1) Good: obvious. all the tracks you want, none you don't. save money.
keep record labels from charging outrageous money for lots of useless
tracks.
2) Bad: not so obvious. if this catches on, and it will, it will mean
the death of complete albums, and the beginning of a new world, where only
singles get made. if there is no revenue at all associated with "album
cuts," they will cease to exist. also, because of reduced revenue, less
successful artists will not be able to survive on their proportionately
reduced income, and only successful singles artists will squeeze them out.
just another view from another place.
kevin k
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Wright <mw@mail.eis.net.au>
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Date: Monday, December 22, 1997 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: Make Your Own Compilation CD Site - CDUCTIVE.COM
> I've been part of the Acid Jazz list for a while and, now that I've
completed
> development of my new venture, I wanted to share it with you. I've been
> working full time for the past year on starting a new business - a site on
the
> Web where you can make your own compilation CD. You listen to Real Audio
> samples of any of the songs in our catalog, pick the songs you like and
> personalize your CD cover. We manufacture the CD within 48 hours and send
it
> to you in the mail.
Now this is what I got on the internet for! This is a *major* step
forward to any of us who buy CDs. Just think - every compilation with
no dud tracks - 'cause you picked every one of 'em.
Unfortunately, the value of Australia's dollar is at an all-time low,
so the CDs end up being too expensive, but when things return to
normal I'll be back.
Also, being in Australia makes listening to the Real Audio files
nearly impossible :(
*Great* site, Tom - well done!
Marc.
** hero no.7 recording collective - cheapbeat technique:
** http://augustan.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mcfly/