and the playback devices used to access it. Although new technology allows for 24 bit playback, almost all commercial recording are distributed in 16 bit or MP3 format. The advent of digital playback changed everything very rapidly.

With any electronic device capable of housing and accessing the digital recordings intended for playback, the need to have physical recordings is no longer a concern. The reduced cost of music production without manufacturing copies of recordings was just the beginning of the advantages available to consumers of music. Copies could be created freely and easily, without the need of constructing anything physically.

Initially, these changes were very disruptive for the recording studios, record labels and retail outlets who saw a massive loss of income. Failure to predict or keep up with this new and emerging trend saw a huge loss of business for those who were not positioned to make use of the new technology. Today, this situation has begun to stabilize as digital recordings have become the new norm.

Benefits to listeners have been just as significant as the monetary losses suffered by the various industries affected. Finding and owning new recordings has never been easier to do, offering many listeners the chance to explore new horizons and find works they can truly appreciate. New fans, listeners and recordings have been just the start to the changes seen. New artists can get their music into millions of peoples homes without a record deal using the internet.

A simple web search may be all you need to undertake should you wish to learn more about these changes. You may also find a number of outlets that will be suitable for downloading new recordings, meaning that your research may provide you with the chance to listen to something new. Spotify, Rhapsody, Sirius and Pandora are some of the more popular websites and services that stream audio for free and low cost subscriptions.

Digital file sharing and more advanced formats for storing and playing media have changed almost every part of the music recording industry. New technology promises future changes on how we consume music. Learning about this trend can be to your advantage. Finding and listening to new work as well as enjoying a better understanding of technology's potential to change industries can be possible when you learn more about this subject. Although the record labels and large recording studios have been hurt by recent technology, artists and listeners have received the most gain from new music production techniques and internet delivery systems.




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