The digital domain has forever changed the face of music and how people do business in the music industry. Not very long ago in the scheme of things there were clearly written and defined lines about the rules in the music industry.
Songwriters wrote the songs, the Artist and Repertoire men in a recording studio then picked up these songs. The A & R men then doled out the songs to an assigned singer or band, which recorded them. An album was cut and the singer or band went on tour and played music, the record company rolled in the money and divided it up amongst the various entities like the performing rights organizations and the likes and the system worked well. » Read more: The Digital Domain Now Has Changed the Face of the Music Industry