<p>Record labels no longer have control of which songs become popular, and, as a recent article in Billboard says, there are too many songs and not enough hits. (Yes, we recorded this back in October.)</p>

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<li><a href="https://www.billboard.com/pro/new-music-tiktok-artist-development-suffering/" rel="nofollow">Too Many Songs, Not Enough Hits: Pop Music Is Struggling to Create New Stars</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2022/10/14/the-billboard-article/" rel="nofollow">Bob Lefsetz, The Billboard Article</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thesdeshop.com/collections/spatial-audio/products/brian-eno-foreverandevernomore-sde-exclusive-blu-ray-audio" rel="nofollow">Brian Eno, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE Blu-Ray audio</a></li>
<li><a href="https://celebvm.com/robertfripp" rel="nofollow">Robert Fripp - Celebrity Video Messages</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.dgmlive.com/1000-club" rel="nofollow">King Crimson 1000 Club</a></li>
<li><a href="https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/immersive/objective-and-subjective-review-of-my-714-immersive-audiophile-system-r1123/" rel="nofollow">Objective and Subjective Review Of My 7.1.4 Immersive Audiophile System</a> (Chris Connaker&#39;s listening room)</li>
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Episode #245: Christmas Gift Guide

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.