The music industry is undergoing significant changes as huge corporations are losing control and newer technologies have empowered both artists and fans. While the internet was initially conceived as a way to share information, it has disrupted the music industry by enabling widespread sharing of music without compensation to artists. However, new models have emerged that allow artists to more directly connect with fans through avenues like social media and independent labels, giving artists more control over their future and careers.
6. The Internet was conceived as a utopian ideal, designed by nonprofit researchers in 1990 as an undiscriminating conduit for information. Within a decade, however, it had morphed into a threat to the biggest entertainment industry in the world.” Greg Kot, Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music
11. “ The record industry suing file sharers is like the railroad industry trying to shoot down airplanes.” Ken Waagner, digital guru for Wilco, born 1961
17. “ Artists have the ability to determine their own future, whereas in the past they had to rely almost exclusively on the record label.” - Celia Hirschman, Managing Director of One Little Indian Records and Owner of Downtown Marketing
