Digital Music

[Lightning]

So which is it? Do you think digital music is the end of the industry or a bright new morning for an industry falling behind?

I got an iPod Nano a little over a year ago now, and I think I've bought as much music as online since then as I had the previous decade combined, especially after I got an adapter so I could play it in the car! Of course, it's much cheaper when you don't have to pay for the packaging.

[stoney]

Originally Posted by Lightning

So which is it? Do you think digital music is the end of the industry or a bright new morning for an industry falling behind?

I got an iPod Nano a little over a year ago now, and I think I've bought as much music as online since then as I had the previous decade combined, especially after I got an adapter so I could play it in the car! Of course, it's much cheaper when you don't have to pay for the packaging.

I think it can be both a bright new morning and an end of life of music.

First the Cat is out of the bag, they can not put it back in. They must change their business rules or die on the vine.
Yes over time the technology can become obsolete and perhaps back under the control of the industry but they will have to weather the storm or change.
The downside of digital:
Some do not like the quaility as much as anaolg.
Digital is longer lasting on hard drives, the data can be transfered to a new drive easily and thus making it a good way to preserve what the industry formerly resold as the media wore out,yes even cd's have a life. That alone is a sore spot for the industry.
Digital can be copied without loss of quality. This can be a pro to but you can share with your friends, now way back when we had tapes this was ok but now the idustry doe not like it and has sued some of it's customers.
Do they think they are making more loyal customers by suing them?
The Upside
Digital is more portable. You can play it anywhere and the players are ultra-light weight.
If you run with a digital player it will not skip.
Digital can be copied without loss of quality. You can share with your friends, , that has been going on since the dawn of home tape recorders,but digital makes it much easier.

Would you buy digital music that was restricted to say 70 plays? Perhaps limited play music could be sold for less cost because they could get repeat sales.

The next thing is look at what it takes to distribute a cd.
The packaging.
transportation
brick and morter stores
and all the middlemen that handle and get a cut. Another down side is that all those people that did all this work will need to find new jobs and we know how devistating that can be.
I can buy a cd for 12 to 13 bucks containing 10 songs so we are talking $1.30/song.
iTunes charges what 0.99 / song? so if we bypass all those non-music components we save .031/song?
I would say the industry needs to re-evalute that. I feel 0.99/song is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy toooooooooooooooooooooooooo much.
So I rarely buy any music, I just enjoy what I have.

I personally feel any welll known act does not need a record label, as they have a brand,their own recording studio, a following,and a web site with a few IT people they could sell their own stuff for less money and retain more for themselves and get closer to their loyal/valued customers. Is that NOT a win -win?

the iPod
What an awesome invention. Light weight and a sleek design.
The iPods require that you return them to the factory to change the battery. Does that make sense?
The iPod and iTunes is sold by a man that promised just becuse his company name was similar to the Beatles record label did it mean he would deal with music, after all Job's Apple was computers NOT music.

This is also the same guy that started out phreaking phones to steal long distance time from the phone companies!!!!!!!!!!
That alone you gotta love!!

geeze did I ramble on enough?

[stoney]

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