A good short article of further death indicators to physical sales
https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019 ... c-industry
Basically, all the fluff and puff a few years ago was just a big smoke screen show by Swift. When it all comes down to money, she caved to get more.
I think the driver is , young consumers live in smaller spaces and don't want to allocate space to collecting CDs and LPs . Also, maybe the new trendiness towards living clutter free. (I should know. Certain people in my household keep throwing out all my shit when I am not looking.. grrrr...! Still super mad about that original Price concert t shirt from 85 they threw out! Grrr!!)
Just my theory anyways.
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- 719 posts since 17 Aug, 2015 from Finland
Meanwhile, I live in a 30-square-meter apartment and have 3 full shelves worth of CDs.telecode wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:58 pmyoung consumers live in smaller spaces and don't want to allocate space to collecting CDs and LPs .
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- 44026 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from clown world
I listen to CDs every day. I don't listen to young people. With age comes wisdom. With youth comes stupidity.
This is the same method MJ used when he was working on Anthony Marinelli's Thriller.
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- 111301 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
they should get bigger houses.
idiots.
oh and listen to better music, then they might give a shit about music collecting.
idiots.
oh and listen to better music, then they might give a shit about music collecting.
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- 35476 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Weird; TFA proposes the opposite; by basically forcing her own terms she got more.
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"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
but you can learn something from everyone young and old, why tune out a source of knowledge?Aloysius wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:34 pm I listen to CDs every day. I don't listen to young people. With age comes wisdom. With youth comes stupidity.
I have a few hundred cds still packed in rubbermade totes, I ripped them all years ago but I'm keeping the cds...I have even more cassettes (many duplicates though)
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Sad to say. But I still buy CDs. But I also stream. In cases where it's new artists or lesser known ones, there is just something magical about buying a CD where you feel that maybe you are giving some money to the persons that made the music so they can make more.
In cases where it's a reissue, it's the packaging. I want the little booklets and pictures to look at.
In cases where it's a reissue, it's the packaging. I want the little booklets and pictures to look at.
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I've always disliked the format because it shrunk album covers down to what it is. Lots of great album artwork is lost on these little disks. Also, don't like plastic jewel cases. I won't ever get rid of my CD collection, even though we need a new stereo, and the only place I listen to music externally is on my computer through my Dynaudios. As soon as we get a new stereo, I'll be listening to the actual CDs again.
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like this, different name but exactly the same except mine is a dark green...same size
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I have a fairly large collection of CDs and DVD/LD/VHS movies (several thousand items). I plan to move and it's a pain, but at the same time, I much prefer owning my collection in physical form.
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From CD to mp3= downgrade. Just save them as flac files is you donāt have a lot of space. With the price of HDDs i save them as wave files.
I buy CDs from almost every band i see live.
I buy CDs from almost every band i see live.
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k-l.
(a-k is spread out in cases)
and then theres roughly the same in vinyl
(a-k is spread out in cases)
and then theres roughly the same in vinyl
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