CDs?

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"Looking forward to your CD!" said CrowsofFritz, and Heatmiser replied something along the lines of "Sure thing."

Question: Youse guys still make CDs? Is that how you move your music around when it's done? What about the Interwebs?

I'm just asking. My whole library is CDs pretty much.
 
CDs are dying, or dead. I don't care. I still make them. I still believe in the "album" format and like to have a physical, tangible chunk of music in my hand.
 
Greg's is the only CD I've bought in the last decade (and that was cos it's for charity). I've only bought a handful of albums in that time, the remaining being digital downloads. Music can be had for free (youtube, spotify, etc, etc) nowadays.

Your CD's pretty good, btw, Greg! Better than most commercially-available albums I've listened to - too much filler most of the time.
 
jonny deep said:
Greg's is the only CD I've bought in the last decade (and that was cos it's for charity). I've only bought a handful of albums in that time, the remaining being digital downloads. Music can be had for free (youtube, spotify, etc, etc) nowadays.

Your CD's pretty good, btw, Greg! Better than most commercially-available albums I've listened to - too much filler most of the time.
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Haha, thanks dude. I combat the filler problem by making the whole album nothing but filler. :D
 
I think in terms of CDs . . . i.e. a collection of material that forms a package.

I'm currently working on a project, with a CD due out in June or July. However, putting out a CD is really pointless, because we've already loaded the tracks to the web, and people can listen or download or whatever.

But, like Greg, I like the tangible part of it; it's a visible mark of achievement. I get enormous satisfaction from getting a final finished package where you can say, "there, that's done."
 
I'll say CD or record and just mean a collection of songs.
"We're in the studio recording a record/CD; It's going to be available for download only."

They guys I work with make CDs though. They are totally on the way out, but people still pick them up at gigs.
 
gecko zzed said:
But, like Greg, I like the tangible part of it; it's a visible mark of achievement. I get enormous satisfaction from getting a final finished package where you can say, "there, that's done."
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Indeed - despite what I say above, my goal is to create my own CD that people can buy (as well as download) in whatever low quantities. Just need to get better...
 
I say that until high quality audio file formats become the norm and are freely available, I will keep buying CDs. We might not get a new compact lossless audio file format that takes up less MB, but I think it won't even be necessary; hard drive space is getting bigger and bigger by the second.

IF you have the CD you have the potential to have both a digital copy [not saying that the file on the CD is not digital, but I think you get my drift] and a physical, tangible "backup" of sorts.

If you download mp3s or some other lossy file format, you can't turn it into a WAV or AIFF. You can turn WAVs/AIFFs into more compact mp3s, not the other way around.

I guess I see CDs as more of an archival kind of thing.

Not only that, they look good on my shelf :D
 
The whole thing with my and heat was that we agreed to give each other CDs of our songs. He's not making a CD.


I just like to listen to a CD in my car. I could probably buy one of those adapters to hook up my iPod, but I don't want to do that really. I've gone past the point where I'm not going to sell my CDs and CD player because no one will buy them except enthusiasts of specific bands or models. I still need to buy a couple CDs from some users here, as I like to support them as well. Not support as in financially but just to let them know I like their content. Greg and RAMI come to mind.
 
Yeah, weren't talking about real, commercial CDs or anything...just mailing a CDR with some tracks recorded onto it.

I may be in a unique situation, but I don't really have any use for mp3s myself and having someone download like 10-12 WAV files is kind of a hassle depending on bandwidth and whatnot.

Basically, I have a desktop in one room with some ok bookshelf speakers and a sub hooked up, and that's where I listen to the mixes done by all you good people here. In another room (my "studio") I have a pretty nice home stereo set up and that doubles as the monitoring system for my multitracker. If I want to listen to music for entertainment purposes, it isn't going to be on the computer and it kind of has to be on CD. I don't have a smart phone or mp3 player or anything, so...CDs still rule here, although I recognize I'm way behind the times in that respect.

I've bought several CDs produced by members here and it is really cool to hear them in all their glory on the big stereo.
 
I live in a fantasy world where I'm a rock star andI'm always working on my "next CD", even though MAYBE a total of 50 people MIGHT actually ever hear anything I've done. But I find it fun to give myself little stops along the way, rather than just feel like I'm endlessly writing and recording one song after the other with no real purpose.

It's also fun to get away from music for a few days to a week after I've finished 10-15 songs, and screw around with art work, CD title, etc.....It just makes it more fun for me.

So, I put CD's together, but they're also available as digital downloads at CD BABY.


Not too many people are aware of this, but I'm very famous. :eek:
 
CDs are dying out, but it may still be wise to make and sell some, just to maximize your market reach. There are still folks in the world who prefer having the physical CDs, perhaps to relive the days of reading/memorising the lyrics and liner notes.

Although rapidly declining, CDs still make up ~60% of music album sales worldwide in 2012. As of 2013, I think it's still a good idea to have some CDs to satisfy all sectors of the transitioning market - just don't go crazy and print more than you can stock. And as the music marketing dudes say "you can't wrap a digital download" - don't underestimate the holiday sales. CD sales spike up really crazily during this period, you wouldn't wanna miss the action.
 
godchuanz said:
CDs are dying out, but it may still be wise to make and sell some, just to maximize your market reach. There are still folks in the world who prefer having the physical CDs, perhaps to relive the days of reading/memorising the lyrics and liner notes.

Although rapidly declining, CDs still make up ~60% of music album sales worldwide in 2012. As of 2013, I think it's still a good idea to have some CDs to satisfy all sectors of the transitioning market - just don't go crazy and print more than you can stock. And as the music marketing dudes say "you can't wrap a digital download" - don't underestimate the holiday sales. CD sales spike up really crazily during this period, you wouldn't wanna miss the action.
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Yeah, I'm expecting a rush around Christmas time :D.
 
Nothing says "I fucking hate you" for the holidays like a Greg album.
 
CD's make a good surface for snorting crack. Beyond that, useless plastic.
 
Manslick said:
CD's make a good surface for snorting crack. Beyond that, useless plastic.
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if you weren't snorting crack (which you don't do BTW, you smoke it so maybe that's why you're not getting buzzed) you might find a use for them.

I still prefer vinyl personally but yes, some people like to have a physical copy and there will always be those that do.
Believe it or not there are still lots of folks that don't even use a puter at all.
Not youngsters obviously but I know quite a few people age 45 and up that simply don't do the puter thing and would not be able to download a file if their lives depended on it.
Most recent study I read said around 30% still don't use the 'net at all.
I personally rarely download music files and if I do I never listen to them.
A friend who used to hang here just put out a killer CD ..... he originally sent me the download which I never listened to.
Last week he finally sent me a CD which has been in my truck's player constantly.
 
Lt. Bob said:
if you weren't snorting crack (which you don't do BTW, you smoke it so maybe that's why you're not getting buzzed) you might find a use for them.

I still prefer vinyl personally but yes, some people like to have a physical copy and there will always be those that do.
Believe it or not there are still lots of folks that don't even use a puter at all.
Not youngsters obviously but I know quite a few people age 45 and up that simply don't do the puter thing and would not be able to download a file if their lives depended on it.
Most recent study I read said around 30% still don't use the 'net at all.
I personally rarely download music files and if I do I never listen to them.
A friend who used to hang here just put out a killer CD ..... he originally sent me the download which I never listened to.
Last week he finally sent me a CD which has been in my truck's player constantly.
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^^^^This

My father has a computer because he needs one for his job, but he asks me to do things that he can't comprehend sometimes, though not much.

He asks me why I buy many CDs when I could just have a digital copy. Two weeks later, he's having a hard time converting these FLAC files he downloaded and its even a pain in the ass for me to do it. With a CD, it's as simple as popping that thing in and that's it.

Plus, I like having the physical copy because that serves as a backup and I don't have to take the time to actually make a backup.
 
Does anyone know anything about radio stations and online media? I know it's going to vary from station to station,
but are stations likely to just play/get music straight from itunes or would they require a CD still?

If you're doing a bit of promo and trying to get some play, is emailing an itunes link a waste of time?
 
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