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David Kusek (Author), Gerd Leonhard (Author)

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Paperback: 197 pages
Publisher: Omnibus Press (1 Aug 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0876390599
ISBN-13: 978-0876390597
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 17.1 x 1.4 cm

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Today, the record companies may be hurting but the music making business is booming, using non-traditional digital methods and distribution models. This book explains why we got where we are and where we are heading. For the iPod, downloading market, this book will explain new ways of discovering music.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Paradigm Shift for Music, 1 Mar 2011

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This book is an elongated rant about the record companies that dominated the music scene for the last few decades. This is not necessarily a bad thing; record companies are monoliths that have had their day. Digital downloading has overtaken the sale of C.D.'s, but instead of going with the tide the record companies have tried to ban those downloaders that wouldn't play the game, i.e. downloaded illegally. Trying to reign in these people is fruitless and almost impossible. The book likens the process to suing someone because the book they bought has been lent to someone else.

Apart from the above there is another major point made in this book and that is the paradigm shift from music as a product to music as a service. Music is being supplied to compliment daily activities, not as a construct that has a singular use. This shift in music's use is both inevitable and consequential. It is what the public want, and whether or not the record industry needs it, the public is redefining the way we listen to music.

This book is essential for anyone related to music, either as a listener, perpetrator or educator.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The most interesting and informative book about the future of the music industry, 5 Feb 2007

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I made my final thesis for my school(Tampere Polytechnic university of art & media)about web 2.0 and the future of music. This book was the best I could find that covered every aspect of the music business and answered all of my questions. Gerd Leonhard's and David Kusek's thoughts and ideas for the future of the music business are brilliant and I recommend this book for everyone who is in the music business or plays in a band. It's a MUST.

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A brilliant, insightful look at the changing way music sits in our lives. Wonderfully written, perfectly paced and the kind of book you can come back to again and again. A desert island book for sure.

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3.0 out of 5 stars One-sided
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