3rd Paper Proposal "Music is like a old pair of chucks, theres just no sole"

For my next paper I know exactly what idea I want to explore. Music has always caught and held my interest from a young age. But since that young age when I started fir admiring music, it has changed indefinitely. The music world simply isn’t the same as it was thirty years ago. Over the years I have grown to admire all types of music from all genre and era's, but it seems that the present in my eyes has the least to offer in being musically rich and appealing. I want to argue that music is dying! In today’s world originality and uniqueness is growing harder and harder to find. Everything is shaped in a way that makes it generic and socially acceptable, therefore no new types of original music are being spawned. I don’t want to sound like a critic that just favors classic legendary artists with no openness to the present or future but I want to basically overview that the music industry is changing drastically and in my opinion its for the worse.

The music industry itself will be my main focus of my paper. Things commercially have changed from the past in a harsh way. The idea of buying albums is almost comical in today’s world. Today it’s all about illegal downloading and buying music individually track by track off the Internet. Now that not what music is about. Instead of today’s society gaining knowledge in music, albums, and history of music of their generation they are simply downloading a ongoing mix tape of individual songs that appeal to them. Maybe this idea might seem economically correct to the person but ethically I think any music enthusiast will have his/her criticism.

What is going to happen to the music industry? According to numerous sites album sales are declining by 20% a year, a year! What is going to happen to that trend when it hits bottom? Is music going to go out of fashion because it’s so hard for artists can’t make money? In my eyes it would be sad but justified seeing extremely talented musicians 30 years from now selling albums out of the trunk of their cars and at shows in fear of engaging in the past commercial way of doing things.

Finally what will the music industry be fifty years from now? To me that questions answer is almost scary to think about. Will the music industry of tomorrow be anything like today’s? Is music going to lose its focus of existing out of personal expression and enjoyment to existing to stimulate income? Will artists start replicating music that they think society approves of and wants to hear? There is so many different ideas to engage in when talking about the future of the music industry to people like me its a ongoing rant about how this ship is sinking and sinking fast.

I know my ideas might seem scatterbrain and opinionated at times but this argument is just so out there and interesting to discuss. I think I could do a great job of exploring the tomorrow of the music industry and what we can do to affect its revival or demise.......

Sources
Source 1
1)McKeen, William. Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000.
2) This book shows edgy ideas about the history and future of rock in roll all over the world.
3) It connects in ways to my topic by showing ideas of other music enthusiasts on how music is always changing and gives examples of that.
4) The authors in this book are all critics, enthusiasts or actual musicians I don’t know how information could’t be relevant. This book was published by Norton & Company in both London & New York. William Mckeen studied music at the university of Florida, then eventually later in life published this anthology. His sources are from everywhere, places like interviews and publications from actual artists are everywhere in this book. His ideology is in the title, he thinks that rock & roll will be altered and played with in the future but the roots and history will always be valued. This book is mor contemporary in ways of expressing other music critics ideas about the music world and past. This book was written to exhibit the point that Rock and Roll will not diminish in the eyes of any social standard. The intended audience is i guess anyone interested in music.

Source 2
1)Quinn, Eithne. Nuthin But A "G" Thang. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.
2) From this source I will use ideas in the text to compare past and present ideas of hip hop culture to what tomorrows hip hop could be.
3) This is just a example of music culture of the past that I can compare to my ideas of the present.
4) This author simply gives an overview of hip hop culture through its birth and up to present day. This author is just a writer writing about a subject she connects with and knows much about. The author gathered sources from other Hip hop enthusiasts as well as personal experience. The ideology behind this book is just this author showing her appreciation for this genre of music. This source is very contemporary with some historical recall. This item was made to educate anyone wanting to learn about hip/hop about the genre in its entirety.


Source 3
1) Dubner, Steven. "What’s The Future Of The Music Industry?". The New York Times. September 20Th 2007 .
2)This article directly connects my topic. It basically questions the music industries future and gives ideas on what it will be years from now. The idea that the music industry is on a downfall is most prominent.
3) This article basically addresses the same question I am addressing in my paper.
4) This author is extremely credible in ways that he is an experienced music idealist writing for the New York Times. This article consists of personal opinions and he cites other writers ideas about the music industry. Also he uses statistics from music companies and musicians. His perspective in this article is his concern about our falling music industry. This piece is way more contemporary than historical. This article was written to question the future of the music industry. It basically says this is what happening and we are doing nothing to stop it. The intended audience again is anyone who is interested in music.

Source 4
1)Chang, Melissa. "What's going to happen to the Music Industry?". 16th Letter. September 1st 2006 .
2) The main point of this source is that the music industry is on a economic downfall.
3)I mean the future of the music industry economically ties into everything I want to get across in my paper.
4) This author is the President of an Internet source that deals with issues like this one. She is the author of "Publish" an online idea website as well as a Internet entrepreneur. Most of her sources where statistics from companies affiliated with the music industry. Her ideology just shows that economically music publication is losing its relativity to society. Times of expressing and sharing music are changing. This is a contemporary article with many valid statistics. This item was written to show people a falling music industry to the point where it is almost corrupt. The audience again is anyone concerned with the future of the music industry....