Explain How The Music Industry Is Affected By The Internet And Digital Downloading

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Ever since I was little, I would sing and look up music. I would rush home every day after school so that I could practice. My entire life I would strive to become more musically talented. Now that I am older, because of technology, I am interested in Social Media, and how music these days is related to music. Music is my passion. Any chance that I get to learn more about music, I often take.
The topic that I have chosen to write about is, how the music industry is affected by the internet and digital downloading. I have chosen to write about this topic because I have always been curious about how music sales, today, compare to music sales twenty or so years ago.
Does the internet and digital downloading have a positive effect on the music

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