Deadbeats Cause Decline in Record Sales

Although the once corrupt and powerful Napster has been crushed, a new evil known as Morpheus has risen to torment the kind souls of goodly record executives. As record sales continue to decline, the Recording Industry Association of America is franticly looking for a solution.

Ungrateful music fans of the early 80's nearly destroyed the music industry with their gluttonous home taping on newly invented cassette recorders. Some credit the arrival of MTV with saving the music business, but the truth is that without the invention of CDs thousands of artists would have surly starved to death. When consumers were unable to record their own CDs at home the recording industry was free to set prices of records at whatever they needed to cover expenses and pay the modest salaries of the artists and everyone else involved in record producing.

On more than one occasion I have heard people complaining that CDs are too expensive, and the high prices are the cause of declining record sales. This is clearly the rationalization of chronic deadbeats who feel they should never have to pay for anything. The fact is that wealthy and affluent Americans are responsible for 98% of all record sales. Impoverished Hispanic communities that pool the resources of the entire village to buy a new CD for Cinco de Myo fiestas make the other 2% of purchases.