Andrew Cohill wrote: : > > What I NEVER see discussed is the possibility that commercial music > offerings, for the most part, stink, and that could be contributing to > the downturn in music sales. > > The unwritten assumption of the record industry is that music buyers > should and will buy whatever they publish, regardless of quality.
Until very recently the industry has been able to blame piracy and get away with that reasoning. Evidence is proving otherwise. What I find interesting is that those that pirate the songs are also predominately the ones who buy them. Seems a clear indication that they want music, period, and will get it by paying for it or not. That concept and the recognition that they release tons of junk would rock their model more than online music did. > As an example of how the data can be skewed, one band I like has never > published a CD with a record company. They press their own CDs and > sell them online and at concerts. So their sales data never gets > included in industry totals. And there are lots of musicians doing this. Or the reverse when the record company _won't_ produce a CD that people want to buy. The newest Fiona Apple album was never released by Sony because they didn't think it'd sell. Sony also didn't learn anything when thousands of fans downloaded a copy of it and rave how good it is. -- travis forden aim: tlforden tel: 202.577.4403 http://treevis.com --- You are currently subscribed to telecom-cities as: archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set DIGEST mode and only receive one list message per day with all the daily traffic, please visit the list website at http://www.informationcity.org/telecom-cities
