Downloadin' CD's...

[Craig Shipley]

Lil' AB scrawled this here stuff on my screen....

Hey the net may open up a whole new era that will kill the record
industry period.  Imagine a band like Queensryche opneing up a website
and allowing you to download their latest cd on to your own.  No middle
man, record company or anything.  Scan your credit card and begin the
download.  Any techies out there no how close or far away we are from
recordable cd's in the home?  Not talking those little mini-things.   We
could even go to concerts over WEB TV.  "Live from Buck's basement Blue
Oyster Cult"

lil ab

The reason why, my friend, is BANDWIDTH. Ever downloaded a patch for a bit of your software? Didn't it seem like ETERNITY?
I think that it would be slicker 'n snot on a doorknob that we could download the latest 'n greatest or that rare release that only a half a dozen people this side of Alpha Centauri have heard of, but the problem is that it would take forever to download. (Yes, I am aware of ISDN, Frame Relay, X2 technology and a couple of other high speed data transmission technologies; however, how many of you can afford 'em, hmmmm? Didn't think so; me, either...) This is the BIG hold-up IMHO...

CD ROM burners are now down to the price that even I can afford one, if I wanted to snag one (under the magic $500.00 mark for a 2x burner / 4x reader; probably less thru mail-order), which is what you would really need to burn a tune from the 'Net. Pioneer is selling a CD-R unit for non-computer use for around US$1600 or less, but most of us can't afford that :(

Bandwidth....

And speaking of concerts over the 'Net, they have a ways to go...The much-heralded Tangerine Dream live Net broadcast was a complete bust, from what I have read. Maybe others have been more successful, but I think that the 'Net is gettin' a bit too crowded...

objCDPlayer: FZ / Does Humour Belong In Music ..."eye to eye; rock you like a NINCOMPOOP!"

Craig Shipley
craigs at pyramid.com

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