state of the music business
cleanupkid
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listening to: Boomtown
registered: 2010.03.15
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I've been fortunate to live through the era of the 8track, cassette, LP, minidisc, SACD and mp3s. I
have to say, the mp3 era is the most interesting. Now the consumer can make identical copies of
prerecorded music (this doesn't necessarily imply illegal activity as many people back up their libraries
and burn CDs, etc)I've also noticed a great decline in avenues for live music (or maybe its because I got married and had
kids).So my question is, for an artist such as David, is this era better for him to record, distribute and
perform music than say, the 1980s?Is it better or worse financially for an artist operating on the fringes (little airplay, little exposure)?
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I've been fortunate to live through the era of the 8track, cassette, LP, minidisc, SACD and mp3s. I
have to say, the mp3 era is the most interesting. Now the consumer can make identical copies of
prerecorded music (this doesn't necessarily imply illegal activity as many people back up their libraries
and burn CDs, etc)I've also noticed a great decline in avenues for live music (or maybe its because I got married and had
kids).So my question is, for an artist such as David, is this era better for him to record, distribute and
perform music than say, the 1980s?Is it better or worse financially for an artist operating on the fringes (little airplay, little exposure)?
