Music. Indierecs.com - Best of Indie Rock Monthly Playlist. Keith Schofield. Ultra-High Fidelity Music Box. Moogaloop.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) Last.fm - Listen to internet radio and the largest music catalogue online. Four Mistakes That Killed the Record Indstry Before File Sharing. Most everyone who follows the record industry knows that it is slowly imploding and most don’t care seeing as how its leaders have basically ignored technology and tried to sue people to push their profit margins back in line.
But, the demise of the record industry actually began long before technology gave it the final push over the edge. It started in the 80′s with the birth of the CD and the swallowing of independent record labels by major corporations to the point that now there are only four majors left. In each critical moment, record labels had the opportunity to think ahead and look beyond their immediate revenue streams. Like many large corporations, they were unable to do so.