This record had the power to almost singlehandedly destroy rock and roll … In the …show more content…
Whether it be happenstance development of communications technology, or systematic marketing efforts by labels, the distribution of music has been closely involved, and at times directly responsible, for the public adoption of various mediums of technology. Through the public adoption of LP record players, the portable radio, the television, the Walkman and more recently, MP3 players, music has given communications technology a purpose and even allowed these mediums to a serve the more fundamental and abstract functions of bringing the community …show more content…
But these channels aren’t only accessible to artists, but also to their parent label conglomerates, who in turn, may use these channels for revenue. This commercialization grew especially viable with the development of the fifth channel i.e., the distribution of music. Before one critiques or regards the level of top-down commercialization present in the music industry, it’s important to understand why that have created massive fan followings, which in turn, have been commoditized by artists and labels