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Sean McGaughey Sean McGaughey ductapeguy@hotmail.com No no http://ductapeguy.net/seanmedia/seanjack144.gif Sean McGaughey- For the Sake of the Song http://www.ductapeguy.net 144 144 End of an Era http://www.ductapeguy.net/2008/04/end-of-an-era/?&owa_from=feed&owa_sid= http://www.ductapeguy.net/2008/04/end-of-an-era/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:59:45 +0000 Sean http://www.ductapeguy.net/?p=228 There is a wonderful music store in Downtown Midland, Johnstone’s Music Land which has been run by 3 generations of the same family. It is a funky small town music store which has over the years sold musical instruments, stereos, rented rehearsal space, sold records, then tapes, then CDs, and rented PA equipment. They also were great about having a rack in front of the store for recordings by local musicians. In short, it is much like any other small town music store. I pop in there when I need strings for my guitar or just to shoot the breeze. When I went in the other day to chat, I noticed that the CD racks have been replaced by shelves and shelves of sheet music and more floor space for instruments. I asked Steve if they had gotten out of CD sales. He said that it was no longer profitable for a small business to stock and sell CDs. It’s been many years since I bought a mainstream CD, so I asked when they had had gotten rid of the CDs. He said that it was 2 years ago. I hadn’t even noticed. It was the only retail store where you could buy my CD. Ouch.

I also noticed a couple weeks ago that the gigantic Music World in a mall in Barrie has closed down and has not been replaced. I guess the world really has moved to digital.

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