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David @ Audiobulb
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Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:14:31 +0100
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Re: [idm] idm] People who still pay for music shout-out...
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Audiobulb Records has its work out in digital shops and yes iTunes, eMusic, Napster and RealNetworks/Rhapsody seems to be where the action is in terms of sales. There is definately a sense that this is agrowth area and whilst CD sales drop off from some - digital sales are picking up. The eMusic deal seems like a good one. Which of these digital outlets do people find easiest or most useful to use? ----- Original Message ----- From: <Brian.Power@cso.ie> To: "Zach Hoon" <sorted@saturn5.com> Cc: <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:04 AM Subject: [idm] idm] People who still pay for music shout-out...
quoted 115 lines Sure yeah, bleep has got lots to commend it by virtue of the fact that it> Sure yeah, bleep has got lots to commend it by virtue of the fact that it > don't have no DRM, and it's swift and straightforward to purchase once > your > account is set up... only little quibble I'd have is that they don't > encode > their mp3's at a higher bitrate - LAME alt-preset standard bitrate of 192 > vbr is pretty good, but there are others offering less compressed audio... > > Both kompakt and beatport offer tracks at an (almost) standard 320 kbps > across the board... granted you're probably not going to pick up quite as > many "IDM/electronica" artists on these sites, their marketplace being > moreso the club (whichever "house/techno" genre) sounds favoured by the > four to the floor fraternity... > > Otherwise, as I've said before, a subscription with emusic is a pretty > economical means of picking up a fair bit of a mix of allsorts of > indepenently released musics, generally encoded at alt-preset-standard > LAME, and with a surprising amount of quality sounds on tap. A 90 tracks > monthly subscription costs little more than the price of a single album on > CD... > > > > |---------+----------------------------> > | | Zach Hoon | > | | <sorted@saturn5.c| > | | om> | > | | | > | | 28/03/2006 21:35 | > | | | > |---------+----------------------------> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > | > | > | To: idm@hyperreal.org > | > | cc: > | > | Subject: [Possible Spam] Re: [idm] People who still pay for > music shout-out... | > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > i just want to take this moment to say hooray for bleep.com. > > i used to download all sorts of stuff, but i got sick of the crap > quality and queues and all that. now i just use bleep. they have nearly > everything i'm looking for, be it idm, weird ass stuff, indie, > downtempo, etc, and they've turned me on to all sorts of music i might > never have heard of. > > i'm sick of the space all the vinyl and cds take up. once the conversion > to digital format is complete, i will sell it all off to make room for > more books (and when they come up with a suitable digital format for > books, bye bye hard copies!). sound quality schmound quality, 10 years > of djing has made me deaf enough not to notice. drive failure? dvd > backups. cover art and liner notes? bah, most of it sucks these days. > > bleep has become my onestop shop. anyone have any other music sites > they'd care to recommend? itunes and their drm can suck it. i don't > share files, but i don't want to have to 'authorize' every damn device i > play my tracks on (i use a lot of different devices). > > wow this kinda turned into a rant, didn't it? crazy. > > music: i like wisp's 'nthndr'. nothing groundbreaking, but nice tunes. > 'congratulations' is often repeated. i also want more from s.t. > 'emotions in a box' ep is grand, and i like the 'i'll meet you there' > ep...how about a full album? > > k, i'm done. > > -z > > > chthonic streams wrote: >>>> I hope the idea of rewarding >>>> artists financially if you value their music hasn't gone completely >>>> out of style. >>>> >>> Agreed. The reason I sell on eBay is to buy more. >>> It is not now, nor never has been a money-making proposition for me - >>> it's more of an addiction than anything. >> >> ditto. i make music but that doesn't mean i stopped listening or caring >> about other artists, or that i always just want to trade with them ot >> just download. mp3s just make me want to buy the release if the music >> is good. >> >> case in point, when some depeche mode single remixes came out recently i >> checked out the remixers' work and ended up ordering a metope album and >> an areal records comp. also got judith juillerat's debut on >> shitkatapult, good stuff! >> >> >> d. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > >
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