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Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
What the fuck ever happened to music? Today it's all computerized garbage.
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No simple answer.
Ask yourself what demographic these days has the disposable cash to buy music. The answer is what record execs target - mostly kids/youngsters/teens.
A few thoughts:
Think about how the old-school radio audience was fractured and diversified by music video (MTV) and the internet (Napster, Kazaa, Morpheus, Limewire).
Album and CD sales declined for various reasons. P2P was putting a big bite on sales, and I think consumers were tired of paying top dollar for releases that only had one or two decent songs amongst the filler junk.
Consumer dissatisfaction. How many billions of consumer dollars were spent on shit-quality cassette tapes, low quality vinyl...or CDs that were mass-manufactured and rushed out the door to store shelves. People I've talked with over the years got tired of paying premium bucks for inferior or mediocre audio quality that wore out fairly quick.
And face it - our favorite bands and musicians of yesteryear...are old now (or dead). They've had their day in the spotlight, made their coin, burned a few braincells with wild lifestyles...can't hit the high notes any longer...and are now sittin' around collecting dwindling royalties. A few try and re-visit their former glories and release a song or two, maybe a full album - to lacklustre sales and interest. They've lost their chops...or don't have the big marketing machine behind them to promote distribution.