Friday, February 03, 2006
IF YOU ASK ME, MUSIC'S BEEN GOING DOWNHILL EVER SINCE THAT ELVIS FELLOW STARTED SHAKING AROUND SINGING THOSE COLORED SONGS AND GETTING EVERYBODY ALL WORKED UP
Record of failure
Execs push mediocre music for too much money & miss the market of serious listeners
A nationwide poll released by Rolling Stone magazine and The Associated Press makes clear what music aficionados have been grumbling about for years: The music business is selling junk, and charging way too much for it.
Music in general is getting worse, according to 58% of the survey's respondents, and a whopping 74% said the price of CDs is too high.
But the real measure of dissatisfaction comes from the fans.
"Less talented people are able to get a song out there and make a quick million and you never hear from them again," is how one 30-year-old from Massachusetts put it to the pollsters.
The honchos at recording labels and commercial radio stations, who often seem literally deaf to audience feedback, need to wake up to reality. They can either restore quality to the airwaves and sales racks, or get used to shrinking audiences and vanishing profits.
yakety yak
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Record of failure
Execs push mediocre music for too much money & miss the market of serious listeners
A nationwide poll released by Rolling Stone magazine and The Associated Press makes clear what music aficionados have been grumbling about for years: The music business is selling junk, and charging way too much for it.
Music in general is getting worse, according to 58% of the survey's respondents, and a whopping 74% said the price of CDs is too high.
But the real measure of dissatisfaction comes from the fans.
"Less talented people are able to get a song out there and make a quick million and you never hear from them again," is how one 30-year-old from Massachusetts put it to the pollsters.
The honchos at recording labels and commercial radio stations, who often seem literally deaf to audience feedback, need to wake up to reality. They can either restore quality to the airwaves and sales racks, or get used to shrinking audiences and vanishing profits.
yakety yak
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