Diversity in Music...

Is music changing? I can say yes to that. The top 5 albums on the Billboards are the Backspacers by Pearl Jam, The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z, Life Starts Now by Three Days Grace, I Look To You by Whitney Houston and The Time Of Our Lives by Miley Cyrus. Is there diversity in music? Ofcourse there is. Starting with genres, there are several different genres. Some artist today can fit in more than one of those genres. On the Billboard Charts there is diversity. The Pearl Jams are more of a rock band and Jay-Z is more of Hip-Hop. I also noticed that there is a slight diversity in age of these top 5 artist. Instead of people listening to a certain type of music they have broaden their horizons and sought interest in other types. Artist also are moving out of one particular sound. For example, Lil' Wayne started out as rap or hip-hop but he is now adding a little rock into his songs.

On another note album sales are dropping. Artist may be saling a good amount of ablums but without free downloading tools and sites more CD's could be sold. Now adays you have people who would rather download an album for free instead of buying it for the regular price. With the free use of Limewire and Bearshare are reasons that play apart in the decline of CD sales of an artists album. I only buy CD's if I just totally like a person and want to support them. For example Chris Brown, every album he has come out with I have supported him and brought the album. Even when he put out Dual Editions of the same album I purchased it also. The artist Keri Hilson is another person whose CD I have purcahsed recently. They are not the only artist I really like because when it comes to music I love it. Music plays apart in why I chose the career path that I have chosen.

In my opinion the two best inventions that have come out is the ipod and ringtones. I love them with a passion. When an ipod first came out I wasn't too excited or fond of it. I felt like I didn't care if I had one or not but once I got one I liked it and now my ipod is like my baby. Beside the fact that I they created text messaging on cellphones the only other reason I like cellphones is because of the ability to have ringtones. Without it I don't think a cellphone would interest me as much as it does. When it comes to ipods and ringtones I believe they have a positive affect on CD sales. I say this because hundreds and thousands of people buy ringtones and artist get money from people purchasing their songs as ringtones. Ringtones help artist make money as well. iTunes also sell songs that send at least a certain percentage to artists. The only negative effect I feel that iTunes might play on a CD sale is that you can Limewire music and add it to your iTunes playlist that will get transfered to your ipod. But there is an article about a lawsuit demanding the end of iTunes. It basically states that CD sales dropped because of iTunes. I disagree to that though. You have some people who don't condone using Limewire or "stealing" music as some call it so they would rather buy an artist album or purchase songs off of iTunes.