Rolling Stone – The Record Industry’s Decline

An interesting article on the state of the major labels from Rolling Stone. In my own experience from talking to people, it seems this line from the article is becoming all too true:

Rosen and others see that 2001-03 period as disastrous for the business. “That’s when we lost the users,” Rosen says. “Peer-to-peer took hold. That’s when we went from music having real value in people’s minds to music having no economic value, just emotional value.”

The real question is – how do we, as artists, impress upon the general public the importance of supporting the artists and, moreso, what are your thoughts, as music listeners, on how artists can regain your economic support?

Rolling Stone – The Record Industry’s Decline