Sheet music, recording, radio, television, cassettes, CD burners, and file sharing have all invalidated, to some extent, the old model of making a living making music.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
There are musicians who want to make a living making music. There are listeners who want to listen to music. Complicating this relationship is a whole bunch of history: some of the music I want to listen to was made a while ago in a different economy. Some of the models of making a living making music are no longer valid but persist.
Music isn't necessarily made to last, and there's always been disposable music.
Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music.
My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible.
With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition.
I think that's what happened to the record business when 'Napster' came around. The industry rejected what was happening instead of accepting it as change.
Music is composed on computers and other electronic equipment; producers don't want to spend money on orchestra.
I hate the technological rip-offs that pass for music formats these days, and go back to vinyl to hear a good record because the sound is always so much fuller. I don't even like listening to music in the car.
Modern records are all made with virtually identical gear, software plug-ins and everything. Everybody wants everything to sound like the last thing that was popular because they're chasing their tails.