the music industry has died since it got rid of me 22 years ago...

I am sure many young people simply convert Youtube videos to a MP3 or Flac format.

Actually the whole downloading of MP3's has died off because internet data is so cheap now and nobody wants to clog up storage with songs when you can stream billions of songs for free on YouTube (with the ads) or on platforms like Spotify, Apple etc..

Nearly no one buys CD's anymore .. there's a bit of a market for vinyl for fans of artists.. but it's a song business nowadays and it's all about streaming..

dav wrote:
Actually the whole downloading of MP3's has died off because internet data is so cheap now and nobody wants to clog up storage with songs when you can stream billions of songs for free on YouTube (with the ads) or on platforms like Spotify, Apple etc..

Nearly no one buys CD's anymore .. there's a bit of a market for vinyl for fans of artists.. but it's a song business nowadays and it's all about streaming..

People do buy CD's even me! I hate streaming and digital etc. I always bought albums never singles or even 12inch back in the day.

Spotify sounds shit to me even on decent PC's and phones.

Green Man you're right.. people do buy CD's but as far as I can tell, not many..

Over here most major recorded music shops/stores have closed down.. so have newsagents... and it's because the demand for the physical content delivery methods aren't as popular when so much (too much) is available online.. and music it's predominantly streaming.

But with saying this.. I know of a few people who will still go out and buy either CD or vinyl of certain titles... but it's not many and personally I have completely stopped buying the physical product.. My main reason is that I have too much clutter in my home and I want to reduce all this baggage.. If you have a large house then it's easier to pile more things into the larger space without creating a clutter den.

The headache comes when you decide to move.. and that's my plan..

JK was lucky as he made records when there was a huge demand for pop singles and very minimal competition compared to what's around today.. so you almost had a licence to print money back in those halcyon days of the British 7" pop singles era..

If I had a time machine I would have stayed in Britain and followed suit, but alas... can't turn back time.. so may as well embrace today's reality... a lot of musicians and producers make their living by having monetised YouTube channels and putting out a constant stream of videos each week... or even daily..

Green Man you were more of an albums music fan, I was mostly singles.. but I did buy loads of albums too... but my main thing was the fun, excitement and immediacy of singles and that still exists today but with streaming the singles (songs). In my day it was all about having a record collection but I think the under 40's of today it's more about playlists..

Good topic

How or why has the industry got rid of you JK? You know a lot of people, can’t you get back in some way?

What would you do to improve or change things for the better right now?

dav wrote:
Green Man you're right.. people do buy CD's but as far as I can tell, not many..

Over here most major recorded music shops/stores have closed down.. so have newsagents... and it's because the demand for the physical content delivery methods aren't as popular when so much (too much) is available online.. and music it's predominantly streaming.

But with saying this.. I know of a few people who will still go out and buy either CD or vinyl of certain titles... but it's not many and personally I have completely stopped buying the physical product.. My main reason is that I have too much clutter in my home and I want to reduce all this baggage.. If you have a large house then it's easier to pile more things into the larger space without creating a clutter den.

The headache comes when you decide to move.. and that's my plan..

JK was lucky as he made records when there was a huge demand for pop singles and very minimal competition compared to what's around today.. so you almost had a licence to print money back in those halcyon days of the British 7" pop singles era..

If I had a time machine I would have stayed in Britain and followed suit, but alas... can't turn back time.. so may as well embrace today's reality... a lot of musicians and producers make their living by having monetised YouTube channels and putting out a constant stream of videos each week... or even daily..

Green Man you were more of an albums music fan, I was mostly singles.. but I did buy loads of albums too... but my main thing was the fun, excitement and immediacy of singles and that still exists today but with streaming the singles (songs). In my day it was all about having a record collection but I think the under 40's of today it's more about playlists..

Good topic

I never saw the appeal of singles the B-sides were normally naff but good if you wanted the non-album track I suppose. However, I did buy Genesis singles as I tried to be a Genesis completist. I almost was until I had a break in.

The only Genesis albums I have on both vinyl and CD are Then There Were Three, Invisible Touch. I had to throw the rest as they were badly worn and sounded like 78's. I have all the Genesis albums released I still have LLOB in a fat box, I had to get Seconds Out again as a friend damaged it. When I ordered a cheap copy on eBay the original fat box CD release arrived.

Some orginal releases sound better than remastered.