Music industry research

Music industry research

In the 1700s the music industry came about when Mozart started to seek commercial opportunities to market his music and performances to the public. In the 1800s paper sheet music publishers dominated the music industry. In the early 20^th century phonograph industry grew significantly in popularity and the dominance of the paper sheet music came to an end and was replaced by the record industry. In 1964 the cassette became mainstream allowing people to own music in a more compact way. In 1990 the mp3 is born allowing people to have music on there computers and transfer it. In 2003 napster and Itunes make it possible to download music legally.