Wednesday, August 29, 2018

music sales


Thurston Albini, 55, Brooklyn, NY
“This is great news. Vinyl is back, man. If the sales of vinyl keep going up like this, at 50% every year, and digital and CD sales keep going down, eventually it’ll be like the good old days when it was only vinyl. None of this digital garbage, man. I mean, can you hold an MP3 in your hands and read the liner notes while you’re listening to it? Or roll a joint on your phone while you’re streaming a song from the internet? It’s really hard to do. I’ve tried.”

Tucker McFaddish, 16, Menlo Park, CA
“I pretty much just stream music from Spotify and SoundCloud nowadays, so I’m not really surprised CD and digital music sales are down. It’s all out there for free, so why pay for it? Although I kinda got into vinyls when my uncle gave me a stack of his old stuff. Now I buy vinyls every once in a while at Urban Outfitters if it’s a band I really like. I still need to get a record player though. Maybe my parents will buy me one for Christmas.”

Janice Wilcox, 70, Hood River, OR
“I haven’t bought a CD in years. This new music today, it just doesn’t grab me. Too vulgar, and loud! Well, I understand you can get music off of the internet, even through your phone. My grandson tried to show me how to get some of my old favorites like the Beatles on my phone but it was just too complicated! I’m perfectly happy listening to the oldies radio or NPR, thank you very much.”

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