The Music Industry, much like any other segment of the entertainment world, is an ever changing world these days. With the advent of technologies like the MP3 and the almighty iPod, your average consumer just doesn't have the same appreciation of the effort involved in making a record. Gone are the days where you would wait with baited breath for your favourite record store to open up Tuesday morning so you could get your hands on that new album by your favourite band. Why wait, when you could probably find a pre-release leak online? Or if you're one of those who still do prefer to pay for your music (good for you!), you can still pre-order it from iTunes or Amazon and have it download while you sleep on release day.
To make matters worse, modern computer technologies have made it even easier for your average hobbyist musician to build a halfway decent recording studio in their bedroom for a relatively low cost, thus adding even more to the deluge of "artists" out there shoveling their crappy music down our throats. Never mind that it was there has been that candy-coated bubble gum music, where a complete song can be written and recorded in a day (trust me, I've seen it happen) since the dawn of time, there just happens to be more half-assed music out there than ever before. Sure, it also lets the talented underground musicians and bands get heard in ways that were unthinkable even ten years ago, so there is some silver lining to this otherwise murky cloud.
Only once in a while now, can you pick up a record, put on some headphones, lay back and soak it all in, front to back, and appreciate the awesomeness that it is.
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