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# Don’t Confuse The “Music Industry” With The “Record Industry”
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/dont-confuse-the-music-industry-with-the-record-industry/
- Published: 2010-01-20T08:24:56.000Z
- Updated: 2010-01-20T08:24:56.000Z
- Description: "The term ‘music industry’ is a misnomer. In reality the ‘music industry’ is not one industry, it is several independent industries. This is an important distinction because if we say. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/01/dont-confuse-the-music-industry-with-the-record-industry.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

> [![image from profy.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2012876f4e056970c-250wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2012876f4e056970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com) "The term ‘music industry’ is a misnomer. In reality **the ‘music industry’ is not one industry, it is several independent industries**. This is an important distinction because if we say that there is a “crisis in the music industry” it suggests an equal amount of misfortune for everyone (musicians, the recording industry, the live-music industry, Internet radio, etc.) and in fact this not true. **Misuse of the term ‘music industry’ distorts the reality of the situation.**"  
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> – Chris Castiglione on [Music Think Tank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/what-are-the-music-industries.html?utm%5Fsource=twitterfeed&utm%5Fmedium=twitter)  
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