dude the truth is that mp3s cannot be sold man! try to sell me an mp3.. I dare ya! I will just go around ya..... cause its allready on kazaa...
> Wrom: KVFVWRKJVZCMHVIBGDADRZFSQHYU > date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:49:24 > to: 313@hyperreal.org > subject: RE: [313] Final Scratch - thoughts... > > I can see some benefits for small labels to Final Scratch amongst the many > questions it raises. > One thing that any small independent label wants is as many DJs spinning > thier releases as possible. The costs involved of mailing out x number of > promo copies to DJs who you will more than likley never know if they recieved > it and listened to it, let alone played it are usually an expense that small > labels can only afford on a small scale. If Final Scratch took off in the > clubs you could get out your new release to as many DJs as you wanted. In > fact you could make it downloadable for DJs and even monitor how many and > possbly who has taken the tracks. > > I think it will be a while before Final Scratch or anything like it becomes > the standard home mixing kit. I think it'll have to really take off in the > clubs first, which means the majority of people are still gonna be wanting to > buy vinyl. If Final Scratch technology does eventually start to oversee the > death of vinyl however then I think there could be problems. Even if record > labels start getting savvy to marketing MP3s, I just cant see enough honest > people out there who would pay for something they could take for free. I > personally don't download music. Its a collectors thing, I'd rather have the > vinyl in my hands. However I dont feel half as strongly about CDs and would > feel even less strongly if the collectable product was just a file on your > PC. Given the choice between paying hard earned cash for a file on your PC or > getting exactly the same file for free, well I cant see many people reaching > for thier credit cards. > > Maybe I'm looking far too ahead too early, but I definatly think things will > change in the future and people need to be prepared. Inceidently it would be > interesting to know where Richie Hawtin gets the MP3s he's used in his sets. > Has he actually sat down and taken the time to encode his whole record > collection? > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Freeserve AnyTime, only £13.99 per month with one month's FREE trial! > For more information visit http://www.freeserve.com/time/ or call free on > 0800 970 8890 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ÇöüñtërpöïñT http://stage.vitaminic.com/main/counterpoint/all_tracks/ ÇöüñtërpöïñT
