http://music3point0.blogspot.com/2012/07/old-records-outselling-new-for-first.html
This post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 gives some interesting statistics on what music is actually selling the most these days, and it's not what's currently at the top of the charts.
So is this because people over 40 are more accustomed to paying for music? Or more able to afford it? Was the older music simply that much better? Or is there so much music available these days that it takes more time for the best of it to rise to top and stand out from the crowd? Is it because today new artists feel like their only chance for exposure lies in giving their music away, while hoping someday they'll be valued enough that people will pay for it? Is the musical public tired of sifting through huge amounts of new music, much of it mediocre at best, and becoming more inclined to return to artists and albums they already know or that have at least proved themselves to be able to withstand the tests of time?
I'm not attempting to answer these questions. I haven't personally found much popular music that really moved me in the last year or so, but I thought maybe I was just getting old. I have found some "new to me" music from years back I really love. And I've heard a few things from new, relatively unknown artists that I thought had tremendous potential. So is the public's growing resistance to paying for good music resulting in either a lowering of standards or a tendency for artists to take the DIY route? (which undoubtedly takes longer to gain national and international recognition) Or am I just speculating and reading something into what is no more than an off year in the music industry?
Have you found yourself more drawn to older music lately? Or do you just download the newer stuff you can get for free and pay for only what you have to?
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. You can read it here:
http://music3point0.blogspot.com/2012/07/old-records-outselling-new-for-first.html
