So for my essay, I’m looking at the online participation in the music industry, in particular for the artists themselves. As I feel nowadays, every public figure is expected to have a presence online and this obviously will help their music if they do, however, as an avid music fan it seems to take away from the quality of the music.

Miley Cyrus (albeit, an obvious example) is now better known for her close relationship with a plastic hand then for her music. 

The sexualisation of women in particular in the music scene has been terrible but this has been fuelled by the internet and trying to create a name for themselves amongst all the chaos.

I stumbled across this great article by Mia Freedman, which I’d suggest you have a read of here.