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6188_Giulia_Seabra_Magalhaes_week_3_135935_3995492631.docxHISTORY OF MUSIC
HISTORY OF MUSIC
Giulia Seabra
MUS305
Southern States University
01/29/22
Introduction
Different scholars have described the 20th century as the age of diversity in the musical field. With the advancement in technology, the world has embraced modern technology in most activities. Technology has significantly impacted business functionality in different industries (Arcos, 2018). Most businesses have shifted their activities to the digital scope due to increased use of the internet and modern technology over the years. The music industry is one of the sectors that has benefited from rapid technological advancements (Arcos, 2018). This paper will focus on digital streaming software advancement and its impact on the music industry.
Digital Streaming Software
Streaming media is explained as multimedia consumed and delivered directly from the source in a continuous manner. Such media has no intermediate storage in any elements of the network. Live streaming is defined as the delivery of accurate time content during media production. The music industry has embraced digital streaming software for ease of broadcasting. This technology was one of the most considerable technological advances in the music industry. Digital streaming has become the most commonly used means of music delivery to listeners.
Digital streaming software works by breaking down audio data packets and then interpreting them to play on the user's device. Streaming is different from regular broadcast or recording as it allows users to listen to music continuously, thus making the experience enjoyable (Arcos, 2018). In the past, digital streaming was not a common practice. Songwriters and artists recorded their songs in studios and sold the recorded music to listeners. People could only access the music they wanted by purchasing CDs, cassettes, or DVDs. With the evolution of technology, people could download music from some digital platforms and store it on flash disks and memory cards. However, the current technological advances allow people to stream music live from different digital platforms. Some of the most common apps for streaming worldwide include Spotify, YouTube, boom play, and Netflix (Arcos, 2018).
Change in the Music Industry
The use of digital streaming software positively impacts the music industry. Streaming has provided the industry with a service it never had before. Streaming has helped sell out music in different ways.
1. Users do not have to wait for ages for the file to download through digital streaming. Digital streaming has helped reduce the time to download an entire music file (Simon, 2019). It has made it easier for users to get exactly the music they want without taking much time.
2. Digital streaming lures more listeners as it does not require large device space. Listeners only need to download streaming platforms to get the streaming services (Simon, 2019). Most streaming data is temporary thus does not use up much space. During streaming, the information is not stored in the device. It is only available during the session and is wiped out once the user logs out of the platform.
3. Digital streaming allows users to choose the music to watch and listen to. Streaming lets the user interact with the file (Simon, 2019). This is because the app used gives a wide array of options to choose from. Through such diversity in streaming platforms, users interact with different music genres, hence exploring new music.
From the discussion above, streaming has helped the music industry improve its diversity in content creation. Music producers and artists can view the feedback from users and analyze the type of music that best fits their target audience. Digital streaming has made it easy for artists to range their abilities and skills in the industry (Lozic, 2019). This has helped find loopholes hence working on better music. Digital streaming platforms rate music from different artists based on feedback, most viewed, and bestselling music. This gives the artists a glimpse of what areas to focus on to make their careers profitable. Digital streaming has also made it easier to access music from any location at any time of the day (Lozic, 2019). In the past, music could only be accessed by purchasing recorded files. If the recorded files were not in music shops in one location, it was hard for people to get music. Currently, people can stream music despite their location or time differences. This has aided artists in increasing their music sales to such digital streaming platforms.
Digital streaming has altered how people consume music globally. This has positively impacted the American market. Since digital streaming has made it easy to listen to music without limitations, most people have resorted to digital streaming. One-third of American citizens listen to music through digital streaming platforms (Lozic, 2019). Digital streaming platforms can be accessed at a monthly fee. These platforms ensure that the rates are affordable to lure more users. This, in turn, increases revenue thus economic growth. The high returns from digital streaming also result in development of the music industry.
References
Arcos, L. C. (2018). The blockchain technology on the music industry. Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management, 15(3), 439-443.
Lozic, J. (2019). Digitalization creates a new paradigm of the global music industry: The traditional music industry is under pressure of the streaming platforms. Economic and Social Development: Book of Proceedings, 179-190.
