Hi Brian. Taking aboard what you say in terms of logistics and feasibility but we can still say that in fact in Europe (I know I can't speak for regions outside of here) boradband 'penetration' (as it's called) outstrips dial-up usage by some majority which I forget. However I definitely know that's true. The other thing of course is that you are likely to have a particularly techy audience - definitely favouring higher band-width rather than lower and not having any qualms about larger file sizes if it means better quality. Imho.
-----Original Message----- From: Brian Boyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 April 2007 14:03 To: robin Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: (313) New Strand Release - Soleil Thanks again for the compliments, Robin. We don't pay you nearly enough for that...I mean...you raise an excellent point. Buying a Strand song costs less than many checkout counter impulse items. They're less than some packs of gum and the flavor lasts a lot longer. As for the .wavs, after the ecommerce portion of the site was finished, it dawned on me that I shouldn't have been so fixated on mp3s and should've at least allowed for AACs and possibly uncompressed .wavs. That functionality is going to have to wait, however, because making the change isn't exactly cheap. A five minute, uncompressed, stereo audio file weighs in at about 55MB and the FLAC version is about 35MB, and you need special software (most are free) to decode them. I know some other services are offering uncompressed formats, but I wonder how well they sell given the large file sizes. This is really only a concern for people with dial-up and inadequate DSL connections, but if I'm not mistaken, the majority of people connect to the internet using the slower methods. Boyer On Apr 19, 2007, at 5:22 AM, robin wrote: > > Lovely mellow techy vibe on that new track Brian. > > Props for the provision of a remastered 'Intact' (the last Strand > track) for free to previous purchasers too. > > UK people, as the dollar is so weak buying these tracks off the > Harbonder site is stupidly cheap now (99c=50p!). Though I'd like to > see .wavs for maybe $1.49 (Brian?). > > > robin... > > On 17 Apr 2007, at 22:37, Brian Boyer wrote: > >> Today, Strand released the second single on harbonder entitled >> "Soleil". If you fancy, you can hear it in its entirety on our >> myspace page for the next month or so. This and all other Strand >> material is available for download from the harbonder website. There >> are no plans for vinyl at this time, but when that changes, we'll let >> you know. As always, don't be shy about what you think. We welcome >> the feedback. >> >> Cheers, >> Boyer >> >> http://www.harbonder.com >> http://www.myspace.com/strand313 >> >
