Another article re CD sales

I remember buying ablums at 14 and sometimes being very disappointed that the only good song on it was the one I knew that prompted the buy, yet there was special magic in buying an album and finding great music on it that I had never heard before sometimes even better than the song that prompted the purchase. Album and CD sets give the artist a chance to experiment with songs less likely to be immediately marketable. Like most creative endeavors, home runs are few but worth the wait. The flip of this is that now there are powerful ways for new artists to be heard, such as the site www.rippyfest.com without relying on a major recording contract or top 40 play.

Depressing, unfortunate and inevitable.
A trend that is inimical to my music habits. I had to look that word up in the dictionary so I thought I'd use it in a sentence to reinforce my learning.

i've had also an experience many years ago when i decided to buy the whole album of eagles
now i hate every single song they sing including hotel california wich was the primary target...

Historically one of the best places to buy new music in my area (atlanta) was Borders. However, I've noted that new Border's stores being built in the area have only a fraction of the space devoted to CD's that the older stores have. Out of curiousity, I went to one of the older area Borders this weekend that has historically has maintained a huge music section. I was shocked to find at least 50% of the CD bins were empty. I inquired to an employee who said that CD sales were off so much, they have drastically reduced their inventory - choosing empty space over product. On the other hand, I went to a Best Buy and Fry's , both of which still have a sizable CD sections - for now.

don't get too depressed. the industry still does over 12 billion in sales(most is still cd), and more new music labels are popping up today, than ever. the hobby of record collecting(or cd collecting) was never for the masses anyway. be more concerned with lousy vinyl quality control, and the deterioration of the facilicites that make records.