Music fans rejoiced at its introduction...but the major recording industry shuddered.
"Beyond The Charts" tells the story of digital music's revolutionary attack on the traditional record industry, tracing it from its hobbyist beginnings to its current status as a venue for such big-name artists as Dave Matthews, Alanis Morissette and Tom Petty.
Instead of spending hours downloading a song from the Net, MP3 makes it possible for the average computer user to grab a song in minutes. Those with high-speed connections can obtain a tune in seconds.
Music fans rejoiced upon its introduction.
Many recording artists hailed it as a new way to reach their fans and build an audience.
But big record companies shuddered.
By the mid 1990s, the record industry that traditionally compensated musicians with fleeting fame and loans euphemistically termed advances was under attack. Digital distribution had arrived, allowing popular songs to be easily sent anywhere in the world at the click of a mouse.
No longer was music held captive by warehouses, radio promotion, and retail marketing money. The Internets mainstream acceptance created a level playing field where anyone, anywhere, at any time, could share music with like-minded friends.
Bruce Harings Beyond The Charts is the sequel to the award-winning music industry expos Off The Charts, takes a look at the shocking war being waged over your CD collection, a struggle that will determine who controls popular music and to a large extent, popular culture in the coming years.
Its a battle of multinational corporate giants versus Internet entrepreneurs working out of their bedrooms, challenging the fat cats who have built their fortunes on the bones of underpaid musicians.
Its also a war for the hearts and minds of a new generation and a culture that doesnt feel the need to hold a plastic disc in its hands to enjoy music.
And its a fight that pits progressive musicians like The Beastie Boys, Alanis Morissette, Tom Petty and Billy Idol against their own record companies, who attacked MP3 as a tool of pirates and attempted to squelch the digital future.
What MP3 has done for the music industry is give the devil a name, said musician Thomas Dolby Robertson, one of the artists who wasnt buying the record company party line.
Beyond the Charts takes a look at the hype and examines whats really at stake in the struggle for your computer, profiling the hot new Internet companies that will forever change the way you listen to music. The result is a disturbing but immensely fascinating look at the world of popular entertainment.
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A great read,
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This review is from: Beyond The Charts: MP3 and the Digital Music Revolution (Hardcover)
I've been a fan of Haring's since reading his music biz columns in Variety, USA Today and other industry rags. His no nonsense style adds up to a great read. As a musician I appreciate learning how to subvert the system by selling my music online, as well as the fight between MP3 artists and corporations who wanted to bury them. It's history in the making, and Haring puts it all in perspective. Hope he writes something about the digital film revolution, another system I'd like to see subverted.
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Music, Internet and Webcasting Bible,
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This review is from: Beyond The Charts: MP3 and the Digital Music Revolution (Hardcover)
If you have anything to do with Music, the Internet, and the world of Webcasting, then you must read this book --- NOW! Don't be paranoid, be educated by "Beyond The Charts." Keep a copy by your bed, one by your computer, and another by your business plan.
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Music, Internet and Webcasting Bible,
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This review is from: Beyond The Charts: MP3 and the Digital Music Revolution (Hardcover)
If you have anything to do with music, the Internet, and the world of webcasting, then you must read this book --- NOW! Don't be paranoid, be educated by "Beyond The Charts." Keep a copy by your bed, one by your computer, and another by your business plan.
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