I've said it for years and here's yet another example that I'm right...
If you want to see trends in the online and entertainment industries, from both marketing to product creation, watch what the adult industry is doing.
For example, the current edition of AVN (Adult Video News) has a cover story on how big budget adult features are making a comeback.
Why? Because in a crowded marketplace, you have to do what you can to set yourself apart from everybody else. And any idiot with a video camera can record people having sex...but only the big boys, who have lots of money, years of project management experience, and superior marketing power, can successfully create and market something huge.
We're going to see the same from music companies also. For example, the new Judas Priest album is a 2-CD (or 3-LP) concept album about the life of 16th century prophet, Nostradamus.
And the album is just the beginning... Expect to see a huge live show, a video release with "making of" footage, and lots of other products and services which will make this an "event" that will set the band apart from similar sounding acts.
