Now, as you all know, we usually have one article every two days. Today’s article (from Darkprinceofawesome/Nero) had really nothing to do with the future. So, enjoy this one, too.

We all know that music has an incredible power over the world, and the past few decades have been devoted to music expansion.

From records to tapes, to CD’s and now to files on a computer, music has evolved alongside society. Currently, Apple has a large slice of the music industry, mostly because of the hugely popular ipod.

According to a recent entry on Wired, itunes may account for 28% of all music sold worldwide in five short years. This isn’t surprising, seeing how itunes is already installed in 30% of all computers worldwide, and seeing that Amazon, being one of the few competitors of itunes, isn’t much of a threat also contributes to the reality of the situation.

Is this a bad thing? Will Apple have too much control in the future?

-Rika

Some say music is just a mere thing of entertainment. I worry about these people. Music truly has an impact on the world whether you would like to realize it or not. Don’t believe me? Well I’ll prove it; have you ever been happy, sad, upset, angry, or bored? Of course you have. Now what is something that is always on the same page of your feelings and understands exactly what your going through? Music! Maybe you work for a big company and need to make a jingle …well what is a jingle? Music. Maybe you’re promoting a cause and your audience is teens. One of the best ways to reach them is through music.

Have you ever watched the similarities between lyrics to songs and children behavior? Well if you did, you might notice some things in common. Such as happier, upbeat, and positive songs seem to make people just that. Music has a great influence on the entire world. You can listen to it anywhere; on the computer, in your car, on the radio, on your stereo, ipods, Mp3’s virtually anywhere! And don’t forget televisions shows where contestants compete by singing and dancing.

Do you believe me now? So as you can see music plays a huge role in our lives and is something that shouldn’t be taken lightly or brushed off, influence on people is power and too much power makes people like Rika. (Just kidding Rika) So what are your thoughts on the power of music and it’s far reaching effects?

Have you noticed that music in the 2000’s hasn’t been nearly as good as music from like the 80’s? Hit’s from the 80’s include Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, I Love Rock N’ Roll, Material Girl, and Jessie’s Girl plus many more. It’s amazing what kind of music is popular among the current teen generation. You’d think that they would regard all old music as worthless, but often times this isn’t the case. Even Grease is still popular!

One thing that is different today is the lack of musicals. You don’t see fantastic musicals like Grease anymore. Who knows, maybe the 70’s and 80’s songs will still be popular far into the future

~Hope

Are you a music fanatic? Does your life revolve around music? What will happen in the future, will there even be music? A world without music is close to imaginable, but what if in the future the government or record producers cut music out of the world? Most people believe that the techno music (which I personally dislike) is the music of the future. However what will the future people of the world listen to? Now that I’ve got you thinking what about instruments, will guitars and such exist or will instruments be a thing of the past and be replaced by computer recordings? Today there are so many varieties and styles of music but in the future will there be such a thing as country, rap, rock, or jazz? What are your thoughts on the future of music? Leave a comment!

-Piratical Lord of the Guitars