How we consume music

Below is an article on how social networking has changed the way people consume music taken from http://blog.luon.com/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=379

Social networks are changing the way people consume music at a time when piracy is on the rise and the rate of growth of legal downloads has slowed. - Some 53% of people actively surf social networking sites to find music. - Some 46% of those surveyed wished it was easier to purchase music they had discovered on social networking sites, for instance via a "buy now" button on the site.- A further 30% said they went on to buy or download music that they had discovered on a social network site. If there isn't an integrated purchase function, people will go elsewhere, including illegal downloads, to get the music they want

The way we consume music has changed dramatically in recent years and gone the times people would only consume music via the radio and at rare concerts. The new era of consuming music has rapidly changed and will continue to develop as the way people consume music continues to be so popular. The access to consuming music has increased dramatically in past ten years and within almost every new electronic good it offers the buyer the added bonus of being able to listen to music from it, for example the mobile phone has changed to accommodate music.

There are many other ways in which access to music results in increased listening with the main change being the development of the mp3 player. Gone are the days of the cassette player and now even the cd player, once so popular is also on the decline into which it will be pushed out of this competitive market. The introduction and growth of the ipod and mp3 player has produced the decline of the above. Television is now a great way in which many people consume music from the music channels to the many radio stations such as Sky offer. Increased concerts and the introduction of the digital radio have also led to the positive wave of consuming music in which people have many choices into how they want to consume music and the type of music of their preference.