1.0 link 177836 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-mellencamp/on-my-mind-the-state-of-t_b_177836.html Over the last few years, we have all witnessed the decline of the music business, highlighted by finger-pointing and blame directed against record companies, artists, internet file sharing and any other theories for which a case could be made. We've read and heard about the "good old days" and how things used to be. People remember when music existed as an art that motivated social movements. Artists and their music flourished in back alleys, taverns and barns until, in some...

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