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i have read a lot of the responses in this article. sure mp3 can be the cause in the loss of cd sales, but surely, it has only increased vinyl sales over the past couple of years. lightning records was great, as it came out with many good artist who did great songs, but it also had a whole mess of shit that was not too great. signing so many artists to one label, i think, will lead to the downfall of any label. also having so many sub divisions can be harmful. for example, look at black hole, they have i dont know, maybe 5 or 6 sublabels taht i can think of (itwt, songbird, black hole avanti, and others i cant think of the name). if you take a look at lightning records, they have so many subdivisions, that sign too many different artists, it really hurt them. and as other people said earlier, lots of record companies are started by artists who probably did not get a business managment degree, resulting in bad managment, in turn leadin to signing too many people a nd pressing out too many vinyls or cds that dont even get sold. mp3 really only helped vinyl sales. a few years ago, before mp3 went big, how many of you in here ever bought a vinyl, and all you guys who put the sole blame on mp3, did you ever even buy a vinyl. yea i have bought vinyl, a lot of mine are from lightning (or a subdivision). to blame mp3 is a cheap cop-out that some of you who are just mad are using. thinka bout how much you knew about trancea few years ago. all you probably knew was pvd, tiesto and corsten. mabye if armin was releasing cds back then we would have known him too. the way i got started was buying cds, and since maxi cd isnt really available for most tracks, i would find the artists from teh cd i like and search for more songs by them on napster. i think the electronic music industry is sort of catching on to the cd maxi idea, because look at the usa music scene. not that i like rap or rock or pop, but they release cd singles and shit. but i guess its diffrent with trance, personally i like to have the full single of a song rather than a mixed version. i think had there been equal amounts of cdm and vinyls being put out for songs, it could have increased sales, because i know a lot of people around here would like to support the artists but have no turntables. every one has got to have a cd player in there home or a cd drive on their computer these days. if you only have a floppy, i dont know how you could put windows or whatever os you use on the computer. cd maxi is good too, because it can be preserved better than vinyls, because one scratch in the vinyl, its fucked, there is no vinyl doctor, but there ways to remove scratches off of cds. and whoever says cdjing isnt real djing. lots ofpeople who dont even know how to dj say this shit, and it pisses me off, because djing with cds is the same as vinyls, basically. anyways, i think mp3 has helped vinyl sales, but it fucked the cd sales over. it is sad that lightning records closed, but its not the end of the world. a lot of the good artists from lightning can get a contract at any record label they please i am sure. so we just have to wait and see what happens
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