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Not only are people not buying enough mp3 albums to make up for lost CD album sales...

Posted by TFox Mar 13 '09, 07:05

I suspect the fact that it is far far easier and cheaper to buy singles now than it has been in 20+ years will mean that there are plenty of people who will just buy the one song instead of buying the full album (especially in the pop genre), and there is probably no good way to get those sales back.

I fear for the future of the album. Technology sort of created it, and now I am afraid technology might take it away.

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45's, cassingles, and CD singles didn't do the damage that digital downloads are doing, imo. - JaxSean Mar 13, 07:22
CD music is compared to movies exceptional expencive - danedukenuuk Mar 13, 07:13 2
- Most CDs you can buy for less than most DVDs, excepting sales and whatnot (at least around here). -- nm - TFox Mar 13, 07:14 1
  - a two year old movie cost 1/3 of a two year old album here -- nm - danedukenuuk Mar 13, 07:18
True...the current system is much more like the earlier days of rock-n-roll where everything was done as singles - The Calico Cat Coaliton Mar 13, 07:10 2
- Not that hard to put a B-side on an mp3 though. Sell one, add a second for free. Or a little mini 3-song EP for $2. -- nm - TFox Mar 13, 07:13 1
  - They could...but no need to since there isn't the physical space that begs to be filled - The Calico Cat Coaliton Mar 13, 07:16
The way I see it, most "albums" don't deserve to be sold as such in the first place. -- nm - znufrii Mar 13, 07:07 8
- There have always been bad albums, and always will be. - TFox Mar 13, 07:12 6
  - I'm just saying that this new model disincentivizes bad albums, while not really having that profound of an effect on artists who can actually make - znufrii Mar 13, 07:15 5
    - Maybe not a profound effect on the established bands who make good albums, but certainly the ones to come. - TFox Mar 13, 07:17 1
      - I don't see that your IM is that different than how it currently operates anyway. - znufrii Mar 13, 07:21
    - so really it allows producers to save money, in that they don't have to come up with nearly a whole album of filler in the studio, and can cut back - znufrii Mar 13, 07:17 2
      - i do not want this. not in the rock genre. i don't. -- nm - TFox Mar 13, 07:19 1
        
        We've certainly seen a major roadblock to bands with "concept albums" like Pink Floyd -- nm - The Calico Cat Coaliton Mar 13, 07:22
- Many songs on albums grow on me and end up being my fav instead of the singles. -- nm - lileve Mar 13, 07:08

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