Harold falcon
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This is crap, it's not dying at all. Just because people aren't rushing out to buy the latest cover version of Rachmaninoff doesn't mean the industry is dying. How many more copies of Beethoven's 9th do you really think the record industry is going to be able to sell me?
Again, the works aren't going anywhere. Just because a bunch of overpaid record execs can't find a way to make money of three or four hundred year old compositions doesn't mean Classical Music is dead.If classical music can't make money, it can't stay alive. And it's notable that recordings appear to do worse than concert ticket sales. If everyone who attended the National Symphony Orchestra on a given night bought a copy of the same album, that album would leap to the top of the classical charts every week.