[citation][nom]mortsmi7[/nom]According to RIAA: Since peer-to-peer (p2p) file-sharing site Napster emerged in 1999, music sales in the U.S. have dropped 53 percent, from $14.6 billion to $6.9 billion in 2010.Or it could be that the current crappy music has caused me to not add anything new to my music collection in about 5 years.[/citation]
In my opinion, I don't think you can deny that the internet has had an impact on sales of music in the past 10 years.
You say, nothing good has come out in 5 years, but wouldn't previous generations say the same thing about our music? That is just how I am looking at it. I am going to take a guess and say you are in your twenties? Kids today pirate music more than when we did in our later teens.
I remember when I begged my mom to buy me Slipknot: Iowa in 2001 (was 14 or 15). Napster was in it's infancy, and portable CD players were still big. My mom also saw no reason to get the internet. So, my only choice for music were CDs. And still bought CDs up until a couple years ago. Really haven't lately because I have better things to spend my money on. Even music that I have pirated over the years, I have the bought many of those albums. Many I wouldn't have bought in the first place. I self proclaim myself as an "audiophile", so I want the music as the artist intended. But then you are getting in to vinyl and DACs
Now, fast forward to today, almost every device is connected to the internet, there are so many places and programs to pirate music, and streaming services like Pandora. So, I think there are other factors other than piracy that have affected music sales.
Just my thoughts
In my opinion, I don't think you can deny that the internet has had an impact on sales of music in the past 10 years.
You say, nothing good has come out in 5 years, but wouldn't previous generations say the same thing about our music? That is just how I am looking at it. I am going to take a guess and say you are in your twenties? Kids today pirate music more than when we did in our later teens.
I remember when I begged my mom to buy me Slipknot: Iowa in 2001 (was 14 or 15). Napster was in it's infancy, and portable CD players were still big. My mom also saw no reason to get the internet. So, my only choice for music were CDs. And still bought CDs up until a couple years ago. Really haven't lately because I have better things to spend my money on. Even music that I have pirated over the years, I have the bought many of those albums. Many I wouldn't have bought in the first place. I self proclaim myself as an "audiophile", so I want the music as the artist intended. But then you are getting in to vinyl and DACs
Now, fast forward to today, almost every device is connected to the internet, there are so many places and programs to pirate music, and streaming services like Pandora. So, I think there are other factors other than piracy that have affected music sales.
Just my thoughts