ratsapprentice
God can gtfo
From personal experience (as in being 20 and having acess to illegal downloads for more than half of my life) most (90%) people my age haven't bought a cd since the beginning of the last decade.
Major labels dropping CD format by end of 2012.
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The positive side is we no longer have to burn the crucial master CDs and live in constant fear of them having too many (unaudible) errors
Sending a batch of .wav files seems like less hassle to me, haha. Personally, I like CDs and absolutely hate the idea of buying my music only as mp3/whatever format.. If I pay for it, I want a physical artwork, CD, extras etc and no file on my computer which even has DRM and other stupid restrictions in the worst case.
+1
iTunes is for shit
Unless they make it so you have to buy an entire album, instead of just individual tracks, lesser known bands are never going to make any of the money back they spent on the recordings and artwork (once CDs are phased out), because people are only going to download the songs they like.
The whole point of digital downloads should be to make the music cheaper, because you're not paying for a CD, case, cover sheet, etc. on it - But many times, this is not the case. I'd rather have a physical copy with all the cool stuff included, that I can play in my car without a stupid iPod, that I can rip to my computer as a "digital copy," if I choose to.
also dont forget about the age of the target audience and the diversity in music-styles.. the big buying power comes from the ages of 25-60 years old, and many people, in that age range that i know, are not interessted in downloading music from the web, but instead still buying 1-3 physical cds per week,
the range goes from pop to country music, to rock, and to classical music and jazz, and thats also a huge market where the major labels get there money from.
but it will be interesting to see how that will envolve in the next decades, when those people will not be amongst us anymore, and todays youth, without having the values of what music and art is worth, take over, looks like a sad future for music.
the range goes from pop to country music, to rock, and to classical music and jazz, and thats also a huge market where the major labels get there money from.
but it will be interesting to see how that will envolve in the next decades, when those people will not be amongst us anymore, and todays youth, without having the values of what music and art is worth, take over, looks like a sad future for music.
Josh Burgess
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I honestly wouldn't mind this happening at all. As already said by others, this doesn't necessarily eliminate the extra art you get with physical discs. Bands could still provide all of the art in various high quality resolutions, and extra content like videos, interactive menus, lessons, tab books, etc. could be added as executables in the same way that dvds have menus and bonus material. It's the content that matters to me, not the medium it's presented on.
Digital is the way of the future. Look how popular smart phones and tablets are already. You won't need cds, because you will always have access to your music... on computers at, on laptops/netbooks/tablets at work or school, on your phone anywhere, on an mp3 player going for a run, on a mp3 player/flash drive/hard drive in your car. Hell, the push really is to always have access to the web. At one point you'll probably be able to stream your bought music from cloud servers holding your entire collection. Actually, I think Amazon might already be doing this with their Kindle Fire?
Of course, I want lossless audio to be available for the people who want it. There should be both lossless and 320kb mp3s.
Digital is the way of the future. Look how popular smart phones and tablets are already. You won't need cds, because you will always have access to your music... on computers at, on laptops/netbooks/tablets at work or school, on your phone anywhere, on an mp3 player going for a run, on a mp3 player/flash drive/hard drive in your car. Hell, the push really is to always have access to the web. At one point you'll probably be able to stream your bought music from cloud servers holding your entire collection. Actually, I think Amazon might already be doing this with their Kindle Fire?
Of course, I want lossless audio to be available for the people who want it. There should be both lossless and 320kb mp3s.
Loren Littlejohn
Lover of all boobage.
This. Plus it's fucking 2011, I should be able to have whatever I want instantly if it can be given to me online.
I still scratch my head at the fact that you can still go rent DVD/Blue ray or have to order a boxed copy of any software on the market right now.
Welcome to the future bitches.
AndrewB
That Darn Kid
I haven't bought a CD for a while. I still sometimes go into my room and go through all of the CD's that I do have and read the little mini-booklets that there sometimes are. But it's simply much easier to go onto my computer and buy an album that I can listen to right away, than to drive (or walk, if you're very lucky) to the nearest store and buy a CD.
Also, the "underground", as the gentleman earlier said, will probably hold onto the CD for a while longer.
Also, the "underground", as the gentleman earlier said, will probably hold onto the CD for a while longer.
Nuno Filipe
You talkin' to me?
Djentkitty
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but if CDs will be gone, how would we listen to our music of choice in our car? radio stations nowadays are too cool to play metal soo.... 
ahjteam
Anssi Tenhunen
I already commented this elsewhere in Finnish, but here is rough translation of my thoughts on the subject, since I think you need to put on your skepticism glasses. If this would've been a news article in say Rolling Stone magazine, I actually could've swallowed it as legit news right off the bat. But since it's some Belgian indiezine without credible news sources, I don't personally think it is really reliable news, because:
a) after quick googling this was NOT covered in any other press at the time of release
b) I have never even heard of the website before (but I don't follow Belgian music media anyway)
c) The declared market pull off time is way too fast and it would kill about 90% of all record stores. Even during the arcade game business times (which was a really big business) they killed them in "only" five years. Same thing with eg. successful game consoles, they made primary releases for PS2 even 3-4 after it's successor PS3 already hit the market.
d) Accustoming musicians and "artists" to the thought that you don't make a record with a recording deal, but a digital download, is not the worlds most enticing thought.
e) CD is an awesome gift format. But try to sell a digital download to that 31 yo drunken bastard after a gig or give on for your 4 yo nephew for xmas instead of a cd. Not the most exciting idea.
f) The whole article seems pretty much speculation. Especially the last paragraph tells that it's more likely a column instead of news: "The next monument to fall? That will be printed magazines as people will want to consume their information online where they also read most of the news". Here we have a similar problem with newspapers as we do with cd:s, the random users. Put a bunch of magazines or newspapers to the doctor's waiting room or have a total silence there.
BUT: I still don't reject the thought that CD is a dead format, because it is. In Finland you can pretty much blame two services for that: Spotify and Youtube. After I got Spotify, my CD buying went down 90%.
a) after quick googling this was NOT covered in any other press at the time of release
b) I have never even heard of the website before (but I don't follow Belgian music media anyway)
c) The declared market pull off time is way too fast and it would kill about 90% of all record stores. Even during the arcade game business times (which was a really big business) they killed them in "only" five years. Same thing with eg. successful game consoles, they made primary releases for PS2 even 3-4 after it's successor PS3 already hit the market.
d) Accustoming musicians and "artists" to the thought that you don't make a record with a recording deal, but a digital download, is not the worlds most enticing thought.
e) CD is an awesome gift format. But try to sell a digital download to that 31 yo drunken bastard after a gig or give on for your 4 yo nephew for xmas instead of a cd. Not the most exciting idea.
f) The whole article seems pretty much speculation. Especially the last paragraph tells that it's more likely a column instead of news: "The next monument to fall? That will be printed magazines as people will want to consume their information online where they also read most of the news". Here we have a similar problem with newspapers as we do with cd:s, the random users. Put a bunch of magazines or newspapers to the doctor's waiting room or have a total silence there.
BUT: I still don't reject the thought that CD is a dead format, because it is. In Finland you can pretty much blame two services for that: Spotify and Youtube. After I got Spotify, my CD buying went down 90%.
MaellaJohn
Member
but if CDs will be gone, how would we listen to our music of choice in our car? radio stations nowadays are too cool to play metal soo....
Very simple.
Get an iPod, a car stereo with an auxiliary jack, and an auxiliary cable.
Welcome to the world of listening to whatever you want in your car.
I like owning a CD. But I've been pirating music for years so this wouldn't really bother me, as long as the music industry doesn't become shitty because of some side effect that I don't know about.
As it is, I tend to only buy CDs that I'm in love with. And I only really buy it after a few listens with a version I download from the web.
Maybe a change in this sort of direction would be better in later years.. like when the young people of this generation are 30+
At the moment, dropping all CD production in lieu of internet downloads would piss off a lot of older people that I know since they don't understand computers. lol
OneDaySky
Clint
Josh Burgess
Member
Very simple.
Get an iPod, a car stereo with an auxiliary jack, and an auxiliary cable.
Welcome to the world of listening to whatever you want in your car.
I like owning a CD. But I've been pirating music for years so this wouldn't really bother me, as long as the music industry doesn't become shitty because of some side effect that I don't know about.
As it is, I tend to only buy CDs that I'm in love with. And I only really buy it after a few listens with a version I download from the web.
Maybe a change in this sort of direction would be better in later years.. like when the young people of this generation are 30+
At the moment, dropping all CD production in lieu of internet downloads would piss off a lot of older people that I know since they don't understand computers. lol
Many car stereos nowadays have USB inputs. With one of those, you don't even need an mp3 player. A cheap $20 16gb flash drive works just fine...
NoSoup4you22
Keep on blorpin'
Can't wait till 2030 when the 500 dollar beater cars have MP3 support... Till then I'll be sticking with CDs on the go lol.
SocialNumb
Damn Christians!
I reported you to the cyber police. Consequences will never be the same. :Smokedev:
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
This would make for an awesome signature on a forum dedicated to a person who makes his living off of producing albums. Now, if I could only think of such forum...
Skinny Viking
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^ take as much time as you need
we'll be here
kinda reminds me of the whole "I don't even OWN a tube amp!" thingy
we'll be here
kinda reminds me of the whole "I don't even OWN a tube amp!" thingy
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