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In the olden days, one would walk into a music store, listen to tracks and buy an album for a very favourable price. Ahh, no. In the olden days people made mus
by noonespecial 14y ago
In the olden days, one would walk into a music store, listen to tracks and buy an album for a very favourable price.
Ahh, no. In the olden days people made music together with what instruments they had on hand, music spread organically from person to person and town to town. And it was shared freely.
Sticking it on plastic disks and selling it like pizza pies is the historical anomaly. Spotify (and its kin) is a closer spiritual successor to the old days than album sales. That said, its different too. Technology changes things. Get with it.
- solarmist 14y agoThat's not true. People used to buy sheet music and that's what the industry looked like for a long time until radio and recorded music came along. A lot of the most famous composers started off by selling their compositions, so they could be resold as popular sheet music.