Can't Stop the Music!

It's the 21st century and everyone's got their own personal soundtrack! Everywhere you go you see people with iPods, Creatives, or any random MP3 player stuck to their ears. Most people can't get through their mornings without a little tune to wake them up. Seems like everyone needs to listen to music, to feel a beat, to hear a melody. It gets you through the boring bits of the day. Do you have an hour long commute ahead of you? Listen to music. Just plug in your earphones and put on a little Amy Winehouse or maybe some Kanye West. If you want to relax and mellow down, listen to some Jeff Buckley. Or if you want to move your feet, just listen to Justin croon his Sexyback. Going out with your friends? If you want to dance all night, listen to the music playing in the hottest clubs and groove and grind to the beat.

Music is one of those things that can bridge any gap. Old men, young kids, Asians, Europeans; it doesn't matter! Anyone and everyone know what music is. Its a sure bet that kids living in the Amazon jungle have heard Michael Jackson and Madonna. If you go to Japan and walk into a club and they'll be playing the same songs as kids in America. Singers in England know Edith Piaf's songs even of they don't speak French. Music is universal, and if people across the world have one thing in common it's that they listen to music. And they don't have a lack of options! Music is anything but boring; it changes and grows every day. Nowadays we have pop-rock, country-pop, indie-blues and any other genre you can think of. Whatever you want, guaranteed there is an artist out there that has a tune to fit your style and your mood.

Getting music is easier than it was ten or even five years ago. We don't even have to buy CDs anymore, what with the incredible invention of MP3s and the internet. You can just download songs from the comfort of your own home. You can get songs by the dozen and have them ready in ten minutes... click here to read more

Giving away free music on the internet

Why should you give away free music on the internet? One obvious reason is that people don't need to pay. People I mean by teenagers and generation Y and beyond. Those are the audiences who don't understand life without the internet. You probably can find a free copy of any given song on the internet if you dig far enough.

The latest proof to this is that big record labels are teaming up with the social networking sites to promote and distribute music. This is the marketing niche where independent musicians have had since the beginning of the internet usage. So how much impact will the indie musicians feel? Big. The social networking communities have been independent musicians' marketing channel, the entry of big players will certainly push the small bands to the back burner. For independent musicians to achieve any form of success on the Internet, they have to take radical steps that big labels won't take such as giving away music for free. At this point we don't know how the record label/social networking music alliance will work out, but one thing for certain is that the music won’t be all for free downloading.