Dirty Little Secrets of the Record Business: Why So Much Music You Hear Sucks

Fordisgruntled music fanswondering why music played on the radio is not only worse now than in the past but alsonot nearly as revelatory as it once was, this bookpresents adetailed discussionof how the record business fouled its own livelihood. This insightfuldissection covers numerous aspects of the industry's failures and shortcomings,including why stockholders play an important role, how radio went from an art to a science and what was lost in that change, how the record companies alienated their core audience, why file sharing might not be the bogeyman that the record industry would have people think, technologys effects on what and how music is heard, and dozens of other reasons that add up to the record industrys current financial and artistic woes. With eye-opening observations culled from extensive interviews, this expos offers insights into how this multi-billion-dollar industry is run and why its losing so much money.