quoted 3 lines anyone thought about there being a connection between> anyone thought about there being a connection between
> mp3 downloading and inability (by labels) to sale
> physical product ?
yes and no. it depends on the people on the downloading side. i had never bought a LOW
album until i went to kranky's site and they had a free download of "(that's how you sing)
amazing grace". after i heard it once i was looking up the album it was on and sending
kranky my money. i must have listened to it another time before i got the CD. same thing
happened with downloadable songs from calla and the walkmen.
then again, i am not enamored of the mp3 format except as something to stream on my
computer at work, to check out things in order to buy the "real" release. i want the other
tracks a song goes with, i want artwork, i want lyrics, i want whatever the artist has bundled
up with their music to offer it as a complete work. so to me an mp3 is not satisfying in itself.
i do not own an ipod, nor do i intend to.
for someone who does however, every song is just to feed the beast. i know people working
on getting a second ipod because their first one is now too small. once they start
accumulating tracks they can't stop - and they're not going to start some kind of file
management/backup system or (god forbid) delete anything (at least, not on purpose). i
think that mindset, coupled with an indifferent attitude towards having "the real release" and
perhaps a bit of crying poor, can lead to rampant downloading and hoarding of free tracks,
legal or not. but this is just a hypothesis, based loosely on personal observation. i know
millions of people actually pay to download, but i've never met one.
d.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org