[kj] OT: Music industry - decline in CD sales

[Brendan Quinn]

"Meanwhile the pre internet bands have
huge loyalty followings and Springsteens album sales will probably
indicate that."

That's kinda what I've found too, it makes sense and gives me a little bit
of inspiration about the current generation (y or z or whatever.) My little
brother - 19 - is independently into Iron Maiden and Megadeath and Pearl
Jam, who in relative terms are previous generation stuff. I think some of
those bands loom huge in the minds of 'kids these days', those who are
really into good music, in the same way that bands like Led Zep, Hendrix,
CCR, The Beatles etc had a pretty awesome aura that outshined a lot of
current bands when I was growing up. Not that it was hard to outshine
Madonna and Wilson Phillips and the synth theme from Miami Vice, admittedly
;)

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
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Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2009 04:17
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Music industry - decline in CD sales

sales of vinyl are on the up in the local independent
does that equate with MD Rob?

strange that people are downloading and filling gadgets with low
quality dross but stepping back at home to better quality i selective
products.

I downloaded Madness new release - due out in March - at xmas time,
paying for it to also arrive by cd, vinyl membership box in a months
time.

Listening to the Guardians music monthly editor on Mayo - radio 5 on
tuesday i think, he said bands like Keane and what is known as
landfill indie is dying a death and pointed to the internet generation
not having loyalty built in. Meanwhile the pre internet bands have
huge loyalty followings and Springsteens album sales will probably
indicate that.

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Janean Lancaster
<Janean.Lancaster at hopwood.ac.uk> wrote:


> I agree about missing the old days - sitting on a bus, poring over the

> artwork of the goodies in your bag on the journey home from the shops.

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