Illegal downloads and various platforms to listen to your music online, inevitably killed CDs.
No doubt, the music industry is going through a huge phase right now, the transition between traditional distribution of music to the distribution of music online.
Does this mean CDs will stop production? Musicians will no longer release CDs that eager fans will queue up for?
NO!
I feel that CDs will live on, but perhaps decrease in the amount produced. Personally, i feel that if you really like the band, like really really, you should get their CD. OR AT LEAST purchase their music online or something.
I bought Muse’s The Resistance Album the first day it released in Singapore. Huge fan by the way.
I mean who are we kidding right? How often does your favourite band tour Singapore? What are the chances you would get to see them physically?
If they do, like muse will be, don’t hesitate bout going, just go!
A wise friend one said, “I don’t wanna die and go to heaven to tell all the people that the only live band i’ve seen was some local house band at a pub, thats not cool!”
that made sense to me, to a certain extent.
Back to the point, CDs…
I believe, in the future CDs would become like vinyls, they become collector’s items. And music would be sold in other various ways other than just online.
A classmate pointed out that it could be possible for you as a consumer to purchase music with your thumbdrive. So basically you head to a music store, purchase a thumb drive and in the store itself there will be computers according to genres, bands, etc. And you can just ‘steal’ the music from there. But paying a fee prior to copying those files into the thumbdrive.
In my opinion, i feel that that could be very much possible.
I’ve came up with 2 types of musicians in the world.
1) those who only care bout reach
2) those who only care bout the benefits, e.g. $$$
sad to say i can’t fit any bands into any of the categories. Cause its pretty unknown to me their motive of getting into the whole music business.
But i feel, if i had to chose between the two, i’d chose reach for sure! not trying to be humble or anything. Just plain honest.
I’d rather play for a crowd of 10,000 then sell 10,000 copies of my latest album.
I’ve seen some bands that are pretty much into it for just the fame and attention and i feel its rather pathetic that they do get it while real musicians are working their socks off to produce top quality material for audiences.
It’s should not be about the gimmick, but purely the music.
Good thing for musicians, there are so many platforms to showcase your music, bad thing is there are so many people for you to compete against!
I’m no expert but my advise would be, be unconventional, do something out of the norm (this includes using the various platforms others use), MAKE SURE YOU WILL GET HEARD!
For labels, you guys better start thinking out of the box, the world is changing. And change should not be ignored but embraced.
Way of the world my friends.
