Self-inflicted wounds harm music industry
Written by administrator on August 22, 2002 to Music Business.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The pop music biz has developed a nagging headache, and it’s not going away. So claims Mark Jenkins, who reviews music and film for the Washington Post and National Public Radio. His commentary was published this week in “Slate,” an e-zine that’s now part of MSN.
TDR reader Sheba Agarwal (Kachina008), who recently recently returned to Europe after living in the U.S., found Jenkin’s viewpoint interesting and suggested our subscribers might like to read his column. While much of what Jenkins has to say was written for a U.S. audience, we agree with Sheba that his perspective on the state of the music industry will be of interest to our readers worldwide.
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8 comments
konstpaus said on August 23, 2002 16:17:
While reading the linked article, I noticed that it stated that Brittany’s last long player only sold 4 million!!!! Everyone said room service flopped with 1 million! C’mon... do the math! Room Service, 1 million (with no U.S. deal or promotion). I think thats quite good considering!!!!
p.s. if i see any of you EMI executives in a dark street, I’M SWINGING ON YOU!!!
poppy_head said on August 24, 2002 08:09:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2193310.stm
Music slump ’not caused by piracy’
LittleSpooky said on August 23, 2002 05:03:
To sum up in this reader’s opinon:
Lack of originality bites. Carbon copies usually destroy the original and everyone suffers there after. How about something new? Example: KC and the Sunshine Band. Quite literally, you heard one song, you heard them all. It was called “blackboard” music or something of the sort. Same sound through 5 different songs.... ew.