peoffrey
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CTID1988 said:
I bet they all use iPods or MP3 players to listen to their music, though. If I'm unable to find an album online then I buy the CD second hand from Amazon and put it straight on to iTunes.
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Record sales
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I bet they all use iPods or MP3 players to listen to their music, though. If I'm unable to find an album online then I buy the CD second hand from Amazon and put it straight on to iTunes.
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Anonymous
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it's fuck all to do with Ipods/ MP3 players, me and my bro use both and still listen to quality bands from the 60's to the 90's. it's music choice and quite frankly I beleive the human race as a whole is becoming less intelligent by the second. As science progresses the general public becomes more degenerate.
BimboBob
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It's all about easy access to music these days. Years ago you had to get off your arse and go to a record shop and buy your music (or try mail order).
Now you don't even have to get off your fat arse to do it. Music at your fingertips. Mix that in with youtube, music channels on tv etc etc and it's no wonder record sales are down.
There is another reason of course...
Most modern music is pap. Over produced pap. Sung by twats who only want fame. They don't care about crafting the song as long as it sells. They are not musicians. They are just fronting the video. Most of them have right dodgy voices. Look at that ginger one from that girl band who has gone solo recently. Voice like running your nails down a blackboard. They mime in concert stating that they can't possibly sing AND dance at the same time (don't fucking dance then). It's basically Karaoke.
Suckered in by a bit of slap and a geordie accent.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WKiWnPazDM[/youtube]
Now you don't even have to get off your fat arse to do it. Music at your fingertips. Mix that in with youtube, music channels on tv etc etc and it's no wonder record sales are down.
There is another reason of course...
Most modern music is pap. Over produced pap. Sung by twats who only want fame. They don't care about crafting the song as long as it sells. They are not musicians. They are just fronting the video. Most of them have right dodgy voices. Look at that ginger one from that girl band who has gone solo recently. Voice like running your nails down a blackboard. They mime in concert stating that they can't possibly sing AND dance at the same time (don't fucking dance then). It's basically Karaoke.
Suckered in by a bit of slap and a geordie accent.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WKiWnPazDM[/youtube]
Skashion
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Yes, absolutely there is a snobbery. After successful album:
Twat A: [insert band name] has sold out.
Twat B: Innit, liek, fuckin sellouts.
Twat A: [another band name] are kewl.
Twat B: Innit, dey're tourin soon yeah, tickets?
Twat A: Kewl.
...until another band has sold out too.
Apart from that, I don't what it is. Could be any combination of factors such as the genres which are popular at any one time which changes on a decadal basis. I don't know if this process has ended though. I'll give it a decade. Genres which will chew and spit out those who are only in it for the money will produce more bands with artistic merit and if those genres are prominent then the charts will be better. Mind you that was largely true of The Beatles and nobody gave a shit. Another factor should be how accessible music is now. Having a scene is easier than ever. Only buying music within a genre is easier than ever. I'd like to see the info for this; it's my suspicion than ever though there's probably more music sold today than there ever has been, there's proportionally far more artists around to take in those sales so less sales per artist. I doubt, even with a growing world population, the march of English to the status as unofficial world language, and the growing affluence and accessibility of non-western markets, that we will once again see artists who can shift as many as The Beatles, Elvis or Michael Jackson.
Twat A: [insert band name] has sold out.
Twat B: Innit, liek, fuckin sellouts.
Twat A: [another band name] are kewl.
Twat B: Innit, dey're tourin soon yeah, tickets?
Twat A: Kewl.
...until another band has sold out too.
Apart from that, I don't what it is. Could be any combination of factors such as the genres which are popular at any one time which changes on a decadal basis. I don't know if this process has ended though. I'll give it a decade. Genres which will chew and spit out those who are only in it for the money will produce more bands with artistic merit and if those genres are prominent then the charts will be better. Mind you that was largely true of The Beatles and nobody gave a shit. Another factor should be how accessible music is now. Having a scene is easier than ever. Only buying music within a genre is easier than ever. I'd like to see the info for this; it's my suspicion than ever though there's probably more music sold today than there ever has been, there's proportionally far more artists around to take in those sales so less sales per artist. I doubt, even with a growing world population, the march of English to the status as unofficial world language, and the growing affluence and accessibility of non-western markets, that we will once again see artists who can shift as many as The Beatles, Elvis or Michael Jackson.