Over the last decade technology has changed the music industry in several ways. Before you had to either build a studio or pay to book time in a studio to make music. Nowadays you can record an album from your own living room using a few pieces of affordable equipment. Not only has it changed with affordability and overall better quality, it has also changed how the public listens, views, and receives music on a whole different level. Applications like Spotify, Amazon Music, and Soundcloud give artist a chance to network their music free of charge. And also allows listeners to discover music that might fit their tastes with the "recommended for you" or "you also might like" algorithm. Artists now don't need a record label to sell and distribute their music. it all can be done via the internet. Through social media such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter people can follow the artists they like and the artist can promote upcoming events to keep fans engaged and updated. So for the independent artist this is an exciting change. The only downfall is the overwhelming amount of content on the internet. Now that every band that wants to get their music out there, can. It's becoming harder to find unique artists when they are a pion in a vast ocean of "unique" artists. So the only solution is this: Music lovers, go see live music. Artists/musicians, play live music as much as possible to whoever will listen.
My style of learning, particularly in music, was always a hands-on learning experience. I always preferred something interactive in my learning environment, as opposed to just digesting information and writing about it, or having to memorize something and forget it the next week. I was a self-taught musician, it didn't matter how many times somebody explained something to me, I needed to try it out for myself to figure it out. But as far as education I think I would dig the flipped learning style of teaching. I think most people have a short attention span and hearing someone lecture can get pretty boring. So I think the idea of interactive working, changing up the scenery and giving responsibility to students to get their work done in the classroom would be a great way of doing things. I think demonstration in the classroom would be a key element in helping students know what they would need to do and how they would need to it. For me, that was the way I learned so that...
It is very crazy to think going back 10 years ago or so that making music had to be done in a studio pretty much and now people can make music from their own households. I have a friend who does this!
ReplyDeleteTo be honest I kind of am hoping that more people will go out to concerts and live shows to see artists because the sheer amount of music on the internet is overwhelming. I have friends make music digitally but I still urge them to go out to actual shows to see, feel, and hear the music.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I am appreciating your perspective. I wonder how will you encourage your students to get out there and see live music.
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