- Music on the Net
A 25-page document from Liquid Audio about music on the Net. A bit dated by now, but still a good introduction to online music. - Music on the Internet - The Internet as a new distribution medium for the music industry
My own MA thesis submitted in September 1998. - Enterprise on the New Frontier
Philip Hayward's paper on the history of the use of music on the Internet for band promotional purposes. Discusses Michael Jackson's HIStory site, and FSOL and Orbital amongst others. - Window of Opportunity : CD-ROMs and the Australian Music Industry
Philip Hayward's review of the CD-ROM industry in Australia and New Zealand. Also covers some history and development of multimedia.
Submission date - final Thursday before end of term
Write a short essay of around 500 words on either of the following topics
Either...
1. Briefly analyse three music-based websites, describing what they are (record label, band, retail, etc), how they use interactive elements to promote their musical content, how the music is presented and what other music technology (if any) is used.
Suggested sites include the following
- The Future Sound Of London
- Chemical Brothers
- Exit Planet Dust
- New Musical Express
- Cerberus Digital Jukebox
Or you can choose your own from a list of thousands of music-based sites, to be found in search engines such as
or...
2. Write a short overview of one company and product(s) currently involved in creating a music technology solution for the online music industry, including, but not limited to encoding/compression, licensing, watermarking, streaming, retail. Describe the technology developed by your chosen company, and how that product works based on press releases/articles and/or company white papers.
Suggested sites
Encoding/Compression
Retail
Custom CD Creation
Licensing/Music tracking
For either question, press articles/reviews of certain music technologies/companies/web-sites can be found by keyword-searching the following sources -
Search ZDNet
Search Wired (via HotBot)
Search news.com
Search Webnoize (15 day free subscription available here)
Search Internet World
Search Grayzone