Check out this new music project at YouTube.com (link at end of post)! Its dubbed “The YouTube Symphony Orchestra.” Musicians record and post video of their parts and then the videos will be meshed together to form an ensemble. THEN… the best performers will be invited to perform at Carnegie Hall. The amazing part is that the internet factor allows this to be a global project.
The internet has really brought a fascinating new aspect to the music industry. My uncle gave me some old music magazine’s recently, specifically around electronic music. These magazines come from the early 90’s, and feature the top of the line equipment and methods from the time. Many of them looked to the future asking questions of the role of the computer in music.
Cover story’s often involve recording technology and the advancement of computer. But more often than not, the questions raised by the articles are not even sure WHETHER the computer would become an essential tool in music. Naturally, looking back it seems that the PC and musicians where destined to cross paths in big ways, but at the time it had to be a killer question.
Unpredictablity and instability in technology meant that it couldn’t always be counted upon to work right every time (for the record, we still can’t count on the equipment to work every time, but it is far more reliable then it used to be). So the questions asked were very valid questions.
The involvement of computers in music, and now the internet, has allowed for incredible communication between musicians… or even between musicians and their audiences.
Computers and the internet have allowed many things in music. Below I have listed some of my top picks:
For the musician:
Ability to market and promote online
Ability to get material and promotion outside of a record label
Ability to create a fanbase
Ability to record and produce material from your basement
Ability to score music and sequence demo recordings
with programs and a MIDI keyboard.
For the audience:
Performance and tour dates can be found online
Tickets can be purchased online
Music can be purchased and downloaded online
The internet is conducive to discovering new music and artists
-Colton
