Monday, March 24, 2008

"Could social networking sites save the music industry"?

This is another post having to do with my internet marketing class group topic, social networking. I found another article which is about social networking and my blog topic music. It is titled "Could social networking sites save the music industry?" I thought it was really interesting and wanted to share it with everyone. Basically it is about some of the websites out today and how they are trying to get the young people away from file sharing networkings that dont bother with legal liscenses. It talks about Imeem and Bebo which are websites where you can share music, videos, make profiles and communicate with others. The article said how people from the ages of 15-25 nowadays need their peers to validate their musical tastes and even like to share any music they have created on their own because they all want to randomly get discovered. It is a great way to listen to music, hear about new people and their music and maybe indeed it is saving the music industry in many ways. My cousin has a really good voice and I tell her all the time to record something and put it up on myspace or youtube. she says she wants to make a tape though and bring it into nyc and try to get auditions and things. However, i think these sites are really good and theres nothing to loose by putting up your own music. Anways, here is the article...


http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/30/technology/PTEND31.php

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