the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

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Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

Please understand it applies to all music. Prog is still the same percentage of the total, it's just the total has changed.

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Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

Record companies don't blackball Prog specifically, they just want to make money. Whoever brings in the cash, doesn't matter.

Record companies to not promote what sells. Record company sell what they promote. They force musical paradigm shifts like the clothing industry with fashion changes. Me, I'm perfectly content to wear my demin jeans and T-shirts like I did close to 40 years ago. The only change has been in the sizes.

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

I don't agree that the internet saved Prog.

Saved? Probably not. It has become the greatest avenue to the exposure of myriad musical genres. The number of internet radio listeners dwarf the old AM/FM listener counts. XM and Sirius also show that the public is looking for alternatives. Sadly, both XM/Sirius have become what the general public was looking to get away from in the first place.