Re: [microsound] microsound future correction

[Geoff Farina <geoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/30/00 4:32 AM, "philippe petit" <philippe-petit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Nobody embraces so-called piracy because it "seems somehow non-status quo,"
>> but because it in fact has helped proliferate independent music and helps
>> sell independent records by facilitating new communities around common
>> interests.
>> 
> 
> it is certain that internet is a huge help to announce or promote one's
> activities
> 
> however it is a fact that record sales have been going down within the past 15
> years; 

I don't think this is true. I may be wrong, but I've heard a number of times
that 98, 99, and 2K had the biggest aggregate CD sales ever. Anyone have
hard info on this?

Geoff Farina


> and it is partly due to piracy although before burning CDRs people were
> already tape-recording... I remember when i started my label in 1993, one of
> my
> bands was touring and had 300 people every night but i wasn't selling so many
> records of them...
> So, i'd say piracy has always been present - though quality used to be
> inferior -
> but if sales decrease it is mostly because it has become so easy to issue a CD
> that there are tons of new releases every month so it is harder to sell yours.
> So it isn't good for sales but great for culture.
> philippe
> 
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