On 3/6/08, Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't suppose you thought that the criteria for the 90% was the > same for everyone involved? According to the businesses, the 10% that > made money was the gold, and screw the other stuff. However, > according to me (the guy who listened avidly to the stuff on the > middle of the B sides of LPs) the stuff that got popular was mostly > the crap, and I had to dig a bit to find the 10% that <I> liked!
Sure I completely agree with you. But from a record label's point of view none of the "other" stuff would be possible without big sellers. But even with this model, the Internet and the PC has overturned the concept of "albums" and singles and the role of record companies in this process. Mp3s allowed people to make their "own" albums in any particular order, or buy single songs that you want, not because the record company determined which singles were released. Some even suggest that the concept of the album is pretty much dead. Thanks Kim _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
