by Jnmarseille13 (March 20th, 2024)
by Jnmarseille13 (March 20th, 2024)
When you take a look at the history of music, you quickly realize that the music industry, or more precisely, the record industry, has really only existed for a little more than a hundred years. And outside of that, we’ve all noticed how the easy access to recorded music (streaming platforms and social networks) has made recorded music lose a little bit of value. However, there’s one thing that will never change : live music exists, and hasn’t really changed since the old times. People have always played instruments, sang in public, made shows, danced, held ceremonies with music, made religious celebrations with music, and tons of other things.
In this article, we’re going to see 3 reasons why I believe live music will never, ever, die.
I don’t have much to add. The purest form of music is live, not recorded. Every ancient civilization had music play an important part in their culture, during ceremonies and rituals. And it was done live. All throughout history, during parties, or events, people would be playing and singing live to entertain the people.
Music is part of our human nature, and whether we are musicians or not, we all engage in live music in a way. For example, a mother singing songs to get her baby to sleep. Children singing songs together when they’re in a bus, on their way to a field trip. I could go on and on with the examples.
But the record industry has only existed for about a hundred years. And it could disappear one day, if there’s a WWIII or a global power outage.
Ever been to several jazz concerts of the same band or artist, and noticed how they never play exactly the same solos ? Ever been to a R&B concert and saw how the singer adapts to the audience in order to connect more with them (for example, by talking about the country of the audience)?
Live music leaves room for things of this kind, and creates more emotions, because performers can adapt to the situation and surprise the audience.
We are living in an era where recorded music has become easy to access, anywhere, anytime thanks to streaming platforms. However, this mechanism has made living off recorded music only more difficult than during the golden age of the industry. However, live music is different. Artists nowadays usually make more money with live performances and may also use those events to sell merchandise.
And many (if not most, in some places) people want to go to concerts and discover new music, just as much as they did back in the 90s.
So, yes, live music is here to stay, and has always been here to stay! So if you’re an artist and wondering if it’s worth performing live, the answer is : YES! 😀
When you take a look at the history of music, you quickly realize that the music industry, or more precisely, the record industry, has really only existed for a little more than a hundred years. And outside of that, we’ve all noticed how the easy access to recorded music (streaming platforms and social networks) has made recorded music lose a little bit of value. However, there’s one thing that will never change : live music exists, and hasn’t really changed since the old times. People have always played instruments, sang in public, made shows, danced, held ceremonies with music, made religious celebrations with music, and tons of other things.
In this article, we’re going to see 3 reasons why I believe live music will never, ever, die.
I don’t have much to add. The purest form of music is live, not recorded. Every ancient civilization had music play an important part in their culture, during ceremonies and rituals. And it was done live. All throughout history, during parties, or events, people would be playing and singing live to entertain the people.
Music is part of our human nature, and whether we are musicians or not, we all engage in live music in a way. For example, a mother singing songs to get her baby to sleep. Children singing songs together when they’re in a bus, on their way to a field trip. I could go on and on with the examples.
But the record industry has only existed for about a hundred years. And it could disappear one day, if there’s a WWIII or a global power outage.
Ever been to several jazz concerts of the same band or artist, and noticed how they never play exactly the same solos ? Ever been to a R&B concert and saw how the singer adapts to the audience in order to connect more with them (for example, by talking about the country of the audience)?
Live music leaves room for things of this kind, and creates more emotions, because performers can adapt to the situation and surprise the audience.
We are living in an era where recorded music has become easy to access, anywhere, anytime thanks to streaming platforms. However, this mechanism has made living off recorded music only more difficult than during the golden age of the industry. However, live music is different. Artists nowadays usually make more money with live performances and may also use those events to sell merchandise.
And many (if not most, in some places) people want to go to concerts and discover new music, just as much as they did back in the 90s.
So, yes, live music is here to stay, and has always been here to stay! So if you’re an artist and wondering if it’s worth performing live, the answer is : YES! 😀