Free Music??

So today I listened to a few different podcasts from the website, onthemedia.org. Each was good and explained a lot. Lets first discuss "Facing the (Free) Music." It discussed the music industry of 10 years ago and how music was the first to fall towards new technology including Napster. Rick Karr, the host was discussing Napster with a former employee of the Recording Industry Association of America. She discussed how record companies sat around a table all together and looked up their artist's hits on Napster and found everyone. It had mixed reviews from the industries, people were amazed but also freaked that their music was on Napster. After the women said that she also admitted that companies had wanted to join efforts with Napster but unfortunately couldn't find common ground and never made a deal. Karr said it was a lost opportunity.

Karr then talked with Tim Quirk who has been wanting to make a internet service, that was not illegal but featured some of the same things that Napster did back in the day. He then discussed what Europe has for their people. It is called Spotify. It's like a internet radio that you can request the songs that come on. It's all free, until you want to put it on a device then you have to pay 10 Euros for a month, which is a lot cheaper then America. This is something I wish we had. But then again, we have Pandora and Youtube and can make playlists on Youtube the way we want.

I don't understand why industries can't just find a better way to get in touch with people and find something that everyone likes. Can't they make it so the people and industries are happy? It doesn't look likely.

The second podcast that was featured was about Girl Talk. If you don't know who or what Girl Talk is then you should learn. He takes different aspects of top 40 pop songs and makes them into something new. In the podcast they discuss whether or not he is breaking any anti-copyrighting. I don't think he is. He is taking little aspects of different songs and making it into his own style and music. For now when it comes to labels, they are just learning to sit back and see what happens, that is why they're probably not doing anything. It makes their specific songs into new stuff and gets promotion for their songs.

I think things are going to change in the next 10 years just like they did in the past 10 years. I'm sure the i-Pod will have some competition sooner or later, probably from it's own company. COncerts, downloading and copywriting music are all going to change.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrd7sO9G2yQ&feature=channel