Four Mistakes that killed the record industry before file sharing

[Chief]

an interesting article here -

http://blogs.chron.com/brokenrecord/2008/07/four_mistakes_that_killed_the.html

[MadmanDan]

 Good article. The essence is, we live in a corporate-driven world, where nobody is willing to take any chances, leading the way for mediocrity, and a steady profit...

[journey]

I agree with that article.  The music industry definitely isn't what it used to be. It's like acts today have to have a hit album or song at the beginning of their career or they're not given a chance. A lot of artists in the past were given the opportunity to build and evolve toward something great. But now it's all about making quick money off musicians and short-changing the public as a result.

Music has very little diversity on the radio as well. You turn it on and it's the same songs played over and over. And it's usually music devoid of any kind of depth, in my opinion.



Music videos seem to be losing their appeal as well.  MTV and VH1 jumped on the reality tv bandwagon and have totally neglected the area of their origins for the sake of profit.

Then again there's YouTube. But Viacom is threatening to sue youtube for copyright infringement. So there may not be anymore music videos on there in the future.

[Eazy E]

Great article! 

Considering all the music industry has gone through in the past 20 years, I can't even imagine what the situation will be in 2028... Can it really get any worse?  Are there more genres or sub-genres of music that we haven't heard of yet? Will people be listening to commercial "jingles" on the radio like in Demolition Man?

[norway]

I can't even imagine what the situation will be in 2028...

Home PC's and means for recording will be more common and better. Music will live forever.

Music consumption hasn't been higher than it is now actually, in the age of declining sales.
I'm sure record companies will be a thing of the past.

[tim_m]

Great article! 

Considering all the music industry has gone through in the past 20 years, I can't even imagine what the situation will be in 2028... Can it really get any worse?  Are there more genres or sub-genres of music that we haven't heard of yet? Will people be listening to commercial "jingles" on the radio like in Demolition Man?

If we'll be listening to jingles like in Demolition Man i hope there is also crysostays by then cause i'll wanna be frozen. I'd go insane in a world like that.

[D]

Honestly I think what killed it was the copy cats.

They started worrying more about making money than Great music and it fucked them in the ass.

It worked and made them money for a while. Copy catting the Boy bands, pop princesses etc. That stuff works for pop bubble gum but when it comes to rock music, that shit doesnt work.

so u get a bunch of lame bland horrible bands, and they COPY cat the style that sucks in the first place.

so, what u get is shitty, horrible, lame music that no one wants to buy.  The business became single driven because these bands only have 1 or 2 listenable songs so it started the download craze.

Look at the charts.  Music still sells. Nickelback, had 5 or 6 singles and their album still has sold over 6 million, Justin Timberlake still sells well, Lil Wayne debuted with a million in the first week.

Other bands that have had great albums also sold very well.

DL has messed it up a lot. U will never see a 10 million seller again, but I still think releasing shitty music at too high of prices, really pushed people over the edge.

[mrlee]

i  never see the issue with nickelbacks music, seriously, i think there most recent album was great. I just wish they had good guitar solos.

[Genesis]

Maybe it's a lack of talent. If you're talented enough, you'll find a way for your music to be heard, record companies be damned. Buckethead is a good example.

[D]

Maybe it's a lack of talent. If you're talented enough, you'll find a way for your music to be heard, record companies be damned. Buckethead is a good example.

yeah but Buckethead aint goin platinum

Some artists take time to break and record labels no longer have patience.

Think of how many bands that wouldnt have made it, if they came out today

Bon Jovi's first 2 albums were bombs, today they wouldnt have gotten a chance to make SWW.

Labels now dont want real music, they want cheap easy commercialized carbon copies that are guaranteed to turn a nice profit with little effort

which is why everyone looks the same, sounds the same..................