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The compact disc – the musicians dream.
I have always wondered about this one. If I take out a compact disc, took away its plastic packaging, took away the paper and actually took away the compact disc  what do I have?
If an individual said just music, amazing you would be right.
If you look at things logically and just sell the music rather than the compact disc, you would decrease the amount of time spent to reproduce the thing, decrease the hours and wages that take to create one, decrease the amount of money on shipping/ storage/ marketing/ selling to shops.
So the biggest wonder of my time at present is this:
Why do  all of us  charge $12 for an album download?
As a side note- my own little gripe Why do  all of us  buy ebooks that are double the cost of print books and take less time and resolution to create and procure?
So with all what  all of us  know, is it a wonder then why people pirate stuff (especially when compact discs degrade/ scratch over time)?
I think the decent folk out there will buy something for what they thought the album is worth. The most famous example is Radiohead who said their fans could buy and download their new album at any price they wish.
It averaged out at $5.
I had respect for Radiohead. They done something diverse, at least they tried to fix a problem that the music business is not prepared to tackle properly.
Unfortunately they released the album in the shops as well, fleece your fans…nice style Radiohead…[growl]
But instead of thinking, wow, this is great,  all of us  have figured out what people are willing to pay, so lets do something about this. Downloading web sites are still offer ing downloads at over $10.
I went over to compact disc Baby, wonderful standard web site… most downloads $12.
And if you want to buy a compact disc…$12.
However, I believe that the compact disc  is going to die.. It has to.
compact disc Baby furthermore realise that, and have released HostBaby for musician s.
But musicians have not realised the fact yet.
And neither have record organizations. If the y did then all of their music would be up for download at $5 a shot ( compact disc  presses, musician s, shipping- all gone and prices decrease d). It would not put an end to stealing fully, but it would heavily dent it.
furthermore add something else to the download- a bonus pdf, a picture session, a discount for other downloads, a free private members web site ( like the ebook industry does).
However it would furthermore dent the record shops, and put people out of work in compact disc  presses. But unfortunately it’s vary. I think people would still buy music compact disc s, but as time passes- this decrease s.
On the other hand- how cool would it be to go into a record shop with a flash drive and download an album?
However vary is needed.
And it’s the record organizations fault that  all of us  haven’t done anything about this mess yet. Unfortunately they will panic and fully try downloads in the future, but by then it will be too late. Most musicians would have found out about downloading and the record organizations will downsize. Would they be needed in the future? I doubt it, could be to organize large performances and tours…but why else would you need one?
Bleak picture, but true…we live in a “now” society that utilises downloads. Only several years ago  all of us  never had any real film footage web site s. A few years ago there was no iTunes. A few years ago there was no Blogs or Podcasts.
Offer compact discs and downloads. But when the time comes, kill the compact disc  and just offer downloads. You’ll be ahead of that compact disc  goal by a mile.