"young People Do Not Buy Music Anymore"

[Dukesy 0]

The owner of Nottingham's independent record shop Selectadisc has said that young people do not buy music anymore.

 

Phil Barton is reported as saying that the store had been unprofitable for years and will have to close at the end of March.

 

Barton said: "There is no one under the age of 25 buying music anymore. They can get it for free."

 

"Everyone here has crawled across the field of broken glass to keep this open, but in the end it didn't work."

 

He added that the store was one of the largest independent record shops in the UK, but that did not prevent it being uneconomic in the current climate.

Recently, founder of the Spotify music streaming service Daniel Elk said that listeners no longer care about owning CDs and only want access to their favourite songs.

[deejaymitch 0]

I used to love reading sleeve notes and cd inserts, but I guess that's because I'm such a music geek. It is true most young people don't care about owning physical copies of anything. They want their favourite songs on demand instantly, and the can get that not with their I-Pods and online.

 

It's another reason why they are so rude to DJs these days. They expect instant gratification.

[Dukesy 0]

Briefly, I feel that fading out a physical format now seems totally crazy at a time when the generation in todays world are increasingly older and not exactly web / PC savvy.

It's all about control, control control - and I'm not talking about the consumer.

The 'catch-up' that the industry is attempting is like trying to get the horse back in after its bolted.

 

 

 

 

[McCardle 1]

young People Do Not Buy Music Anymore

 

too busy spending their giro's on cigs, booze and drugs :rant:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

;.......................its like the 6o's all over again

Edited March 6, 2009 by McCardle

[D.X 0]

You can't beat free music which is how many people view the internet. All you can eat music subscriptions are the way to go. And without DRM too. If that means the CEO of Sony BMG and Britney Spears have to sell their Ferraris and settle for BMWs then so be it.

 

Even then, some still wont pay as like I said, you can't beat free.

[Dukesy 0]

Yep. Free discos next!

[Marble 0]

I used to love reading sleeve notes and cd inserts, but I guess that's because I'm such a music geek. It is true most young people don't care about owning physical copies of anything. They want their favourite songs on demand instantly, and the can get that not with their I-Pods and online.

 

It's another reason why they are so rude to DJs these days. They expect instant gratification.

 

 

I agree with the comment on the sleeve notes and CD inserts, I love reading them too.... My number one aim before i die, is for someone to make an obscure and subtle reference to me in their liner notes. A personal comment that only I and the writer would understand.

 

You may have a good point about the younger customers being so rude nowadays, because as a consumer they expect everything to be instant. I assume that it's common sense that it will take at least four songs to jump from Frank Sinatra to Prodigy, but have found the younger generation to be glaring at me across the dance floor because i haven't played their request yet.

[Dukesy 0]

I agree with the comment on the sleeve notes and CD inserts, I love reading them too.... My number one aim before i die, is for someone to make an obscure and subtle reference to me in their liner notes. A personal comment that only I and the writer would understand.

 

You may have a good point about the younger customers being so rude nowadays, because as a consumer they expect everything to be instant. I assume that it's common sense that it will take at least four songs to jump from Frank Sinatra to Prodigy, but have found the younger generation to be glaring at me across the dance floor because i haven't played their request yet.

 

I purchased the 40 hits 3 CD +DVD of Erasure the other day. The booklet is superb. :Thumbup: