Re: Compilation ideas

On Dec 12, 2:38 pm, poisoned rose
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frank megaweege <wvhillrun...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think it's fairly clear that selling mp3s for a nickel would not
provide adequate profit for the artist or industry. Album CDs
typically sell for $9 at bare minimum, yet you think it's perfectly
feasible that a 12-track album could sell for 60 cents as a
download. That's quite a discount, to say the least. I guess you'd
prefer musicians to draw just about ALL of their money from live
gigs and T-shirts, but I doubt they would be too eager to embrace
this scenario.

I think record companies should marked quality products for a
reasonable price. You think it's reasonable to price inferior copies
of an album at ~$10 when you can buy a pristine version, in quality
packaging with artwork, liner notes etc. for a couple of bucks more.
I disagree.
I'd like to see record companies market quality products and treat low
grade copies as such.

You and RR are simply aging anachronisms, and do not realize it.

I thought I was handling turning 40 pretty well. Now I'm an aging
anachronism. Ouch.

You
try to tell yourself the tide is shifting...but it isn't. Kids want
cheap, portable music. Fidelity is secondary. It's not that the
industry is "fooling" anyone about mp3 sound -- it's that most
people just don't care. And CDs are dying, alas.

I don't think they will die, or at least, the current form of online
distribution will not take their place. They are perfect for the hit
single industry. I grant you just about every point you make when it
comes to radio hits. The audience for that probably doesn't care
about fidelity and don't mind paying a buck to get it for their ipod.

Maybe things haven't really changed that much with the internet. Not
long ago people were paying 2 or 3 bucks for cassette singles for
chrissakes. What a bunch of crap that was.

I'm having a hard
time dealing with this too, but I'm AWARE that this is my problem
rather than the rest of the world's.

Maybe you should just join me in bitching and complaining about the
current state of affairs. Sure, it doesn't really accomplish anything
but it can be cathartic.


And I have never, ever heard someone pushing the .WAV issue until
this very thread. RR is out to lunch, as usual.

People who think I'm so unreasonable really should take a better
look at the assertions which I typically protest, and how it's me
who's so often taking a more moderate,
take-other-positions-into-account stance.

The record industry has problems, by their own admission. As a
lifetime music fan and consumer I don't think my opinions and
criticisms are unreasonable.

The "blind greedy pigs who make mistakes which I understand better
than they do" sentiment was unreasonably overconfident, yes.


Well, as soon as they put me in charge, they'll see!!! I'll show 'em
how to run an empire! I'm right I tell you!!!
.

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