THAT is why ppl are going for singles. The TOTALLY GOOD album was killed off by Big Music’s greed and now they wonder why ppl want singles. Big music’s greed (nefariously) told them that an album with one or two ‘decent’ songs on it with the rest of the songs being trash was good bu$ine$$…now they’re finding out that their greed LIED!!!! and they’re trying not to drown in their own Greedy PI$$…….

Actually that is not what they are doing. It is what they used to do. During the cutbacks, the artists suffered the hits on cut back as well. The labels dropped over 50% of their stable of artists, keeping only those that were best sellers.

At the same time they dropped the grooming of artists for the long haul. Citing the expense as too much. Instead their great idea was to cherrypick from the smaller labels the best of the upcoming best. They want the smaller labels to bear the cost of grooming the artist and then come along to reap the benefits after the the small label has invested all the money. Is it any wonder the smaller labels are reluctant to invest more into the artist that can be snatched out from under them?

As a result, you no longer have top ten hits that remain in the charts for any time. It has in effect shortened the cycle that a hit single remains in the charts. The majority of the fans feel no connection to the artist as they did before. Plus the back catalog is showing that neglect as well. Now when a hit single drops out of sight, it is quite literally gone. No one wants to hear the latest top hit 5 years from now. There is no staying power to the hit.

Is it any wonder that finances are tightening?

All hail the dinosaurs last days!