The compact disc – the artists dream.

I have always wondered about this one. If I take out a CD, took away its plastic packaging, took away the paper and actually took away the CD  what do I have?

If an individual said just music, wonderful you would be right.

If you look at things understandably and just sell the music rather than the compact disc, you would reduce the amount of time spent to reproduce the thing, reduce the hours and wages that take to establish one, reduce the amount of money on shipping/ storage/ marketing/ selling to shops.

So the biggest wonder of my time at present is this:

Why do we charge $12 for an album download?

As a side note- my own little gripe Why do we buy ebooks that are double the fee of print books and take less time and effort to produce and procure?

So with all what we know, is it a wonder then why individuals 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 may 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 isn’t prepared to tackle properly.

Unfortunately they released the album in the shops as well, fleece your listeners…nice style Radiohead…[growl]

But instead of thinking, wow, this is great, all of us have figured out what individuals are willing to pay, so lets do something about this. Downloading web sites are still provide ing downloads at over $10.

I went over to CD Baby, good basic web site… the majority downloads $12.

And if you want to buy a CD…$12.

Still, I believe that the CD  is going to die.. It has to.

compact disc Baby additionally realise that, and have released HostBaby for artists.

But artists haven’t realised the fact yet.

And neither have record organizations. Assuming that they did then all of their music would be up for download at $5 a shot ( CD  presses, artists, shipping- all gone and prices decrease d). It would not put an end to stealing fully, but it would heavily dent it.

likewise add something else to the download- a bonus pdf, a picture session, a discount for other downloads, a free private members website ( like the ebook industry does).

Nonetheless it would furthermore dent the record shops, and put people out of work in compact disc  presses. But unfortunately it is change. I think people would still buy music compact disc s, but as time passes- this lower s.

On the other hand- how cool would it be to go into a record shop with a flash drive and download an album?

Nonetheless change is needed.

And it is the record organizations fault that we 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 required in the future? I doubt it, can be to organize large concert and tours…but why else would you need one?

Bleak picture, but true…we live in a “now” society that utilises downloads. Only a few years ago all of us never had any real film footage website s. A few years ago there has been no iTunes. A few years ago there has been 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.