Comments on: Of Long Tails and Short Sights http://peteashton.com/2004/10/of_long_tails_and_short_sights/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: bse http://peteashton.com/2004/10/of_long_tails_and_short_sights/comment-page-1/#comment-5329 bse Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:37:38 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/10/of_long_tails_and_short_sights/#comment-5329 I buy my music on vinyl, and I buy a lot, but I also like to have it on the computer (and the iPod should arrive any day now..bwahahah!). I can get all the big releases (old & new) off p2p and members-only ftp sites much easier than I can get them off vinyl, but obscure stuff basically HAS to be recorded onto the computer through a poxy wire. Not only does that mean I don't bother doing some of my faovurite albums, but once I've got the few tracks I can be bothered to record, I have to add all the release info to it from scratch. Extra slow. I don't really buy CDs but recently I have been picking up cheap CDs just to stick the songs on my iTunes, and then slinging the cd on teh shelf to never be touched again. I buy my music on vinyl, and I buy a lot, but I also like to have it on the computer (and the iPod should arrive any day now..bwahahah!). I can get all the big releases (old & new) off p2p and members-only ftp sites much easier than I can get them off vinyl, but obscure stuff basically HAS to be recorded onto the computer through a poxy wire. Not only does that mean I don’t bother doing some of my faovurite albums, but once I’ve got the few tracks I can be bothered to record, I have to add all the release info to it from scratch. Extra slow.
I don’t really buy CDs but recently I have been picking up cheap CDs just to stick the songs on my iTunes, and then slinging the cd on teh shelf to never be touched again.

]]> By: Lawrenson, M http://peteashton.com/2004/10/of_long_tails_and_short_sights/comment-page-1/#comment-5328 Lawrenson, M Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:15:45 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/10/of_long_tails_and_short_sights/#comment-5328 I'd love every track ever made to be made available for download after an appropriate fee being paid. It'd certainly help me get some of the obscure and not-so-obscure stuff I want. Though I don't believe yours and mine in any way coincide :^) My teen music experiences were thinking music was crap until discovering the 60s stuff my local station played late at nights (wouldn't happen nowadays). There I was, at 3 in the morning, poised at my tape recorder waiting for an old Beatles or Kinks track. It was just so hard to find the stuff I liked, because rock erased its past so much and what there was aimed for the 'nostalgia' angle guaranteed to turn any teen off things. Now there are many reissue labels around willing and able to deliver up that Shangri Las B-side you (well, I) were looking for. You'll never have *everything* you want, y'know. I’d love every track ever made to be made available for download after an appropriate fee being paid. It’d certainly help me get some of the obscure and not-so-obscure stuff I want. Though I don’t believe yours and mine in any way coincide :^)

My teen music experiences were thinking music was crap until discovering the 60s stuff my local station played late at nights (wouldn’t happen nowadays). There I was, at 3 in the morning, poised at my tape recorder waiting for an old Beatles or Kinks track. It was just so hard to find the stuff I liked, because rock erased its past so much and what there was aimed for the ‘nostalgia’ angle guaranteed to turn any teen off things. Now there are many reissue labels around willing and able to deliver up that Shangri Las B-side you (well, I) were looking for.

You’ll never have *everything* you want, y’know.

]]> By: Dave & Anita C http://peteashton.com/2004/10/of_long_tails_and_short_sights/comment-page-1/#comment-5327 Dave & Anita C Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:05:02 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/10/of_long_tails_and_short_sights/#comment-5327 There are various solutions available for getting that old vinyl into digital format, for example the <a href="http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/" rel="nofollow">Griffin iMic</a>. The music industry does not want to go digital at the moment because they will loose control. At the moment they see it as a fringe market that is growing, but CD's is where the money is at. I assume the profit margin on CD sales is WAY bigger than the cut they get from downloads. At the moment the record industry is quite happy for the likes of Apple and Napster to create the market for digital music, but I expect the record companies to move in and try and take over when it suits them. They want to control the artists AND the distribution. I'm still hesitant to download albums from iTunes because of the price and quality. Why pay £7.99 for DRM'd AAC files when I can get the CD for £9.99 from play.com? There are various solutions available for getting that old vinyl into digital format, for example the Griffin iMic.

The music industry does not want to go digital at the moment because they will loose control. At the moment they see it as a fringe market that is growing, but CD’s is where the money is at. I assume the profit margin on CD sales is WAY bigger than the cut they get from downloads.

At the moment the record industry is quite happy for the likes of Apple and Napster to create the market for digital music, but I expect the record companies to move in and try and take over when it suits them. They want to control the artists AND the distribution.

I’m still hesitant to download albums from iTunes because of the price and quality. Why pay £7.99 for DRM’d AAC files when I can get the CD for £9.99 from play.com?

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