Album Sales Hit A New Low | Billboard
But I thought we're in a recovery. Expect this trend to continue.
But I thought we're in a recovery. Expect this trend to continue.
Music US album sales hits low
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Well, considering the music industry has long been populated by a lot of greedy, unethical, despicable bastards, they deserve this. And who needs the middleman? Today’s artists can upload their music directly to the internet and sell it that way. Keeps it artistically pure.
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The days of consumers buying albums or CD's is coming to an end. People download music - it's immediate, and for the artists - there is no real overhead. There is a trade off for sound quality and having a product to hold in your hands but those are not things that this generation cares about.
Now, getting enough buzz to get your music downloaded / heard in the first place is another story. Anyone who can plink out a few notes can make their stuff accessible instantly. It's a double edged sword. For artists it's great - new equipment, technology, cost, turn around times - all those are vastly improved and make it so easy and affordable that anyone can do it.
The drawback: anyone can do it.
Now, getting enough buzz to get your music downloaded / heard in the first place is another story. Anyone who can plink out a few notes can make their stuff accessible instantly. It's a double edged sword. For artists it's great - new equipment, technology, cost, turn around times - all those are vastly improved and make it so easy and affordable that anyone can do it.
The drawback: anyone can do it.
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Is 2014 the year the album business fell apart? | Music | theguardian.com
Apparently even in the UK album sales are struggling. Are there any countries where sales are holding steady or close to it?
Apparently even in the UK album sales are struggling. Are there any countries where sales are holding steady or close to it?
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I wouldn't know, but possibly in countries where access to the internet is restricted, which makes buying actual CDs more necessary for those who want to listen to music.
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"When your album sales wasn't doing too good, who's the doctor they told you to go see?" --Dr. Dre
Here is an interesting and informative op-ed piece about streaming music and its impact on the music industry.
As Talib Kweli tweeted a few days ago, "[people] should stream or hit YouTube until they can afford to buy."
Here is an interesting and informative op-ed piece about streaming music and its impact on the music industry.
As Talib Kweli tweeted a few days ago, "[people] should stream or hit YouTube until they can afford to buy."
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My cousin and his brother have run a recording studio for over 30 years. They're musicians and sound engineers, and though they still use the big sound boards for a lot of things, new technology has then doing lots just on macs.
Their studio was hit hard by the free downloading of music that people began doing, and the ease of people recording their own cds, but they have been able to keep a somewhat thriving business, unlike lots of studios around the country. And world, I guess.
Their studio was hit hard by the free downloading of music that people began doing, and the ease of people recording their own cds, but they have been able to keep a somewhat thriving business, unlike lots of studios around the country. And world, I guess.
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A former band-mate of mine runs his own studio and I think he does all right. It's a very nice setup and quite honestly if I had the cash and it was convenient, (he lives out of state) I'd record a fair amount of my stuff there. It's liberating to just go in and play the music rather than have to mess around with the mic settings etc. Plus - it's always nice to have another set of ears you can trust listening and giving you their input.
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Odd that I just brought the studio up, they just accepted an offer on the studio, and will be recording in a different, smaller I assume, location. End of an era.
MIXING TRACKS IN THE SHADOW OF USF — Morrisound Recording
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Odd that I just brought the studio up, they just accepted an offer on the studio, and will be recording in a different, smaller I assume, location. End of an era.
Sad.
Sad indeed. I so prefer to listen to music in the album format. It's like hearing a story or going on a journey.
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Agree!! I never understood just buying the single.
Plus the album art, I miss that so much...Oh, how I miss album art!Agree!! I never understood just buying the single.
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