[LUTE] Re: New post

[Karl Wohlwend]

CDs still have a place in the world for those of us who play concerts.  
The digital revolution hasn't yet found a way to satisfy those  
audience members who want to take a souvenir home with them, and  
performers always need gas and food money. They also make fine  
business cards. Now, profit is another story altogether...

Karl Wohlwend
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Columbus OH 43202
614.405.2300
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On Jun 26, 2012, at 9:22 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote:

In my perspicacious opinion the CDs are in fact dead, and in the  
future there will be only mp3s and vynil LPs as deluxe collectors  
items.
RT

 On 6/26/2012 9:16 AM, Ron Andrico wrote:
   Thanks, Tom.  This topic is just another example of the way things
   change when we don't pay attention, and not always for the  
better.  All
   recording artists are suffering from the "Free Culture"  
syndrome, and
   lutenists are like canaries in the coal mine.
   RA
   > Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:47:22 -0500
   > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; praelu...@hotmail.com
   > From: t...@heartistrymusic.com
   > Subject: [LUTE] Re: New post
   >
   > Ron and Donna, thanks for this post.
   > Although it is about recorded music in general, I don't  
consider it
   > to be "off topic", because professional lute players must make  
and
   > sell recordings. Although sales of early music are probably not
   > affected as much now as, say, Cold Play, by what is happening in
   > the "Free Culture" generation, it is only a matter of time. It
   certainly
   > has already affected contemporary instrumental guitarists and  
other
   > "acoustic" and "folk" genres.
   > Inspired by a comment in one of David Tayler's posts "... CDs  
are
   dead ...",
   > I posted a question to the list some time ago, asking peoples'
   opinion
   > as to the fate of CDs. I was a little surprised that NOBODY
   responded.
   > Maybe it is considered too "off topic". Although it's not as  
lute
   specific as
   > Kapsberger or 4060 or Nylgut, it will definitely affect all  
music,
   > even lute music, and the ability of professional players to  
make a
   living.
   > How will we be buying our recordings 10 years from now?
   > Or WILL we be buying them?
   > I hope everybody on the list will take the time to read the  
articles
   linked
   > in your post - especially the one by Emily White of NPR's "All  
Songs
   Considered".
   > It is a very telling confession about how an entire generation
   demographic
   > between 20 and 40 years of age views buying (or NOT buying)  
recorded
   music.
   > And she's working for National Public Radio!!
   > Thanks again,
   > Tom
   >
   > > This may seem off-topic it isn't really. We have a blog post
   > > discussing a crisis in the viability of recorded music: Free  
music?
   > > [1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-qJ Ron & Donna
   > >
   > > --
   > >
   > > References
   > >
   > > 1. http://wp.me/p15OyV-qJ
   > >
   > >
   > > To get on or off this list see list information at
   > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
   >
   >
   > Tom Draughon
   > Heartistry Music
   > http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html
   > 714 9th Avenue West
   > Ashland, WI 54806
   > 715-682-9362
   >
   >

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