Monday, February 13, 2012

Money For Nothing response

This documentary was filmed in 2001and since then, the music world has experienced major changes.  The development of technology grows at such a rapid pace, with music's popularity right by its side.  The internet and radio has progressed in so many ways, positively and negatively.  I have learned somethings that I've never known before about music and the radio.  I always wondered why the same songs play throughout the day on local radio stations, but after watching this film, I learned that the reason is because artists pay the radio stations to excessively play their songs.  Only commercialized artists are on heavy rotation on the radio.  This makes it hard for independent musicians to get radio time or even to become publicized.  This aspect also causes one station to become to repetitive and nobody likes that.
Music from the internet has ruined the sales for many artists.  On the internet, everything is free.  People do not have to pay for albums anymore.  If they like a specific artist, popular or underground, and want to hear their music, they can just search it and download it to their pc's for free.  The internet allows you to listen to any song of interest, at any time of your desired moment.

1 comment:

  1. Yeah it is pretty sad what music is comming to today. Money seems to be the only thing that people care about today. There are probably thousands of people downloading music illegally right now and we don't even know it. I would hate to see what radio will be like in the next 20 years.

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