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03.06.03 11:22 PM
miami and seattle bound
Any Miami bloggers out there? Well, I'll be down your way tomorrow - Sunday. I will be pretty much tied up with this here event but I am always looking forward to meeting fellow bloggers. And in case I forget to mention, I'll be out in Seattle, WA for this in April. So send an email if you're in either of these cities and let's figure out if we can hook up. And if you're visiting NYC any time soon, let me know that also.
Bonus: The latest in online music service offerings.
Looks like the recording industry is really trying to get into this online music business at full speed. Even Apple is on the bandwagon. (To view the following articles in their entirety, subscriptions are required. NYT-Free WSJ-Paid.)
"Apple to Launch Online Service For Digital-Music Subscriptions," by Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2003 :
"Apple Computer Inc. and major record labels are expected to launch an online music subscription service within several weeks, entertainment industry sources said."
"The service would allow Apple users to buy and download digital music for their Macintosh computers or iPod portable music players, the sources said on condition of anonymity."— More...
"The Internet as Jukebox, at a Price," by David Pogue, The New York Times, March 6, 2003:
"Befuddlement (n.): 1. Confusion resulting from failure to understand. 2. Loss of sense of direction, position, or relationship with one's surroundings. 3. The state of the recording industry as it tries to sell music on the Internet."
"The only thing record companies know for sure is that they want to kill off the insanely popular Sons of Napster: free music-sharing services like KaZaA, Gnutella and Morpheus. After all, the millions who use these services are in effect stealing music, depriving the five major labels of perfectly good money. But watching the record companies as they try to find a formula for a successful paid alternative is like watching five people play blindman's bluff on stilts."— More...
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i have two types of services...one is Kazaa and the other is PressPlay. i prefer PressPlay because of the guaranteed quality of the downloads...but i go to Kazaa when i want something like Samantha Fox or Jermaine Stewart or Terrance Trent D'Arby.
that to me is the difference..i'll pay for quality downloads and i am sure most other people will too...i mean how disappointing is it to have waited 20mins for that old Jodi Watley song to download only to find it was mislabeled or it is looped or only half the song.
however until these companies can figure out their differences and offer the selection of kazaa, i'll be a pirating fool.
what most people don't realize is that although kazaa is used for music downloads... you can also grab videos, software and any other thing some user makes available on their hard drive. it just happens to be music sharing that is the most popular.
posted by kevinrscott | March 7, 2003 9:09 PM #
i resent being called a thief by an industry trying to guilt me into paying for 10 or 12 songs when i only like 2.
i can dig them wanting to get paid. but free is so much more user friendly.
posted by nakachi | March 8, 2003 8:16 AM #
I'm ready for a reliable d/l service. Esp. if the artists themselves set it up. Till then I'll be a pirate (call it what you want, it is a form of thievery).
posted by ronn | March 11, 2003 11:11 PM #
for me it's all about how the artist feels about it...after all, it's their music. I think that if the artist set it up themself, I would feel less guilty about downloading music...
posted by toni | March 12, 2003 1:36 AM #
I have actually gone out and bought the CDs of some artists I've downloaded. Ani DiFranco is an example. I had no idea who this woman was until I saw her on tv and decided to find some of her stuff online. I wasn't sure if I liked her or not. When I got hold of her work, I was hooked. Molokoi (sp) is next on my list. Music sharing sends a clear message.Record companies and artists need to put up or shut up. Don't release a CD with only one or two decent songs. The days of viewing consumers as suckers are over.
posted by Rashunda | March 12, 2003 8:08 AM #
when i was at the digital music forum in nyc last week, lyor cohen of island def jam, brought up some very good points about the music industry. he blames the industry for its own demise, not technology. he says, and of course which is now happening, but in many ways too late, the industry should embrace the technology. "more people are listening to the music than ever." we know this already mr. cohen. but he says that bad biz decisions is what hurt the industry, and also CDs. not the CDs themseleves, but the way the industry went about the biz of CDs. it was interesting, and I wish i would have blogged about it then.
i do remember that some fascinating things are about to happen with wireless technologies and music.
truth is, the industry has changed forever and its time to get a new biz plan, instead of having the RIAA try to stop what can't be stopped.
oooopppps. i think i said too much.
posted by lynne | March 14, 2003 8:04 AM #