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End of the CD coming...
TheFuriousWombat:
I think people are equating the actions of the giant corporate music entertainment industry - which is and pretty much always has been all about profit before artistry - with what all musicians and all labels will now be doing and that simply isn't the case. How many CDs have you all bought recently from one the major corporate labels? I'm sure the answer is "a few" but it's probably not all that many. The reason I'm assuming that (perhaps incorrectly) is that your complaints about a non-concern for the physical and a lack of interest in producing an album that is a cohesive piece of work rather than a game of leap frog from one generic, radio-ready single to the next have been true about a vast majority of major label releases for ages, CDs or no. It's undeniably been the case at least the better part of the 00s and before that as well. My point is, this news does NOT mean "the end of the CD is coming." For smaller labels and the musicians on them that actually care about music and care about "The Album" as an artistic medium - that is, people who see the value in an album making sense, having an intentional flow, etc . - labels, in other words, that cater to a more dedicated, patient fanbase that demands higher quality music both aesthetically and in terms of the literal sound not being artificially degraded, the CD is here to stay, definitely for the foreseeable future. Vinyl is still very popular as are cassettes (albeit in a more niche way). The fears that soon no one will be putting out CDs are unwarranted on a lot of levels so really, unless you only listen to radio pop AND also care deeply about sound quality and physicality and so on, there's no need to despair at this news.
idontunderstand:
I don't feel happy or sad about it. It's just a medium. People listen to more music than ever before and upcoming bands don't have to go through some fucking record company to distribute their music all over the world, they just need to put up a facebook and youtube channel. It's just great. The record industry can go and die right now for all I care. (and by record industry I don't mean the music industry)
Mr. Doctor:
I guess there aren't many people left that give personal value to the medium. I do that... I like everything. Not just the cd... The booklet, the artwork,etc and to me it's kind of meh if that would only be sold as a file. Vinyls are unfortunately too expensive for me to buy so cds were always the better option.
I fully understand the environmental part of the issue but that's just the way I think about music and I will never change my mind about it.
idontunderstand:
I've never seen a vinyl more expensive than a CD though. :?
celticgeek:
--- Quote from: smack that isaiah on 12 Nov 2011, 18:15 ---
--- Quote from: celticgeek on 05 Nov 2011, 09:04 ---I have purchased music in digital format from amazon.com (although they no longer support my operating system, and they want you to put your music in the cloud)
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assuming you use linux, amazon's music downloading is still available for you/us. My dad downloads singles all the time, and amazon's his preferred place to get music (and he uses linux). I don't like to download albums, but if I have no choice (can't track down physical cd/shipping's too damn high), I've gone to amazon to do so and been successful (w/o booting up WINE or turning on a windows comp). You do have to put the music in their cloud, but you can easily download from there to your comp, as I've done before.
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I do use Linux (Linux Mint 11 64-bit, in fact). Again, I do not want my music in the cloud, I want it on my computer. Plus, 2 (or 10) Gbytes is too small. I have about 130 GBytes of music on my computer, not counting duplicates for playlists, or zipped files. And I prefer to use .flac for my music. I tend to download whole albums, rather than individual songs. I have been downloading music from bandcamp.com, which has .flac files available. And looking for other sites which have .flac files available.
I have downloaded music from various other sites (cdbaby.com, itsaboutmusic.com) even though they do not have .flac files available, either. It depends on whether I can get the music I want from other sources.
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