Perhaps Less is More

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can compete with those that my elders grew up listening to, which is a major problem. If technology and education keep getting stronger and better, why can’t music do the same? Why can’t there be bands like the Rolling Stones today? Why can’t there be hip hop artists in the same caliber as Nas, Biggie, and Jay-Z? The digital download is what the answer to all those questions is. Bands and artists today are living, and dying by the digital download. The bands today care more about that catchy tune you hear constantly on the radio rather than putting together a quality album that would attract a stronger following and more respect. In Greg Kot’s book, Ripped, Peter Jenner states “We’re Moving into an era of massive niche markets rather than a mass market.” (Kot, 2009). Commercial success today is all mainstream artists care about, thus leading to terrible reviews as well as album sales. Indie music today has a strong following because they are producing quality music. Again from ...

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People’s said. ‘Growth is now harder to come by. This trend should put extra pressure on record labels and publishers to speed the arrival of next-generation products and services.’" (Doyle 2010).
Getting back on path, the digital download is killing music slowly. Streaming albums is leading to the increase in album theft, and many of the people including myself, are crying for death of the digital download are guilty of stealing the music. But why wouldn’t I steal this music? The music industry has become so greedy that the average fan can’t afford their sixteen dollar mediocre album. From Greg Kot’s book, Ripped, a man named Thomas stated “ My CD buying habits the last two years have ...

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