Comments on: Well Done James Blunt http://www.stublog.co.uk/?p=780&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=well-done-james-blunt A power of p..... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:19:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: stu http://www.stublog.co.uk/?p=780&cpage=1#comment-107887 stu Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:23:12 +0000 http://www.stublog.co.uk/?p=780#comment-107887 I did hear about some artist who had just turned to releasing singles citing that it was more lucrative. Fairly well known I think she was too. Wonder if the days of albums are dead of whether things like the iPad will be the resurrection of them. If you replaced album art with exclusive interviews and things, I think people would go back to them.<br><br>The other problem aswell these days is that music discovery sucks, the internet has certainly dissolved not on the record labels, but the 'word of mouth' effect aswell. I did hear about some artist who had just turned to releasing singles citing that it was more lucrative. Fairly well known I think she was too. Wonder if the days of albums are dead of whether things like the iPad will be the resurrection of them. If you replaced album art with exclusive interviews and things, I think people would go back to them.

The other problem aswell these days is that music discovery sucks, the internet has certainly dissolved not on the record labels, but the 'word of mouth' effect aswell.

]]> By: Del http://www.stublog.co.uk/?p=780&cpage=1#comment-107886 Del Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:31:39 +0000 http://www.stublog.co.uk/?p=780#comment-107886 Yes - Album sales are falling on their erse, but that is no big surprise given that you can download any song you choose (whether legally or illegally) instead of being forced to buy an entire album for 3 or 4 good songs out of the 10 to 12 songs you'll get on an album. Hence why they are album tracks in the first place since no one would buy them as singles.<br><br>The legal download of singles has never been stronger with the majority of sales of singles being download tracks now, and to think a few years ago downloads never even counted towards the singles chart! <br><br>Obviously the record companies and recording artists don't like the fact they are not making as much money from album sales but we all have to live in a world where trends affect us all, yet they complain that they can't buy enough Kristal Champagne, oh well, Moet will just have to do while the rest of us get by on a pint of lager and a packet of crisps! Yes – Album sales are falling on their erse, but that is no big surprise given that you can download any song you choose (whether legally or illegally) instead of being forced to buy an entire album for 3 or 4 good songs out of the 10 to 12 songs you'll get on an album. Hence why they are album tracks in the first place since no one would buy them as singles.

The legal download of singles has never been stronger with the majority of sales of singles being download tracks now, and to think a few years ago downloads never even counted towards the singles chart!

Obviously the record companies and recording artists don't like the fact they are not making as much money from album sales but we all have to live in a world where trends affect us all, yet they complain that they can't buy enough Kristal Champagne, oh well, Moet will just have to do while the rest of us get by on a pint of lager and a packet of crisps!

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