The Music Industry

25% of your overall mark will be an essay based on the Music Industry and you should be prepared to demonstrate understanding of contemporary institutional processes of production, distribution, marketing and exchange/exhibition at a local, national or international level as well as British audiences’ reception and consumption. There should also be some emphasis on the students’ own experiences of being audiences of a particular medium.

What I want you to start now is a record on your blogs of your own experiences and consumption of music to include:

How you obtain your music

How you watch/listen to your music in different environments

How you store and organise your music

How you engage with the artists you like

How you support the artists you like

What would encourage/discourage you to buy music from a band

How your consumption is similar/different from peers and family

Does the possibility of legal action/internet disconnection ever worry you?

Do the people who pay for broadband know how you access your music?

I also want you to keep a record of the new challenges and developments within the Music Industry that i have been posting on Twitter