In Reply to: RE: music is still alive and I'm not sure the business is "destryed" posted by tomservo on May 26, 2015 at 13:02:38:
You made some sweeping statements. I live in southern California and it does not seem to me that "live music" is very much reduced compared to the 1970s.Anyway, I can't check everything, but I thought I would check whether "sales of musical instruments" are "very much reduced."
So I checked the NAMM global report.
And there is a lot of nuanced data. Sales of some instruments are up, sales of others are down. The overall summary begins "The retail value of music products shipped in 2013
advanced 2.1% to $6.81 billion, basically keeping pace
with the tepid growth of the economy. Although 2013
represents the fourth straight year of sales gains, shipments
are still below the pre-financial crisis peak."Of course, DJ equipment is counted as part of musical products. Bottom line, sales seem to be pretty good.
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