You might say hey I like music, I like it alot and that’s cool.The reality is that people love music. Think about it, most people can think back and recall all of the music that was on the radio during every major event in their life.Our youth is wrapped up in music, when we have our first date there is music, when we get married there’s more music, and when we die there is still more music.This means that the music we listen to and grow to love is not just some abstract nicetythat makes us feel good and is essentially meaningless and of little value.Music is one of the arts practiced by the angels in heaven, so this entire music thing is not only a matter of our state of mind, it’s also about our spirituality.

The proof is in the music. Check out Ebay.Recently I was looking to replace some of my old albums with cd’s.Come to find out that a lot of the old albums can be found for sale on ebay.The album I was looking for was by a group called “The Fuzz”, one of those great 70’s female groups.The album was selling on ebay for $65 bucks, and you know what, I bought it.Now why the heck would I spend that much money on a vinyl album that probably cost $2.99 when it was new. Who knows why, the main thing is that there must be a lot of people out there doing the same thing because many of the old groups both great and popular and the obscure are selling all over the internet for big money.Go on amazon.com and you’ll find all kinds of obscure groups from the fifties and sixties and seventies selling for the same price and sometimes more than destiny’s child or fifty cent.

Black music is a goldmine and its value is increasing everyday.Most of the radio stations in New York are playing music from 30 years ago.At least fifty percent of what I hear is from the seventies and eighties.That can be good but it can also be bad. Radio must allow for the next generation of classics to hit the airwaves in order to keep the cycle going. The thing that I find so interesting is that the more obscure a group or record is, the more the price is for their product.I recently bought “Giving Love” by the voices of east Harlem.Yeah i know, you never heard of them.The 45 cost me $9.00 bucks, their album was selling for $110.00 dollars, that’s how powerful this entire nostalgia market is

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Hold on to your cd’s and your vinyl, they are a source of joy and pleasure and also an investment. I’m not sure if other genres also have such high resale value, but I’m sure rock and country and all other genres are experiencing the same thing.The internet is opening up all kinds of opportunities for business and for the advancement of  the music art form. We just have to take advantage of it to the fullest. All artists and producers should be mindful to do their best when producing product, because who knows where it will wind up. Make sure you copyright everything as well.Internet marketing is the problem, if we can crack that nut it’ll be off to the races.

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