The music industry has changed platforms of distribution over the years the way music is shared distributed and purchased has evolved with advancements in technology. With music streaming technology changing and improving rapidly, this has allowed for more access to music, like many other forms of media distribution services, and streaming services.
Music streaming is faster and more efficient. As of late there has been a revolution and war of streaming services that is fueled by profit. Music streaming services such as Pandora, Spotify, Apple music and Tidal are available apps for computers and mobile devices. Both Pandora and Spotify are available for free because they force users to watch and listen to advertisements were paid streaming options are advertisement free for subscribers.
Apple bought Beats for 3 billion in September 2014. Beats is very popular for their headphones, speakers and audio hardware, but Apple purchased beats because the company was most interested in acquiring Beat’s music catalogue. Beats were also a music marketplace similar to iTunes before merging with Apple. I believe music streaming services have a lot of work to do legally, to ensure reasonable pay to songwriters and composers, but it does lower the rate of online music pirating, since free streaming allows instant access to high quality audio music, rather than risky file sharing. The platforms for distribution will continue to evolve in the music industry and all media platforms as we have seen throughout the years, but music is a creative art form and will always be molded and shaped different through the years as well.
