We have all had friends who have their computers at the shop trying to recover those lost 3000 { bought} downloaded songs! I now make eight CD "box set" DVD compilations so I have eight CDs of a band in my hand at once. So the music starts coming on as an alternate format on USBs or flash memory, and we have a choice? How many corrupted flash cards go down every year!
That's why you need to make a backup, jeehz. I don't see why you think music will start to sell "as an alternate format on USBs or flash memory". By the time CDs die out, the need for a physical distribution medium will be eliminated all together because everything will be available online.
They are closing because people buy them via online stores cheaper, not because the CD format is dead. Records still sell quite well, way above what´s needed to make it worthwhile to continue the business.
Just because stores go out of business doesn't mean something is dead.
Is it really surprising they went out of business? Tower Records $18.99 for 1 CD or other places $15.99-$16.99
versus buying them from online stores or the from labels, sometimes the artists themselves way cheaper.
Then you have selection issues and they have to pay the employees waiting for customers so they really don't have the ability to compete against a huge warehouse place like say Cduniverse.com
Its just best to buy albums online for the cost and ease of having the whole discography of any group and any genre.
Full albums sales are still mostly bought on CD.
Mp3 is more of song buying thing not albums.
Best Buy don't sell the headphones most of us buy I guess Beyerdynamic will be going out of business now.
Its the same thing just because something isn't majorly bought in a actual store doesn't mean its not a business thriving.
Now there is the whole albums sales thing.
Album sales are down sure but that's more of a big artist or whatever crap the major labels are trying to sell.
Music sales would probably be doing really well if labels grew a brain quit trying to sell people music that obviously isn't selling or people even like. I'm always hearing music sucks there is no good music.
Or how about DJ's doing their jobs again? And finding, playing and exposing music they like and want to share because its good.
Not getting paid off by the major label to sell the newest American Idol artists album or whatever.
Example yeah radio I think we already know Metallica who they are but what about the ton of other better metal bands?.
Or this one song gets played you know this *insert band* has like 15 albums how about playing a better song for one and a different song and more songs instead trying to sell a band on 1 song which isn't even close to being their best.
Most people don't go and find music if you want to sell more you gotta change the way things have been going.
You also got the people who have some personal issue against the RIAA I'm never buying a album again.
ARGH ARGH.
Even though most music is released on independent labels.
I go into a local brick and mortar place to shop for music. They have a decent selection of used CDs as well as new. Although it's never been crowded in that place (certainly not how music stores used to be back in the day), I just like going in there and seeing a single clerk behind the counter and a few heads in there just quietly browsing through CDs. Makes it a more personal experience considering the guy who works behind the counter is knowledgeable about music and easy to talk to. There's also a shop in VA I go to every now and again that has an extensive selection of old used vinyl. I try to help out the local economy when I can, but try to avoid the typical big name places like Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Barnes and Noble, Target, etc. Anything I can't find at the mom and pop stores I'll just buy on-line.
No way CDs are dead. They still are the primary way to get good quality audio from studios. I can regularly browse my local shop or Amazon.com for used bargains. $3.00 an album is a good deal for something you like. No mp3 downloads can compete with that when you can get full quality, and make mp3s yourself if you want to.
There really is a wonderful experience wandering threw a used record store to find a used CD. First of all there is the fact that you may find some obscure title that you would never look to buy on Amazon,com. The other great benefit is the whole experience of looking and finding. There may be the one CD you didn't buy but were wondering about. The used store at times lets you here the CD. Sometimes they are better than expected and other times the best thing is you don't own it! I have been buying vinyl for years this way. Cool CDs are the ones out of print that were made in 1990. Even is the plastic case is cloudy you can transfer it to another new one. I have found that at times the original old CDs are far better than the remasters. I always wonder if studio executives sit in listening rooms and they play the old remaster then transfer to the new louder one and get a head nod just because louder at times sounds clearer.
The new Megadeath remasters have huge changes to the music that changes the way the original albums were. Dave went in and redid songs! I am so happy with my original Megadeath CDs and would not want a redone 1990 album remade in 2009. Another Dead Can Dance remaster just sounds like they added extra bass. The original English import from back in the day sounds more even in my bass heavy rig! So amazingly finding older CDs can have sound quality advantages in contrast to finding that new remaster. I find the old albums were used to are cool too as the album stops when it was first made to stop. We are not surprised by a handfull of second rate quality studio outtakes that were to poor to add to the original CD!
Ok so then there is the AAD vs DDD and we are instructed to believe that the DDD has one extra step taken out so we are one step closer to the music. I just put the CD in and if I like the way it sounds then all is well. The greatest change for me was in 1991 when everyone was taking there stupid old vinyl to the used record store and getting cash to buy CDs. I remember all the 10 cent records which sound today far better than the CD! HAHA.
I completely disagree, I LOVE to buy CD's, and I like having a physical copy of everything. Plus I have a 400 cd changer that i can plug a keyboard into and search for a CD, then pull it out and put it in my laptop to play with my USB DAC. I remember the first time I used a CD in years and I was shocked by how much better it sounded.
CDs are a waste of space and money. I can't tell the difference between FLAC and CD. What is better? A book shelf full of CDs or small external hard drive? I have since cleared out my room of my old cds. My book shelf actually holds just books. CD shelves are gone. The room is much cleaner, better organized, and I don't care what I'm missing since I can access my music in 2 seconds.
CDs are a waste of space and money. I can't tell the difference between FLAC and CD. What is better? A book shelf full of CDs or small external hard drive? I have since cleared out my room of my old cds. My book shelf actually holds just books. CD shelves are gone. The room is much cleaner, better organized, and I don't care what I'm missing since I can access my music in 2 seconds.
To me Cd's aren't the Vinyl LP's that I grew up with and still buy and prefer over Cd's But, I like the physical copies to hold and read info about the artist or recording studios and gear used to record the disc and Lps.etc.etc. What do you hold, Physically when everything is on your external hard drive?? I know this doesn't mean anything to some, and that's fine. I will guaranty that the recorded music scene will change in our life time again and I just hope the hard drive is a reusable medium to hear and be able to enjoy the memories you had during the yr's you down loaded your lifetime of tunes that meant something to you......I have Lps that I bought 40 yrs ago and many I still remember where, when and what I was doing in my life at the time I purchased them...That means something to me! PS, My 1st CD was in1984, "Love Over Gold", I thought I was king sheeet because of having one of the 1st Disc players in my town.......
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No mp3 downloads can compete with that when you can get full quality, and make mp3s yourself if you want to.
