Comments on: Apple and Record Labels Trying to Reignite Album Interest with “Cocktail”?

By: Obviouschild

Obviouschild — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:18:57 +0000

In addition, most people don’t want all the songs on an album, because artists rarely produce ‘albums’ anymore. There are a few good songs, filled with a lot of junk. A record used to be a ‘record’ as in a story, of an event, or a time. Rarely the case today.

By: Obviouschild

Obviouschild — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:17:54 +0000

I think most people (in response to Dex) don’t have headphones or players, car, home, or otherwise that are good enough to really tell the difference from 160 bit rate to 256 or upwards. Moreover, if they do have the stereo equipment to do so, they in all likelihood can’t tell anyway.

By: Heather St. Marie

Heather St. Marie — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:50:54 +0000

I agree with you, sting7k: "Another good idea would be to get some people with actual talent to make music to sell. There is barely anything new worth buying or listening too these days that is new."

Extra content isn't going to make up for the fact that most of the music out there is regurgitated, over-produced fluff. It's hard to find really good music these days.

But when I do find something I like, I support the artists fully. I either buy the physical CD directly from them, or I download from Amazon. WAY better value using Amazon's MP3 service.

By: Dexter

Dexter — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:44:58 +0000

(My last post on here, I promise)

Why do people like buying digital downloads anyway when they can get the CD with a higher bitrate? Why would anyone be satisfied in getting a "stripped" version of a song where you're locked into a bitrate and the quality obviously isn't the equivalent of a 1440kbps CD version? I know everyone isn't an audiophile, but still... it's like buying some original, albeit copied, artwork but only receiving reduced JPEG of it!

By: Dexter

Dexter — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:40:40 +0000

But I’m talking CDs where I can actually “touch” and “feel” a physical product and peruse the artwork with my hands, not a lifeless digital download.

By: Dexter

Dexter — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:39:35 +0000

Yup, I always buy the whole album even if I like just one song!

By: dave t

dave t — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:39:39 +0000

discounting tickets to live shows would be financial suicide for the artists themselves as that and physical merchandise(shirts, hats, ect) are the only way they are making any money these days

By: sting7k

sting7k — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:53:21 +0000

How about they actually stick with the $1.29 pricing on NEW songs like they said and not any popular song that might be several years old.

Songs on iTunes (and AmazonMP3) come with album art already. You can get lyrics for any song on the internet if you really want so that adds no value to me. A digital book doesn't really do it for me.

Another good idea would be to get some people with actual talent to make music to sell. There is barely anything new worth buying or listening too these days that is new.

By: Derek

Derek — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:56:23 +0000

Unfortunately for the music company, just about anything they sell via the Internet is something you can get free through a torrent. The only people that are buying things on iTunes are honest people, rich people, and people who listen to rare music that is difficult to find.

I'm not in the music industry, so I'm not entirely sure how they should proceed... but one thing that I imagine would entice even dishonest people are thing like merch/concert ticket discounts.

If when you bought the new Incubus album, it came with a coupon for discount concert tickets, or something like that people might be inclined to buy. Computers have forever changed how media companies will make money, and they need to evolve as well.

By: keif

keif — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:56:43 +0000

I remember when they started coming out with enhanced CDs with **** content when you inserted it into your computer (do they still do that?)

I admit I miss the artwork and liner notes that some groups put together, but most of it anymore is ****. The “additional content” usually sucked before. What about putting music videos in a format that can be easily copied to an ipod?

The only group I remember ever doing something fun with the digital content was Gorillaz.