the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by VAXman

Got stats?



Record companies to not promote what sells. Record company sell what they promote. They force musical paradigm shifts like the clothing industry with fashion changes. Me, I'm perfectly content to wear my demin jeans and T-shirts like I did close to 40 years ago. The only change has been in the sizes.

Saved? Probably not. It has become the greatest avenue to the exposure of myriad musical genres. The number of internet radio listeners dwarf the old AM/FM listener counts. XM and Sirius also show that the public is looking for alternatives. Sadly, both XM/Sirius have become what the general public was looking to get away from in the first place.

Looks like we're saying the exact same thing. Isn't that interesting about XM/Sirius... it always happens.

Got stats? Got milk? All I'm saying here is that more exposure for all means the same increase. Just a simple weighted average that's all.

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

Looks like we're saying the exact same thing. Isn't that interesting about XM/Sirius... it always happens.

XM started off on a good footing but it soon eroded under commercial pressures. The commercial rot was inevitable but I really thought that being a subscription service might have staved it off for longer than it did. Now both XM and Sirius want to merge. Once the competition is annihilated, there's even less incentive to be unique or provide unique programming.