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MOST HERE WON'T REMEMBER THE LUCKY STRIKE HIT PARADE--POP AND/OR ROCK AND ROLL WAS ALL WE TEENAGERS WERE INTO --THE REST GOT TUNED OUT--THEN, THE #1 STAYED ON THE CHARTS A FEW WEEKS--SOME 15 WEEKS--

NOW, TWO OR THREE WEEKS THEN #1 IS GONE FOREVER!

WE HAD DUMB SONGS BACK THEN--COULD GET "STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE" OR "PURPLE-PEOPLE EATER" ON A 25 CENT 45. WE DIDN'T HAVE MP3S, CD'S, OR CASSETTES OR EVEN 8-TRACK TAPES--RADIO WAS KING THEN!

IT SEEMS TO ME, THAT WE HAD BETTER WRITTEN SONGS BACK IN THE 50'S--OF COURSE THAT'S JUST MY OPINION--EVEN THEN, A WRITER HAD TO ASK THEMSELVES: "WILL THE AUDIENCE BUY THIS SONG?"

WITH THE ADVENT OF ALL OUR TECHNOLOGY--MONEY AND DISTRIBUTION, ARE EVERYTHING FOR A HIT--THE NEXT BIG THING! SO WE ALL ARE TRYING FOR A SHARE IN THE PROCEEDS IN A GLOBAL MARKET--THE BIG RECORD COMPANIES HAVE LOST CONTROL OF 3/4 OF THE MARKET--WE CAN ONLY DREAM OF HOW FUTURE MUSIC WILL BE SOLD--ITUNES OR OTHERS, INSTEAD OF CDS!

WHO KNOWS, THE INDEPENDENTS MAY BE THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE--JUST THINK ABOUT HOW FAR WE'VE COME IN THE LAST 20 YEARS--TRANSMITTING A WAVE FILE FROM A DROPBOX AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, TO PLAY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IT IS RECEIVED--WHEW--THAT'S STAR TREK STUFF, COMPARED TO THE OLD REEL TO REEL DAYS--EVERYONE IS STILL IN COMPETITION WITH EACH OTHER--BUT BEING ON THE INSIDE, WITH A FINE TRACK RECORD, TILTS THE SCALES TOWARDS THE LUCKY AND FORTUNATE CONTENDERS!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Mackie