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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger ?
No, I would say the value of satin baseball jacket wearing executives is dropping and this is exactly what this Moses Avalon character sounds like.
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Also, keep in mind that I don't think that Soundscan has been used in a lot of Indie Record stores, where people who care about music still buy records from, although I could be wrong now. I still believe that not EVERY sale is counted. The chart service was criticized for favoring the mega stores when it was first used officially back in '92 (Many Indie stores possibly did not have computers with UPC readers, or at least had them but not connected to the system then as well - I wonder how much it was to join the system then as well). The way sales were counted needed a shake up, but did it need to shake off some stores who's customers are more Independent Minded just to set the system up (at least at first)?
Damn, I wish I had Bruce Haring's book Off the Charts still in my collection, it had a nice write up on Soundscan! Haring also wrote a book called Beyond the Charts about the MP3 era.
http://www.amazon.com/Off-Charts-Rut.../dp/1559723165
Moses Avalon wrote the book Confessions of a Record Producer and has a site on this stuff. My guess was that he had some time in the Industry as a Producer before moving onto other vocations, more business related.
As I think that the general public started to abandon Music as a must have luxury since the Nintendo days, Music as a stand alone industry has slowed down anyways. Hell, I remember a Melody Maker story back around 92 with an imagined 10 years later cover of Sonic and Tails instead of a musician (MM closed up shop in 2K I think, so we never got to see if their prediction was true). It's safe to think that Music as a major interest is more in the hands of those who seriously listen to it, and a good number of those who do don't have their voiced heard. There will be some success stories, yes, but you know what I'm trying to get to.
My take on his views that he focuses on the Mainstream side, but as far as real Indie goes, there's not too much focus from what I have read from his reports so far. Still, he seems to be very critical about anything concerning a lot of what goes on the Internet in my opinion.
He's got a few points, but seems to resemble someone who yearns for days that will never return.
Here's the site...judge for yourself.
The Future of Music: Moses Supposes
Music wont lose it's value. Things change all the time.