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Is the CD dead?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-10188256-47.html
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MarkV
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I don't think it will ever completely die out, like cassettes did, but, it's certainly going to end up meaning a small percentage of what it once was.
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my cd's take up more space than I have room for...
i have heard about releases coming out straight to flash drive...
so do we even need cd's anymore?
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The flash drive thing is a flash in the pan, pun completely intended.
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as is the cd in retrospect...
once the next technology is released the current is no longer viable.
except for those crazy vinyl lovers...
could be worse they could collect fucking tennis shoes
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The CD was the main format of music for well over a decade, closer to 2. It still really is. People will continue to have CDs in their cars and what
not; at least until MP3 player docks become standard in cars.
There are also people who still want packaging and don't buy vinyl.
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SD Cards are being tipped to replace CD's as the next physical media for music. Mini SD's and shit like that, no scratching or skipping in cars or
anything.
Vinyl is making a big comeback including mainstream now so I don't see the CD going anywhere for atleast 10 more years if not longer. You got 24
carat gold CD's, SuperCD's, DualDisc CD/DVD, MSFL productions etc there's just too much out there these days.
A lot of people ask me what kind of music I like. I love "soul music". My "soul music" isn’t a style, genre or niche. It’s music that is genuine. It’s
a painful lyric, a dirty bassline, it’s a harrowing vocal, it’s feedback, it’s an anthem, it’s a love song, it’s anarchy. I’ve got my personal
favourites but in the end it doesn’t matter who or where it comes from... so long as it’s good and it's real.
- Paul Morris, music director at 97.7 HTZ-FM
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What's an SD card?
Also, as far as flash drives go, they're not very cost effective.
The vinyl comeback isn't as big as it appears. It's definitely increased, even in the mainstream as you said, but it's not the force I think a lot of
people seem to think it is. It's still a very small niche/boutique market.
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I feel like coloured vinyl has been a big part of the hardcore scene pretty consistently for the 15 years or so I've been into hardcore.
Are newer bands doing cassette demos? The only thing I've heard in the past several years I've heard about coming out on cassette was a Cave In
release, but I don't keep up on the newer young hc bands.
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This is the world I live in everyday. While CD sales are down in record shops they are still viable when a band is touring. The thing music makers
and music sellers need to get in their head is that it is no longer a product it is a service.
Music as a product means that the maker/seller protects the distribution as the individual release has value only when it is purchased through a
controlled environment like a CD store or mail order. Music as a service means that the maker/seller works to license the tracks to commercials,
websites, ring tones, merch and other new streams of revenue while not protecting the distribution.
In my office we use a company called Dropcards who make a small plastic download card that marries with a flash media player. They cost 35 cents a
piece and are more protable than a CD but lack the overall design, convenience and sonic quality that the CD has.
My best advice to artists/labels is to branch out into these new markets and start thinking of the music you are producing as a product to be used to
add value to other things like the live show, commercials, webcasts, TV shows etc. The music business is not tanking as live sales are still doing
fine.
You can't listen to a download card in your car so the CD still has it's place but it's now the same as a t shirt.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MarkV
What's an SD card? |
A memory card just like in digital cameras.
http://www.slotmusic.org/
A lot of people ask me what kind of music I like. I love "soul music". My "soul music" isn’t a style, genre or niche. It’s music that is genuine. It’s
a painful lyric, a dirty bassline, it’s a harrowing vocal, it’s feedback, it’s an anthem, it’s a love song, it’s anarchy. I’ve got my personal
favourites but in the end it doesn’t matter who or where it comes from... so long as it’s good and it's real.
- Paul Morris, music director at 97.7 HTZ-FM
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i haven't listened to a cd in ......well a year or so, and when i did, it was mp3 cd's in my car......
but nowadays, i'd say that 95% of the music i listen to i do in my car...and i have an AUX port, so i have no reason to have a cd in my car....
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I actually have all my CD's put away in those big books so I don't have 5 shelves taking up my living room. I have a 6 disc changer in the car and
maybe 8 CD's rotate in and out of the car (a good portion of those are just burned comps from iTunes). Other than that the iPod suits me just fine. I
don;t have the hearing of a bat so theres no noticeable sound difference to care about.
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I voted "soon". I listen to iTunes all day long in the office. In the car I only listen to CD's on the way to my hockey games. Other then that, I'm
all over Sirius
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I don't think they'll disappear anytime soon. The new generation of kids live in a digital world and most download their music. At the same time
many older people still buy cd because they don't use mp3 players and such things. Then you have people like me who don't want a digital download, I
want a cd with the artwork and such. I like having the whole package. I still listen to cd's in my car, I have an ipod but rarely ever use it.
‘Do you know what a love letter is? It’s a bullet from a fucking gun. Straight through your heart.’
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Pod generation prefer MP3 fidelity to CD says study
http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?newsid=...
The Music Industry's New Internet Problem
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2009/tc200...
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I like the trend of 7" with digital download card included.
I'll always buy a cd though at a show. In-the-car instant gratification on the way home from a show.
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"In my office we use a company called Dropcards who make a small plastic download card that marries with a flash media player. They cost 35 cents a
piece and are more protable than a CD but lack the overall design, convenience and sonic quality that the CD has."
So you just pop it into a flash drive and get the music off of that?
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Downloading music is the present and future. CD's are near death and Vinyl will remain forever. I think eventually we will go to some form of computer
type implant in our brains and all forms of entertainment will be directly downloaded to our minds (along with a whole bunch of other shit, imagine
getting a 4-6 year education in a few hours or days). Stranger things have happend
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Stranger things have happend |
Indeed they have, like the guy who wrote the article is named Steve Guttenberg.
Maybe it is a sign. Cd's will go the way of the Guttenberg
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