garyb wrote:yeah.
lies, damn lies, and statistics is the old aphorism....
the word is that the entire music industry is down 46%. that's everyone involved, studios, labels, retailers, etc. the top of the industry is more solid than ever though. Adele actually has less competition than the Beatles ever did.
Adele having less competition is the first thing that came to my mind. The great artists/bands of the 60's, 70's, 80's, etc had MANY to contend with and really had to bring it. Adele does sound better to me than most artists i hear today, i can tolerate and even enjoy some of her music to an extent but she's far from greatness imo. She's just better than the vast majority that's around today and closest to what people want IMO.
And yes the fact that Record sales are declining is some evidence that music is less enjoyed and there is less competition today, plus i know many who grew up off music from decades past tend to all agree something has changed for the worst with today's music. My ears simply don't like the mainstream music generally anymore and almost all the top acts. Some try to blame piracy for the huge decline in sales and while i do believe piracy is indeed part of the problem i don't believe it's the majority part. Piracy has always been around, people have always sold bootleg tapes, etc. Many people like myself have no problem spending money on a album we view as quality work and musically pleasing, i just have'nt spent much cause i have'nt heard much. I buy faaar more old music than new.
