“All someone needs to do is scroll through your library on that click wheel, and, musically speaking, you’re naked” (Levy 2006).
The glass bedroom metaphor as mentioned in last weeks blog interrelates with defining character and identity based on a music playlist. Levy (2006) explains that a music playlist shows character however one is able to “plagiarize personality from an undeservedly spicy playlist” (Levy 2006). With online music outlets such as last fm enabling people to be able to share their music tastes with the world the notion of musical exhibitionism is seen. Do people actually like and listen to the music that is displayed on their last fm profile or they ‘like’ on facebook? Or do they simply want others to perceive them differently by their displayed musical tastes?
With the development of new media, no longer do we need to go to our local record store to pick up the latest album. We can access all the latest music in the comfort of our own home, without even leaving the computer screen that so many are glued to. But when downloading music for free is so accessible yet illegal many are tempted by online download sites such as pirate bay and Utorrent.
Singh (2008) explains how the bollywood film industry has overcome piracy and illegal downloads leading to loss of profit. So should the music industry be following suit?
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Reference List
Levy, S. 2006. The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture and Coolness, New York: Simon & Schuster, pp. 21-41.
Singh, M. (2008). Bollywood's Viral Video in Time International (Canada Edition), Vol. 171, Issue 14. Accessed March 19, 2011. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1713342,00.html
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