Music Industry

Production:
- advance in technology
- user-based production
- not as much need for record companies
- musical skill is not needed - loop based software
- Cost is no longer much of an issue

Distribution:
- Internet / Web 2.0 as main distribution factor
- "free music" filesharing and legality issues
- Hard to track and monitor
- Forced to think of new ways of marketing so as to make a profit

Consumption:
- Follows trends of using new media
- Linked to image and is prefered to be consumed with the usla of a visual aid such as a music video
- "Saturated and Diluted" experiences of consuming music
- Devalued?