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• Have you a source for your EDM info? - Djhymn 12:43:07 05/28/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: music is still alive and I'm not sure the business is "destryed" posted by tomservo on May 26, 2015 at 13:02:38

  Please share!
  
  I suppose Tangerine Dream ain't one of the top 5.
  
  ;-)
  
  Thanks!
  

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• checked into a primary source - tunenut 07:56:35 05/27/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: music is still alive and I'm not sure the business is "destryed" posted by tomservo on May 26, 2015 at 13:02:38

  You made some sweeping statements. I live in southern California and it does not seem to me that "live music" is very much reduced compared to the 1970s.

  Anyway, I can't check everything, but I thought I would check whether "sales of musical instruments" are "very much reduced."

  So I checked the NAMM global report.

  And there is a lot of nuanced data. Sales of some instruments are up, sales of others are down. The overall summary begins "The retail value of music products shipped in 2013
  advanced 2.1% to $6.81 billion, basically keeping pace
  with the tepid growth of the economy. Although 2013
  represents the fourth straight year of sales gains, shipments
  are still below the pre-financial crisis peak."

  Of course, DJ equipment is counted as part of musical products. Bottom line, sales seem to be pretty good.

  • https://www.namm.org/files/ihdp-viewer/global-report-2014/A7   (Open in New Window)

  
  

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  Edits: 05/27/15

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