Could not agree more. Now the push is on to destroy small independent internet radio. Funny, but every time the Gov & Industry (RIAA, Sony, Columbia etc..) try to tighten their control over what & who we are allowed see & hear, and who's allowed to serve it up to us, they lose market share.
The "industry" is turning out garbage, not sure if it's more than before, but music as a whole is better than ever. Any garage band with an extra couple hundred bucks can (and they do) put together their own recording studio and produce their own cd's. They then sell them every time they perform at the local pub. In the past year I've bought around 20 cd's produced that way. I'm guessing if you take into account all the independent cd's sold, sales are actually rising. I like it that the people who are actually making the music, now have the ability dictate their musical path.
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Could not agree more. Now the push is on to destroy small independent internet radio. Funny, but every time the Gov & Industry (RIAA, Sony, Columbia etc..) try to tighten their control over what & who we are allowed see & hear, and who's allowed to serve it up to us, they lose market share.
The "industry" is turning out garbage, not sure if it's more than before, but music as a whole is better than ever. Any garage band with an extra couple hundred bucks can (and they do) put together their own recording studio and produce their own cd's. They then sell them every time they perform at the local pub. In the past year I've bought around 20 cd's produced that way. I'm guessing if you take into account all the independent cd's sold, sales are actually rising. I like it that the people who are actually making the music, now have the ability dictate their musical path.