The guy is my age, healthy as a horse, no gray hair, seems happy and up all the
time. I dunno...
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 10:42 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - is the music CD dead?
That would be an awful way to live
On Jan 9, 2017 8:42 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
I know a guy that is unipolar bipolar. Only manic. All the time. Wears you
out being around him.
From: That One Guy /sarcasm
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 9:03 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - is the music CD dead?
Oakenfold commercial mixes are good for me. I'm bipolar (literally) so his
mixes in short bursts in a car, surrounded, mimic the upward transition of a
manic episode, without the obligatory terrible decisions and ultimate regret.
Occasionally it can even fully negate a downward spiral. Way cheaper than
lithium and the liver is preserved for more alcohol.
On Jan 8, 2017 9:36 PM, "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net> wrote:
I still try and buy CD's when I can... then I copy them to my devices
(phone, USB stick for the car, etc) and then I still have an actual medium for
any other device I want to put it on.
Travis
On 1/8/2017 2:14 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Those of you outside the US or with friends and relatives there, is this
just a US thing, that all music is either in the cloud and streamed, or
electronically downloaded to an iPhone/iPod like device?
�
Amazon pretty much killed off the brick-and-mortar record stores, but now
I find that even Amazon doesn�t seem too interested in carrying CDs.� They
may have recent releases, but otherwise what you get is other sellers on the
Amazon storefront.� And these other sellers are predominantly in the UK,
followed by Japan and Germany.� Which leads me to believe people in those
countries still buy CDs, maybe at actual record stores.� So is this a
cultural difference?� Or is the trend just hitting Europe and Japan a little
later than here?
�
One thing I miss are the EP singles, not the 2 songs on 7 inch vinyl,
more like 4-5 songs on a CD.� Often these were exclusive for Borders or
Barnes & Noble, or sent out to record stores to promote an upcoming album.�
Often they had bonus tracks or live performances that never made it to the
albums.� I still see a few of these for Barnes & Noble but from sellers in
the UK, leading me to� believe that even Barnes & Noble sells more music at
their UK stores than here.
�
How long before physical media for content distribution is totally
dead?� Already pretty much true for software and games, plus software seems
to be going to the subscription model (like Office 365 and Adobe Creative
Cloud).� I suspect music CDs may not be long for this world, even though
vinyl has made a comeback � how strange.� Will they stop releasing movies
on Blu-Ray?� Will they work out DRM so you can buy movies via electronic
download, or will all video be streamed from the cloud?
�
Maybe what I�m missing is that most people today are never without
their phones, so that�s the only logical place to have their music.� I�m
probably a dinosaur, sticking a CD in the stereo, or grabbing a handful to play
in the car.
