Comments on: The music industry: a view from the inside http://www.starchamber.com/2005/04/the-music-industry-a-view-from-the-inside.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:09:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Musik - Master http://www.starchamber.com/2005/04/the-music-industry-a-view-from-the-inside.html#comment-36560 Musik - Master Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:29:37 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1062#comment-36560 The industry has to develop new ways of refinancing their business by developing record contracts with the artists that include more aspekts of the business than just recorded music. The industry has to develop new ways of refinancing their business by developing record contracts with the artists that include more aspekts of the business than just recorded music.

]]> By: Indian Blogger http://www.starchamber.com/2005/04/the-music-industry-a-view-from-the-inside.html#comment-4610 Indian Blogger Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:35:19 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1062#comment-4610 As you rightly pointed out "Yes, it is easy to steal music files off the internet and most young music fans know exactly how to do it" If the Industry doesn't do anything about this quickly, then we are most certainly headed for bad times As you rightly pointed out “Yes, it is easy to steal music files off the internet and most young music fans know exactly how to do it”

If the Industry doesn’t do anything about this quickly, then we are most certainly headed for bad times

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.starchamber.com/2005/04/the-music-industry-a-view-from-the-inside.html#comment-668 Anonymous Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:27:53 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1062#comment-668 At the risk of being another to dredge this up, because of the link fom the new post... I agree that the actual content is part of the blame for the decline in sales. But also, there has been this shift away from Big Label as being the only way for a musician to "make it". Both small labels as well as direct sales through the net and at tours now allows many groups and musicians to pay the rent, so the dynamic has changed. As well, I'd be very curious to see what the music industries in other places of the world have to say about their own fortunes; Europe, far-East Asia, India, Australia, South America... they might have different stories we never hear. Or different strategies. And yes, the days I had of putting on an LP and lying down between the two speakers while doing nothing else is definitely gone - or is it, when I lie down in bed with my earphones and put on a CD?.. At the risk of being another to dredge this up, because of the link fom the new post…

I agree that the actual content is part of the blame for the decline in sales. But also, there has been this shift away from Big Label as being the only way for a musician to “make it”. Both small labels as well as direct sales through the net and at tours now allows many groups and musicians to pay the rent, so the dynamic has changed.

As well, I’d be very curious to see what the music industries in other places of the world have to say about their own fortunes; Europe, far-East Asia, India, Australia, South America… they might have different stories we never hear. Or different strategies.

And yes, the days I had of putting on an LP and lying down between the two speakers while doing nothing else is definitely gone - or is it, when I lie down in bed with my earphones and put on a CD?..

]]> By: Alan http://www.starchamber.com/2005/04/the-music-industry-a-view-from-the-inside.html#comment-667 Alan Tue, 03 May 2005 13:21:09 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1062#comment-667 In response to Ned's comment: My focus here was on the decline of the industry dating from the 1990s. Yes, singles were the primary sellers in the early days of the industry pre-Beatles/Dylan et. al., before the idea of an album became the predominant "form" of pop and rock music - and my point is that the industry is now headed back to the size that it was in those earlier years, with some explanation as to "why". In response to Ned’s comment:
My focus here was on the decline of the industry
dating from the 1990s. Yes, singles were the primary sellers in the early days of the industry
pre-Beatles/Dylan et. al., before the idea of an album became the predominant “form” of pop and rock music - and my point is that the industry is now headed back to the size that it was in those earlier years, with some explanation as to “why”.

]]> By: Jackie http://www.starchamber.com/2005/04/the-music-industry-a-view-from-the-inside.html#comment-666 Jackie Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:27:26 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1062#comment-666 I think there is a real perception that the labels are all corrupt, that they cheat artists by taking all sorts of management fees, and that the only way artists make any money is through tours, which people generally still spend their money on. Nobody is really lamenting the decline of the label. You also hit my biggest complaint, which is that the labels aren't really putting out compelling content. Everything sounds the same- flat and uninteresting. Labels aren't taking chances, and people don't want to purchase yet another album that sounds like everything else they already have. Best of luck (sincerely). I think there is a real perception that the labels are all corrupt, that they cheat artists by taking all sorts of management fees, and that the only way artists make any money is through tours, which people generally still spend their money on. Nobody is really lamenting the decline of the label.

You also hit my biggest complaint, which is that the labels aren’t really putting out compelling content. Everything sounds the same- flat and uninteresting. Labels aren’t taking chances, and people don’t want to purchase yet another album that sounds like everything else they already have.

Best of luck (sincerely).

]]> By: Ned http://www.starchamber.com/2005/04/the-music-industry-a-view-from-the-inside.html#comment-665 Ned Fri, 29 Apr 2005 04:51:36 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1062#comment-665 Alan, you say that recorded music is worse than it used to be in part because of a hit-driven iPod-oriented market. But wasn't the market single-oriented back in the Fifties and Sixties, when so many record sales were 45s? Alan, you say that recorded music is worse than it used to be in part because of a hit-driven iPod-oriented market. But wasn’t the market single-oriented back in the Fifties and Sixties, when so many record sales were 45s?

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