This first post I wanted to share a couple links to some interesting articles.  The first article I want to share is from Rolling Stone Magazine.  It's a look on the current state of the music industry and where the economics are heading as we move from hard copy music into the digital age of cloud storage and so on.  I really believe this is a concept that needs to be closely, as royalties in the industry are becoming increasingly difficult to track and understand.  With programs like Spotify and iTunes virtually controlling most of the music industry releases, the revenue split between the company, the artist, the songwriter, and the record label all vary depending on so many different circumstances that even many band managers don't quite know where the money is coming from and how it is calculated.  The article is very intriguing.

The second article is in regards to cinematography growing with the use of smartphones like the iPhone.  It's an interesting view on how our new mobile devices are allowing the freedom of film without the heavy cost of the modest or even professional user.  The technology in smartphones only continues to grow, and as companies like Apple spend a lot of time developing "bells and whistles" on these devices, it  can only force the competition (HTC, LG, Samsung and the like) to continue to develop similar technologies as to not fall behind the curve.  Smartphones have already virtually made digital point-and-shoot cameras obsolete.......are handheld video cameras next in line to be taken down by the mobile movement?