quoted 5 lines And what I find even more interesting is that most "idm" does its best when> And what I find even more interesting is that most "idm" does its best when
> its looked at from a "whole album" point of view. There really aren't any
> hits in idm, at least not enough to warrant looking at artists on a song by
> song basis. So you wouldn't even buy individual mp3's, but rather an
> entire album, which gets us back to where we started :)
Actually IDM _would_ have 'hits' if DJs played it (more often): radio, clubs
or elsewhere... IDM doesn't have singles and hits by and large because
everybody just buys albums altogether. The nature of music is in indiv.
songs. How many compilations are out there again?
I think looking at artists on a song by song basis is the way to go, except
in a live context, where the art of showmanship makes it more engaging (+
pragmatic). If I'm listening to recordings I'd just as well hear only the
ones that 'stick' with me rather than sit through 5-6 so-so tracks in
between.
Anybody who has an MP3 player of their own knows this. Given the option,
five nines of the human pop would always listen to individual tunes as
opposed to albums, because there are remarkably few records that really hold
up to extended review track after track. On the other hand, I find that the
more I listen to an 'album' of music, the more I find certain songs more
difficult to listen to than they would be in an isolated context, simply
because they don't compare as well to the 'standouts'.
Selling MP3s is a ridiculous concept unless each customer has an individual
crypto key to open and hear the tracks they buy. This being inconceivable
w/in the current market structure, I still think the OG business model of
making money on ticket sales, merch and the occasional hardcopy is the way
to go.
More tangents for everybody,
Tom
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