Me as a consumer of music

As a consumer of music I have access to it on a variety of platforms and software’s. Music is heavily integrated into my daily routine. As soon as I get up I am listening to music through a radio alarm that wakes me up in the morning. Not only is the radio station benefitting from this but the singers and producers who have made the music are as they get paid for the radio station to use their music. I also listen to music on the way to school using an app called Deezer on my iPhone. This is a streaming platform that lets you pay a monthly fee to listen to all of the music you want. This is more beneficial for me as it allows me to save money as my monthly subscription is £9.99 where as a hard copy of one album could cost the same.

Following the popular trend of vinyl’s as well I have brought a record player and purchase albums in the form of a vinyl. Record players produce a different sound that many people in my generation find interesting. I also buy hard back copies on CD as well as I find it satisfying to have a shelf full of your favourite albums ready to play on stereo or in the car. I also use music to cover up the boringness of mundane tasks such as homework by playing music off of YouTube. YouTube is one of the most popular places to listen to music however does not benefit the producer and songwriters on the music as the amount of money they earn per view has gone down.

When I am looking for music but done have the funds to pay for it I use a programme called Tubidy. Tubidy is a lot like Spotify and Deezer except you download the music from the internet and get it for free. No monthly subscriptions. I also listen to music on TV on a channel called MTV which is how I find out the most popular songs out to date by watching top 50 where they show the most popular songs voted by the public.

The music I’m into is slightly different from people my age as I’m into more “Hipster” music. This means I’m into music people haven’t necessarily heard of. The genera of music I’m into is Alternative rock or pop. This means they are not considered the normal form of rock. Bands like “Nothing but Thieves” or “Bloc party” are ones I really like.