An Investigation into the methods of rebuilding the position of long-playing records in the music industry against compact disc in UK

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ABSTRACT

The evolution of the digital music commodity is a telling example of how shifts in technology and social life are written in and can be read from music and other such cultural commodities. Music's digitization is a story of convergence, one that connects industrial production, popular culture, technology and commerce. It is a narrative that concerns the aesthetics of music and computers, the labour of producers and users, the value and ownership of digital objects, and the codes and conventions that govern the “digital economy” more broadly. Like the CD before it, the digital music commodity is slowly starting to stabilize as a format for the circulation and consumption of music.This study helps to make investigation into the methods of rebuilding the position of long-playing records in the music industry against compact disc in UK

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the Study1

CHAPTER 2: AIMS AND OBJECTIVES2

Significance of the Research2

Aim of the research2

Research questions2

CHAPTER 3: LITERATURE3

How the Music Industry Is Being Affected By New Technologies3

Difference between Compact Discs and Long Playing Music Records5

Rebuilding the Position of Long Playing Music Records Industry against Compact Disc in UK8

CHAPTER 4: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY11

Classification of research methods11

Multi-method studies12

Mixed method studies12

Steps in mixed methodology12

Literature Search13

Confidentiality13

Reliability14

Credibility14

Research Validity15

Ethical Considerations15

CHAPTER 5: RESEARCH FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS17

Questionnaire analysis17

CHAPTER 6 : ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS21

CHAPTER 7 : TIME SCHEDULE22

Gantt Chart And Time Line22

CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS23

Recommendations24

REFERENCES25

APPENDIX28

Questionnaire28

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

The last two decades have witnessed a steady move from music on long playing music records towards music as a digital file on compact disks, computers, the Internet and various mobile and electronic devices. This migration has economic, industrial, legal and cultural consequences for how we produce, present, distribute and consume music. Moreover, it has implications for the nature of the music commodity and the ways in which music's commodity form affects our experience of music more generally. Accordingly, this project traces the emergence and development of what I call the digital music commodity: a particular combination of data and sound that exists as an entity in and of itself for sale or acquisition in online outlets via computers or other digital portable devices(Zid,2004,pp 45).

The evolution of the digital music commodity is a telling example of how shifts in technology and social life are written in and can be read from music and other such cultural commodities. Music's digitization is a story of convergence, one that connects industrial production, popular culture, technology and ...