Heather Linkenheimer's Page

I remember writing about Spodify a little over a year ago and I was so wrong. When you get to be my age, you admit when you are wrong, a lot. You also gain wisdom but I never knew or could have ever imagined that streaming would be the beginning of the end. Sadly,this time my prediction is not an error or mistake for it is the end for anyone ever trying to make a living off of their art. Perhaps I was so off base because of my age and in my thinking that no one would ever want to "rent"…

It is amazing to me that a couple of kids at the time named Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning knocked the entire model of the recording Industry on their ass. When I lived in Nashville, there was no internet, You Tube, illegal downloading and so forth. Everything has changed for sure and we are now down to just Big 3 Labels from 6 in the 90's and hundreds of little labels. I was floored when I tried to find a CD this past Christmas and the selection was so small and it is now cheaper to buy an…