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Six Giant Music Retailers Will Try Online Sales Together
PingXao writes "The New York Times is reporting that several music retailers are banding together to test online sales. Sad to see the article's author flat-out claim that '... a proliferation of free music-swapping services on the Internet has led to a decline in CD sales.' The retailers are starting to get a clue but still have a long way to go as evidenced by 'Recording companies make the music...' and 'We are in the customer relationship business.'"
But that's irrelevant - the recording companies did bring us Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Eminem, etc..
Eminem mentioned with Led Zeppelin and The Beatles?
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"the recording companies did bring us Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Eminem, etc.." To bundle Led Zeppelin and the Beatles with Eminem is SO wrong. The difference in the level of musical talent between these groups is staggering.
I think the reason why Eminem gets so much flak is simply because he flip-flops on issues.
Just listen to his lyrics: First he loves people copying stuff on the net. Then he hates it. He loves people listening to his music. Now he hates it.
It's hard to respect a man that can't keep his opinions on things straight for longer than a few months. And, if there's a reason why he's become the opposite of himself, a decent explanation (not the crap lyrics I hear in his music) would be in order.
In my opinion, Eminem's music clearly shows either a man whose opinions can be bought for the dollar, or a man with a case of MPD. Take a pick -- either way it causes the lyrics in his music to be meaningless, and what's rap without lyrics? R & B / Soul / Funk? Eminem isn't exactly any of those.
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