quoted 5 lines Well, what's the advantage to buying only mp3's, when you can purchase the> Well, what's the advantage to buying only mp3's, when you can purchase the
> cd and make your own mp3's??
>
> Sure, you get the mp3's instantaneously, but why not do a joint
> service? mp3's AND the cd? Or, if you purchase the mp3's, you can buy
the
quoted 1 line cd at a drastically discounted rate.> cd at a drastically discounted rate.
What i was thinking that there is no CD. Its just released on mp3.
The media itself costs something, mailing it and printing labels costs
something -
just eliminate it. Alot of people just download mp3s and burn them as it
is,
and never listen to CDs. This would just be streamling the process.
Also couple that will a reduced cost to download the mp3s as opposed
to buying the CD - AND the whole operation would be artist owned,
so the money's going right to them.
quoted 1 line Personally, it seems sort of stupid to buy/download mp3's only to then> Personally, it seems sort of stupid to buy/download mp3's only to then
burn
quoted 1 line them on to a CD either as a backup, mp3 copy, and especially ironic to> them on to a CD either as a backup, mp3 copy, and especially ironic to
then
quoted 1 line burn an audio cd from them :) Especially if the mp3's cost the same as> burn an audio cd from them :) Especially if the mp3's cost the same as
the
quoted 1 line cd...> cd...
Right...i think you could avoid the burning them onto the CD phase too,
unless you're looking for a backup. Of course with any cd...there's
a chance its going to be damaged....
quoted 1 line And what I find even more interesting is that most "idm" does its best> And what I find even more interesting is that most "idm" does its best
when
quoted 2 lines its looked at from a "whole album" point of view. There really aren't any> 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
quoted 2 lines song basis. So you wouldn't even buy individual mp3's, but rather an> song basis. So you wouldn't even buy individual mp3's, but rather an
> entire album, which gets us back to where we started :)
That might be true...its hard to say. I know i don't often listen to whole
albums,
but i think i listen to whole "idm" albums more than other genres. But
that's
not to say you couldn't download a whole album. Also...that arguement is a
matter
of taste. There's got to be other people who could do without some album
songs...
I'm not even trying to be a booster for this idea, i'm just trying to work
out what people would see as the problems.
- cutups
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