The Steel Guitar Forum

What Ray said. Go Carl!!!

Mark

Jimmy's got a girl friend......Jimmy's got a girl friend...... awwww, son, sing that COUNTRY tune. You da man!!!!

Well, I have to admit it. I've gone back and re-read all these posts. A lot of them have good points. But Jack Stoner said it all best...you get my "award" Jack! I wish everyone would read Jack's post again...it makes a LOT of sense.

And Johnny Cox (I believe) is the one who mentioned the Managers' meeting with the record company Execs. (on why sales are slumping). Well Johnny, if you see this guy again, please tell him for me that sales are slumping because of two things...

"Fickleness" of the public, and PRICES! Yes...PRICES!

We can't do anything about "fickle", but we can about "prices".

There is no reason on God's green earth why a CD has to cost $14.00 by the time it gets to the consumer (when you're makin' 'em by the millions!)

I don't buy a lot of CDs, and the reason is the high cost! And before you argue with me (and there are some people who insist on doing this) let me give you some statistics...

The average pedal steel costs 2-3 times what it did 30 years ago.

A set of strings costs 3-4 times what it did 35 years ago.

A fifth of whiskey costs twice what it did 35 years ago.

A "CD" costs almost 5 times what a record cost 25 years ago!

You record companies are pricing yourself right out of business, and you're too stupid to realize it!

Kids (the 35 and under crowd) don't care about how they spend their money, but if you want to sell Classic Country, or any other type of music to the older generation (45 and older) you'd better get your prices in line. The seniors are the fastest growing demographic in the country, and you're losing them fast. OLD PEOPLE DON'T WASTE MONEY! If CD's were five bucks apeice, I'd be buying a TON of them...but they're not, so I'm only buying the ones' that I KNOW have more than 1 or 2 good tracks on them!

Someone (besides Garth and Shania) is getting scandalously rich, but it's gonna cost them...someday real soon!

I'm done!

we interupt this thread with some Baseball scores. 2-1 4-3- 6-2 and finally a runaway 11-1 thats it now back to where they like Country music. er wheres that?

------------------
CJC

Joe; Thats not baseball scores,thats the results of the poll-For and Against Country Music.Ray

Selling Music is about making money. The Big Record Companies are putting their Millions into selling the New Music. A few Record Companies like Rounder, are selling some of the traditional music and are doing quite wel.

Traditional Country Music is on the internet Big Time. There will be more Traiditional Country Music Web Sites.

I remember the old days when anyone who could get together a coutry band could work. Every corner bar had music on Friday and Saturday Night. It was great for Musicians. But times Change, what can you say.

I kind of feel sorry for young musicians who are just starting out in Country Music, there are too many places to find music jobs on Saturday Night, or the Week Ends, too bad.

However, the Younger Muscians can put their music on the Internet and sell it, if they are any good at all.

Lee

The Dobro and Guitar Man


------------------
The Dobro Man

Somebody Wrote

99% of the people that buy the so called country music of today, don't like traditional country music. Un fortunatly you are 100% correct. I have a little country band called PLUMB COUNTRY. The name says it all. Our following is 45 and older crowd. We play very very little of the so called country that fills the airways on todays radio. I don't like it but it sells and makes a lot of money for the artists on todays labels and of course the execs make mega bucks also. I don't know how to change the listeners and record buyers of today. If I could I certainly would. We have the largest following of any local band in our little neck of the woods but I bet todays record label would tell us that we are too country? Interresting isn't it? TOO COUNTRY.

Jeff