"Most music made today imo sucks!"I can sign under this sentence, but many people who are as old now as I was when I started liking what I still like, would be baffled. They like music made today much more than music made yesterday. Their kids will like the music made the day after tomorrow.
What a sad world we now live in.......
What a sad world.....
Had to go to our local Wal-Mart for something for the wife and thought would check out CD,s while here.
Could not find them so asked where to be told they had decided to stop selling them in-store.
In fact the whole electronics section looked bare and desolate.
Pretty sure a sign of the buy online times we now live in.
Had to go to our local Wal-Mart for something for the wife and thought would check out CD,s while here.
Could not find them so asked where to be told they had decided to stop selling them in-store.
In fact the whole electronics section looked bare and desolate.
Pretty sure a sign of the buy online times we now live in.
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bdp24, I think that all you mentioned together is the reason for CD sales decline. Probably with another thing or two. Times have evolved and, regardless of what anyone (hinting at your mention of Michael Fremer) feels and thinks, CDs and records do not fit into an iPhone. That is the dealbreaker. Those who grew up with some physical media may feel it is important to actually have it, but newer generations do not have that feeling.They do not have emotional attachment to these things. Similar approach is slowly getting into car ownership these days. "Michael Fremer regularly talks about how those who get their music via streaming, owning no physical media, will end up with nothing." Well, very "wise" statement that is slightly out of touch with reality. Even a physical one. What happens when there is fire, earthquake, burglary, basically anything that disturbs perfection of the environment, in "physically-inclined" home? Owner is easily left with, depending on the luck, nothing. 17-year-old who streams hip-hop on her phone is left with exactly same music as the day before. Ok, burglary is probably fine. What would a burglar do with heavy load of objects of close-to-no-value to majority of potential customers? Records, and CDs, are not even worth stealing these days, no matter how much a small group of people may cherish them. As far as Walmart goes, I put those few things out, and mentioned Garth Brooks, as a response to implied statement that Walmart never mattered in music (sales) and that people shopping there were not interested in music. Apparently, they were. It is just that they are not anymore. |
"Second, Walmart was never a player in the music biz." For whatever it is worth, this is an article from 2004... "In the past decade, Wal-Mart has quietly emerged as the nationās biggest record store. Wal-Mart now sells an estimated one out of every five major-label albums." āWeāre in such a competitive world, and you canāt reach consumers if youāre not in Wal-Mart,ā admits another label executive. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/wal-mart-wants-10-cds-235534/ |
"I donāt think Walmart customers were ever exactly the most music-loving people around. Or perhaps it is that they, like myself, are just not interested in the music that is currently most popular."I would bet that many, if not majority, of the Kenny Chesney and Garth Brooks CDs were bought at Walmart. I might lose the bet, but I would be willing to bet that I would not lose it. |