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How the music hustle has changed

Remember days when you had to wait for 'sundowner', 'beat of the week' on television or 'top 10 at 10' radio countdowns in the quest to know what new music was hitting the streets?

Those were the days when you would be lucky to hear a new song twice in a day, so internalising the tunes was almost unheard of.  As a matter of fact the only music you heard was what the presenter and producers wanted you to. They were kings of the music industry.

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