Comments on: Does the CD as a medium for music need to be put out of its misery? http://blog.musicadium.com/digital-distribution/does-the-cd-as-a-medium-for-music-need-to-be-put-out-of-its-misery/861/ Industry news and general discussion on Digital Distribution Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:33:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ipod touch giveaway http://blog.musicadium.com/digital-distribution/does-the-cd-as-a-medium-for-music-need-to-be-put-out-of-its-misery/861/comment-page-1/#comment-2631 ipod touch giveaway Fri, 21 May 2010 00:02:41 +0000 http://blog.musicadium.com/?p=861#comment-2631 appreciated lots, I must say your blog is fantastic! appreciated lots, I must say your blog is fantastic!

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]]> By: alex http://blog.musicadium.com/digital-distribution/does-the-cd-as-a-medium-for-music-need-to-be-put-out-of-its-misery/861/comment-page-1/#comment-365 alex Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:24:39 +0000 http://blog.musicadium.com/?p=861#comment-365 I don't think the cd will put out of it's misery,but fewer people will use it.Just like vinyl has limited appeal to some,like cassettes has limited appeal to some and CDs is the next in line. But CDs might not even be overshadowed by Mp3 players,it could be dvds.With portable dvd players available and logically their price should drop.Bands might put out dvds and forget about CDs all together.It would include videos for the songs,interviews,maybe an insight to the recording process etc...and then they'll move on to blu ray. And this will appeal to people who like holding a cd in their hand and reading liner notes and looking at album art. I see mp3 players as related,but in some ways a different animal because the amount of data they can hold will become SO huge.You know where CDs and DvDs stand in terms of what they can hold.But Ipods are in the gigabytes.Maybe someday,terabytes.That will be for someone from a future generation.Because that much space,I don't know if too many people would know what to do with it right now. But you'll have a generation growing up used to gigabytes and terabytes and they'll figure out how to use it.Maybe have every episode of of Seinfeld or C.S.I. or maybe they're a sports fan and they can have every game of their favorite sports team of that particular season.Or maybe a movie director who takes a rough cut of his unfinished film,copies it to his Ipod,watches it and takes notes of what changes could be made. But all in all,if vinyl is still around,so will CDs. I don’t think the cd will put out of it’s misery,but fewer people will use it.Just like vinyl has limited appeal to
some,like cassettes has limited appeal to some and CDs is the next in line.

But CDs might not even be overshadowed by Mp3 players,it could be dvds.With portable dvd players available and
logically their price should drop.Bands might put out dvds and forget about CDs all together.It would include videos
for the songs,interviews,maybe an insight to the recording process etc…and then they’ll move on to blu ray.
And this will appeal to people who like holding a cd in their hand and reading liner notes and looking at album
art.

I see mp3 players as related,but in some ways a different animal because the amount of data they can hold will
become SO huge.You know where CDs and DvDs stand in terms of what they can hold.But Ipods are in the gigabytes.Maybe
someday,terabytes.That will be for someone from a future generation.Because that much space,I don’t know if too
many people would know what to do with it right now.

But you’ll have a generation growing up used to gigabytes and terabytes and they’ll figure out how to use it.Maybe
have every episode of of Seinfeld or C.S.I. or maybe they’re a sports fan and they can have every game of their
favorite sports team of that particular season.Or maybe a movie director who takes a rough cut of his
unfinished film,copies it to his Ipod,watches it and takes notes of what changes could be made.

But all in all,if vinyl is still around,so will CDs.

]]> By: humphrey http://blog.musicadium.com/digital-distribution/does-the-cd-as-a-medium-for-music-need-to-be-put-out-of-its-misery/861/comment-page-1/#comment-264 humphrey Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:23:05 +0000 http://blog.musicadium.com/?p=861#comment-264 I think digital music in a way is a physical format. When you use an mp3 player you can see the album art and view lyrics (on some players). You are holding the player in your hand and can see it. Sure it's not like seeing the grooves in a record or the smell of an old album sleeve, but in a dumbed down way it is physical. The experience is not as "immersive" as putting on a CD, though some might say that a CD is not immersive as putting on a record and looking at the giant album art. Given enough time mp3 players (such as the touch screen ones) will become more interactive to the point where the difference between what is physical and what is not will be irrelevant. The digital-ness of music will simply be the method of transporting music, not the actual consumption of it. I think digital music in a way is a physical format. When you use an mp3 player you can see the album art and view lyrics (on some players). You are holding the player in your hand and can see it. Sure it’s not like seeing the grooves in a record or the smell of an old album sleeve, but in a dumbed down way it is physical. The experience is not as “immersive” as putting on a CD, though some might say that a CD is not immersive as putting on a record and looking at the giant album art. Given enough time mp3 players (such as the touch screen ones) will become more interactive to the point where the difference between what is physical and what is not will be irrelevant. The digital-ness of music will simply be the method of transporting music, not the actual consumption of it.

]]> By: Sophie http://blog.musicadium.com/digital-distribution/does-the-cd-as-a-medium-for-music-need-to-be-put-out-of-its-misery/861/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Sophie Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:43:56 +0000 http://blog.musicadium.com/?p=861#comment-263 My parents have made the big leap from CDs to iPod and docking station with radio function. They love it, but they are an exception. I don't see CDs being dead by next Christmas. I don't think sales of them will ever recover, but they certainly won't be dead. My parents have made the big leap from CDs to iPod and docking station with radio function. They love it, but they are an exception. I don’t see CDs being dead by next Christmas. I don’t think sales of them will ever recover, but they certainly won’t be dead.

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