Krankschaft April Update

[mike c]

we're gonna need Krankschaft reel-to-reel-, I'm donning the bio-suit
and heading back in :)
send the bio-bots if I'm not back in a couple days

On 4/3/11, Carl Edlund Anderson <cea at carlaz.com> wrote:
> On 02 Apr 2011, at 20:32 , Jonathan Smith wrote:
>> CD are very overpriced (i don't mean obscure ones like Krankschaft, but
>> those from Sony etc)-- digital downloads are even more of a rip off,
>> especially iTunes
>
> iTunes is a dreadful rip-off, IMO: you pay bascially the same that you do
> for a CD, except lower quality and less control.  But, clearly, my views are
> in the minority; iTunes does, after all, sell a lot of digital music and
> makes a fair pile of money.
>
> I think the real issue we are seeing is that music consumers are a
> tremendously fragmented group, and different portions of this group relate
> to music in very different ways -- and are thus willing to part with their
> money for very different reasons or enticements, if at all.
>
> Some people are major Kollektors, and would cheerfully part with significant
> sums for that vinyl or 8-track special edition, others want it on their hard
> drive, or streaming.  Some demand analogue, others digital, others don't
> care as long as it's convenient.  Some listen on audiophile systems, others
> in a noisy car where some of speakers don-t work, others in their
> headphones, others with the radio in the background.  Some passionately
> follow every nuance and detail of everything their favorite artist does,
> sings or plays, others simply listen to whatever is on the radio or the
> bar's PA. Some care a lot about musicianship and/or personal experience in
> live performance, others ... don't. :)
>
> The thing is that the steady collapse of the one-sie-fits-all music industry
> that we knew is sort of exposing all of these different styles, and no one
> new approach probably can address all of it.  Industry-wise, the winners in
> tomorrow's music industry will be those who figure out best how to leverage
> the most different kinds of consumer attitudes towards music such that they
> make money from exploiting those attitudes. Versatility and agility in the
> music business environment will be key.  From the point of view of consumers
> and artists ... well, it's quite hard to tell who, if anyone will win.  But,
> then, both consumers and artists have never really been on the winning side
> in this equation .... ;)
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
>
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> Carl Edlund Anderson
> http://www.carlaz.com/
>