Rhapsody, originally uploaded by Rushay.

Music evolution,or shall we dub it revolution? While constantly rewinding my tape deck into memory lane i cant help but sit and ponder about the days when i dreamt about the latest Eric b & Rakim tapes.I can recall the excitement,now time evolved and we moved to Cd's those laser disc that so often scratches and leaves the artist stumbling over beats with lyrics that ignites anger,love and joy.Modern day we mp3'in and ituning,how easy 99 cents for the latest singles,what more could we ask for? I remember how i venomously fought the transition,man i couldnt imagine not reading the booklet not being able to check the credits! Imagine no artwork? Then the Ipod came and blew away my imagination it had artwork,i could connect my player to any device that could play music loud as FFFFFFFFFFF.So im asking myself in post modern times when the internet is so freely available why do artist still seek deals?The biggest struggle for artist was distribution,getting our music into stores that was where our need for distribution was.The music industry is under great threat people are hardly buying cd's these days and our options to distribute music has widened,do we really need the sony's ? The internet has become the single most important resource for third world countries,while there is still a huge gap in terms of internet connectivity it leaves us with a much broader playing field than the one we previously held.What creates a buying pattern? do people really need the tangible ?