Comments on: The future of music: pretty boxes http://doctorvee.co.uk/2008/01/19/the-future-of-music-pretty-boxes/ Not a real vee Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: doctorvee » How to quadruple the price of an album and get away with it http://doctorvee.co.uk/2008/01/19/the-future-of-music-pretty-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-388820 doctorvee » How to quadruple the price of an album and get away with it Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:50:47 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2008/01/19/the-future-of-music-pretty-boxes/#comment-388820 [...] Radiohead’s attention-grabbing In Rainbows release. It also bears a lot of the hallmarks of my predictions / observations about the apparent future of the music industry which I wrote about earlier this [...] [...] Radiohead’s attention-grabbing In Rainbows release. It also bears a lot of the hallmarks of my predictions / observations about the apparent future of the music industry which I wrote about earlier this [...]

]]> By: dawn http://doctorvee.co.uk/2008/01/19/the-future-of-music-pretty-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-315165 dawn Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:09:33 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2008/01/19/the-future-of-music-pretty-boxes/#comment-315165 I buy CDs when I think the music is deserving of high fidelity playback. That said, I ripped most of my CD library into MP3 files when I moved to LA and left the CDs in storage in Edinburgh. Although I've lost a lot in sound quality, it has opened up new avenues for discovering new music, e.g. via Last.Fm or MySpace, which feeds into buying more music from the bands I like. Incidentally, I'm loving the In Rainbows package too. And that's how I see it: a package of music and images that all fit together into an ... for want of a better word, "experience". I buy CDs when I think the music is deserving of high fidelity playback. That said, I ripped most of my CD library into MP3 files when I moved to LA and left the CDs in storage in Edinburgh. Although I’ve lost a lot in sound quality, it has opened up new avenues for discovering new music, e.g. via Last.Fm or MySpace, which feeds into buying more music from the bands I like.

Incidentally, I’m loving the In Rainbows package too. And that’s how I see it: a package of music and images that all fit together into an … for want of a better word, “experience”.

]]> By: Ainsworth http://doctorvee.co.uk/2008/01/19/the-future-of-music-pretty-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-312195 Ainsworth Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:44:34 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2008/01/19/the-future-of-music-pretty-boxes/#comment-312195 You really can't beat the better quality of a CD, especially for a true audiophile. But the convenience of an MP3 really hits the spot. Buying a CD used to be an event whereas buying MP3s are about filling the void. You really can’t beat the better quality of a CD, especially for a true audiophile. But the convenience of an MP3 really hits the spot. Buying a CD used to be an event whereas buying MP3s are about filling the void.

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