INDUSTRY ISSUES SUMMARY Digital streams past physical

IN THIS POST: extensive lists of points you might cover to demonstrate your grasp of the music industry. There are lists on digital disruption; the changing audience/producer relationship; the morphing album format; changes with music video ... A LOT of points are covered.
Use this post with DISTRIBUTION overview (especially for Eval Q3) 

Some thoughts and a list of various issues/examples linked to the impact of digitisation (and convergence - the two should always be linked) on the music industry, the album format and the music video, with some points on marketing (which the video is of course part of) too. I've blogged on everything mentioned below. Don't quote me in coursework - find the source/s I've used or do your own search for other quotable media articles.

Album as bonus with gig ticket

From http://www.remembertheeighties.com/

HUGH CORNWELL is putting together a special limited edition album of cover versions to be made available to VIP ticket holders on his forthcoming tour. The album, 'ou’re Covered!', will be limited to just 250 copies and features ten tracks, each one a song that Cornwell considers an influence. See GIGS for a list of forthcoming shows. See NEWS for the full album tracklisting.

Radiohead changing music biz models

Radiohead have been pioneers in challenging and changing the traditional way the industry works, which has long been seen as heavily weighted against the artist and in favour of the record labels.
See http://pitchfork.com/news/41561-radiohead-to-release-new-album-this-saturday/

Gorillaz download album to get physical release

I'm sure, as you all know to keep an eye on the MusicGuardian site, you'll be familiar with this story...

Gorillaz are to start charging for The Fall, an album they released as a free download on Christmas Day. The band have announced that the record will be issued on CD and vinyl, as well as a paid download, next month.
The Fall was made during Gorillaz's 2010 US tour, with Damon Albarn claiming it was recorded on an iPad. Last December, Gorillaz teased fans with details of the album via a digital advent calendar; on Christmas Day, fanclub members were provided with a link to download the LP. The album is still there, and even if you haven't joined the Gorillaz fanclub, you can stream it for free.
This may be about to change. Yesterday, Gorillaz announced The Fall will be released on 180g vinyl on 16 April, International Record Store Day. A CD release will follow, as well as a paid download, on 18 April. It is not clear whether the free stream will then be taken down.
Gorillaz did issue a press release, but it was scarce on details. Instead, the group's fictional frontman, 2D, offered his thoughts on the Plastic Beach follow-up. "The Fall, is mostly just me," he said, "something more gentle and just ... well ... it's just me and an iPad really mucking about ... trying out some stuff. Just looking at America and then tapping on the screen ... I'm not really concentrating too hard on it ... So, right, each album got all of us on it somewhere, but each time it's ... more of one of us than the others ... Well, that's how I see it anyway."