Re: Burning Itunes purchases to CD?

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:25:57 -0800

Agreed. You would think the profit margin from downloading a $10 album would be greater than CDs after the cost of duplication, shipping and store frontage/reselling is accounted for. What has changed is the labels can't stuff a bunch of junk on an album which you bought for the two 'good songs'. If the do you'll give them the $2 it's worth by just buying those two tracks. I think they also benefited from the media conversions as folks migrated from LPs to tapes to CDs. That migration over time generated a lot of revenue, which has pretty much dried up at this point. I remember dubbing LPs to casette and later re-buying some of those LPs on CD. At this point the quality is 'good enough' that most will never upgrade again. As has been pointed out on this list before, imperical studies found that more people chose the mp3 version of a track over the uncompressed version so something about that codec makes your iTunes library more appealing to listen to. The other great thing is portability. I used to carry a good sized "wallet" of CDs around and a portable CD player etc. which is now replaced by an iPhone. The iPhones now have enough capacity that most people just dump their whole library or, at a minimum, don't have to whittle the list down much. With more ubiquitous wireless access, even that need will go away over time. Why store it all when I can just play anything via the internet on demand. I'm not sold on that yet as I still like the idea of 'ownership' of my media. I still have the first Rush Moving Pictures CD I bough back in the early 80s. 

CB

On 11/29/11 4:40 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:

Hi,

This isn't exactly true.  that purchases  online will pass CD purchases.  
Online sales has already surpassed CD sales for a year or 2.  Its more that the 
revenue from online sales will surpass that of CD sales.  You must also keep in 
mind the price of a CD over the years.  I remember in the 1990s, it was common 
place to get a new album for $16, $17, or $18 before tax.  These prices have 
gone down tremendously to entice people to pick up CDs.  That accounts for much 
of the lost revenue from this media format.  Its hard to over inflat your 
prices when people can just get the album at home, with no physical media for 
like $10.  And if they want, just by a song for for a dollar or a little more.

Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter&  Skype: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org

On Nov 29, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:


Last stats I found said online music purchases were to surpass CD puchases for 
the first time this year ($2.8B online v. $2.7B for CDs) and that shift has 
been happening for a few years now. While I like having a backup (or an 
original) CD on the shelf, it's hard to beat the instant gratification of 
purchasing some music online and listening to it in a matter of seconds. Plus 
the preview feature is hard to replicate with physical media.

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/04/02/music-industry-sings-a-sad-song-on-sales-despite-a-sharp-drop-of/

CB

On 11/29/11 12:56 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:

I don't think that 's much of a rumor.  Its just the way things are going.  
Just like the 3.5 inch floppy.  The Macbook air has gotten rid of the optical 
drive and I'm sure you will see more of this in the next 2 to 3 years.  A lot 
of stereos are coming with 1 CD slot, AM FM radio, maybe HD radio, and a iPod 
dock and USB.  Remember just 10 years ago when many stereos had at least 3 or 5 
CD slots?

Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter&   Skype: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org

On Nov 28, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote:


"OK I don't buy from itunes. I prefer the CD route. the tactile pleasure of 
buying the CD, sticking it in your HIFI and
chilling out is the way to go. "

I couldn't agree more with this statement. I've just heard rumors that physical 
media is going away fairly soon, so am trying
to prepare myself a little bit at a time. Naturally, as long as CDs exist, I'll 
buy them, especially for artists I already
own CDs for, but for less important stuff, I don't mind just having it 
digitally. Thanks for the suggestions on how to back
stuff up, though. They're all extremely appreciated.

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Subject: Re: Burning Itunes purchases to CD?

hi john, that's right on the CD settings.

regarding backing up an itunes purchase or an entire library, I'd advise having a 
pen drive large enough or a small usb 2.5"
hard drive as your backup for itunes. My own library is about 80GB in full 
audio quality and it's worth backing up. OK I
don't buy from itunes. I prefer the CD route. the tactile pleasure of buying 
the CD, sticking it in your HIFI and chilling
out is the way to go.

Lew.

Free Macs For The Blind

On 28 Nov 2011, at 16:11, John Panarese wrote:


    Backing up your iTunes purchases is a matter of choice.  In the beginning, 
it's easier, but as you buy more tracks, it

becomes more and more intensive.  Ideally, it is advised to use a blank CD for 
backing up your purchases.  I don't know if
this has changed where you can use an external HD.  If you are using Time 
Machine or some other method of backing up your
Mac, though, I don't see a reason to have to go throughout the trouble of 
backing up your purchases.

   In regards to burning the album for your mother, just create a playlist with 
that album and there should be an option to

burn the playlist to disk.  I have made several albums this way.

Take Care

John Panarese
jpanar...@gmail.com



On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:56 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote:


Hello, all. I've recently learned how to buy music from Itunes, and
now, it's way too easy. When I complete a purchase, it always advises
me to back it up, but I'm wondering how I would go about doing this.
Also, 1 of the albums I purchased was meant to be a present for my
mom, but since she doesn't have any kind of I device, I need to figure out how 
to burn the songs to a CD. I have looked

through the itunes menus, and unless I'm missing something, which is entirely 
possible, I can't find an option for burning to
CD. If anyone could explain methods for backing up itunes purchases, I would 
really appreciate it.

I'm still old fashioned and prefer physical media when possible, but
on the other hand, I'm starting to see where downloading things can be 
convenient too. Thanks in advance for your help,

and I hope that everyone is having a great day!

Missy


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