music industry

The Music Industry Blog
by Gary Spaulding
Music Business student at MSB College

In the music industry, album sales have been on a decline. Many have
weighed in on what they believe the cause is. Many blame it more so on
technology and the easy access to burn tracks. Some blame it on the
industries inabilities to put out quality albums. There is no definite
way to pin point exactly what the main cause is; there is just a lot of
speculation. I personally believe that, yes, technology plays a role in
the decline of sales, but I mainly place the blame on the artists and
labels for not putting together albums that fans want to hear from
front to back. Although many artist have to confine to their label, I
do think that more artists should stand up for their art and give the
fans what they want to hear. So, yes, technology is to blame somewhat,
but we as the fans need to express our feelings to these artists and
labels and get them back to making classic albums instead of looking
for just hit singles.