The Acceptance within the music industry of the viability of home studios is just the tip of the iceberg of change which the large players in the business must adopt if they hope to re-build. After 3 years of declining sales, downloading, quickly changing musical trends, downsizing, and mergers and acquisitions, it appears that the horizon is brighter - sales are up world wide nearly 9% in the last quarter. The major players are now much smarter, smaller, more maneuverable and are battle hardened by tough times - we must remember, this was the first period of sustained hardship in the industry's history. The majors will now make the fundamental and structural changes necessary to move the business back to its former success. The Indies will, in the face of the new, revitalized and re-formed majors, who still enjoy all of their financial and global clout, fondly remember these past 3 to 5 years as "the good times".

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