History has brought us some very unique entertainment, of all cultures. Along the way, there has been very influential movements that make us who we are as a nation. One of those crucial movements was the long entertaining movement of music.

In modern day society, it is normal to want to experience excitment with your eyes, Media is an example of that, with TV and Live airings, but there is a whole other aspect of entertainment that we can experience with our ears. Music has always been apart of our history. It has changed drastically throughout that time. Every decade seems to bring out a different mood of music. The music industry holds some of the most influencial people to ever walk this planet. David Bowie, Prince, Michael Jackson all changed the world with their music. Artist have so much power in this world. These people have changed the ways we talk, listen, dress, feel. There is always different and new music coming out that there is no way of predicitng it’s potential. Modern day music however, holds a lot of below average artists who maintain the publicity with terrible music. Tekashi 69 and Fergie come to mind first when I think of poor music.

The screening for this week was “downloaded”. I watched this last year in Professor Schlegels Social Media and Society class. I didn’t even know about this event in time until we talked about it and researched it. I asked my parents about that time and my dad said it impacted the world. It changed the way we used technology and also changed how we listened to music. Essentially, Napster is multiple online services that help you stream your music through file sharing and digital audio files. Before that time, you had to buy all of your music, which in the long run will cost you a fortune if you listened to a lot of music. The Napster movement helped eliminate the paying factor to music. You could download all music at the touch of a button. This was very overwhelming to most people because you never could have had your hands on all music before Sean Parker came around with this historical idea. 80 million registered people were using Napster. It quickly spread and became a viral service very quickly. The sun always has to come down though and Sean Parker and his Napster crew found themseleves in legal trouble when running into copyright issues. The online service was shut down by the court. It didn’t matter though because the idea was out and nobody would ever pay for music again because it impacted people in a big way. Napster was stopped, but it came back in different ways. Now there are hundreds and millions of ways to get free music. Napster wasn’t that long ago. It goes to show how quickly the world can change. Its all about influencers. People that make things happen affects everyone.

I enjoy listening to music and I don’t think I’ll ever stop listening to music. I don’t see it going anywhere anytime soon.