Mia the Band

Hi there,

Today – being a public holiday and all – I would like to write something short and sweet! Just recently, Mia, my manager at work set up a website about her folk/rock band. I have added her as a link on my page, under Mia the Band. I think Mia’s website is a really great example of the whole produser idea. As John Banks put it in the KCB201 Week 3 Lecture, the Internet is now providing networked connectivity between consumers and producers. For example, Mia, a massive consumer of music media, established her website as a point of connectivity between other music producers like herself. Mia also created the website as a destination for her fans, by providing free downloads of her music. Similar to the way Arctic Monkeys developed their following, Mia has allowed free distribution of her work so that it can be shared by people around the world.

Additionally, Mia’s website effectively illustrates the notion of the New Media Economy, or a convergence between traditional media forms like music with Information Communication Technologies like the Internet. For example, Mia has created an electronic press kit, specifically for clients, or people interested in her work. Using this kit, she has received gigs around Brisbane and surrounding areas.

Overall, I think Mia’s website it just another example of the dissolving distinctions between media producers and media consumers. Through using music technology to develop sound clips and the Internet as a promotional platform, Mia’s band has flourished. She has now formed networks of relationships with fans, local and international bands and other people with similar music interests. If you would like to listen to her music, just go to her website. Alternatively, if you would like to experience Mia the Band live, her gigs are posted on the site regularly. I hope you have a great day off and I’ll post again soon!

Em x