This Is Just Depressing
And it goes beyond the gratuitous use of clip art in the source article.
40% of UK folks surveyed can’t name a legal music download site. The tagline about only knowing about Amazon and iTunes doesn’t bother me too much – people have resources to get on those services with little effort, so your recordings can be in the same store as the big boys. But almost have of the surveyed can’t even get that far?
If they can’t name it, they aren’t using it. And that doesn’t translate into purchased physical copies, either. Change is inevitable, I suppose, but would a little haste be such a bad thing?
The fans can connect directly with artists now – hell, how hard would it be to just ASK where the music is available for purchase? I’m sure they’d be more than happy to let the fans know?
March 9th, 2010 at 10:34 PM
No article, no link?
Feel free to delete this after you fix it
March 9th, 2010 at 10:43 PM
I have been full of hyperlink fail all day. Why should this be any different?
March 10th, 2010 at 9:29 AM
“Of the 60% who are familiar with digital music, ” Sounds like 40% didn’t know about downloadable music–not just legal digital music. And of the 60% who are aware of downloadable music, most know at least two legal sites.
C’mon, that’s not so bad….I bet less than half of your neighbors own functional computers!
March 10th, 2010 at 10:24 AM
Aware of and actively using are two different things, though. I guess my glass is just half-full.
Of foul-tasting swill.