Krankschaft April Update

[mike c]

but mostly, good post Carl, enjoyed it while I squiggle around with
the radition dose I am not supped to officially have got. (however big
or small)
I but out

On 4/3/11, mike c <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> --
>> Carl Edlund Anderson
>> http://www.carlaz.com/
>>
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