INCREASED CONSUMPTION RATE OF DIGITAL MUSIC
INCREASED CONSUMPTION RATE OF DIGITAL MUSIC
Music is being consumed in diverse ways than ever before now. There are various options in obtaining the kind of music one may want to listen to. Like never before, there are dedicated television channels and radio stations that do not do anything else apart from playing music. People have all kinds of options in which they may want to have their music. They can listen to it as audio, or watch it as video. And digital technology has also made storage of music to be very easy. One can have tons of music tracks and albums compressed together on an MP3 player, iPod, or several kinds of digital devices that are hitting the market every day.
Technology has created mega-channels of distribution. Peer-to-peer networks have opened the floodgates to obtaining free music. Furthermore, because digitized music takes of bytes instead of floor space you are now given a wider range of music to choose from at digital retail shops. And of course copying CDs have never been easier, but the disadvantage of this is that it has tremendously encouraged illegal duplication of music content.
What this means is that music consumption is increasing. Production cost is lowering. Distribution is widening and more acts and bands are being heard. There is a need out there for making the discovery and sharing of music simpler and easier. Music is an identifier for many people and these people are getting larger and larger iPods that just simply need to be filled. The internet has contributed immensely to the increase in music consumption, since it has enabled internet users to exchange music content freely. Digital technology has also made it so easy for musical videos to be shared and watch easily across the globe. In all of this the internet has played a very critical role of making all of this feasible.










