Everything you know about the music biz is wrong
People don’t listen to the radio or buy CD’s and mostly listen to music on computers now. Or so we think. Actually, a new Nielsen study (quoted in Billboard) says that’s bullshit. Young people are even buying CD’s and listening them much more than iPods. All of which doesn’t necessarily mean good news as the market for physical product is still shrinking. But it’s nice to have a reality check like this every now and then about the state of the biz to correct some misconceptions.
Comments
I’d chalk those myths up to one of the oldest problems in American entertainment industry: people in New York and L.A. underestimating Middle America. People who have no hi-speed internet connection available and only a nearby Walmart selling CDs still like to listen to pop music (maybe even good pop music!).
Comment by Ethan from New York, NY — November 11, 2009 @ 12:24 pm
Wasn’t the recent news over the summer that 48% of all country music fans didn’t own a computer and bought all their music at Walmart?
Comment by Conrad Buck — November 11, 2009 @ 7:39 pm