Thesis driven essay regarding digital distribution’s effect on the Music Industry and Artists. Can begin with a history of Napster/MP3/P2P filesharing, the evolution into iTunes/Amazon/Pandora/Youtube/Spotify. The shift has allowed Artists to have greater access to fans and have increased opportunities for independent artists to bypass record labels. Talk about changes to the "record label model." How do these changes help/hurt artists.
It would also be interesting to look at the current and related changes to Television, with services like YouTube/HULU/Netflix, producing original content such as ‘House of Cards’ and ‘Orange Is The New Black’: Are the same opportunities beginning to emerge for television writers and directors, to bring their original content to the masses, or is television an entire different beast that still presents many limitations.
Potential Useful Journal Articles:
"Supply Responses to Digital Distribution: Recorded Music and Live Performances"
"Digital Culture Industry: A History of Digital Distribution"
"The Move to Artist-Led On-Line Music Distribution: A Theory-Based Assessment and Prospects for Structural Changes in the Digital Music Market"-found on JSTOR
"The Art of Distribution: Video On Demand" -also JSTOR
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