On Sun, May 21, 2000, John noted:
quoted 3 lines Mp3's are a double-edged sword in that they are great for getting the music
> Mp3's are a double-edged sword in that they are great for getting the music
> heard and enticing people to buy the album or release the mp3 comes from
> but also may result in lost sales
Lost sales might also be from folks listening to the mp3s and
realizing they just plain don't like the songs (or the artist). A large
amount of mp3s I download end up in the little `trash' icon down at the
bottom left corner of my computer screen rather than being transferred to
.aiff and then onto cdr. So then... why in the world would you buy
something you don't like?
My main beef with the music industry and record shops as a majority
are that they seem to rely on me not actually knowing what it is that I'm
buying because I've never heard it. Then I get home and am pissed off
because I just dropped $15+ on a crappy cd. Most record shops have the
policy of `no returns', and very few will actually allow you to listen to
the cds in the store before you buy 'em. There should be (scratch that...
should always have been) a way you can preview a record/cd before you
decide you want to buy it.
quoted 4 lines Having said that we have unreleased mp3's on the AI website @
> Having said that we have unreleased mp3's on the AI website @
> http://www.aural-industries.com.au in the downloads section that we use for
> promotional purposes and from the download statistics it would seem they are
> very popular.
I don't listen to Real Audio files or that kind of thing. I can't
really tell if I like a song by a small 30 second excerpt. The full-length
track as Real Audio doesn't do me any good either. I also can't make a
decision based on standing at the front counter of a record shop with
headphones on while they've got other music playing over their own
speakers.
I need a good long listen. Not one, but more like three to five good
listens.
Since mp3s have come along, I've saved a whole lot of money from not
having to buy a lot of crap. CDs are just too damned expensive! Isn't
price-fixing supposed to be illegal? I rarely have anything anymore that I
want to trade in at the used shops.
If I like it, then I go out and buy it. If it's no longer available,
then the record labels are the ones losing out - I would have bought it,
and still will if there are more pressings later. I like the whole
package, not just a cdr with a hand-written tracklisting. mp3s suck
quality-wise anyway (in my opinion), and i'd rather have the real thing.
.`-).
christopher miller o o.'
evil@fdt.net ==
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ps. John... this sin't an attack against you or your label. Good luck in
your ventures.
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