Yes, that is very true for Australia, but I have no figures. Alicia Keys' latest record is considered a commercial failure (to BMG's dismay, many of the staff believed in what is an extraordinary record) yet her Australian shows have sold out. I think people - young people - are putting money in mobile phones and so don't have as much money for records. They download. Also people spend money on live shows and download music. Many a musician says that touring, not record sales, is their main source of income these days. Australia has always had a strong live circuit though.
---------- >From: "Cobert, Gwendal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "313 Detroit" <313@hyperreal.org> >Subject: RE: (313) Is this the new Swayzak sound? >Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 7:03 PM > > On the "music doesn't sell as much as it used to..." tip - I've read that > while record sales are going down, tickets for concerts are going up very > fast... Is it the same in the US and Australia as well, or just some > European cultural exception ? > Gwendal > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Cyclone Wehner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyé : Wednesday, October 06, 2004 6:19 PM > À : 313 Detroit > Objet : Re: (313) Is this the new Swayzak sound? > > Music isn't selling as it used to, period. The market is in transition and > no one knows where it's heading. I think it's some kind of technological > revolution that we don't completely understand as of yet. > There does seem to be a trend for underground acts to set themselves up as > bands, get a singer, and make something more organic, perhaps less > 'faceless'. I don't think it's necessarily cynical as after all most grew > up with bands like Depeche Mode or whatever (many techno types here are old > goths, weirdly, who are rediscovering their love of bands like The Cure) > and that's a genuine avenue of exploration for a maturing producer. But at > the same time I hear a lot of tracks with vocals, not songs, and when the > music is like that it's not especially memorable, doesn't stand out, > doesn't click. I'm not sure what I'm trying to say - I'm not a slave to pop > structures, but... I think Technasia make brilliant techno 'songs' with > hooks and the vocals and everything - superb. > The songs with Charles Siegling and their instrumentals are first-rate. > I am sure with a different marketing strategy (and some money for videos, ha > ha) they could have become a techno Daft Punk without changing their music at all. >
