thanks for all the responses so far very interesting. But it has got me
thinking more. Is it the digital format or the fact its not packaged.
What about the netlabels that supply artwork or flash movies? Or on the
other hand i guess vinly with no packaging such as white labels definetly
has a desirability.
Also the PKD referance is very apt. As i was very into his stuff years ago
and did a lot of reseach into peoples love of artifacts, we are magpies, at
the time i was wondering how it would change in the digital age - the way we
obtain more artifacts the more unstable our reality is. 200 years ago most
people could name all they owned how true is that now, how many people can
name every single possession they own.
Anyway back to the music, we have made limited editions and its odd in a way
because if advertised as such and they are hand crafted, they go like
hotcakes (now theres an idea for packaging) but we do a release thats a
small run and just advertise it as a normal release the sales are normal.
So much of the desirability is down to the idea of it being limited or the
craft love and skill that has gone into the object.
Once again thanks for comments, keep em coming and any ideas on the above
are obviously very welcome :-)
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