![]() In fact when the new media was introduced there was a lot of grumbling, especially by music aficionados because CD audio at that time was an unknown entity and hence digital audio was an unknown proposition. This story starts largely at the moment the music industry decided to introduce digital audio to the consumer market.īefore the music industry invented a way to resell us the same music we already owned there were not many complaints about the quality and function of vinyl. I am going to skip this very interesting and important phase of online audio and file sharing and look at the more recent history leading to the development of net.labels. These files are then re-interpreted by other Tracker software for replay or for the purpose of creating a derivative work (the mod files are re-editable through the Tracker software). Trackers are a type of sound software that use mod files for storing instructions. Perhaps the first substantial example of this was with the sharing of Tracker files over Bulletin Boards. It needs to be said that sharing music online has been going on for a very long time. Instead I am suggesting a process that you may not have considered and you may wish to consider. I don’t intend to evangelize a way of doing things – as with all things, there are motivations and influences unique to your situation, hence I am not going to advocate this method because I believe it is guaranteed to work for you. The point of this presentation is to look at a alternative that won’t cost you (the producer) anything financially and might even make you some money. It is difficult to know why so many people follow this pattern, seemingly oblivious to the fact that they probably won’t even break even…. You will spend a lot of time fulfilling each step in this process If you have never released anything before and you are not well known, then this process will almost certainly have two results you can bet on : The medium of our time for this process is the CD. ![]() This is however the basic, traditional process. These steps are not necessarily discrete, for example the promotion of the release often happens throughout the entire process and often even before the recording has begun. ![]() The process for small scale independent releases follows this basic formula: At this time the dominant technology is the Compact Disc, but once it was Vinyl and before then many formats have been utilized including wax cylinders and magnetic coils. The formula is technologically agnostic, the technology used is largely dependent on the consumer norms set by ’the industry’ and the available technology of the time. The traditional approach to releasing music independent from the architecture we call ’the music industry’ follows a basic formula. THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO DISTRIBUTING MUSIC Written while Digital Artist in Residence, Waikato University A Torrent of History adam hyde filesharing history music
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