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Don’t believe the hype: music is doing better than ever

Nick Crocker

by Nick Crocker

06 Aug 05:40am

Filed under: Bands, Cds, Mp3s, Music, Music Industry, Records

“There is nothing wrong with the music business, there is a problem with the CD business.” - Chuck D

Chuck D, Flavor Flav and a guy with really bad goatee

If you reduced the last decade’s discussion about the music industry to a single word, it would be decline.

And yet, observing music consumption over the same period, the opposite is true. More people are listening to music in more ways than ever before.

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D says:

03:00pm | 07/08/09

Hi I’m an indie muso, label. 5 years ago I assembled a working model for online mp3 retail, largely following advice that Phil Tripp & IMMEDIA! were blogging about at that time. I actually got it all set up before iTunes Aust & the majors came online - they were… Read more »
Andrew McMillen says:

09:27pm | 06/08/09

“Music industry people know what needs to be done and how things need to change, but you can’t implement that kind of shift within a multi-billion dollar industry still overly reliant on CD sales.” This point is central to the discussion. Digital distribution disrupted the business with which the record… Read more »

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