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[b]DJones wrote:[/b]
[quote]The global music / record industry is a desaster ... and is doing quite good (financially).

In this article [url=http://www.collapseboard.com/features/columns/the-quality-of-music-and-the-conformity-of-youth-dwind]The Quality of Music and The Conformity of Youth | Dwindling Album Sales Explained[/url] Wallace Wylie makes some good points:

"The real problem that the industry is dealing with these days is the lack of cultural importance given to popular music and the fact that popular music no longer has the same unifying power as it used to. With less bands to choose from, and with major labels dictating every aspect of the business, music fans in the 70s generally accepted what was handed to them without question, even if it was something as awful as The Eagles. Nowadays there are thousands of small labels capable of releasing great albums. You can spend hours and hours tracking down recommendations, streams, and free downloads. You can listen to as much music as you want, for as long as you want, with no compulsion to own, and that is a problem for die-hard consumers who are used to limited options and immediate cultural feedback in regards to their choices."[/quote]

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Topic History of: Having a discussion with Little Joe
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Author	Message
JK2006	No, but there was a HOSS en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonanza
Sydney Louche	Was there a Big Joe?
JK2006	Little Joe was my Tipsheet Editor for a while and remains a close friend as well as a very successful publisher, manager and A&R person (Rizzle Kicks, Nizlopi). His nickname comes from Bonanza but nobody on here is old enough to remember that!
Medium-Sized Pete	Who the hell is Little Joe? A Red Indian?? A Motown novelty act??? If you're moaning this forum isn't busy enough it's hardly the time to get all cliquish.
JK2006	I don't think it's rose tinted glasses Dixie - yes, our memories are fond of those old shows and yes, most of the music in them was crap, but there was far more mass appeal music around and that mass appeal sound went very deep to millions of people, influencing our lives. These days - and I think this answers my question - it is far easier to make specialist music with far more limited appeal. So those are the hits that get broken, with a huge appeal to many fewer listeners. The only universal hits are those like Gangnam Style and Get Lucky that can't be stopped. The current music industry, through a combination of lack of hunger, laziness and inability, has far less important an impact on far fewer lives.