The Decline and Fall of the Music Industry

[InsaneApache]

At work the other day, my job at the cd distributer's we weressaying the album format will probably also go away. Why work on a whole album if people can just cherry pick what they like. As soon as you get a song you think is good done release it. I suppose the only way they can detirmine awards is by the number of downloads. Were pretty much done for. We are one of the last small disrtibuters still hanging on. he record store on the main floor only stays in buissiness because of the wholesale dept in the basement. But even that wont last much longer I afraid. Were selling great used cds for a dollar each now.

Kudos my brother capitalist.

That's the reason I got out of the rag trade. I saw it coming 5/6 years ago.

I sold a thriving business, because I knew that it wasn't going to last. The new owners gave it a good go, alas it is now a nail bar.

The supermarkets did for us, what the t'interweb has done for music/movies....

Makes you look at capitalism in a new light. (Well it did for me)



EDIT: Just read this, what an enlightened chap.

EDIT: Gawain does raise a point, the real victims are not the big corporations, the shareholders will find other investments and the executives and most employees should find other jobs, but the small retailer who has invested a lot of money in his store stands to lose a lot more.