Digital Music & Technology

[mazzer]

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Another thing I loved about about vinyl was that you sometimes had little messages etched into the wide space between the music grooves and the label - lots of records had "a porky prime cut" etched on to them, I took it that someone named Porky was responsible for pressing that particular disc. But there were loads of other messages too, it was fun looking for them.

[Roz]

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yes thats what i love about music yrs back.
On the cassettes of which i have quite a lot mariah carey albums all that where released on tape.
I just loved how you where forced to listen to all the tracks to enjoy the entire album.

ok you could skip songs by fast forwarding but you normally forwarded too far.
so just better listening from start to finish.

thats wat i do not like how you can skip to songs you like.
and i agree i loved going out to get the latest album be it on cassette or vinyl of which ive quite a lot of.

i feel less importance is put on artwork and the quality of the cd music is not as good as it was on vinyl.

To me vinyl is the best way to listen to music.
id include laserdiscs as well of which i have a lot.
the artwork is tremendous on both.

I did prefer vinyl to cassettes, for a start the artwork was bigger (obviously!) and cassettes seemed to get warped quite quickly.

Still, vinyl getting scratched is a problem. I remember buying 'The Call Up' by The Clash at a record fair and not realising that it jumped midway through, it was only when I bought a video compilation which featured that track that I realised!

I do agree that it's lovely getting your hands on a new album, but again for practical reasons as mentioned above I still think digital is the way forward. At the end of the day it's the music itself that matters the most to me and I'll compromise on the pretty packaging to get the clearest sound (fussy sod that I am)

[darren]

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yes thats what i love about music yrs back.
On the cassettes of which i have quite a lot mariah carey albums all that where released on tape.
I just loved how you where forced to listen to all the tracks to enjoy the entire album.

ok you could skip songs by fast forwarding but you normally forwarded too far.
so just better listening from start to finish.

thats wat i do not like how you can skip to songs you like.
and i agree i loved going out to get the latest album be it on cassette or vinyl of which ive quite a lot of.

i feel less importance is put on artwork and the quality of the cd music is not as good as it was on vinyl.

To me vinyl is the best way to listen to music.
id include laserdiscs as well of which i have a lot.
the artwork is tremendous on both.

Well, I have been dragged kicking and screaming into the new digital age with iPods + downloads, though for an "important" release I'll buy the Cd and manually install it on my 'puter and iPod. But nothing will EVER be as special as it used to be when you rushed out to buy an anticipated new album - they truly were things of beauty, and CD artwork is too small to make the same impact. Give me a gatefold sleeve and a lyric sheet and I'd be over the moon.

The other big difference that digital music has brought about is the way we actually listen to our albums - more often than not we seem these days to hear them piecemeal, with the 'pod on shuffle mode, or even just skimming over less favoured tracks - unless we're really in the mood, or it's the first listening of a new album, we tend not to listen to a whole album in its entirety any more, in the order that the artist intended. Like everything else these days, instant gratification wins out over the pleasures of savouring the whole experience in our rush to get to the "good bits".

[mazzer]

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Well, I have been dragged kicking and screaming into the new digital age with iPods + downloads, though for an "important" release I'll buy the Cd and manually install it on my 'puter and iPod. But nothing will EVER be as special as it used to be when you rushed out to buy an anticipated new album - they truly were things of beauty, and CD artwork is too small to make the same impact. Give me a gatefold sleeve and a lyric sheet and I'd be over the moon.

The other big difference that digital music has brought about is the way we actually listen to our albums - more often than not we seem these days to hear them piecemeal, with the 'pod on shuffle mode, or even just skimming over less favoured tracks - unless we're really in the mood, or it's the first listening of a new album, we tend not to listen to a whole album in its entirety any more, in the order that the artist intended. Like everything else these days, instant gratification wins out over the pleasures of savouring the whole experience in our rush to get to the "good bits".

[sweep]

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LOL

I am getting a little OT here but the volume some people have their music in their cars i am surprised there isn't blood already.....coming out of their ears.

Cant argue with you on that.

[stud1al]

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LOL

I am getting a little OT here but the volume some people have their music in their cars i am surprised there isn't blood already.....coming out of their ears.

[sweep]

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Shouldn't play music in the car anyway.It's been proven to be a distraction.

I drive for a living and if i didn't play music there would be blood.

[stud1al]

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Shouldn't play music in the car anyway.It's been proven to be a distraction.

[sweep]

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I hope the music industry can come up with a way to combat the thieves but think back how many of us taped songs from the radio rather than buy them, go back a few years didn't we all know someone who could supply us with the latest chart albums by way of pirated CDs. its not the people who buy downloads that hurt artists its the thieves they always have and always will. its also worth pointing out that many vehicles are no longer fitted with CD players so if you want to listen to your music it will have to be via mp3.

[Roz]

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Actually I think many artists are better off because of downloads, as a lot people have replaced their vinyl albums with MP3s in recent years so double the royalties

As for YouTube can anyone here honestly say they *don't* use it? Again it's actually broken a lot of artists so no bad thing.

As I said in an earlier post, most bands make their money from touring these days anyway. Hence the likes of The Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac no longer need to make new music as they rake it in through concert ticket sales alone.

[darren]

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thats very true mate.

all this downloading means the artist or the company they are signed to get nothing back.
So yes i mean piracy.

Don't really understand why people are resistant to music downloads the good points far outweigh the bad. when you say its not good for the artist i take it you mean piracy which is something that needs to be addressed, but on the flip side of that it has given a platform to some hugely talented artists that might otherwise never have made it.

[stud1al]

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I prefer cds to mp3s the same way i prefer a REAL book to an ebook

[sweep]

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I'm all for digital music but in my case it is not helping the music industry. A few years back I bought MP3s but now music is much more freely available and a quick listen to Youtube tends to satisfy any tune itches I have. Otherwise I go for the radio or my ancient CDs.

I use Youtube to checkout new artist and to listen to one off songs from artists who I'm not a particular fan of, but if i like a singer or band i would always support them by purchasing there music, otherwise it would feel like stealing.

[Trickyvee]

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I'm all for digital music but in my case it is not helping the music industry. A few years back I bought MP3s but now music is much more freely available and a quick listen to Youtube tends to satisfy any tune itches I have. Otherwise I go for the radio or my ancient CDs.

[sweep]

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if space is an issue then downloading is probably better.
but its not good for the artist though.

but ill always buy casettes or vinyl if possible.
also cd's.
but would never download.

Don't really understand why people are resistant to music downloads the good points far outweigh the bad. when you say its not good for the artist i take it you mean piracy which is something that needs to be addressed, but on the flip side of that it has given a platform to some hugely talented artists that might otherwise never have made it.