From Music to Travel

I had been planning all along to keep the topics on this blog and in my presentations and podcast to music and technology. My practice presentation focused on how technology has changed the way we consume music. My podcast focused on how technology has changed how music is mastered, produced, and commercialized. For my final presentation, I had always been planning on expanding on these topics. I have even done a good deal of research into these topics already.

However, I have decided to take my final presentation in a different direction. 

The question is how travel blogs have affected the travel writing network and the actual travelling of these writers. Travel writing has always been a popular pastime, but in recent years, travel blogs have built an enormous base of writers and readers. With the accessibility of blogging, more and more people are able to build websites, brands, and expertise in travel writing. 

Not much research exists into this topic, as I am discovering quickly. Therefore this presentation will feature a great deal of "primary research" in the form of sifting through some of the most-read travel blogs online and their readership. 

Some starting point blogs: 

http://www.nomadicmatt.com/

http://www.worldofwanderlust.com/

http://www.ytravelblog.com/12-steps/

http://asoutherngypsy.com/

Music: From Analogue to Digital Resources

In writing and recording my podcast, "Music: From Analogue to Digital Resources", I did a great deal of research into the move from analogue recording and music distribution to digital and how this change has affected how we consume music. 

As I said in the podcast, a list of resources used and some further reading are included here. For a great resource of the technicality of vinyl, tapes, CDs, and their production, check out Bob Katz's book. 

Aguiar, Luis; Bertin Martens. "Digital Music Consumption on the Internet: Clickstream Data". European Commission: Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. March 2013. <http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/pub.cfm?id=6084>. Accessed 24 Oct 2014.

Giletti, Theodore, MSc. Why pay if it's free?:  Streaming, downloading, and digital music consumption in the "iTunes era". 2012. <http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/mediaworkingpapers/mscdissertationseries/2011/71.pdf>. Accessed 22 Oct 2014.

Jackson, Blair. "Issues of Modern Mastering". Mix Online. Dec 1 2006. <http://mixonline.com/recording/mastering/audio_issues_modern_mastering/>. Accessed 22 Oct 2014.

Katz, Bob. Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science, second edition. Oxford: Focal Press. 2007. Print.

Magaudda, Paulo. "Materiality 'Bites Back': Digital Music Consumption Practices in the Age of Dematerialisation". Journal of Consumer Culture, Vol 11 No 1. March 2011, pages 15-36. Print. 

Nardi, Carlo. "Gateway of Sound: Reassessing the Role of Audio Mastering in the Art of Record Production". dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture, Vol 6, No 1. 2014. < https://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/dancecult/article/view/456>. Accessed 22 Oct 2014.

O'Malley-Greenburg, Zach. "Digital Music Sales Drop for First Time as Streaming Soars". Forbes Magazine Online. Jan 9 2014. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2014/01/09/digital-music-sales-drop-for-first-time-as-streaming-soars/>. Accessed 24 Oct 2014.