Yesterday, I purchased from itunes a few albums that I once owned on cassette - Dr. Dre’s The Chronic and Ice Cube’s The Predator. As if buying these albums from my high school years didn’t make me feel old enough, I now realize that I am part of a dying breed - those who pay for at least some of their music collection. The NY Times has some staggering information on the continued decline of music sales.
…of the 13 million songs for sale online last year, 10 million never got a single buyer and 80 percent of all revenue came from about 52,000 songs.