Elson,
I WAS talking about 12" singles and underground music, but rest assured if
we're talking about CD Singles and more mainstream music (even just
slightly) the same thing applies. A big chain store lik Virgin Megastore
sells a lot of CD Singles as does a smaller underground record store like
Gramaphone here in Chicago. Maybe people who download a lot of music don't
buy singles, just as people who download a lot of software don't buy
programs...
And I now feel like I'm repeating myself so unless someone comes up with a
new wrinkle on this discussion I'm gonna shut up...
Dirk van den Heuvel (dirkv@groovedis.com)
Groove Distribution
http://www.groovedis.com
Your Guide To The Underground
-----Original Message-----
From: Elson Trinidad [mailto:elson@westworld.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 5:15 PM
To: Adam Cohen
Cc: Acid Jazz Mailing List
Subject: Re: Nappies
Adam Cohen wrote:
> P.S. The singles market is dead? Someone must have forgotten to tell me
> this, or any of the record stores I shop at for that matter.
Okay, okay, I admire everyone's cockiness regarding that statement, but I'm
serious. If you're a DJ or vinyl junkie, yes, 12" are easily found, but I
wasn't
talking about that.
Truth is, people these days (in general) do not buy individual song singles
anymore. In other words, you know all those 45s or cassette singles you
bought
when you were younger? The kids of today don't have any such thing...except
for...mp3s.
In many countries, not even CD or cassette singles are found in record
stores.
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