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Country music bucking the industry downturn

May 29, 2010

Despite the gloomy news for most sectors of the traditional music industry, here’s a bright spot. According to Emilia Benton of Fast Company,

last year radio use climbed to 93% among country fans (from 79% the year before) and most listeners tune in for an impressive 9.9 hours a week.

This is also good news for songwriters who write for that genre. For those of you who have never written a country song, would you consider trying it? Do you write in more than one genre? Why or why not?