Greg Earle wrote:
quoted 6 lines Let's make this a reductio ad absurdum:
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> Let's make this a reductio ad absurdum:
>
> If anyone came out with a CD that was 15 minutes long and contained 10 tracks,
> all averaging 1:30 or so in length, and the shops charged full price, would
> you still say the same thing?
Yes, I would. It's still a tradeoff. Of course, at 15 minutes, I'd be
much less likely to buy it because the (quality*quantity)/money factor
is considerably lower. It's not that you shouldn't take length into
account, it's that there are other factors involved.
quoted 4 lines I recently threw back the 12" of Carl Craig's "Bug In The Bassbin" bec
> I recently threw back the 12" of Carl Craig's "Bug In The Bassbin" because,
> even though it was a killer track, it was a one-sided 12" (gee, half the
> medium's capacity, sounds familiar) and yet it was still full price. I do
> not feel like paying US $10 for one track, no matter what the "quality".
That's your prerogative. I'm still wishing I had the money at the time
to buy Jack Dangers' unbeliveable "Space Children" 1-sided 12" when I
saw it years ago.
My theory is, let artists be artists, and let consumers be consumers.
No one is forcing any consumer to purchase the new RDJ or Bochum Welt
CD. If the artists are jerks, don't support them. I stated earlier
this year that I don't buy Muslimgauze releases because of his radical
politics. You can just as easily not support RDJ because he released a
32-minute full-length CD. I'm missing out on some great music, and you
might be too. I don't see any conflict in that.
quoted 4 lines The issue is not, for me, the length. (Goes into closet, blows off 10 layers
> The issue is not, for me, the length. (Goes into closet, blows off 10 layers
> of dust from his Ramones "Leave Home" and Wire's "Pink Flag" ... ) It's the
> fact that full price is being asked for a recording which is merely half the
> medium's standard length.
Were these short albums released at a discount price? I'm too young to
remember...
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