DownBeat : The challenges facing the music industry in the 21st century sets out to answer the question 'whatever happened to the music business?' and analyze where the industry goes from its current position. It is an informative and revealing look at recent history of the industry, the current business environment and an analysis of potential future developments.
With industry profiles and first hand interviews it investigates not just how the music industry dealt with the rise of CD, the threat of MP3 and the digital era, but also looks at the impact of social media, iPhone, Youtube, mobile, Spotify, new business models, piracy and the challenge of music streaming and sound clouds.
Intriguing and insightful, DownBeat takes a look behind the facade of this most glamorous of industries.
- ISBN10 0749466367
- ISBN13 9780749466367
- Publish Date 3 March 2014
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Kogan Page Ltd
- Format eBook
- Pages 272
- Language English