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Recording History Sales Chart

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Post by rexreed » Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:29 pm

It still blows my mind how fast the cd lost it's share. Even more it took Apple to set up the first widespead pay music exchange. The record labels could have done it and then they would not be giving a huge chunk of the profit to a third party. Cassettes sure did hold on for a long time.
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Post by executioner » Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:33 am

I saw something the other night on Foxnews about this graph and experts are saying they feel CD sales have bottomed out and will hold steady for now. 5-8 years ago the record companies and artists were for the most part abandoning the CD market, but now these same people are trying to get back in the game with CD; They said market research is showing the buyers still want the physical side(CD & LP) of the market. Radio Shack is stocking phonograph players again(which they hadn't store stocked for over 20 yrs). I've talked to the manager of my local Radio Shack and he says he is selling 3-5 phonograph players a week; also The Super Target in town is also stocking not only phonograph players but has made a small section next to the CD shelves for LP's. I was actually shocked when I saw this and was also shocked to see the collection of new/current artists that have LP's out.
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Post by brent » Mon Apr 08, 2013 11:03 am

There is no joy in owning nothing but a file.
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Post by executioner » Mon Apr 08, 2013 11:15 am

brent wrote:There is no joy in owning nothing but a file.

I really think it leaves out the personality of an artist and also I do believe there is a connection lost because of it; I do believe this will lead to not having any long term artists like we have had from our heyday(Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard & Petra). Artists will go as fast as they came around.
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Post by Jonathan » Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:26 pm

What is a Kiosk?
executioner wrote:I really think it leaves out the personality of an artist and also I do believe there is a connection lost because of it; I do believe this will lead to not having any long term artists like we have had from our heyday(Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard & Petra). Artists will go as fast as they came around.
Time will tell. But anecdotally, I perceive an exponentially larger numbers of artists coming at me because of the internet, and the ease of recording and creating decent stuff in one's own house. This larger pool may be what is shortening career-spans.

I could go my whole life listening to incredibly talented local artists from Grand Rapids alone. And these are the people I can connect with personally at a show, and possibly rave about even more ardently, because I "know" them. I'll buy the download and a T-shirt and support them that way.

You old folks and your cluttery record collections... ;)
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Post by Jonathan » Sat Apr 13, 2013 7:53 pm

Wow, I must have blinked.
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