Monday, October 29, 2012

THE CHANGING FACE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY (1980-2010)

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The remarkable transformation of the music industry from 1980-2010  is brilliantly illustrated in a 30-sec animated graphic sequence of pie charts. You can examine each frame individually. Based on US data. Dramatic and thought-provoking.

See: Digital Music News

 

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Here’s another way of looking at it. Shows the recorded music industry peaked in 2000.

The image comes from a report discussing the transition of literature from books to digital format (pdf).

I found this in a great post on the the FGV Guitar blog which investigates whether declining music sales are affecting the guitar. Much of popular music features few recognisable guitar parts.

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