dmv wrote:

I think the year or two after I started working at the record label [in the early eighties], as an industry, we put out 6,000 releases. I think last year it was about 35,000. So in 12, 14 years, it expanded 600 percent. The marketplace didn't expand 600 percent, just what we threw out into the marketplace.

This is a terrific article. Its long (I'm only 1/3 the way through...stupid work!), but very insightful. The author worked for RCA for twenty years and offers his perspective on how the music industry has changed. For one, it wasn't even considered a separate industry until recently. Those of us disillusioned with the state of the scene will be pleased that at least some of execs don't see the world through greenback-tinted glasses.

-janelane, in acquiesce

RE: frontline: the way the music died: interviews: david gottlieb | PBS