Music On-line - New Technology

Print off and add to Section A: Question 1a of your exam folder with regard to digital technology

This could also effect your answer to your evaluation question on digital technology used in your pre/prod/postproduction of coursework

As the 90s came to a close, the business of music began to change profoundly. New technology allowed artists to record and produce their own music and music videos, and the internet became a free-for-all distribution platform for musicians to promote themselves to audiences across the world. The result was an influx of artists onto the cultural scene, and audiences were left wondering how to sort through them all. In this episode we discuss these massive changes, and reveal how music blogs and websites have arisen as the new arbiters of quality. 

Task: Watch the videos and summarise in terms of exam Section A: Q1a.