15 Dec
2002
15 Dec
'02
2:25 a.m.
One of the good things that happened in the late 50s
and 60s was
that for a time the "Biz" got out of control of an industry that had
fallen behind the current musical tastes. Whoops, correction made
by the mid-sixties, and rigid enforcement and standardization of play
lists brought "pop music" (and R&R for that matter) firmly under their
Don't forget the 70's where FM emerged as a uncontrolled source of music,
and hundreds of small labels sprang up with all sorts of great, or at least
unique, music. Then came the CD and record label control of available
pressing plants killed off all the independents save maybe an eclectic
handful. No this MP3 stuff has them seriously worried about control and
survival.