Music Industry

 

Digital audio has become an everyday part of life to some extent. With being played on computers, phones, TVs, smart receivers, streaming devices, and stand-alone music players. What I've learned about stand-alone music is that they are the songs artists don’t connect with albums. Stand-alone music is made on an all-in-one device called a digital audio workstation. The pros of artists doing this are being more in tune with the creative process because everything is on this all-in-one device instead of being attached to a lot of computers. This also creates less distractions. I find why stand-alone music would make a comeback from a consumer perspective is because you're not waiting for a whole album. It's like a nice surprise knowing a song is released instead of anticipating the wait for a whole album. Streaming services like Spotify also help this. I personally have run into many songs from artists that are not a part of an album but didn’t know they were called stand-alone songs or even how they were made. 

Digital audio is growing into unreal experiences, making life less-dull, and AI-driven content. IFPI has stated, “demonstrates recorded music’s economic value in creating growth, jobs and investment, and its cultural value to society and in people’s lives.” This shows that digital audio has only benefited communities, the economy, and personal lives for the better.

I believe the future of music is well and not going anywhere, however a main concern of mine is AI and how AI creates music and gets signed. This past week I was informed of a record company signing Xania Monet for 3 million dollars with Hallwood Media. This has received lots of backlash from artists such as R&B artist Kehlani stating, “nothing and no one on earth will ever justify AI to me.” I think an AI artist hitting billboards seems unfair to the artists who use their own voices and hard work by going through training and studying just for an AI voice to break their records.