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Originally Posted by XHipHop  In summation:
- The brick and mortar stores are giving up on the old model (and the ones that haven't been able use music as a loss-leader have closed up shop ie: tower, virgin megastores closing, etc). |
Wouldn't that just prove that record shops are dead ? Or to be little more wordy that new distribution methodologies have given rise to cost savings, through horizontal and vertical integration.
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Originally Posted by XHipHop - The labels are giving up on the old model and trying to get a cut of merch and touring. |
Or that they've realised that there a revenue streams they weren't exploiting and that competition has provoked them to have to realise every cent.
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Originally Posted by XHipHop - Most bands are giving up on the old model and jumping on web 2.0 to spread their music (all of the examples i've been giving- umm... metric, trent reznor, all of the labels on rcrdlbl.com) |
Most bands is greater than 50% I'd need to see data for that. The vast majority of material in the charts I've just checked is still from the old model, this was also the case for the PirateBay chart.
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Originally Posted by XHipHop You told me that you understand that you can't un-eat the apple. |
The internet is here to stay and will no doubt become more important.
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Originally Posted by XHipHop So, James...what else do i have to prove to you? I'm confused. |
That you understand the difference between anecdotal evidence and proof.
James