I really don't think the CDrs are going anywhere. They are great
to get out to DJs and press people to get a buzz going before
a release gets press. Most DJs like getting the stuff early and somewhat exclusive even if it is on CDR. Even saying the material
is totally finished, you still generally have a 2-3 weeks
Rob
Jeff/Ninja Tune <jeff@ninjatune.net> wrote:
quoted 1 line In order to meet the sometimes impossible lead times of press we have no
> In order to meet the sometimes impossible lead times of press we have noquoted 22 lines open letter to the staff at ninja tune/ntone
>
> open letter to the staff at ninja tune/ntone
>
> please stop using cheap CD-R media for promo versions of albums. i
> have receive a few of these now, and half of them have been
> faulty/useless. it's a bit hard to review an album if you can't play
> it.
> case study: i just got the new neotropic album. the audio disc
> wouldn't play at all in my normal cd player. the cd-rom player in my
> computer would grudgingly play it, skipping quite profusely. in the
> end i had to slowly extract it to the hard drive and burn a new copy.
> and in the the long run that is just too time consuming. (the video
> disc surprisingly worked perfectly).
> also, the cd-r versions are butt ugly.
>
> best,
> hs
>
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