Despite advances in technology that make recording and spreading music easier, the music industry continues to face hard times. So many people use peer-to-peer sharing software like Limewire to download music for free, while legal downloads on iTunes and Rhapsody fight for fees along with music labels. CD sales have almost gone the way of the cassette tape.

The artists are the ones who suffer getting less money from their recording as the record companies make less profit. Seems now that music labels are taking far less risk by not signing many new artists and cutting established artists not doing well. What irony since it’s so easy for artists to buy a computer and inexpensive recording equipment for their homes… but they can’t get distribution.

There are exceptions, but music sites won’t make money on unknown artists. I think less young people will choose music as a career and the selection of new music will be significantly less. There may even come a time when the only way to hear new music is to go see it live.