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Sloppy Songs Help MP3 Downloads Surge

November 2nd, 2009

There was a major shift in the 1990’s in the way that major label record companies produced music and handled their artist rosters, and this shift is what aided in the mp3 downloads age to come.  Record companies used to be run by music people, intent on producing great full albums, while nurturing the growth and maturity of its roster of artists.

In the 90’s, ownership of these major record companies shifted to corporations, intent on meeting quarterly profit expectations.  This caused a shift from full album and artist development to one-hit wonder production, and aided in the mp3 downloads era, where people download one song at a time, instead of buying the whole CD.  Who could blame music fans?  They do not want to pay ten to fifteen bucks for an album that only has one or maybe two good songs on it.

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