musical material, or composition, as held in western Free Internet Radio Music classical music. Even when music is notated precisely, there are still many decisions Free Internet Radio Music that Free Internet Radio Music a performer has to make. The process of a performer deciding Free Internet Radio Music how to Free Internet Radio Music perform music that has been previously composed and notated is termed interpretation.
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Musical composition is a term that describes the composition of a piece of Free Internet Radio Music music. Methods of composition vary widely from one composer to another, however in analysing music all forms � spontaneous, trained, Free Internet Radio Music or untrained � are built from elements comprising a musical piece. Music can be composed for repeated performance or it can be improvised: composed Free Internet Radio Music on the spot. The music can be performed Free Internet Radio Music entirely from memory, from a written system of musical notation, or some combination Free Internet Radio Music of both. Study Free Internet Radio Music of composition has traditionally been dominated by examination of methods and practice of Free Internet Radio Music Western classical music, but the definition of composition is broad enough to include spontaneously improvised Free Internet Radio Music works like those Free Internet Radio Music of free jazz performers and African drummers.
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Since legislation introduced to help protect performers, composers, publishers and producers, including the Audio Home Free Internet Radio Music Recording Act of 1992 in Free Internet Radio Music the United States, Free Internet Radio Music and the 1979 revised Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in the United Kingdom, recordings and live performances have also become more accessible through Free Internet Radio Music computers, devices and internet in a Free Internet Radio Music form that is commonly known Free Internet Radio Music as music-on-demand.
In many cultures, there is less Free Internet Radio Music distinction between performing and listening to music, Free Internet Radio Music since virtually everyone Free Internet Radio Music is involved Free Internet Radio Music in some sort Free Internet Radio Music of musical activity, often communal. In industrialised countries, listening to music through a recorded form, such as Free Internet Radio Music sound recording or watching a music video, became Free Internet Radio Music more common than experiencing live Free Internet Radio Music performance, roughly in the middle Free Internet Radio Music of the 20th century.
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The advent of the Internet has transformed the experience of music, partly through the increased ease of access to music and the increased choice. Chris Anderson, in his book The Long Tail: Why the future of business is selling less of more, Free Internet Radio Music suggests Free Internet Radio Music that while the economic model of supply and demand describes scarcity, the Internet retail model is based on abundance. Digital storage costs are low, so a company can afford to make its whole inventory available online, giving customers Free Internet Radio Music as much choice as possible. It has thus become economically viable to offer products that very few Free Internet Radio Music people are interested in. Consumers' growing awareness of their increased choice results in a closer association between listening Free Internet Radio Music tastes and social identity, and the creation of thousands of niche markets.
Another effect of the Internet arises Free Internet Radio Music with online Free Internet Radio Music communities like Youtube and Myspace. Myspace has made social networking with other musicians easier, and greatly facilitates the distribution Free Internet Radio Music of one's music. Youtube also has a large community of both amateur and professional musicians who post videos and Free Internet Radio Music comments. Professional musicians also use Youtube as a free Free Internet Radio Music publisher of promotional Free Internet Radio Music material.
Youtube users, for example, no longer only download and Free Internet Radio Music listen to mp3s, but also actively create their own. According to Tapscott and Williams, there has been a shift from a traditional consumer role to what they call a "prosumer" Free Internet Radio Music role, a consumer who both creates and consumes. Manifestations of this in music include the production of mashes, remixes, and music Free Internet Radio Music videos by fans. |
