So 90% of all releases really ARE crap?

It makes you wonder why so many want to be in the music business?
So, what ever market those 2%ers are winning, if you want to make it you need to be like them?

WOW!

I guess quitting a day job is REALLY OUT OF THE QUESTION.

I can hear them in the back room now..."Harvey, cut that production down to an initial run of 500"!

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So 90% of all releases really ARE crap?

Or maybe they are really good artists, but most consumers really like "crap" the best?

Maybe HiRez crap won't sell either. Time to order that Mulit-tray disc burner and run'm 5 at a time.

You've got a point

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So 90% of all releases really ARE crap?

I doubt this is different from any other year. The difference now is the number these %s represent is so much larger. No way to hear everything, even in your preferred genre.

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I found these figures interesting, from the July/August issue of Tape Op magazine:
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Only 2.1% of those albums sold >5000 copies, but accounted for 91% of the total sales.
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John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

A well-known phenomenon known as the Pareto effect.