Music Industry
Nobody wants to be a gatecrasher.
And for viewers of the Arias last night, it felt like we’d stumbled into some raging A-list party and we definitely weren’t invited.
Staged for the first time at the Sydney Opera House, in an ultra-casual outdoor telecast, the awards seemed to be a cracker, but only if you had the all-important gold lanyard around your neck.
“There is nothing wrong with the music business, there is a problem with the CD business.” - Chuck D
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:
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 »
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Andrew McMillen says:
“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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