Comments on: The Almighty Album http://dr.xnlb.com/blog/452/the-almighty-album/ music maker, photo taker, world changer Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:05:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: adam http://dr.xnlb.com/blog/452/the-almighty-album/comment-page-1/#comment-7238 adam Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:27:33 +0000 http://dr.xnlb.com/blog/452/the-almighty-album/#comment-7238 I've been out of college for a very short time and have now just gotten a job.. but i know myself well enough to know that in the near future i will only become more prudish instead of less.. and so i say that the last time i bought a new cd was in the first quarter of this year at the earliest. adding to that id say that the newer things i have listened to have been non-DRM tracks released through free netlabels, cds bought or received secondhand, and the downloaded other. i don't support itunes because as you said, they have a flaw in their product sale system. really it just costs too much to pump money out to just hear audio books and cds anymore. i want to support people, and i do, as soon as they join netlabels that are focussed solely on the artists and the work they can produce, or internet releases by artists that have moved from the music industry moguls that are oft mentioned in these conversations. I’ve been out of college for a very short time and have now just gotten a job.. but i know myself well enough to know that in the near future i will only become more prudish instead of less..

and so i say that the last time i bought a new cd was in the first quarter of this year at the earliest. adding to that id say that the newer things i have listened to have been non-DRM tracks released through free netlabels, cds bought or received secondhand, and the downloaded other. i don’t support itunes because as you said, they have a flaw in their product sale system.

really it just costs too much to pump money out to just hear audio books and cds anymore. i want to support people, and i do, as soon as they join netlabels that are focussed solely on the artists and the work they can produce, or internet releases by artists that have moved from the music industry moguls that are oft mentioned in these conversations.

]]> By: dr.xnlb http://dr.xnlb.com/blog/452/the-almighty-album/comment-page-1/#comment-7236 dr.xnlb Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:29:03 +0000 http://dr.xnlb.com/blog/452/the-almighty-album/#comment-7236 Excellent points, especially the bit about putting together a collection for a event such as a wedding. Excellent points, especially the bit about putting together a collection for a event such as a wedding.

]]> By: Ian http://dr.xnlb.com/blog/452/the-almighty-album/comment-page-1/#comment-7235 Ian Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:27:29 +0000 http://dr.xnlb.com/blog/452/the-almighty-album/#comment-7235 The modern album and the 2:30 single are the way they are because of archaic technological limitations of recorded media. There is no natural reason that the "album" should be the way it is, other than the habit of artists to make appoximately enough music to fit on a 12" record. The modern album and the 2:30 single are the way they are because of archaic technological limitations of recorded media. There is no natural reason that the “album” should be the way it is, other than the habit of artists to make appoximately enough music to fit on a 12″ record.

]]> By: slobbert http://dr.xnlb.com/blog/452/the-almighty-album/comment-page-1/#comment-7234 slobbert Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:14:26 +0000 http://dr.xnlb.com/blog/452/the-almighty-album/#comment-7234 since i'm still a fan of the physical cd, its superior sound compared to lossy formats usually offered online, its packaging, its tangible existence, and all that goodness, it's the cd that i continue to buy most of the time. when i buy downloads, it's usually the 'money tracks' that i cherry-pick from itunes. y'know, from artists that i don't like much, have no interest in buying the whole record, but would be willing to drop a dollar to own the one song i care about. unbundled records are also insanely useful when, for example, putting together a wedding music collection. the only time i buy downloads of entire records, for the most part, is when those records are too obscure to find in physical form without paying outrageous moolah from online retailers (a good example would be when cd's are released overseas and not here in the US. the price of the cd shipping usually outweighs my desire for it. downloading, then, becomes favorable and cheap...). i don't really have an answer for them, especially since steve jobs isn't being very flexible on price structures. otherwise i'd suggest they experiment with bundling new albums and unbundling old albums (with lower prices for really old albums). sell a single at 99 cents but provide incentive for buying the full album (10 full albums purchased gives you a free 11th or something). i dunno, of course, these ideas suck compared to the favorable ethical record company business model, but i don't see that happening any time soon. in general, as you suggest, stop releasing shitty music, and people will buy the good stuff that remains. period. why invest in a big pile of nothing, then wonder why no one wants it? since i’m still a fan of the physical cd, its superior sound compared to lossy formats usually offered online, its packaging, its tangible existence, and all that goodness, it’s the cd that i continue to buy most of the time. when i buy downloads, it’s usually the ‘money tracks’ that i cherry-pick from itunes. y’know, from artists that i don’t like much, have no interest in buying the whole record, but would be willing to drop a dollar to own the one song i care about.

unbundled records are also insanely useful when, for example, putting together a wedding music collection.

the only time i buy downloads of entire records, for the most part, is when those records are too obscure to find in physical form without paying outrageous moolah from online retailers (a good example would be when cd’s are released overseas and not here in the US. the price of the cd shipping usually outweighs my desire for it. downloading, then, becomes favorable and cheap…).

i don’t really have an answer for them, especially since steve jobs isn’t being very flexible on price structures. otherwise i’d suggest they experiment with bundling new albums and unbundling old albums (with lower prices for really old albums). sell a single at 99 cents but provide incentive for buying the full album (10 full albums purchased gives you a free 11th or something). i dunno, of course, these ideas suck compared to the favorable ethical record company business model, but i don’t see that happening any time soon.

in general, as you suggest, stop releasing shitty music, and people will buy the good stuff that remains. period. why invest in a big pile of nothing, then wonder why no one wants it?

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