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Aram:

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--- Quote from: Aram ---Well, what you said is true, but in reality, this has been coming since the days of Napster. People still buy albums, even though they could easily download them. I don't think that the release of full-length albums will fall that much, since the means to download albums has been available for a few years now, and still bands are producing albums. Quite a few people think that downloading music is wrong.
But on the subject of internet sales, those are a convinience for everyone, but I don't think that just because you can buy something online, everyone else will drop everything and start selling everything online. There are a -lot- of songs that aren't made into singles, and most of them I personally like better. I can't speak for the entire population, but I think that I'm right in saying that.
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I agree with you that I don't think albums will disappear, or that all music will be sold online in the not-to-distant-future. I like tons of songs that aren't singles either, but the people who control distribution of those songs don't make nearly much money off them, so they are less willing to spend money to make them. I worry that labels will not give artists the time or freedom to make great music, becasue after all, the album is just going to tank, so why not just crank out a single and slap it on the Net? And if you do buy an album online, how does that affect it? Knowing that your work is likely to simply be shuffled onto someone's Ipod playlist as opposed to being heard as a seperate and unique entity?
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Not to start a pyramid or anything, but..
The artists have some say in this as well. They make the music because they like it, and they'll continue making albums. Regardless of online purchasings, people put albums on their computers. The same question should be asked of CD players, and other things. The labels will give the artists time, because unless the artists are at least somewhat content, nothing gets done. In the -extreme- case, which is highly unlikely, albums would decline, but not be eliminated.

KharBevNor:
I cewrtainly know no-one would listen to my music but for the internet

so woo

Spartan Pho3nix:
Wow. That'd be awful. I couldn't handle that. Albums are an artists defining statement, not songs. One hit wonders aren't well known for a reason.

And I exclusively listen to albums. I almost NEVER listen to songs, so I don't know how I would survive.

MilkmanDan:
If you look at any dance genre's (Drum n Bass, Breaks, Techno, Dubstep, Grime, House, whatever. I mean dance music that is actually aimed for clubs and dancing, not dance music in the vague 'anything electronic' sense), it still is a single orientated. Albums are definatly the exception, not the rule. Also, as previous people have said, albums weren't around at all before the 60's. So there's no reason why albums should be the standard.
That being said, I'm in no rush to see the death of the album. I think it's more likely that they'll simply become less ubiquitous, rather than stop altogether. Artists that still want to make albums will, but those aren't so bothered will feel less obligated to.

Aram:
The problem is, most people think artists make albums because they -have- to. They could just release singles, and if they wanted to, they would have a long time ago.
The Dance genre can't speak for every single artist.

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