Kyle;191068 Wrote: > I'm afraid the itunes download represents the death knell of popular > music as we have known it. Music will no longer be produced and sold > by the album. Instead, only "hits" will be made for individual > download. No one will be willing to pay for an entire album and get > songs they may or may not like. In my experience, most albums have a > song or two I don't like, and yet one of the great joys of music is > discovering fantastic songs on albums that you never would have known > had you just purchased the hits.
Apple have implemented a new button called "Complete My Album" that lets you buy the album at a discount if you have already bought some tracks from the album and you can always listen to snippets in advance. The problem is that many new artists release albums with only one or two decent tracks on them amongst obvious filler. That was true before the advent of iTunes and reflects the change in the industry that has ultimately led to musicians making their money from touring, not album sales. I will hold my hand up and admit that for certain artists, I only want the "hits", but there are certainly others for whom I want the whole album, especially world music. -- CardinalFang ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33966 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
