Steven offers Frank discussion on why some "artists" don't want to participate in the iTunes Music Store.

Is the demise of the album format, if it even happens, a bad thing? What about the good things might pop up in its place? What advantages come from embracing the tides of change?

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Or maybe, as the market shifts towards being merit-based, there will be a renewed interest in actually making higher quality individual tracks rather than a lot of filler. Wouldn't that be awful? Maybe songs would have melodies again, or musicians might learn how to play more than one instrument. It's even possible that lyrics might stray from the tried-and-true "man, my middle-class white male life here in America sure sucks". It would be catastrophic.

For you, I mean. Not us, the consumers.