Hello musicSUBMIT artist,

Part III of our Next Decade in Music series brings us to the middle, or "meat", of the list. 

Click here for Part I, and here for Part II.....

Without further ado, we bring you No. 7:

No. 7 - Online Retail

From non-existence to 40% music sales market share in little over a decade, the Online Retail sector clearly has made the furthest stride up the influence chain (and our poll) of the music biz thusfar.  Of course, the other 60% of recorded music sales are from CDs, and most of that from Big Box Retail.  But given the rate at which Online Retail has gained on Big Box, it's all but inevitable... Read the whole article...

No. 6 Radio

"If everyone can listen to our musicians for free, FM Radio will kill our record business"  - RCA Records, 1934

Radio was once the new, disruptive technology that was perceived as a threat to end the record business.    It took awhile, but somehow record companies and FM radio stations learned to live together... Read more...

No. 5 - Online Media


"Video Killed the Radio Star" - The Buggles, 1981
"Internet Killed the Video Star"  - The Limousines, 2010


Online Media is the collection of all the various online music sites that promote, stream, review, sell, and otherwise harbor music and all of its ancillary
items (merchandise, concert tickets, dvds, etc.).   Born just minutes after the Internet itself...... Read more...

NEXT: Part IV (No.4 ITunes, No.3 Publicists)