Music Consumption

Consumption is also important. In 2005 CD purchases dropped from 3 million to 2.7 million. This suggested another factor for music consumption. The factor was internet download sites which involves synergy, the way in which production, consumption and distribution are connected for a better positive outcome. There are three ways to download music. Paid subscription, free downloads and illegal downloads which if consumed is classed as piracy infringing the copyright law. The British Music Association estimates that 10.7 million illegal downloads were being consumed through music each year proving to be the most popular way of music consumption. New digital download sites are becoming a large industry effecting audi

ences and distributors. This involves the uses and gratifications theory which in

stead of the effect the media has on the audience this approach studies what the audience does with the media. Therefore when consuming music on to technology such as computers allows the audience to listen to it when and where they want, it suits them taking into account their personality and needs not just when the music can be played on a CD Player at home making the consumers more of an active audience rather than passive.

The most popular sites and websites for consumption are

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I Tunes

iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. I Tunes can connect to the I Tunes Store to purchase and download music, music videos, television shows, I Pod Games, Audio Books, Podcasts, movies and movie rentals and Ring Tones. The I Tunes store is available to anyone who wants it, simply just purchase and download the software from a disk. It provides any music at charge to download and it is estimates that 10.5 millions songs are downloaded from I tunes every month.

You Tube Converter

Video2mp3 is a free video to MP3 Converter and allows you to convert and download a video to MP3 file online. This service is fast, free, and requires no signup. All you need is a Video URL, and our software will transfer the video to our server, extract the MP3, and give you a link to download the audio file. So you are able to listen to your favorite YouTube tracks on every MP3 player. Enter the URL from any valid video page,

click "Convert" and this application will quickly grab the flash video file and extract the audio as a downloadable MP3. Depending on the size of the file, it may take a minute or so. This is a more recent way of music consumption that is free of charge therefore it is becoming one of the most popular ways to download music it is estimated that 5.2 million songs are downloaded through youtube converter every month more than I Tunes.