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Topic: Old music is outselling new music. |
Jan Viljoen
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Posted 6 Jun 2016 10:11 pm |
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Hi Guys, interesting new statistics, although it is one year old.
So, what will happen to old country and steel music?
http://www.chartattack.com/news/2016/01/20/old-music-is-outselling-new-music-for-the-first-time-in-history/
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Donny Hinson
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Posted 7 Jun 2016 7:42 am
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What will happen? I don't know, but since they're probably not talking specifically about old country or steel guitar music, I doubt things will change much for us.  |
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Joachim Kettner
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Posted 7 Jun 2016 7:57 am
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When you read the reviews of records in magazines like Record Collector or Shindig you will find large amounts of re-issues from the sixties to the nineties. There's also country, but every kind of genres. I believe also many youngsters are tired of the mainstream and check these out. Older guys buy them because they either could not afford them or they weren't available in their youth.
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John Booth
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Posted 7 Jun 2016 8:01 am
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Nah, we're dinosaurs. But proud dinosaurs none the less
JB
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 7 Jun 2016 8:10 am
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| I would bet that the majority of music is streamed now meaning that this survey does not represent the majority of music listeners anymore. I have sold all my CD's and records and now just stream Apple music. Apple plays on my home theaters, phone, in any car that I'm in, on my computer, notebook, Ipad etc. For $10 a month I get all the new releases including a lot of the older stuff going back to Hank Thompson's Dance Ranch and even some steel guitar stuff. Yeah I did save about 4400 steel guitar related songs on my hard drive. The best $10/ month I ever spent and I even get all the song titles and info on whatever screen I am viewing. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 7 Jun 2016 8:18 am
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| John Booth wrote: |
Nah, we're dinosaurs. But proud dinosaurs none the less
JB |
I consider myself a brontosaur. 
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 7 Jun 2016 3:29 pm Re: Old music is outselling new music.
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Not too useful, as that link defines "old music" as anything over 18 months old and does not distinguish between Artie Shaw and whatever your generic rapper may have recorded in 2013.
I'd be interested in seeing trends based on the decade in which the material was recorded--1920s through 2010s--both for streaming and outright sales of physical product.
I suspect it has always been the case that the most recent 10 years is by far the most popular.
There may be a slight upward twitch for various decades from the 20th century at the expense of the 21st century. I have no idea.
But it's hard to imagine any such twitch would be significant and noticeable on a long-term chart. Recorded music and radio playlists have always been strongly correlated to the tastes of those under 30. |
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