When I arrived here in the late 90s, it was thriving.
It was also formatted in the old chain structure and it was so much easier to deal with and see who, what, where, etc.
It always seemed to me that the change in that structure was the beginning of the end.................but I'm not sure what killed us.
During that time, the most recent technology was the CD -- perhaps the changes in the way music is bought, sold, and traded has helped the kill.