More Artists Steer Clear of iTunes
But Labels Seek Higher Profits of Full Album Sales
Per this article. Maybe the data isn’t there but it would have been interesting to compare this to the gold age of the 45s (whenever that was) – we didn’t have that many when I was a kid in the early 70’s but what about the 60’s? Come to think of it, I did have friends with reasonably large stacks – Quite frankly I could imagine that there were a lot more one hit wonders back then as we bought 45’s rather then albums. I do remember some 2 to 3 song LP’s. Maybe iTunes could go to a two song option with the bonus "flip side". Anyway – I wonder what the empirical data shows for that scenario. My point is, this isn’t that new of a model. Maybe if all these single song downloads were not there these artists wouldn’t be selling anything (Big difference between .99 and $14 for a CD). Maybe today’s artists simply cannot fill an album. I was a fan of bands like Genesis, YES and Pink Floyd as a kid – so I "Had" to buy the album to get the full picture. However I never would have bought an album from Gary Wright even though I knew Dream Weaver by heart after making my "tape mix" from a friend or the radio.
regardless. So what I want to know is – change to what. I know we need it, I don’t like what the Dems are proposing, I don’t know what the Repls are proposing. Its all reteric now – I quite frankly don’t trust Hillary and Mit – they both have changed what they are saying so much – that thats all I can count on in regard to change from them. I fall back to McCain as that is about all I can do. I just wish I could get comfortable with a guy like Huckabee – but I’m Jewish and don’t know what that means to him. So we have some time – and time to change, my mind. 
