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December 24, 2009
one thing’s for sure: distribution is king
iTunes has also trained listeners to think of music as piecemeal singles instead of cohesive artistic visions. Music isolated from context only tells a partial story, and this shift in listener habits may be permanent. ... It seems, then, that the iTunes model has changed the musician, too.(In 2008, vinyl sales were up 90 percent from the year before; 2009 vinyl sales are up 50 percent. Of course, vinyl is a niche market only representing 1 percent of total music sales.)
read The Decade You Listened to Too Much Music
With so much free music at one’s disposal and so many obscure new acts to discover, many downloaders find it hard to listen to it all.
"a lot more than just the music" - that's also the problem. Music "in itself" is not enough..
Originally from Discussion Forum - NetNewMusic, ReBlogged by newmusicrebloggers on Dec 24, 2009 at 09:49 PM