One of the greatest problems of small records owners is that they had been attacked deliberately by huge music corporations in the form of internet and IPods.
The Internet music sales are largely blamed on the decline of the sales of compact discs and even music pirates had been contributing to the brisk sales.
According to the Recording Industry Association of America, CD sales fell 11.
7 percent in 2007.
The core trend right now is that people are no longer having fun on buying albums.
They put more focus on single music.

"It's changed everything-the way the younger generation listens to music," he said.
Teenagers don't want to own an entire album, he said.
Instead, they want track number 3, and lose out on the opportunity to find songs they may enjoy even more.
"There's something else on that album that you discover.
" , described in a frown voice by Mr.
Madison.

Competing with huge fishes is really hard these days as he testifies on it.
He also said that industry changes are killing jazz and classical music.
"How can we kill classical music in our lifetimes?" he lamented.
But the story is not bad after all because vinyl records are coming back to save them from utter out of business or extinction.
"Rock, folk, and country music lovers are the once who fastidiously buy vinyl discs", he said with jest.
Right now, what is happening on independent music store is not all so gloomy they had been save by vinyl records for most of the turn.
If you are a small record store selling music on a nearby neighborhood, here are the tips to consider for your survival.
1.
Think that Business is always evolving.
What is permanent is change and you have no power to say that you will still be business as usual.
In order to survive you must be able to look for the "alternative".
2.
Know thy enemy.
If your enemies are big corporations chances are you are there for a fight among the Davids versus the Goliaths.
Refrain from matching them from head to toe but be versatile in giving them the punch.
Such that you can't download vinyl records over the internet.
So your course should be to go online and sell your vinyl discs.
3.
To add more sales try to network with other people to expand yell out that you and your business exists.
4.
Follow up your customers.
Neglecting a note just to follow them up is bad for your business.
Better to create a follow up notice on them about your latest additional wares to sell.
People are busy and it is your job to follow them up.
5.
Research.
Better to go on with the pace than being stagnant.
Learn the ways of the internet and sell online.
Through this method, you can really sell your wares like hot pancakes because internet is worldwide and your online store is available 24/7.
The long haul will be good for you and your business, just be creative and persevering.