One song at a time

There is nothing new about the so-called hit-song album or CD written about in “Hip-Hop Now a Singles Club� by Baz Dreisinger (Feb. 8). I’ve been in the music business since the early ‘70s and one-hit albums are the norm and not the exception. It’s no wonder record companies are getting smaller and smaller as time goes by. Look at Santana’s “Supernatural.� Other than “Smooth,� if you wanted to hear more Latin-influenced music there were at least three other songs. If you wanted hip-hop you had another three or four songs. Where’s the consistency?

That’s why iTunes and others are going to prevail in the market -- because you can buy one song at a time and skip the slag. Too bad more artists can’t understand the need for a CD that is consistent all the way through.

Jack Gold

Studio City